The West Wing

The senior members of the White House staff are summoned to the office early in the morning to handle difficult situations: Hundreds of Cubans are on their way across the Atlantic Ocean in search of freedom.

Leo hires Mandy as a consultant to the President.

When Danny, a reporter, learns about Sam's relationship with a call girl, he doesn't write a story about it because C.J. gives Danny a lead on a much bigger newsworthy item in exchange for his silence

The staff has 72 hours to rescue a gun-control bill that needs five more votes in Congress to pass.

Leo assigns his senior staff the task of conducting private meetings with fringe groups that want attention from the White House.

A mentally unbalanced woman with a gun climbs the White House fence.

The President and First Lady host a tense dinner at the White House honoring the president of Indonesia and his wife.

The President embarrasses Vice President Hoynes during a cabinet meeting, and Danny finds out. In order to keep the story from print, C.J. arranges a meeting between Danny and the President.

The President confidentially chooses Judge Harrison as his nominee for the Supreme Court.

Sam and Josh work on thwarting Congressman Lillienfield's accusation about drug abuse in the White House.

When India invades Kashmir and Bartlet worries about a nuclear threat to both countries, he asks the colorful, inebriated Lord John Marbury, a former ambassador to New Delhi to help with the crisis.

The President and his staff prepare the State of the Union Address, but the President becomes ill.

The parents of a brutally murdered gay student are invited to witness the President sign a hate crimes bill into law even though the father doesn't believe that Bartlet expresses a position on gay rts

On a Friday evening, the United States Supreme Court rejects the application for a stay of execution for Simon Cruz.

Josh lectures to a large group of college students, recounting one day in the life of the harried senior White House staff.

The President and his staff fly to Los Angeles for a big fund-raiser, but the powerful Hollywood mogul hosting the event threatens to cancel if the President doesn't condemn an anti-gay bill.

The First Lady's public comments on a White House appointment create problems for the President because he's afraid of incurring his wife's wrath.

The Senate confirms Mendoza's appointment to the Supreme Court.

Two members of the Federal Election Commission resign. Sam and Toby meet with military officers and congressmen to discuss homosexuals serving in the military.

Armed with a new resolve to take chances, the Bartlet administration tackles the drug enforcement policy.

Bartlet works to reform campaign finance by changing the makeup of the members on the Federal Campaign Commission.

An American Air Force fighter plane gets shot down over Iraq, and, eventually, the pilot is successfully rescued.