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EXCUSE ME,
HAVE YOU SEEN THE FIRST LADY?

C.J.!

YOU KNOW HOW MANY

HOW MANY?
OTHER PEOPLE
I COULD HAVE MARRIED?

I´VE BEEN TRYING TO
LISTEN TO YOUR LESSONS

ON HOW TO BE A
BETTER BOYFRIEND.

NO, THIS IS
ONE OF THE TIMES
WHEN IT´S OKAY.

IT´S HARD TO TELL
THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THOSE TIMES
AND THE OTHERS.

DOESN´T THAT SUCK?

THIS IS SPECIAL AGENT
GINA TOSCANO.

ZOEY´S GOT A NEW AGENT.

I HEARD.

WALKING AROUND CAMPUS

WITH A WIRE
IN THEIR EAR.

ARE THEY WHITE SUPREMACISTS?

I CAN´T TELL
YOU FOR SURE

BUT I KNOW WHAT I´M LOOKING FOR

IN A CROWD,
IF THAT´S WHAT YOU´RE ASKING.

ZOEY, WALK ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF ME.

Woman:
30 SECONDS, MRS. BARTLET.

Abbey:
I DON´T WANT YOU
TO BE NERVOUS.

Boy:
OKAY.

IF YOU´RE NERVOUS,
I´LL DETECT IT

AND MOCK YOU MERCILESSLY
ON TELEVISION.

OKAY.

PEOPLE MIGHT
THINK IT´S CRUEL
FOR THE FIRST LADY

TO MOCK A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY

WHOSE ONLY CRIME
IS GETTING NERVOUS
ON TELEVISION

IN FRONT OF MILLIONS
AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

BUT I´M GOING
TO DO IT ANYWAY.

I UNDERSTAND.

JEFFREY...

YES, MA´AM?

I WAS KIDDING.

NOW...

IF YOU GET NERVOUS

LOOK AT ME
OR YOUR PARENTS.

OKAY.

YOU WON´T GET NERVOUS,
´CAUSE IF YOU DO, I´LL BEAT

YOUR BRAINS OUT.

YES, MA´AM.

NOT ME PERSONALLY-- I HAVE
PEOPLE WHO DO THAT FOR ME--

BUT YOU GET
THE IDEA.

MRS. BARTLET, TEN SECONDS.

LILLI, SHOULD HAVE WORN
THE GRAY SUIT.

YOU´RE GOOD.

AND HERE WE GO.

25 minutes past the hour
and 42 degrees

outside our Rockefeller Center
studios.

Abigail Bartlet is no stranger

to the fight for children´s
health around the world

and she´s taken the time
to speak with us this morning.

Good morning, Mrs. Bartlet.

GOOD MORNING, MELISSA.

You´re speaking with us

from the Mural Room,
is that right?

THAT´S RIGHT,
AND I´M HERE

TO INTRODUCE
THIS YOUNG MAN ON MY LEFT

JEFFREY MORGAN.

JEFFREY HELPED
OPEN MY EYES

TO THE ISSUE OF CHILD LABOR
EXPLOITATION AROUND THE WORLD.

Jeffrey, you started
your organization

because of a pen pal
you felt was in trouble.

Jeffrey:
Yes, and I thought...

WHEN DID JEFFREY HAPPEN?

SAM...

LILLI, WHEN DID
JEFFREY HAPPEN?

I DUG IT UP
FOR HER YESTERDAY.

YOU´RE GOING
TO LOVE HIM.

LET´S FIND OUT.

Your organization,
the Kids´ Crusade...

The Children´s
Crusade.

The Children´s--
I´m sorry--

The Children´s Crusade

was created when
your pen pal was
sold into slavery

is that right?

Well, that´s not what
they call it in India

but that´s what it is.

You see, Panshin´s mother
borrowed $25

and Panshin had to go to work
to pay back the loan.

HE´S GOOD.
YEAH.

Abbey:
She borrowed
the money

from what we would call

a loan shark, Melissa.

Then Panshin was bonded

to work for
the loan shark

but could never
pay back the loan...

SO HERE´S MY THING.

WHAT?

WHAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT

NOT GOING UP TO THE HILL
FOR THE BUDGET MEETINGS TOMORROW

BUT BRINGING THE LEADERSHIP
TO THE WHITE HOUSE INSTEAD?

WHY?

WE WANT THE NEWS CYCLE.

LILLI...

SHE´S GOT THE NATIONAL
PRESS CLUB TOMORROW

IT´S HER FIRST MAJOR SPEECH
SINCE COMMENCEMENT SEASON

IT´S CHILD LABOR,
AND WE WANT THE NEWS CYCLE.

THE NEWS CYCLE DOESN´T
BELONG TO US, LILLI.

IT´S NOT OURS
TO GIVE AWAY.

YOU KNOW
WHAT I MEAN.

WE WANT TO SHOW
THE PRESIDENT

IS REACHING OUT
FOR BUDGET COMPROMISE.

HE´S LITERALLY
GOING TO CONGRESS.

HE´S BEING DRIVEN SIX BLOCKS
IN A STRETCH LIMO, SAM.

IT´S NOT LIKE HE´S HENRY CLAY.

IT´S A SYMBOL.

YOUR GUY STEPS OUT
OF A MOTORCADE

AND THAT´S THREE COLUMN INCHES
ABOVE THE FOLD.

MY GUY´S ON PAGE 23.

YOUR GUY´S MARRIED TO OURS

AND OURS WON AN ELECTION.

JUST SOMETHING YOU
HAVE TO GET USED TO.

YOUR GUY HAS
A 48 PERCENT APPROVAL RATING.

MY GUY´S AT 61.

AND BITE ME.

AH... POINT WELL ARGUED.

Melissa:
Mrs. Bartlet

does the company know

that its subcontractors
are using child labor?

Abbey:
Melissa,
if they don´t

then they´re
criminally
negligent.

If they do,
then they´re simply criminal.

THERE IT IS.

THAT WAS A PRETTY
GOOD PITCH TO HIT.

COME ON, SAM,
SEE TOBY.

GIVE US SOME ROOM TO RUN.

LILLI...

CHANGE THE CHANNEL.
TOBY...

HI, TURN TO CHANNEL FIVE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

BERNIE DAHL DIED.

Abbey:
...80 hours a week
in darkness and silence.

...after suffering
what is being described

as a massive heart attack

was pronounced dead upon arrival
at Johns Hopkins Medical Center.

Mr. Dahl, widely respected
on Wall Street

as the chief architect

of the longest peacetime
economic expansion in history

was in the fourth year
of his second four-year term

as Chairman
of the Federal Reserve.

YOU JUST LOST
YOUR NEWS CYCLE.

IS THERE GOING TO BE A COUP?

Man:
EXCUSE ME, SIR?

IS THERE GOING TO BE A COUP?

NO, SIR. WE BELIEVE
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

THAT OPADOKAN WILL
APPOINT THEIR SUCCESSORS

FROM DIVERSE REGIONS
INCLUDING THE IBO
FROM THE EAST.

THEY´VE BEEN COMPLAINING
OF UNDER-REPRESENTATION.

AND THIS IS ON PAGE...?

17 IN YOUR CLASSIFIED BOOK.

PAGE 17...

EXCUSE ME,
MR. PRESIDENT.

YEAH.

OH. EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.

LEO, THE INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFINGS...

I KNOW.

THERE ARE MORNINGS I´M
JUST NODDING MY HEAD

AND THAT CAN´T BE
GOOD FOR ANYBODY.

BERNIE DAHL
HAD A HEART ATTACK.

NO...

YEAH, HE DIED
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

HE DIED?

ON THE WAY
TO THE HOSPITAL.

BAD TIMING.

I´LL SAY.

WHO KNOWS SO FAR?

WE GOT IT OFF THE NEWS.

DAMN IT.

YEAH.

MARKET´S GOING TO
OPEN 200 POINTS DOWN.

IF WE´RE LUCKY.

WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME WE WERE LUCKY?

SUPER TUESDAY.

IT´S GOING TO BE

300, 350.

ANNOUNCE RON ERLICH.

NOT YET.

ANNOUNCE RON ERLICH
AS DAHL´S SUCCESSOR.

NOT YET.

YOU DO IT THIS MORNING
WHEN TRADING OPENS

EVERYBODY CALMS DOWN.

I´M SAYING
I´M NOT SURE
IT´S ERLICH.

SIR...

I´M NOT SURE. IT´S THE FED
CHAIRMAN. GIVE ME A DAY.

IT´S GOING TO BE
AN EXPENSIVE DAY.

HOW EXPENSIVE?

YOU SAY 300 POINTS,
IT COULD BE MORE.

WALL STREET NEEDS TO TRUST ME.

SHOULD I GO TELL THEM THAT?

A DAY, AND I´LL
TELL YOU WHAT ELSE--

YOU COULD´VE BEEN
NICER TO ME DURING
THIS CONVERSATION.

HOW?

BY SAYING THAT WALL
STREET DOES TRUST ME

AND THE MARKET´LL
HOLD UNTIL I APPOINT
A NEW FED CHAIRMAN.

SURE.

JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE
TO CALL MY BROKER

AND DUMP MY PORTFOLIO.

I´M TAKING THE DAY.

I´M GOING TO LEAK
IT´S ERLICH.

GET THE NEWS
TO OUR PEOPLE.

IT´LL CALM
THINGS DOWN.
NO.

MR. PRESIDENT...

I´M NOT READY

TO JUMP INTO BED
WITH RON ERLICH YET.

MAKING ME ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE
IN MY FAMILY WHO CAN SAY THAT.

YES, SIR.

SO...

THAT WAS PAGE 17.

YES, SIR.

THE LEADER
OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

MR. MOHAMMED ASHOROBI...

SO I´VE BEEN READING
THIS BOOK...

I´M ON THE PHONE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?
YOU´RE ON HOLD.

THE LIGHT WAS BLINKING.

WHAT BOOK?

IT´S ABOUT WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

DONNA, THE FACT THAT
I´M ON HOLD NOW...

THAT SHOULDN´T BE YOUR CUE
TO TELL ME

WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

FOR INSTANCE,
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

WOMEN WASHED THEIR HAIR
ONCE A MONTH

AND THEY USED BORAX OR EGG YOLKS
FOR SHAMPOO.

I´M HERE.

FLORENCE AND BERTHA
WERE AMONG

THE TOP GIRLS´ NAMES.

I´M MEETING HIM IN FIVE MINUTES.

TODAY THEY DON´T MAKE
THE TOP 10,000.

EXCUSE ME... WHAT?

FLORENCE AND BERTHA AREN´T AMONG

THE TOP 10,000 NAMES
TODAY...

I´M ACTUALLY BACK

ON THE PHONE NOW.

I´LL WAIT.

TOBY´S GOING TO BE FINE.
DON´T WORRY.

TOBY´S IN HIS OFFICE?

YEAH. THE POPULATION
OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WAS 22.

I´M GOING TO GO
TO MY MEETING NOW

BUT YOU SIT HERE
AND KEEP TALKING.

IT´LL BE LIKE
I NEVER LEFT.

HERE.

THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW
WHAT ELSE?

DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS
WERE A PROBLEM IN DENVER.

YEAH.
A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO?

WHAT WERE THEY DRIVING?

I´M GLAD
YOU ASKED.
HORSES.

YOUNG BOYS ON HORSEBACK
RIDING THROUGH TOWN

SHOOTING AT, I SUPPOSE

STAGECOACHES
AND WHATNOT.

WHEN DO YOU HAVE TIME
TO READ?

IT´S IMPORTANT TO MAKE TIME
FOR YOURSELF.

I NOTICE YOU´RE ABLE
TO DO IT RIGHT HERE.

I´M ADAPTABLE.

AMONG OTHER THINGS.

Toby:
SAM?

YEAH?

C.J.´s GOING
TO NEED

A REASON WHY THE PRESIDENT´S
WAITING A DAY

THAT DOESN´T SOUND LIKE
WE´RE RECONSIDERING ERLICH.

I JUST GAVE HER ONE.

WHAT?

RESPECT.

THE MAN JUST DIED.

OUT OF RESPECT FOR HIS MEMORY
AND HIS FAMILY...

IT WOULD BE WRONG TO NAME
A SUCCESSOR...

RESPECT WORKS.

I´LL TELL YOU THIS, THOUGH--

I´M GOING TO THE GYM TODAY.

OKAY, THAT
DOESN´T SEEM

TO BE ABOUT ANYTHING
THAT INTERESTS ME.

BERNIE DAHL HAS A HEART ATTACK,
BAM, RIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE?

IT´S HIS FIFTH HEART ATTACK,
SAM. HE´S 138 YEARS OLD.

THESE ARE
STRESSFUL JOBS.

I HAVEN´T BEEN TO THE GYM
IN THREE WEEKS.

SAM, LOOK AT YOURSELF.

HOW MUCH HEALTHIER
DO YOU WANT TO BE?

IF ANYBODY NEEDS ME AT LUNCH,
I´M AT THE GYM.

THAT´S GOING TO BE SAD FOR ME

BECAUSE I´M GOING TO LIVE
LONGER THAN YOU.

DON´T COUNT ON IT.

TOBY.

WE ARE WAITING A DAY

TO MAKE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT
OUT OF RESPECT, JOSH.

FOR WHOM?

THE DEAD-- AND HOW I WISH

I WERE ONE OF THEM.

YOU´RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.

BET YOU I´M NOT.

TOBY...

IT´S LOCKED DOWN.

I KNOW THAT.

IT´S LOCKED DOWN

WITH SOME 15 VOTES TO SPARE.

THERE IS VALUE TO HAVING

THESE THREE CONGRESSMEN
ON BOARD.

WHAT IS IT?

A CLEAR AND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION

THAT THE PRESIDENT´S
LIBERAL BASE

HASN´T TURNED THEIR BACKS.

IN THE CASE
OF THESE THREE PEOPLE

I´D LIKE TO SEE
A CLEAR AND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION

THAT THEY´VE TURNED THEIR BACKS
AND RUN

AS FAR AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

I THINK YOU THINK
IT´S BENEATH YOU TO ASK.

IT IS BENEATH ME TO ASK!

IT´S SEWN UP--
BY 15.

WE´VE GOT THE TRADE
BILL-- IT´S SEWN UP--

AND IT´S AS BIPARTISAN
AS WE´RE LIKELY TO SEE.

THERE WAS A VICTORY
AND WE´RE THE VICTORS

AND I´M NOT GOING IN THERE
HAT IN MY HAND...

NO ONE´S ASKING...

YOU´RE ASKING ME TO.

NO, WE´RE GOING TO DO
"GOOD COP, BAD COP."

NO, WE´RE REALLY NOT.

´CAUSE THIS ISN´T
WHY NOT?

AN EPISODE OF HAWAII FIVE-O.

HOW ABOUT YOU BE
THE GOOD COP, I BE

THE COP THAT DOESN´T GO
TO THE MEETING?

I TOLD THEM
YOU´D BE AT THE MEETING.

IF YOU´RE NOT THERE,
THEY´RE GOING TO START
RIGHT OUT INSULTED.

IF I GO,
THERE´S A DECENT CHANCE

THEY´RE GOING
TO END UP INSULTED.

LET´S GO.

I NEED TO GET
TO EXERCISE MORE.

TOBY...

GOT TO EXERCISE MORE,
GOT TO EAT BETTER.

TOBY, YOU´RE GOING
TO SIT IN THAT ROOM

AND YOU´RE GOING TO BEHAVE
YOURSELF, I SWEAR TO GOD.

YOU´RE GOING TO SIT THERE

WHILE I COURT THESE PEOPLE´S
VOTES, AND EVERY SO OFTEN

YOU´RE GOING TO SMILE
SO AS TO INDICATE WARMTH.

I CAN STILL
KICK THE CRAP
OUT OF YOU.

WE´RE CLEAR ON THAT?

YEAH.

WHAT THE HECK
ARE WE WAITING FOR?

TOBY?
I´LL BE NICE.

THE PRESIDENT´S
SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.

HE SHOULDN´T BE.

SO YOU´VE TOLD HIM
MANY TIMES

BUT HERE
THESE PEOPLE ARE

SO I GUESS THE PRESIDENT
DISAGREES WITH YOU.

GIVEN THAT...

I UNDERSTAND.
LET´S GO.

SO YOU´RE JUST
GOING TO SIT THERE?

IF YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH

IT´LL BE
TO SAY SOMETHING NICE?

YES.

OKAY.

IT´S SEWN UP, JOSH.

WHATEVER.

BY 15 VOTES.

GOOD MORNING.

HOW ARE YOU?

SO GLAD
TO SEE YOU.

C.J.:
HE IS SHOCKED AND SADDENED

BY THE DEATH OF HIS COLLEAGUE.

FOR OVER 11 YEARS, BERNARD DAHL

OVERSAW THE LARGEST
ECONOMIC EXPANSION

IN THE COUNTRY´S HISTORY

AND I CAN ASSURE YOU
HE WILL BE...

C.J.?

...MISSED. KATIE?

IS RON ERLICH THE NEW FED CHAIR?

THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF GOOD CANDIDATES.
WHO´S ON THE SHORT LIST?

I WANT TO BE CLEAR:
NO SUCH LIST EXISTS.

OBVIOUSLY, FROM HIS POST
AS THE NUMBER TWO MAN
AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE

RON ERLICH
IS A CANDIDATE.

SYDNEY BLOOM?

SYDNEY BLOOM IS A CANDIDATE.

LAWRENCE OTTENBERG?
MR. OTTENBERG

IS A CANDIDATE.

C.J., MRS. BARTLET´S DECLARED
A PREFERENCE FOR RON ERLICH.

TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU THINK
THAT´S GOING TO WEIGH IN

ON THE PRESIDENT´S
DECISION?

I´M AWARE
OF NO SUCH DECLARATION.

IT WAS A WIRE PIECE.

UNNAMED PEOPLE
CLOSE TO THE FIRST LADY

ARE SAYING SHE HOPED
THE PRESIDENT

WOULD APPOINT RON ERLICH
WHEN BERNIE DAHL´S TERM EXPIRED.

I DON´T KNOW
WHO THE UNNAMED PEOPLE ARE

BUT I SUPPOSE
IT´S POSSIBLE

THAT ON A SOCIAL OCCASION...

OKAY.

C.J., WHEN´S
THE PRESIDENT GOING

TO NAME THE
NEW CHAIRMAN?

WE´RE HOPING TOMORROW.

WHY THE DELAY?

RESPECT.

GET ME A COPY
OF THE WIRE REPORT.

IT´S ON YOUR DESK.

COULD I HAVE SOUNDED ANY
STUPIDER SAYING "RESPECT"?

YOU WERE FINE.
SAM?

YEAH.
I NEED YOU.

I´M GOING TO THE GYM.

I´VE GOT A QUESTION
ABOUT MRS. BARTLET

STATING A PREFERENCE
FOR RON ERLICH.

PUBLICLY?

IT´S IN A WIRE PIECE
THAT´S ON MY DESK.

GINGER.

BACK TO YOUR OFFICE?

YEAH.
THANK YOU.

Lilli:
SHE WAS FANTASTIC THIS MORNING

AND I CAN PROMISE YOU
THAT´S JUST THE OPENING SALVO.

THE FIRST LADY
IS GOING TO LEAD THE CHARGE

AGAINST CHILD LABOR.

THERE´S SOME INDEX CARDS
ON PATTY´S DESK.

I NEED THEM
FOR THE RIDE OVER.

HI.

HI.

YEAH, CALL ME BACK LATER

AND I´LL GIVE YOU
TEN MINUTES.

DID YOU SEE THE REST

OF THE INTERVIEW?

I DIDN´T.

JEFFREY AND HIS CLASSMATES
RAISED ENOUGH MONEY

FOR PANSHIN AND EVERYONE

IN THEIR VILLAGE
TO GET OUT OF DEBT.

WELL, THAT SOLVES THAT, THEN.

ABBEY´S RUNNING
WITH THE BALL.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE´RE
THE ONES CALLING THE PLAYS.

WHAT´S THE PROBLEM?

C.J. GOT A QUESTION

REGARDING THE FIRST LADY´S
PREFERENCE FOR ERLICH.

HER PREFERENCE IS
FAIRLY WELL-KNOWN.

THIS TIME IT WAS
IN A WIRE PIECE--

"SOURCES CLOSE
TO MRS. BARTLET."

I DON´T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.

IT WASN´T YOU?

I JUST SAID I DIDN´T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WE´LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN
WE WANT SOMETHING LEAKED.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

SAM, I´M STANDING HERE
AND I´M TELLING YOU

THAT I DON´T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT

AND IF C.J. WANTS
TO COME UP HERE

AND CALL ME A LIAR...

C.J. DIDN´T COME UP HERE.

I DID. NO ONE´S
CALLING YOU A LIAR.

WE´VE GOT TO
FIND A WAY

FOR OUR TWO STAFFS
TO WORK TOGETHER
BETTER THAN THIS.

NO, WE DON´T.

WE NEED
A WAY FOR YOUR STAFF

TO WORK BETTER
WITH OUR STAFF.

WELL, THAT´S
THE SPIRIT, SAM.

LOOK...

I´M LATE FOR A SPEECH.

LILLI...?

THAT WAS A NICE BIT
OF DIPLOMACY

I JUST DID THERE.

I WAS GOOD.

I´M GOING TO THE GYM NOW.

OKAY.

OKAY.

President:
WITHOUT REGARD TO THE VALIDITY
OF PAST ARGUMENTS...

Leo:
THAT THE NATIONAL DEBT

WAS SO HIGH,
IT REQUIRED US

TO SUCK UP TO
THE BOND MARKET?

YES, AND I´M SAYING
THAT CONDITION

DOESN´T EXIST ANYMORE.

WELL, MAYBE SO.

HISTORICALLY,
AMERICAN PROSPERITY

HAS BEEN BUILT ON BROAD GROWTH

IN THE G.D.P OF FIVE
PERCENT OR GREATER

AND NOW, WITH THE
DEFLATIONARY PRESSURES
OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

THAT KIND OF GROWTH
CAN BE ACHIEVED

WITHOUT THE
NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS
OF RAMPANT INFLATION.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT I´M SAYING?

C.J. DOESN´T
UNDERSTAND
A WORD OF IT.

I UNDERSTAND THE OEUVRE.

I GET THE BASIC
MISE-EN-SCENE

OF WHAT YOU´RE SAYING.

I REALLY DON´T
UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.

MY POINT IS, RON ERLICH
MIGHT NOT BE THE GUY.

IT´S NOT A MORTAL LOCK.

SO LET ME SUGGEST,
MR. PRESIDENT

THAT I TALK
TO THE FIRST LADY

AND ASK HER
TO CLARIFY...
NO.

THAT HER POSITION...
NO, NO.

"MY HUSBAND WILL CHOOSE
THE BEST MAN FOR THE FED.

I SUPPORT..."
NO...

SIR...
C.J.

WE DON´T HANDLE MY WIFE.

WHEN WE TRY, YOU
KNOW WHAT HAPPENS

AT THE OTHER END
OF THIS BUILDING?

GET A LITTLE PUNISHMENT.

I GET A LITTLE PUNISHMENT.

SCREW IT. LET´S MOVE ON.

IT´S NOT
A BIG DEAL.

YES, SIR.

BUT, TRY TO FIND OUT
WHO THOSE FRIENDS

OF MY WIFE´S ARE
IN THE WIRE PIECE

THEN TAKE ´EM OUT BACK
AND HAVE ´EM SHOT.

CAN I DO THAT?

YEAH.

YEAH, LEO SAYS
I CAN DO THAT.

IT´S GOING TO BE PHYLLIS

WHO NEVER LIKED ME,
AND SUSAN, WHO THINKS

I´M XENOPHOBIC ´CAUSE I
DON´T LIKE MEXICAN FOOD.

THESE ARE MY WIFE´S FRIENDS.

MR. PRESIDENT.

YES. COULD BE

OUR OLD NEXT-DOOR
NEIGHBORS

HERB AND MARJORIE DOUGLAS.

THEY´RE STILL
ANGRY AT ME ´CAUSE

I ACCIDENTALLY
RAN THEM OVER WITH MY CAR.

ZOEY´S HERE.

THANK YOU, MRS. LANDINGHAM.

ANYTHING ELSE?

NO.

THANK YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU, C.J.

I´LL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE.

HISTORICALLY,
2 TO 21/////2 PERCENT
G.D.P. EXPANSION

IS CLASSIFIED AS "LACKLUSTER,"
EVEN "ANEMIC" ECONOMIC GROWTH.

41/////2 TO 5 PERCENT IS NEEDED

JUST TO BE CONSIDERED "ROBUST"
AND NOT EVEN "SPECTACULAR."

SOMETIMES I DON´T EVEN KNOW WHAT

YOU´RE TALKING
ABOUT.

SOMETIMES I´M JUST
MAKING IT UP.

HELLO, SWEETHEART.

YOU USED TO GO TO SCHOOL
IN OVERALLS, WITH A LITTLE HAT.

YES, I USED TO BE FIVE.

WHAT´S UP, ZOEY?

JUST KEEPING IT REAL.

HMM?

WHO THE HELL KNOWS?

ANYTHING ELSE?
NO.

THANK YOU, LEO.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

WHAT YOU GOT TODAY?

GOT INTRO TO CINEMA

AND 19th CENTURY
AMERICAN STUDIES.

WHAT ABOUT MATH?

WHY AREN´T YOU
TAKING MATH?

´CAUSE I GRADUATED
HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU CAN WISE-ASS
ALL YOU WANT

BUT YOU´RE COMING OF AGE
IN THE 21st CENTURY

A CENTURY IN WHICH,
I PROMISE YOU

MATHEMATICS IS GOING
TO PLAY A STARRING ROLE.

ON THE OTHER HAND,
I WOULD DEFINITELY

PUT MY SHOULDER
INTO INTRO TO CINEMA.

INTRO TO CINEMA IS WHAT
GOT ME WHERE I AM TODAY.

DID YOU CALL ME OVER
TO MAKE FUN OF ME?

WAS GOING TO BE
A BIG PART OF MY DAY.

DAD...

I MET WITH BUTTERFIELD

AND SOME SECRET
SERVICE AGENTS
THIS MORNING.

WHAT DID I DO?

YOU DIDN´T DO ANYTHING.

THEY THINK YOU SHOULD BE TAKING

MORE MATH, BUT...
DAD...

IT´S TIME FOR ME TO TELL YOU

ABOUT SOME LETTERS
WE´VE BEEN GETTING.

THREATS?

YEAH.

THEY DON´T LIKE THAT
THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT

IS DATING A YOUNG BLACK MAN.

CHARLIE?

ZOEY, PLEASE DON´T TELL ME
YOU´RE DATING MORE THAN ONE GUY.

NO.
OKAY.

WHAT DID...?

´CAUSE ONE GUY FOR YOU

IS ACTUALLY ONE MORE
THAN I´M COMFORTABLE WITH.

SO YOU´VE SAID.

AND I CAN SEE IT´S HAD
A REAL IMPACT ON YOU.

HOW BAD ARE THE LETTERS?

NO WORSE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE THEY INTERCEPT.

EXCEPT THESE ARE FROM
WHITE SUPREMACISTS?

YEAH.

WHY DID BUTTERFIELD
AND THE GUYS MEET WITH ME?

APPARENTLY THERE´S
A NATIONAL CONVENTION

OF SOME SORT IN VIRGINIA

AND IT WAS IN THE PAPERS
YESTERDAY THAT YOU AND CHARLIE

ARE GOING TO SOME...

CLUB OPENING
THIS WEEKEND.

YOU WANT ME TO CANCEL?

YOU DON´T
HAVE TO CANCEL

BUT YOU CAN´T BRING CHARLIE.

OKAY.

YOU WANT ME TO TELL HIM?

WE´RE MEETING FOR LUNCH.

I´LL TELL HIM.

YOU GOT TO TELL HIM
THE TRUTH, ZOEY.

DON´T MAKE SOMETHING UP.

HE´S NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

YOU SURE YOU DON´T WANT ME
TO TELL HIM?

YEAH.

OKAY.

MR. PRESIDENT? THE ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF TREASURY.

OKAY, YOU GOT TO GO.

HEY, I´M SORRY
ABOUT BERNIE DAHL.

I NEVER REALLY
KNEW HIM THAT WELL.

IS RON ERLICH GOING
TO BE THE NEW FED CHAIR?

I DON´T KNOW.
YOU WANT THE JOB?

YEAH.
CAN´T HAVE IT.

KNOW WHY?
WHY?

NO MATH. GOOD-BYE.

JOSH, WE´RE DEMOCRATS.

SINCE WHEN DO WE
LIKE LOWER TAXES?

Josh:
WE DON´T. WE LIKE LOWER TARIFFS.

LOWER TARIFFS ON EVERYTHING

FROM INDIAN TEXTILES
TO GERMAN CARS

TO CHILEAN WINES, NEGOTIATED
BY OUR TRADE REPS IN GENEVA

WITH 130 OTHER COUNTRIES
OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

THE GLOBAL FREE TRADE
MARKETS ACCESS ACT

IS NOW ON ITS
THIRD PRESIDENT

AND WE ARE VERY PROUD
THAT IT´S FINALLY READY

TO BE VOTED ON
BY THE HOUSE.

WHERE IT WILL WIN,
BY THE WAY, BY SOME 15 VOTES.

THANK YOU, TOBY.

ANYONE EATING
THAT DOUGHNUT?

ALL YOURS. NOW,
WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU LOWER
THE COST OF SOMETHING?

ECONOMISTS OF EVERY STRIPE,
INCLUDING THE ONE

IN THE OVAL OFFICE
WILL TELL YOU YOU GET

A MORE EFFICIENT ALLOCATION
OF ECONOMIC RESOURCES.

NOW, THAT MAY NOT SOUND
LIKE MUCH TO YOU AND ME

BUT TO AN ECONOMIST,
THAT´S A WEEK IN ST. BARTS.

JOSH, THERE´S
NO REASON

TO TALK TO US
LIKE WE´RE 12.

JOSH, LOOK,
WE´RE VERY CONCERNED

ABOUT THE EFFECT
THAT THE FLOW

OF CHEAPER GOODS
INTO THIS COUNTRY

WILL HAVE ON
AMERICAN LABOR

AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURING.

WE´RE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT THE LACK

OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS.

CONCERNS WHICH ARE
ENTIRELY REASONABLE.

ABOUT AMERICAN LABOR
AND MANUFACTURING?

YEAH.

WHAT KIND OF CAR
DO YOU DRIVE?

TOYOTA.

THEN SHUT UP.

EXCUSE ME.

WHAT TOBY MEANT TO SAY

IS THAT WE DON´T GET
TO SEE YOU GUYS OFTEN

AND IT´S A CRYING SHAME.

HEY, EVERYBODY,
SIT TIGHT.

WE´RE JUST
GETTING STARTED.

THINK ABOUT WHAT
YOU´D LIKE FOR LUNCH.

ALSO THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE WON

AND WE´RE STILL HERE
COURTING YOUR VOTE

FOR REASONS
PASSING UNDERSTANDING.

GET OUT HERE.

THIS, RIGHT HERE--
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE

A REPUTATION
AS A PAIN IN THE ASS.

I CULTIVATED
THAT REPUTATION.

COULD I GET YOU
TO TRY HARDER?

SURE, ´CAUSE RIGHT NOW,
I´M NOT TRYING AT ALL.

GUYS,
I´M STANDING HERE.

I DON´T KNOW IF YOU...

YEAH.

THE WIRE HAS A PIECE.

"SOURCES CLOSE
TO THE FIRST LADY SAY SHE..."

RON ERLICH?
YEAH.

WHO ARE
THE SOURCES?

SAM SPOKE TO LILLI.

SHE DOESN´T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

IS IT LILLI?
YEAH.

MRS. BARTLET
SHOULD SLIDE

IN A STATEMENT--
BACK DOOR.

"RON ERLICH IS
AN OLD FRIEND

BUT SHE SUPPORTS
WHATEVER..."

YEAH, BUT SHE´S
NOT GOING TO

UNLESS SOMEONE
TELLS HER TO.

WELL, THAT SOUNDS
AN AWFUL LOT

LIKE YOUR
JOB, C.J.

YEAH, BUT I WAS
JUST IN THERE

AND THE PRESIDENT
DOESN´T WANT ME

TO HANDLE THE FIRST LADY.

DID HE SAY IT ´CAUSE
HE DIDN´T WANT YOU TO

OR DID HE SAY IT LIKE,
"HANDLE THE FIRST LADY

BUT I´M NOT THE ONE
WHO TOLD YOU TO"?

THAT´S WHAT
I DON´T KNOW.

YOU GOT TO LEARN
THE SIGNS.

I´VE GOT MOST
OF THE SIGNS.

YOU DON´T
HAVE THAT ONE.

I´M LEARNING
THAT ONE.

WHERE´S SAM?

HE WENT TO THE GYM.

PAGE SAM. TELL HIM
TO TALK TO LILLI AGAIN.

WHAT IF THE PRESIDENT
MEANT IT?

WE´RE NOT HANDLING
MRS. BARTLET.

WE´RE TALKING
TO HER STAFF.

JUST PAGE SAM.

I KNOW MOST
OF THE SIGNS.

JUST GO.

SO WHAT WOULD
YOU HAVE DONE

IF THE GUY TOLD YOU HE
DROVE AN AMERICAN CAR?

FIND SOME OTHER WAY
OF HUMILIATING HIM.

YOU LIKE WINNING,
DON´T YOU?

SAVES YOU FROM HAVING
TO SAY THE WORD "PLEASE."

LET´S GO.

ABSOLUTELY.

OW.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

CONGRESSWOMAN.

YES, I´M FINE.

I HEARD THE CLANG
AND THE "OW"

AND I FIGURED IT MUST
BE SAM SEABORN.

I´M JUST TRYING

TO GET HEALTHY.

HOW´S YOUR HEAD?
I´M FINE.

LISTEN, I ACTUALLY
CAME OVER HERE

FOR A DIFFERENT REASON.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

UM, CAN I TALK TO YOU
OVER THERE FOR A SECOND?

CONGRESSWOMAN?

BECKY´S FINE.

OKAY.

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS
ON THE TRADE BILL?

JOSH AND TOBY SAY
WE´RE 15 VOTES UP.

WE´RE MEETING
WITH SOME FRIENDS

OF YOURS NOW TO TRY
AND RUN UP THE SCORE.

UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT I´M TALKING TO YOU
RIGHT NOW AS A COURTESY.

OKAY.

THERE´S NO OBLIGATION
FOR ME TO COME TO YOU

AND MY TELLING YOU THIS
IS NOT AN INVITATION

FOR YOU TO TRY TO
TALK ME OUT OF IT.

THAT´S NOT WHY
I´M DOING IT.

BECKY, TELL ME YOU´RE NOT
OFFERING AN AMENDMENT.

BECKY...
I AM.

CHILD LABOR RESTRICTIONS.

THE FIRST LADY
BLEW THE TRUMPET.

NO, SHE DIDN´T.

SAM, SHE DID IT
ON TELEVISION

AND I CAN´T BE
LEFT OUT OF THIS.

YOU´RE NOT
BEING LEFT OUT.

I´M TALKING TO YOU
AS A COURTESY.

THIS IS WHY WE
FAST-TRACKED THIS

TO AVOID JUST THIS...

I´M TALKING TO YOU
AS A COURTESY.

THIS WILL BLOW THE VOTE
OUT OF THE WATER.

JOSH AND TOBY HAVE

A HARD-NOSE COUNT
THAT PUTS US OVER...

I AM TALKING TO YOU
AS A COURTESY, SAM.

I´M INTRODUCING THE
AMENDMENT TONIGHT.

JOSH AND TOBY
ARE JUST GOING

TO HAVE TO
COUNT AGAIN.

YOU SHOULD PUT SOME
ICE ON THAT HEAD.

Danny:
GLOBAL FREE TRADE
MARKET ACCESS ACT--

G.F.T.M.A.A.

DANNY?

JOANIE,
I´LL CALL YOU BACK.

YOU DON´T HAVE
TO GET OFF.
NO PROBLEM.

TAKE A WALK WITH ME.

I´M ON MY WAY OUT.

Danny:
SAY, LEO

I NOTICED THE MARKET OPENED
320 POINTS DOWN.

WE NOTICED
THAT OURSELVES.

IT´S REBOUNDING.
YES.

NOT VERY FAST.
IT´LL BE FINE.

THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
TO NAME A NEW FED CHAIR.
HE WILL.

I GOT A HALF YEAR´S SALARY
IN TECHNOLOGY STOCKS

I HAD A HUNCH.
IS WHAT I´M SAYING.

THE PRESIDENT
WAS WONDERING
WHAT DO YOU NEED?

IF YOU HAD A FEW
MINUTES TO SPARE AT
THE END OF THE DAY.

YEAH.

IT´LL JUST BE YOU.

IT´LL BE INFORMAL
AND OFF THE RECORD.

THERE´LL BE A RECEPTION

AT 5:00 FOR THE
MICHIGAN WOMEN´S
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

HE´LL STEP OUT
FOR A FEW MINUTES.

HMM.

WHAT?

WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE...

LIKE THE PLACE
WILL BE LOUSY

WITH FEMALE DEMOCRATS?

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

THANKS.

HEY.

HOW YOU DOING?
HELLO, DANIEL.

OKAY.
I DON´T HAVE TIME
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

YEAH?
SAM?

I PAGED YOU.

YEAH. I GOT YOUR PAGE
AND THEN I HIT MY HEAD

AND BECKY REESEMAN
CAME OVER.

I GOT TO TALK TO
JOSH AND TOBY.

I NEED YOU
FOR A SECOND FIRST.
WHAT IS IT?

I MENTIONED THE WIRE PIECE
TO THE PRESIDENT.
WHAT´D HE SAY?

HE SAID HE DIDN´T WANT
THE FIRST LADY HANDLED.

DID HE MEAN IT, OR DID
HE MEAN HE WANTS YOU...?

I DON´T KNOW.
C.J....

I DON´T HAVE THAT SIGN.

YOU GOT TO PICK
UP THE SIGNS.

I HAVE
MOST ALL OF THEM.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
ONE TO LEARN.

TOBY THINKS IF YOU TALK
TO LILLI MAYS AGAIN...

CLARIFICATION?

STAFFER TO STAFFER,
GENTLY NUDGE HER

IN THAT DIRECTION.

ALL RIGHT. WHERE
ARE JOSH AND TOBY?

STILL IN THEIR MEETING.

GOT TO LEARN
THE SIGNS, C.J.

I KNOW.

Congressman:
CAN YOU DENY
THAT THE FACT THAT YOU CAN BUY

A BRITISH-MADE
RANGE ROVER

HAS HURT FORD
TO SOME DEGREE?

NO, BUT...

I CAN.

TOBY...

I CAN DENY IT.

RANGE ROVER INSPIRED FORD
TO DESIGN THE EXPLORER

WHICH IS
THE BEST-SELLING VEHICLE

IN ITS CLASS

AND FORD´S
MOST SUCCESSFUL MODEL

IN YEARS.

WILL YOU EXCUSE
US FOR A MOMENT?

ARE WE KEEPING YOU
FROM SOMETHING IMPORTANT?

MANY, MANY THINGS.

I HAVE TO SAY, IF
THERE´S AN IMPROVEMENT

IN YOUR ATTITUDE,
IT´S BEEN MARGINAL.

WE´RE ON HOUR FOUR NOW,
YOU UNDERSTAND.

GUYS...
YEAH?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE
AT THE GYM.

I WAS, AND THEN BECKY
REESEMAN CAME OVER
TO TALK TO ME.

SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR
IT WAS JUST A COURTESY.

WHAT´D SHE SAY?

NO...
SHE´S ATTACHING...

SHE´S ATTACHING
A CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT.

TO WHAT?
TO THIS.

SHE CAN´T.
SHE IS.

WHEN?
TONIGHT.

THIS IS WHY WE
FAST-TRACKED IT.

SHE´S ON WAYS AND MEANS.

( groans )

SHE WAS SERIOUS?

THIS WASN´T
ONE OF HER FUNNY JOKES?

SHE WAS INSPIRED
BY THE FIRST LADY.

SHE THOUGHT THIS MORNING
THERE WERE TRUMPETS

AND SHE DOESN´T WANT TO...

THERE WERE TRUMPETS?

THE TRUMPET CALLED.
THE TRUMPETS... SOUNDED?

WHAT THE HELL GOES ON
AT THAT GYM?

SHE THINKS THE TRAIN
IS LEAVING THE STATION

AND SHE WANTS TO BE
OUT FRONT ON THIS.

SOMEBODY´S GOT TO
TALK TO MRS. BARTLET--

TELL HER TO GET BECKY
REESEMAN TO BACK OFF.

WHAT IF SHE WAS DOING THIS
ON ABBEY´S INSTRUCTIONS?

I´LL TALK TO
LILLI MAYS.

I´M ALREADY GOING IN
ON THE RON ERLICH THING.

IF I´M GOING TO TAKE A HIT,
I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE TWO.

IMPRESS UPON HER
THE FOLLOWING:

IT´S TAKEN SEVEN YEARS

TO GET THE BILL
THIS FAR.

IT´S LOCKED DOWN.

ADD THIS AMENDMENT NOW

I GOT GO BE NICE
TO THESE PEOPLE.

YEAH.

BRING THIS
ONE HOME, SAM.

( sighs )

AFTER YOU.

AFTER YOU.

Zoey:
YEAH, IT´S CALLED

WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER WAS
A CHILD.

Charlie:
LEIGH RUTLEDGE?

YEAH.

I JUST READ A REVIEW.

IT´S REALLY GREAT.

OKAY, IT BEGINS, "IN
THE SUMMER OF 1900

WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER
WAS A CHILD..."

AND I SEE YOU TOOK NOTES.

YOU KNOW WHY?

´CAUSE YOU´RE TOTALLY ANAL?

NO.

WELL, YES, THAT´S IT.

"100 YEARS AGO,
THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY

OF THE UNITED STATES
WAS 47."

ONLY 14% OF THE HOMES

IN THIS COUNTRY
HAD A BATHTUB.

EIGHT PERCENT
HAD A TELEPHONE.

MORE THAN 95% OF
ALL BIRTHS TOOK
PLACE AT HOME.

"90% OF ALL PHYSICIANS
HAD NO COLLEGE EDUCATION."

THIS IS
A FUN LUNCH, ZOEY.

IT´S A LITTLE TIME TRAVEL THING
WE´RE DOING.

YOU REALLY WANT SOME OF
MY EGG SALAD, DON´T YOU?

I REALLY DO.

DO YOU HAVE TO GET
BACK TO THE OFFICE?

I´VE GOT A FEW MINUTES.

I TOOK BACK THE SUIT.
I NEED TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT FRIDAY NIGHT.

I LIKED IT, YOU DIDN´T--
THAT´S OKAY.
CHARLIE...

I´M HERE FOR YOU,
I DRESS FOR YOU.
LISTEN...

I GOT A POWDER BLUE TUXEDO
WITH RUFFLES.

I´M KIDDING
ABOUT THE TUXEDO.

LISTEN TO ME.

WE CAN´T GO
FRIDAY NIGHT.

THAT´S OKAY.

WHY NOT?

CHARLIE, YOU´VE BEEN
GETTING DEATH THREATS.

FROM...

YEAH.

´CAUSE OF YOU?

BECAUSE OF ME
AND YOU, YEAH.

THERE´S GOING TO BE
SOME SORT OF A MEETING

OR CONVENTION
THIS WEEKEND

AND THE SECRET SERVICE

JUST DOESN´T THINK
THAT IT´S...

WE TRIED TO SECURE
THE PLACE, CHARLIE.

WE DON´T LIKE IT--
TOO MANY DARK CORNERS

BACK-ALLEY DOORWAYS...
WINDOWS.

THERE´S A LOFT...
A CELLAR.

WE CAN´T SECURE THE WEST
END OF THE STREET...

I DON´T GIVE A DAMN.

CHARLIE...

I DON´T GIVE A DAMN.

I BOUGHT A NEW SUIT.

IN FACT,
I´VE BOUGHT TWO NOW.

CHARLIE...

WE CAN´T GO.

OH.

OKAY.

HEY, LOOK, IT SAYS HERE
THAT 100 YEARS AGO

A BLACK GUY COULDN´T SHOW UP
TO A CLUB OPENING

WITH A WHITE GIRL

FOR FEAR HE´D BE KILLED.

I HAVE TO GO TO
THE LADIES ROOM.

MM-HMM.

BOOKBAG´S UP.

YOU KNOW

IF NOTHING ELSE

I THINK IF EITHER ONE OF US
IS GOING TO BE PISSED

IT REALLY OUGHT
TO BE ME.

YOU´RE LOOKING AT THE
GIRL WHOSE JOB IT IS

TO JUMP IN FRONT
OF THE BULLET.

I LIKE IT WHEN SHE STAYS IN
HER DORM AND WATCHES VIDEOS.

I GOT TO GO.

TELL HER I HAD TO GO?

HEY, COME ON.

TELL HER YOURSELF.

I´M BACK AT
THE OFFICE.

HEY, THERE.
HI.

IS LILLI IN?
SHE´S EXPECTING ME.

YOU CAN GO ON IN.

HELLO, SAM.

MRS. BARTLET.

LILLI TELLS ME
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

YES, MA´AM.

IT´S THE TACTICS, SAM,
THE STRATEGIZING.

AND I DON´T UNDERSTAND,
BECAUSE WE USED TO BE VERY CLOSE

AND NOW IT SEEMS TO ME I
HAVE A LARGE AND ENERGETIC STAFF

WHOSE MAIN FUNCTION SEEMS TO BE
WAGING WAR WITH YOUR STAFF.

IS THAT ACCURATE?

NO, MA´AM, I DON´T THINK IT IS.

WE´RE THOROUGHLY PROFESSIONAL.

NO, MA´AM,
I DON´T THINK YOU ARE.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

I LIKE LILLI MAYS.

I THINK SHE´S TOP-NOTCH.

YOU KNOW THAT I DO.

YOU KNOW IT WAS HARD
FOR US TO GIVE HER UP.
YES?

BUT... I BELIEVE THAT YOU´RE
PRONE TO AMATEUR MISTAKES.

SO.

MY STAFF IS
PROFESSIONAL--

JUST NOT ME.

MRS. BARTLET, YOU CAN´T
GO ON NATIONAL TELEVISION

AND DECIDE TO HAVE THAT KID
SIT NEXT TO YOU ON A WHIM.

YOU GOT TO VET THIS STUFF
THROUGH MY OFFICE.

WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM
WITH THE INTERVIEW?

THERE WAS NO PROBLEM
WITH THE INTERVIEW

EXCEPT IT LOOKED
LIKE YOU DISCOVERED

A CHILD LABOR PROBLEM

´CAUSE A 14-YEAR-OLD
TOLD YOU ABOUT IT.

I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT IS TRUE.

AND I DO NOT
BELIEVE EXERCISE

IS GOING
TO MAKE ME HEALTHIER

BUT I DIDN´T GO
TO MEDICAL SCHOOL-- YOU DID.

YOU SAY SO,
AND I GO TO THE GYM.

SAM...

I SAY THIS
WITH ALL RESPECT

YOU GOT TO TALK
TO BECKY REESEMAN

AND TELL HER NOT
TO OFFER THAT AMENDMENT.

AND SO I WILL.

EXCUSE ME?

I SAID I WILL.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?

NO, MA´AM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, MA´AM.

HOW YOU DOING,
MRS. LANDINGHAM?

FINE, THANK YOU, DANNY.

YOU´RE GLANCING OVER
LIKE YOU´RE AFRAID

I´M GOING TO STEAL SOMETHING.

NO. I´M JUST NOT USED
TO HAVING MEMBERS

OF THE PRINT MEDIA IN HERE.

I´LL TRY NOT TO GET INK

ON THE FURNITURE.

AW, DANNY, I WAS JUST ABOUT
TO OFFER YOU A COOKIE.

AND NOW?

NO.

CHARLIE, I´LL BE BACK

IN A FEW MINUTES.

GOOD EVENING,
MRS. BARTLET.

GOOD EVENING, MA´AM.

HELLO.

ARE YOU COVERING THE EVENT?

THE... MANY WOMEN OF MICHIGAN?

MICHIGAN WOMEN´S
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

AH.

YES.
NO, ACTUALLY, MA´AM

I´M HERE TO SEE
THE PRESIDENT.

REALLY.

YES.

OKAY.

SO, WHAT´S UP?

NOT TOO MUCH.

SO, YOU GUYS ARE
GOING TO THE OPENING.

NO.
NO?

SECURITY.

IS ZOEY BUMMED?

DANNY, YOU´RE A GOOD GUY,
BUT I SAY IT HERE

AND TEN MILLION PEOPLE
READ IT TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR THE BOOST
IN MY CIRCULATION

BUT I´M OFF THE RECORD UP HERE.

IT´S NOT GOING TO WORK.

WHAT´S NOT
GOING TO WORK?

YOU KNOW WHAT I´M TALKING ABOUT.

YOU AND ZOEY?

YEAH.
WHY?

LOOK, I DO WHAT I DO,
I GO WHERE I GO.

IF IT´S A PROBLEM FOR
THE SECRET SERVICE I´M BLACK

THEN THAT´S THE WAY IT IS,
BUT NO CANDY AND FLOWERS,
KNOW WHAT I´M SAYING?

I DON´T THINK
THE PROBLEM IS YOU´RE BLACK.

THE PROBLEM IS YOU´RE STUPID.

WELL, THANKS, DANNY,
YOU PICKED ME RIGHT UP.

YOU BET.

THE HARDY BOYS
IN THESE LETTERS

THEY´RE TALKING ABOUT--

THEY MAY BE HEAVILY ARMED

BUT I WOULDN´T BET
ON THEIR MARKSMANSHIP.

ONE DAY THEY´RE GOING
TO MISS HER AND HIT ME.

2,000 MARRIAGE PROPOSALS,
2,000 DEATH THREATS

A DOZEN BODYGUARDS.

EVERYONE WANTS
TO GET CLOSE.

EVERYONE WANTS
A THING.

PLUS, AND I SAY THIS STANDING 15
FEET AWAY FROM THE OVAL OFFICE

LIFE WITH FATHER
COULDN´T HAVE BEEN

A REAL COMPANY PICNIC, YOU KNOW.

IF IT WAS ME, JUST FOR NOW

I´D MAKE SURE I WAS
THE ONE GUY IN HER LIFE

WHO WAS TOTALLY HASSLE-FREE.

THAT´S JUST ME.

DANNY.

YES, SIR.

PLEASE.

HEY, DANNY.

GOOD EVENING, LEO.

YES.

I´D JUST
LIKE TO SAY

RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THAT
I STRONGLY URGED THE PRESIDENT

NOT TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

SO I´M JUST A GUY SITTING HERE.

WE´LL NOTE WITH SURPRISE
YOUR LACK OF CONVICTION, LEO.

NOTE IT WELL, SIR.

I MISS OUR LATE-
NIGHT TALKS, DANNY.

YES, SIR.

OUT THERE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

AMES, IOWA

TULSA, SKOKIE,
CENTER CITY

TALLAHASSEE

ALBANY, SAN ANTONIO

JASPER, WYOMING.

YES, SIR.

WE GOT VERY CLOSE.

I´M FLATTERED BY THAT, SIR.

YOU COVERED THE
FIRST LADY AS WELL.

YES, SIR.

YOU LITERALLY WROTE
THE BOOK ON MY WIFE.

YES, SIR.

ONCE AGAIN I WANT TO EMPHASIZE

THE STRONG PERSONAL BOND
WE BUILT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

OH, FOR GOD´S SAKE.

DID YOU CALL ME
IN TO ASK

IF I KNEW WHO THE SOURCES

WERE CLOSE TO THE FIRST LADY?

I WAS... GOING TO... IN

A... PROPER, GENTLEMANLY...

EVEN BYZANTINE.

WAY...

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, SIR.
DANNY...

YOU MUST SAVE ME FROM HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY WIFE.

MR. PRESIDENT...

OR AT LEAST SEE TO IT

I´M BETTER ARMED
WHEN I INEVITABLY DO.

I´M SORRY.
DANNY.

I´D BE REVEALING

SOMEONE ELSE´S SOURCE.

OFF THE RECORD.

ALSO, I´D GET IN TROUBLE

WITH THE FIRST LADY.

WELCOME TO THE CLUB, DANNY.

WE HAD SOME JACKETS MADE.

LET HIM GO.

ALBANY

TULSA, WICHITA.

I´M NOT GETTING A PERSONAL
BOND HERE, DANNY.

SIR, IF IT MAKES YOU
FEEL ANY BETTER

I JUST GAVE SOME VERY SAGE
DATING ADVICE TO CHARLIE YOUNG.

YOU´RE COACHING MY PERSONAL AIDE

ON HOW BEST TO SCORE
WITH MY DAUGHTER.

YES, DANNY, THAT DOES
MAKE ME FEEL BETTER.

WELL, ANYTHING I CAN DO
TO HELP, SIR.

GO AWAY.
THANK YOU,
MR. PRESIDENT.

THANKS, DANNY.

IT´S AN INTERESTING BOOK.

THE HUNDRED YEARS
AGO THING?

SOME MEDICAL
AUTHORITIES WARNED

THAT PROFESSIONAL
SEAMSTRESSES

WERE APT TO BECOME
SEXUALLY AROUSED

BY THE STEADY RHYTHM
OF THE FOOT PEDALS.

THEY RECOMMENDED
SLIPPING BROMIDE

WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO
DIMINISH SEXUAL DESIRE

INTO A WOMAN´S
DRINKING WATER.

WHY WOULD ANYONE
WANT TO DIMINISH

A WOMAN´S
SEXUAL DESIRE?

WE CAN GET
OUT OF HAND.

HERE WE GO.

EXCUSE ME.

WOULD YOU MIND
IF I HAD A WORD

WITH CONGRESSWOMAN
REESEMAN FOR A MOMENT?

OH, SURE.

I´LL FIND YOU
IN A MINUTE.

OKAY.

THAT´S A BEAUTIFUL SUIT.

BECKY.

DID YOU DECIDE TO RUN
FOR THE SENATE AND NOT TELL ME?

ABBEY...

´CAUSE YOU KNOW
THAT JED AND I WILL BE THERE

WITH ANYTHING YOU NEED.

I KNOW THAT THE AMENDMENT COMES

AS A BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT...

YOUR CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT

IS A POISON PILL
THAT WILL KILL
THE G.F.T.M.A.A.

IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP

WON´T ALLOW THEIR GUYS
TO WEAR THE BLACK HATS

AND THEY´LL BE RELEASED
FROM A PARTY-LINE VOTE.

THIS WILL SURPRISE
BUT NOT SHOCK

THE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP

BECAUSE THEY´VE SEEN IT BEFORE.

THE VOTE WILL PASS THE HOUSE

´CAUSE THAT´S HOW SURE THEY ARE
IT´LL NEVER PASS THE SENATE

AND WHAT´S MORE, YOU KNOW IT.

IT FELT LIKE THE TRAIN

WAS LEAVING THE
STATION, ABBEY.

WHEN THE TRAIN IS LEAVING THE
STATION, YOU´LL KNOW THAT, TOO.

THERE IS A SENATE
SEAT OPENING UP.

AND I´M SURE
THE PRESIDENT

WILL DO WHAT
HE CAN FOR YOU.

I´VE HEARD THAT
BEFORE, ABBEY.

WE´RE NOT ON THE BACK
OF STEVE´S BOAT NOW, BECKY.

DON´T BARTER WITH ME HERE.

I PUT THIS AMENDMENT BACK IN MY
POCKET BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO

I´M GOING TO HAVE
PROBLEMS OF MY OWN.

HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW?

YOU, STEVE, MY STAFF.

I´M SURE, BY NOW,
THE PRESIDENT´S STAFF.

THEN YOU´RE FINE.

OH, WAIT... AM I SUPPOSED

TO TRUST THE PRESIDENT´S STAFF?

YES.

ARE WE DONE?

YES.

THANK YOU.

President:
THE RHYTHM

OF THE SEWING MACHINE PEDALS?

THAT WHAT IT SAYS.

MARIJUANA, HEROIN,
MORPHINE WERE ALL

AVAILABLE OVER
THE COUNTER

AT DRUG STORES.

ACCORDING TO ONE PHARMACIST

"HEROIN CLEARS THE COMPLEXION

"GIVES BUOYANCY TO THE MIND,
REGULATES THE STOMACH AND BOWELS

AND IS, IN FACT, A PERFECT
GUARDIAN OF HEALTH."

NOW THEY TELL ME.

MR. PRESIDENT?

I´M OUT OF HERE.

STAY.
RIGHT.

CHICKEN.

YEP.

HELLO.

HELLO.

HELLO, PUMPKIN.

ABBEY?

HELLO, GUMDROP.

LISTEN...

SAM SEABORN CAME TO SEE

MY CHIEF OF STAFF TODAY.

IN FACT, HE DID IT TWICE.

WELL, YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF

IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN.

MAYBE HE WAS, YOU KNOW...

JED...

ABBEY...

I TOLD C.J. SPECIFICALLY...

THEN C.J. GOT
THE SIGNAL WRONG.

NO, SHE DIDN´T.

WHAT?

SHE DIDN´T GET
THE SIGNAL WRONG.

I WANTED HER
TO SEND SOMEONE.

ARE YOU TELLING ME...?

THIS WIRE THING IS
A PROBLEM FOR ME.

THE KID ON TV WAS A MISTAKE

AND THE AMENDMENT

FROM BECKY
REESEMAN...
I JUST KILLED IT.

WILL BRING DOWN
A TRADE BILL

THAT´S BEEN WORKED
ON FOR YEARS.

I SAID I JUST KILLED IT.

FINE.

JED, WE SHARE A BED.

WHY DIDN´T YOU

JUST COME TO ME?

I STAFFED IT OUT TO C.J.

YOU STAFFED IT OUT.

THAT´S RIGHT.

YOU DON´T STAFF ME OUT.

YOU DON´T GIVE
C.J. SIGNALS.

YOU DON´T SEND SAM

AND YOU DON´T BRING
DANNY CONCANON UP HERE.

DON´T HANDLE ME, JED.

THEN DON´T PLAY ME, ABBEY!

DON´T WORK ME!

LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE
THINK IT WAS LILLI MAYS

WHO PLANTED YOU HAVE
A PREFERENCE FOR RON ERLICH.

IT WASN´T LILLI MAYS.

I KNOW IT WASN´T. IT WAS YOU.

YES.
YES.

YES, AND I´M SORRY ABOUT THAT

BUT I WANTED RON TO KNOW
THAT HE HAD MY SUPPORT.

WELL, YOU PUT ME IN A BIT
OF A SPOT THERE, ABIGAIL.

I NAME RON ERLICH NOW,
WHICH I WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY

IT LOOKS LIKE I´M TAKING
INSTRUCTIONS FROM MY WIFE!

STILL, IT WAS WRONG!

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU OR ME?

I´M TALKING ABOUT YOU.

I´M TALKING ABOUT YOU
SENDING PEOPLE TO ME

AND I´LL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE
I´M TALKING ABOUT.

I´M TALKING ABOUT YOU
WAITING A DAY

TO NAME A NEW FED CHAIR
BECAUSE 30 YEARS AGO

THE NEW FED CHAIR
WAS MY BOYFRIEND FOR SIX MONTHS.

I AM TALKING ABOUT SENDING ME
MESSAGES THROUGH THE PRESS

AND STAKING OUT AGENDAS
ON MORNING SHOWS.

WE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE THESE PEOPLE, ABBEY.

I´M NOT GOING TO DO IT.

I´LL WALK UP TO THE HILL
RIGHT NOW

AND I WILL GIVE THE SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE MY RESIGNATION.

THE HOUSE ISN´T IN SESSION.

WANT TO SEE ME PHONE
AND PUT IT IN SESSION?!

DON´T RAISE YOUR VOICE TO ME.

IT WAS NINE MONTHS,
ABBEY, NOT SIX MONTHS

AND I WAITED A DAY ON SKIPPY

BECAUSE THE
FED CHAIR

IS A FAIRLY IMPORTANT POSITION
AND I WANTED TO MAKE DAMN SURE

MY DECISION WAS RIGHT!

YOU ALREADY DECIDED.

HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW?

YOU JUST SAID SO.

"I NAME RON ERLICH NOW,
WHICH I WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY

AND IT LOOKS LIKE I´M TAKING
INSTRUCTIONS FROM MY WIFE!"

YES.

YES.

YES.

OKAY.

SO EASY THERE
WITH THE HIGH GROUND.

ON THAT POINT,
I CONCEDE THE HIGH GROUND.

AND I CONCEDE I WAS WRONG
ABOUT THE THING.

GOOD.

HOWEVER...

NO, NO HOWEVER.
JUST BE WRONG.

JUST STAND THERE IN YOUR
WRONGNESS AND BE WRONG.

HOWEVER...
NINE MONTHS.

HOWEVER...

YES?

I´M STILL GOING
TO KICK YOUR ASS

ON CHILD LABOR.

ABBEY, PLEASE.

JED...

IF IT WAS ONE OF OUR GIRLS

IN THAT FACTORY,
YOU´D SEND IN THE MARINES.

YEAH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

WE JUST HAD
OUR FIRST OVAL OFFICE FIGHT.

YEAH.

YOU TALK TO ZOEY TODAY?

SHE WENT BACK TO HER DORM.

SHE AND CHARLIE
HAD A FIGHT

BECAUSE THE SERVICE
DOESN´T WANT THEM

TO SHOW UP
AT THIS THING TOGETHER.

MAYBE SHE´LL BE
SO TRAUMATIZED

BY THIS EXPERIENCE

THAT SHE´LL NEVER DATE
ANOTHER BOY AGAIN.

WELL, HE LEFT HERE
A LITTLE WHILE AGO

AND I´D SAY THAT
IN ABOUT AN HOUR

THE LIGHTS WILL BE OFF

THERE´LL BE A SOCK
ON THE DOOR KNOB AND...

DON´T FINISH
THAT SENTENCE.

I´M A MAN OF
QUESTIONABLE HEALTH.

OKAY.

MICHIGAN WOMEN ARE
WAITING FOR ME.

OKAY.

HI.

YES?

I CAME TO APOLOGIZE.

YOU LEFT ME SITTING
IN THE RESTAURANT.

I FEEL BAD ABOUT THAT.

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS
YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT, TOO?

YES.

NAME THEM, PLEASE.

I...

OFF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD

I WOULDN´T BE
ABLE TO GIVE YOU

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.

JUST SUFFICE IT TO SAY

THAT ANYTHING I´VE DONE
TO UPSET YOU

EVEN IF IT ONLY EXISTS

IN YOUR KIND OF
CONFUSED LITTLE MIND

I REALLY APOLOGIZE FOR.

WHAT DID YOU BRING ME?

I BROUGHT YOU FLOWERS.

OH, I CAN SEE THAT.

WHAT ELSE?

A BOOK.
INTRODUCTION TO

ADVANCED TRIGONOMETRY.

YOUR FATHER MADE
ME PICK IT UP.

WHAT ELSE?

POPCORN.

WHY THE POPCORN?

´CAUSE I BROUGHT VIDEOS.

GET IN HERE.

BOOKBAG´S IN FOR THE NIGHT.