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Previously on The West Wing:

I have a relapsing/remitting course of MS.

I'm sorry, sir?

I have multiple sclerosis, Toby.

The Vice President's authority was murky at best!

Are you pissed 'cause I didn't say anything

or are you pissed

'cause there were 15 people who knew before you did?

It's seven-and-a-half months till the Iowa caucus

and no one's been told the President might not be the nominee.

He's going to run. He may not have that option, Leo.

You think he's going to need to resign?

There's going to be hearing upon hearing.

He hasn't broken a law.

Mr. President, at some point in the near future

we're going to have to speak to some lawyers.

WOMAN: Go home.

MAN: No.

You were up all night.

Do you know why?

Oliver...

Because my staff's work on the analysis of HR 437

ignored the Fourth Amendment implications and instead...

Yes.

...became fascinated with the Third, Seventh and Eleventh.

Please.

Like you've got to be a prime number

to get the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court.

You can really go home and get a few hours sleep

before you go to the airport.

That's why I was up all night.

Where am I going?

You're going on vacation.

Wait, it's coming back to me.

Oliver...

It's not a vacation. You'll have a...

It's a forced vacation.

In Borneo.

It's an international law summit

where I'm supposed to show my support for--

I'm not certain--

so I have that in my notes someplace?

WOMAN: Yes.

I need the amicus brief on Sovereign Immunity... It's there.

Federal Land Use... MAN: It's there.

Would you like us to pack your big hammer?

You know what? Don't make fun of the big hammer.

The big hammer happens to be a gavel

given to my father's father by Justice Louis Brandeis.

I need a Dictaphone.

You've got one on your desk.

It doesn't work.

What's wrong with it? Doesn't work.

He's asking... It's stuck on record.

It won't stop recording things, so it's just what you want

lying around the White House Counsel's Office

because there's never been a problem with that before.

Okay, you know what else?

You're going to go home and sleep until your plane leaves.

I'm fine sleeping until well after that

but somebody call me when my car's on the way.

Excuse me, Mr. Babish.

I'm going home.

That was Mr. McGarry's office.

He's on his way down with the President.

You should fix your tie.

Yeah.

PRESIDENT: I couldn't disagree more, Cal.

As long as these people

are funding their public school districts

with property taxes, neither the value of the schools

nor the value of their property is going to go up.

It's a vicious circle.

It's terrible and it has to be stopped.

So we're going to do something about it.

I wouldn't go that far. Anything else?

No, sir.

Thank you. Thank you.

Mr. President.

It's a vicious circle, Leo.

Yeah.

It never stops.

Sir... It just goes round and round...

Look... ...and round and round.

Let's go see him.

Now?

He's waiting for us.

We really need to see him now?

What better time?

Well... later.

Let's go.

Five White House Counsels in two-and-a-half years.

Cochran, Gates, Solomon, Tribbey.

Why can't I keep a head lawyer around here?

'Cause they all show up thinking

they're going to be a counselor to the President

and you never let them in.

I don't like new people.

Oliver Babish isn't a new person.

You know each other.

Your kids know each other.

You built hospitals together.

He was Midwest Finance Chairman on the campaign.

Never played chess, though, have we?

No. See?

You're scared of Babish.

Oh, like you're not.

No...

because we are both men of Chicago.

What is it with people from Chicago

that they're so happy to have been born there?

I meet so many people who can't wait to tell me they're from Chicago

and when I meet them, they're living anywhere but Chicago.

You wouldn't understand.

He looks down his nose at me 'cause I'm not a lawyer.

Yes.

I didn't go to law school.

I got a Ph.D. in economics instead.

Your parents were very proud.

Yeah, and all that happened was

I won a Nobel Prize and got elected President

so I guess that decision didn't really pay off.

Yeah.

Should I run back and get my Nobel Prize?

I think he knows you've got one.

Guy's been here three months

he's got a nicer office than I do.

He's got a nicer office than I do.

That matters less to me.

Good morning, Mr. President.

Hey, Oliver.

Come on in.

What are the bags for?

I was just heading out on vacation.

Oh... oh, gosh.

Oliver, this... Sir...

...this can keep. Mr. President...

The man's bags are packed. Where are you going?

Sarawak.

Asia's best kept secret.

Sir, is there something you'd like to, uh...?

It's really not even...

I don't want you to worry that much about it.

Sir...

I'm easing in. Okay.

Well, Oliver, it really boils down to this:

I'm going to tell you a story and then I need you to tell me

whether or not I've engaged 16 people

in a massive criminal conspiracy

to defraud the public in order to win a presidential election.

Okay.

JOSH: I'm on my way to the meeting right now.

Finance, Foreign Relations, Senate Banking, I guess.

Leo's in a meeting.

Someone's going to call you every half-hour. Yeah.

Mexico collapsed?

Yeah, can you believe it?

Mexico collapsed over the weekend.

No, actually, just this morning.

How does a country collapse on a Monday morning?

By not slowly devaluing the peso the way I told them to.

You told them to devalue the peso?

The Treasury Secretary did, but I was in the room.

Seriously...

Seriously, they're in big trouble.

Three weeks ago, they fell to 20 cents against the dollar.

Two weeks ago, the Bolsa Index

took its worst single day fall in history, and this morning

the Mexican market opened 20% off the Friday close.

What's that in U.S. terms?

It'd be like a 2,000- point drop in the Dow.

The immediate problem...

You saw this?

I saw it two hours ago, Toby. Where you been?

I just got here.

We could be screwed on vouchers.

We are screwed on vouchers, but I want to know who...

Talk to C.J.

Somebody's going to eat this quote.

He's pretty pissed.

Yeah. I can't worry about it right now.

So what's the immediate problem?

Mexico's got $30 billion worth of foreign loans due this week

and they don't have $30 billion.

So what happens now?

* Oh-oh, the Wells Fargo wagon is a-comin' down the street... *

Buenos dias, señores y señoras.

Let's find some money.

I've seen it, obviously.

I just haven't spoken to the President about it.

C.J., can you give us any kind of sense of what may have

turned the President around on school vouchers?

The President hasn't turned around.

Does the House leadership...?

I'm sorry, I have to follow up.

The quote from the senior White House official says

the President would be willing to compromise, agreeing to a...

It sounds like the senior White House official

would be willing to compromise

but I haven't spoken to the President yet

this morning.

If I could move off the quote for a moment.

This is from the Coast Guard Marine Safety

and Environmental Protection Division.

About three hours ago, a single-hull VLCC

carrying four million gallons of crude oil

ran up on a shoal three miles south

of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

( reporters shouting )

Whoa, whoa, I don't have much.

I'm going to give you everything I've got.

The hull was punctured

and the tanker is leaking oil.

How many gallons do you think...?

200,000 gallons so far.

The Coast Guard has set up a command center with EPA workers

and the state emergency response team.

The ship belongs to Kensington Oil.

REPORTER: Does the ship have a name?

C.J.: Yeah, it's the Indio.

I-N-D-I-O.

The Kensington Indio.

Operations are already underway...

REPORTER: Containment booms?

C.J.: The Coast Guard has deployed containment booms

around the vessel, and they're siphoning...

Bonnie, what happened?

What do you mean?

The oil tanker.

I'm hearing it now.

Ginger, what do you know about the oil tanker?

It hit Delaware.

I'm amazed it found Delaware.

C.J.: The Federal on-scene Coordinator's scheduled

a press conference for 2:00 this afternoon

from the Coast Guard Incident Command Post.

We hope to have much more information by then.

( all shouting )

Thank you, everybody.

What the hell, C.J.?

Anything good in the paper this morning?

Who's the "senior White House official"?

I don't know.

You're telling me you can't control...

A reporter can just pick up a phone and call anyone?

Yeah. Why?

'Cause we don't live in Tripoli.

The Republican leaders already think-- Shallick, Ann Stark--

they already think they can get the votes on a compromise measure.

Look...

All they were scared of was a veto.

They're going to build it now.

They're going to do it.

And our phones, all day long, are going to be ringing

with Democrats who want us dead. Seth Gillette's going to...

Let me tell you something-- this time he's going to be right!

Toby, I'll talk to Leo and Josh.

I'll talk to the President.

I'll get a clarification.

Beyond that, what do you want me to do?

I want you find out who the senior White House official was

and put his ass in my office by the end of the day!

It wasn't me.

I imagine if it was anyone within the sound of Toby's voice

they'd be looking for a trapdoor right now.

Is there anything you can tell me about the tanker?

Carol's going to give you the notes from the Coast Guard. Do you know

whether it had something to do with the navigation

or the steering?

All that's being investigated, but I'm assuming

that when a ship runs into the shore, it has something to do

with either the navigation or the steering.

Yeah.

Hey, Sam...

you don't know

who it was, right?

No.

OLIVER: What can you tell me about this disease

that I don't already know?

Not as much as a doctor.

You should talk to a doctor.

Well, I'm going to talk to quite a few of them

but let me ask you this:

Is it possible...

for someone with relapsing/remitting MS to experience an attack

that would include temporary loss of proper brain function

but exclude any physical symptoms?

Let me put it another way:

Is it possible that you could be sitting in this room

have an attack, and I don't know it?

I think what you're asking is

is it possible I could be sitting in the Situation Room

have an attack, and nobody knows it.

Yes.

Yes.

My vision might get blurry-- you wouldn't know that--

my legs might get numb...

Okay, sir, uh... before we go any further

there's something that I want to make sure is absolutely clear.

What's that?

You and I don't enjoy attorney/client privilege.

What's he talking about?

He's a government lawyer.

The privilege doesn't exist.

So you want to be very careful

about what you say in this room right now, Mr. President

because, if subpoenaed to give a deposition

I'm not going to lie under oath.

I don't want to be careful about what I say in this room.

Well, then we should end this meeting

and you should retain private counsel.

I want you.

I meant I don't need to be careful.

Okay.

I'd like to ask you some questions now.

These are preliminary and with no preparation

and in no particular order.

Yeah.

Have you ever been party to a lawsuit?

Have I ever been party to a lawsuit?

Yes, sir.

I was Governor of New Hampshire. Anybody who...

I mean a lawsuit in which you gave a deposition.

( heavy sigh )

A meter reader slipped on a patch of black ice in my driveway

and I got dragged into some pain-in-the-ass thing over my great-aunt's will.

And you gave a deposition in both those cases?

Yeah.

Do you recall any time in those depositions

when you were asked about your health?

Oliver, why are we talking about my great-aunt's will

and the meter reader?

Because if you were asked about your health

and lied in a deposition, that's the ball game.

We're all going home.

He never lied.

Leo, I'd like to hear the President say that.

I never lied.

You never had to testify under oath about your health?

No.

Never answered any interrogatories

or depositions about your health?

No.

Okay.

The First Lady and your kids, that's four

the six original doctors and radiologists, that's ten

your brother, that's 11

Fitzwallace, the Vice President and Leo, that's 14...

And the anesthesiologist at GW.

Who's the last one? I'm sorry?

You said 16 people. Who's the last one?

Toby Ziegler.

PRESIDENT: Yeah. You told him.

When?

LEO: This past Friday night.

How's he taking it?

Not well.

( sighs deeply )

I wouldn't think so.

Mr. President, I have some more questions.

Is there time now?

Well, the Mexican economy crashed

an oil tanker busted up about 120 miles from here

and 13% of Americans are living in poverty

so, yeah, I can hang out with you

and answer insulting questions

for awhile.

Good.

The Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs...

Carol Villenuevo? Yes. Says she'll have it for us

in an hour to review it.

That's when the President's going to call you

and ask you to fast-track it.

He wants you to take it

straight to mark-up and vote.

Josh, my members are going to need

a day to read the thing.

We understand, but we don't have a day.

What Josh means is the very next story in the news cycle

( Toby yelling ) has got to be that the U.S. is guaranteeing the loans.

ED: The Treasury Secretary's got to make that announcement

when the markets open tomorrow morning.

We need a vote tonight.

Yeah, listen, uh

the next story in the news cycle

has got to be that the U.S. is guaranteeing the loans.

These guys just said that.

All right, you understand we may not have

anything ready till 2:00, 3:00 in the morning.

The President doesn't mind staying up late to sign his name.

You also understand

no one here has said yes yet.

I noticed that.

All right.

Uh... you mind if we use the room to talk?

Not at all.

You mind talking fast?

I do it for a living.

Shout to somebody if you need coffee.

How's it going in there?

The number of people whose permission I need

before I can do whatever the hell I want...

Let me tell you something--

there's really a lot to be said for fascism.

Funny you should mention that.

Toby?

He wants me to find the leak.

You should.

No problem. Was it you?

No.

Okay. Well, then, now I'm stumped.

C.J....

Josh, when there's a leak, I do what I do.

Finding the person is usually impossible under benign circumstances

but with Toby blasting around the halls

whoever it was has gone so far underground

we could start our search in Beijing.

What about asking Cashin?

Cashin isn't going to roll over on a source.

Then you've got to get a swinging light bulb in there

and just do it.

Yeah, this from the guy who had four kinds of aneurysms

when he had to interrogate the staff on drug use.

That was a lot different.

'Cause it was you?

No, because that was an investigation

into personal behavior.

This guy compromised a policy initiative.

That's a fair point

and I'm not saying it's not bad

I'm just saying I'm not going to find him.

You're absolutely not going to find him.

But I should spend the day doing it anyway.

Yes. Because Toby's pissed.

Let me tell you something.

I've found that if you accept that

as a good enough reason for doing something

life becomes easier.

Thanks for the fortune cookie wisdom.

You bet.

Josh?

You just lurk there in the shadows, like...

Whatever.

What are you doing?

I'm doing things, things with paper.

Can you do them later?

Why?

So you're not doing them now?

I had a couple questions, if you don't mind.

About what?

The Mexico bailout.

Can you ask them later?

Later it might be a done deal, and before you send

$30 billion of my money to Mexico

I'd like to ask a few questions.

Okay, it's going to be one of these now, right?

Yeah.

You object to the bailout?

I do.

Because in the world of Donnatella Moss

we should love one another just as long as it doesn't

cost you anything.

Well, yes, I suppose that's one small-minded way of putting it.

Close the door.

Donna?

With me on the other side?

Thank you.

Hey.

CHARLIE: How are you doing?

Is he back yet?

No.

Hey, you decided yet?

Theology 201: Intro to Biblical Literature.

Why?

So the President will stop bugging me.

And English 201: Texts and Contexts.

What happened to molecular biology?

It's closed out for the summer session.

How many AP credits do you have from high school?

I have six in English

six in math and calculus

three in European history

and three in French.

You're telling me you've never been to college

and after taking two classes this summer

you're going to be, like, a junior?

With a pretty decent GPA.

Charlie, just how smart are you?

I've got some game.

GINGER: Sam?

She's here? Yeah.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Lieutenant?

Mr. Seaborn?

Sam.

Emily.

You look exactly the way you sound on the phone.

You look exactly the way you look on the news.

Thanks for coming by.

It's no problem.

I'm surprised to see you in a dress uniform

on a day like you must be having today.

We're required to wear the Class-As for any business

on the Hill or in the White House.

I never knew that.

You never noticed that every soldier

sailor and Marine who's walked in here has been in a dress uniform?

I'm less visually observant than others

but I make up for it. How?

With cunning and guile.

Okay.

What happened to the ship?

It suffered some kind of malfunction

causing a steering loss about ten miles offshore.

The captain dropped anchor to avoid a run-in

with other marine traffic.

If he dropped anchor ten miles out, what's he doing here?

The anchor broke.

The anchor broke? Anchors break?

Yeah. I want you to try and guess something.

A ship of a size and gross tonnage of the Indio

steaming at 18 knots

how long do you think it takes to come to a complete stop

from the moment the bridge cuts the engines

and throws the props into reverse?

I don't know.

A couple football fields, probably.

Six miles.

Six miles?

There's no anchor that stops that boat at 18 knots.

Okay, so the thing's drifting out there... Which is when we got

a "dead in the water" mayday and we sent out the Tallahassee to tow it in.

What happened to the Tallahassee?

25-foot seas

wind out of the north-northeast at 40.

So it made for port.

With every intention of going back out there.

But the wind from the northeast...

Yeah, and the tidal pull...

...pushed the Indio into shore.

How bad is this going to end up being?

Bad.

Everyone's in it--

Coast Guard, EPA, NTSB, state, local--

but there are only so many pairs of hands

and, you know, getting oil out of water.

You try it sometime.

Yeah. Listen, thanks again for coming by.

You want me to keep you posted during the day?

I'd appreciate it.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Mr. President, do you have life insurance?

No.

You have a wife and three kids and no life insurance?

I have accidental death insurance

as well as considerable personal worth.

Were I to die, my family would not miss my government salary.

What about health insurance?

I don't have any anymore.

Why not?

I'm the husband of a doctor

and as a Governor and President

the various governments I've led generously...

Yeah, let me cut to the end of the page, sir.

Have you ever signed any document

for health insurance or life insurance

or any document which falls under

the pains and penalty of perjury

in which you are asked about your health

and did not disclose you have MS?

No.

( knocking )

Yeah.

You should probably

make the call.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

What do you think?

I am nowhere close

to being able to answer that question.

C.J., you wanted to see Jamie Hotchkiss?

No, but yes.

Jamie?

Hey, Jamie, how are you doing?

I'm a little pissed about the quote this morning.

I know how you feel.

My team's been working on this for nine months.

You can't get leverage with a rubber crowbar.

They are going to jump on this.

Yes, and I-I'd like

to ask you some questions.

Sure.

There was a meeting about vouchers

in the Roosevelt Room last Thursday.

Were you part of it?

I've been in on all those meetings

from the beginning.

Right, and have you talked to Terry Cashin

of the Baltimore Sun in the last four days?

What?

I was wondering, if in the last four days...

You're asking me if I'm the leak?

I was going to be a little more circumspect.

I can tell. Jamie...

I've been working on this for nine months.

And frankly-- and I don't say this to you enough--

doing a very good job.

Thank you.

Do you happen to know

who the leak is?

Listen up: I'm not the leak.

I don't know who the leak is.

If I did, I wouldn't tell you.

Any other questions?

No, no. We wrapped that up tight.

Thank you.

Carol?

Yeah?

How many more of these do I have?

1,138.

Okay, after five of them, I'm just going to confess.

Ready for the next one?

Sure.

They're not done meeting yet?

In the Roosevelt Room?

Yeah.

No. Okay.

You got a phone message.

From who?

Frank Kelly.

Who's he?

He's a textiles worker in South Carolina

making $12.17 an hour with no health insurance.

His two kids go to public school.

The school's fine, but they've had to cut

art and music for budget reasons

and Frank's ten-year-old is just nuts about the trumpet

so the mom does telemarketing at night

after the kids have gone to bed

to pay for lessons and rent an instrument.

Not that art and music are important

or that any of us had any fun

or met friends doing it.

Frank obeys the law and pays his bills.

He also pays his taxes

and he called to thank you

for sending his money to Mexico.

Does he want me to call back?

Josh...

No, why don't you call him back.

Why don't you call him back and remind him

that the Mexican consumers who buy his textiles

can't afford to buy them anymore.

Frank will be laid off, which isn't a problem.

There are plenty of jobs out there

for a 48-year-old textiles worker

just as long as he's trained in high-tech computers

and/or medical research.

Oh, like the $30 billion is going to make it

into the pocket of Mexican consumers.

Eventually it does

and we're not giving them the money.

We're giving them our credit card and paying the bill.

It's a loan.

We did the same thing six years ago.

The loan was paid back ahead of schedule.

And we did the same thing four years before that, too, right?

Yes. And five years before that?

Yes. AA's definition

of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again

expecting a different result.

I'm not cheap, nor am I xenophobic.

I just think it's time for some tough love.

Well, not right here in front of everybody, Donna

but if you want to run home and get your equipment...

Go away from me.

The telemarketing was a nice detail

but you should've said, "scrubbed floors."

I thought it'd be too much.

Yeah, probably.

( knocking )

Come in.

( Bach playing on stereo )

Hey.

Hello, Sam.

You did some decorating.

Yeah.

A woman's touch.

It was a guy named Kirk.

Hang on. I know this piece of music. I love it.

Isn't it great?

No, but there's a reason I like it.

Well, it's beautiful.

But there's another reason. Hang on.

It's called "Air on a G String."

Could that be...?

Yes.

Thank you.

What do you need?

A lawyer.

Well, you came to the wrong place.

Seriously.

Are you in trouble?

No, I'm not.

I just want to ask you some questions.

You've been covering

the Attorneys General

for Maryland and Delaware this morning, right?

On the oil spill? Yeah.

They'll hold a joint press conference

this afternoon to announce that they're seeking damages.

How much?

Who can say at this point, but if I had to guess

I'd say in the area of $100 million

for cleanup costs

probably another $300 or $400 million punitive.

I know how you feel about these things, trust me.

Kensington's going to pay it through the nose.

No, they're not.

I think you're wrong.

Somebody's going to pay. It's not going to be them.

You think their liability shield is that strong?

I do. How do you know?

'Cause I'm the one who bought them the boat.

I bought the Indio for them

when I was at Gage Whitney.

Wow.

Talk about your chickens coming home to roost.

Yeah, but what I was thinking was this.

I know this is going to sound crazy

but I was thinking, if I could be deposed

for the plaintiffs...

Why?

Because.

Look, I was very proud of myself for making such a great deal

and it really sealed it for me with the partners

and they were about to make me one

and it really didn't bother me that the boat was cheap

for a reason, but then

at the 11th hour, I had a change of heart.

For whatever reason, I had a change of heart

and I told them the boat wasn't good enough

particularly with regards

to the steering and navigation systems

which, of course, they already knew

and I suggested they spend more money, and they said...

Stop talking right now.

$11 million extra dollars. Sam...

They laughed me out of the room.

Stop talking, or I'm walking out.

You know better.

Neither you nor your clients

abdicated attorney/client privilege when you left Gage.

If you gave that deposition, you'd be disbarred

and even if you were willing to be disbarred, there's no judge

in the country who'd allow privileged testimony.

Ainsley, unless a company like this

is forced to fork over so much money

they don't want to go on living, unless they're compelled to pay

$500 million, there's no incentive

for them to pay the extra $11 million

to make the boat safer.

Yes.

All right.

It was just an idea.

Hey, you never know.

With the liability shield?

Maybe you're not as good as you think.

Yeah, I am.

You still filling out forms, Charlie?

Well, I'm going to be filling out forms

for quite some time.

It's basically going to be my major.

What is going to be your major?

I really don't know.

You going to join the glee club?

I don't think so, Mrs. Landingham.

Oh, glee club's important.

I'm only going to have time

for a couple of classes at night.

I'm not going to be able to be that gleeful.

How about fencing?

Fencing? MARGARET: You're taking fencing?

I'm not taking fencing.

He's not taking glee club, either.

Fencing's good

'cause you learn the philosophy of self-defense.

Well, I usually don't get a lot of people

pulling an epee on me in my neighborhood

and my philosophy of self-defense

has a lot to do with running as fast as I possibly can.

These forms are really out of control, you know that?

Look at this: six forms for financial aid

three forms for housing, and I'm not using their housing

a form for roommate preference

and I'm not using their housing

emergency contacts

general activity information

transfer of credits

and a 14-page form...

MARGARET: What?

MRS. LANDINGHAM: Charlie, what?

Hang on, please.

Margaret, I need to speak to Leo.

He's in a meeting with Oliver Babish.

CHARLIE: Yeah.

I'm sorry, I need to speak to him right now, please.

Tell him it's an old friend from home.

You sure?

Yeah.

He's acting a little pissy, wouldn't you say?

You're a little pissy too, there, my friend.

Yeah, well, I'm pissed.

No kidding.

You weren't when you found out?

I was

but then I remembered.

What?

That I'm a drunk, and he didn't give a damn.

You guys going to go public?

I don't know.

What do you think?

Not up to me.

Up to the policy advisors.

Well, I think you're about to be one of them.

I don't know if I'm staying yet.

You're staying.

Why?

'Cause I'm running this show, and I picked you.

I didn't bring you here

for amicus briefs.

Leo...

I mean, in the two and a half hours

we've been sitting here

have you discovered one thing

that he's done wrong? No.

So, what's your problem?

That's my problem, Leo.

Are you out of your mind?

He did everything right.

He did everything you do if your intent

is to perpetrate a fraud.

( knocking )

Come in.

Excuse me.

Mr. McGarry, Margaret just called

to say that Charlie Young needs to speak with you.

I can't right now. It'll have to wait.

She said to mention something

about an old friend from home.

I'll be right back.

What is it?

Charlie, you can talk to me.

What is it?

Charlie...

When Zoey and Ellie

went to college...

when they went to college

they would've had to fill out a health form.

What are you...?

On the form, they ask for a number of things...

including a complete family medical history.

God...

Charlie...

How did you know he was sick?

How did you know that the President was sick?

Charlie...

Leo...

If you're under 18 when you start as a freshman...

if you're under 18, you need a parent's signature.

Okay.

Okay.

I'm sorry, I know... No, it's okay.

I just thought it was...

You did... you absolutely did the right thing.

Okay.

Okay.

Go back to work.

Margaret?

I need to see

all of Zoey Bartlet's admissions paperwork for Georgetown.

I don't think they'll release that to me.

No, you call Pat Carr, the family lawyer

and you tell him I want it.

Can I tell him why?

Margaret, just get it right now, would you?

the Roosevelt Room meeting last Thursday, right?

Yes. And do you recall him

talking to you about what went on?

I don't know. He might have. I don't know.

It's important. I'll try and remember.

'Cause somebody might've overheard you talking to him.

Yeah, there's so much to remember.

( heavy sigh )

Are you okay?

I'm just... I'll be fine.

And...

and you yourself didn't talk to anybody, did you?

Donna?

C.J., I can't...

What?

I can't lie like this anymore.

Are you saying it was you?

I feel horrible. I should've said something before

but I was afraid of what you'd...

No, it's okay.

No, Let me get this off my chest.

It was me. I called Terry Cashin.

Why?

I don't know.

Why does anybody do anything?

What are you talking about?

I'm a madwoman, C.J.

and it doesn't stop with the leak.

What do you mean? Call the authorities.

Send them to my parent'' house in Madison.

Why?

They'll find the Lindbergh baby

in the basement. Okay...

Also some post-its reminding me where I put Jimmy Hoffa.

Get out!

I framed Roger Rabbit.

Get out.

I'm going to the place.

You want a salad?

Thanks.

Carol?

Did you confess?

She didn't let me get to Whittaker Chambers and the secret pumpkin.

You got a phone call while you were in there.

From who?

Europe in 1939.

Yeah?

Yeah, I jotted it down.

Apparently they're at war

but we've taken a firm stand as an isolationist nation

and refuse to get involved.

Our resources are our own

and their problems are on the other side of the world.

Though they do have problems.

It sounds to me from what they said on the phone

that France, Austria and England

are getting absolutely pounded by the Germans

and with no end in sight.

They say that by 1941

they're going to desperately need our help

if they have any chance of survival

but I think they're just being hysterical.

This son of a customs agent

with the Charlie Chaplin mustache ain't going anywhere

but there's no telling that to Franklin Roosevelt

who's trying to convince his country

they need to get involved.

That's why he came with this.

An 8th grade social studies textbook?

Turn to the page I flagged.

The Lend-Lease Act.

Yeah. Simply put, a loan of arms to Russia and Britain

with the understanding

that they'd pay us back when the war was over

and he said this.

He said if your neighbor's house is on fire

you don't haggle over the price of your garden hose.

Frank Kelly in South Carolina wouldn't.

There are too many things in the world we can't do.

Mexico's on fire.

Why help them?

Because we can.

Did they agree to the money?

Yeah.

Okay.

ZACH: You shouldn't feel bad about this.

Everyone hates me.

Nah, they'll get over it.

You think?

Sure. You're just doing your job.

That's exactly right.

And this is really important.

You're the first one who's understood that.

You mind if I give you a suggestion

that may make this go faster?

Sure.

If you dunk the suspect

in a deep well of water and they drown

it means they're not a witch.

All right. That's it.

I saw Lizzie Proctor speaking with the devil!

Shut up.

720,000 gallons covering close to 100 square miles.

10,000 blue and horseshoe crabs are dead

so that's a $25 million industry

that can start looking for jobs at the local Dairy Queen.

12,500 starfish, flounder and bass.

$342 million estimated loss to the tourism economy

based on beach communities.

You ever wonder why you never hear anything

about a boatload of Honda Civics

spilling into the ocean?

What?

Were you listening?

Yeah.

No. I'm sorry, no.

Excuse me.

Sam, would you mind?

No.

It's me, okay?

I am Spartacus.

Look...

It was a leak. Leaks happen.

They've happened since the beginning of time--

in this White House, in every White House.

There's no malicious intent.

Things get out.

It's a company town.

Everybody talks to everybody

and junior staffers try to impress reporters

by showing they're in the know.

There is no group of people this large in the world

that can keep a secret.

I find it comforting.

It's how I know for sure

the government isn't covering up aliens in New Mexico.

Toby, I've issued a blanket e-mail

to 1,100 staffers about the incident.

I've asked the President

to let me make a clarification for tomorrow morning.

I've seen to it it'll be on page one.

We're not going to lose

an inch of ground in the negotiation.

No, we're not.

No, we're not

and you knew that since this morning.

Yes, I did.

Yeah. So what's this about?

This is small potatoes.

I want to know

when the big potatoes come, are we up for it?

Big potatoes?

Toby, we ran for election.

We lived through Leo and booze, Sam and prostitutes

India and Pakistan

Colombia and a failed rescue mission.

Are there bigger potatoes someplace?

No.

Toby...

Yeah?

Why are you lying to me?

I'm not.

Thanks for doing that stuff today.

It was...

Thanks.

Sit down. Don't be scared.

My youngest daughter's got a big mouth.

No, she doesn't, sir.

She wanted me to be on the lookout

for certain physical signs so I could tell the First Lady.

( sighing )

We won't discuss this anymore for the time being.

It'll be public soon enough

and the more conversations you have with me

the more lawyers you're going to have to talk to

and they bill in an hour what you take home in a week

so we won't discuss it except to say this--

you're going to be subpoenaed.

I'm confident in your loyalty to me.

I'm confident in your love for me.

If you lie to protect me

if you lie just once

if you lie just a little

if you lie 'cause you can't stand what's happening to me

and the people making it happen

if you ever

ever lie...

you're finished with me, you understand?

Yes, sir.

Say you understand.

I understand, sir.

Go back to work.

Yes, sir.

Is there anything you need?

I need you to go to law school

and graduate as soon as humanly possible.

Yes, sir.

Good evening, Mr. President.

Well, I've got good news for you, Oliver.

Turns out I didn't do everything right after all.

Zoey had to fill out a family history form for Georgetown

and because she was 17, a parent had to sign it.

And she left off the MS?

Yeah.

And you signed it?

I'd give anything if I had.

It was Lady Macbeth.

There's a bad moon rising, Oliver.

We both know it.

They're going to take me out for a walk.

This isn't what you signed up for.

Leo begged you to take this job.

This isn't what you signed up for.

If you leave, I'd appreciate it if you did it now

so it doesn't look like my lawyer bailed on me

when the rain starts.

No one's going to hold it against you.

Well, I appreciate that, Mr. President.

If I stay, will you do exactly what I tell you to do?

I guess it depends.

No, I'm afraid it can't depend, sir.

What would my first step be?

First tell your staff.

Yeah.

Then, decide how to make a public announcement.

Yeah.

Then order the Attorney General

to appoint a special prosecutor.

Not just any special prosecutor--

the most blood-spitting

Bartlet-hating Republican in the bar.

He's going to have an unlimited budget

and a staff like an army.

The new slogan around here is going to be "Bring it on."

He's going to have access

to every piece of paper you ever touched.

If you invoke executive privilege one time, I'm gone.

An assistant DA in Ducksworth

wants to take your deposition

you're on the next plane.

A freshman Congressman wants your testimony

you'll sit in his kitchen.

They want to drag you to the Hague

and charge you with war crimes, what do we say?

Bring it on.

I'll be in my office for a while if you need me.