Episode 1
Pilot
The senior members of the White House staff are summoned to the office early in the morning to handle difficul...
Episode 2
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
The Vice President refuses to fall in line with Bartlet. Sam discusses the problem of Laurie with Josh and Tob...
Episode 3
A Proportional Response
Still enraged at Morris's death, Bartlet makes a show of deadly force. C.J. is upset about being kept out of t...
Episode 4
Five Votes Down
Five votes keep a very important gun-control bill from being passed and the staff has 72 hours to track down t...
Episode 5
The Crackpots and These Women
The staffers spend the day ("Big Block of Cheese day") dealing with private organizations, aka the crackpots....
Episode 6
Mr. Willis of Ohio
Toby and Mandy push for a commerce bill with a census-counting provision, with three votes as the deciding fac...
Episode 7
The State Dinner
The president of Indonesia is honored at a state dinner. The staff deals with Hurricane Sarah, a potential tea...
Episode 8
Enemies
Bartlet and Hoynes argue in front of the Cabinet. CJ fends off Danny's advances when she suspects he's after a...
Episode 9
The Short List
Bartlet struggles to name a nominee to the Supreme Court when the perfect nominee turns out to be not so perfe...
Episode 10
In Excelsis Deo
Toby tries to arrange a proper funeral for a homeless veteran. Josh and Sam try to set up a preemptive strike...
Episode 11
Lord John Marbury
War breaks out between India and Pakistan and Bartlet consults with Lord John Marbury. Toby accuses CJ of bein...
Episode 12
He Shall, from Time to Time
Bartlet collapses before his first State of the Union address. Leo publicly admits to his former alcoholism an...
Episode 13
Take out the Trash Day
Josh and Sam are able to make a bargain to keep Leo from going through a hearing, at the expense of a new sex...
Episode 14
Take This Sabbath Day
After the Supreme Court refuses to stay the execution of a convicted murderer, Bartlet has forty-eight hours t...
Episode 15
Celestial Navigation
Toby and Sam travel to Connecticut to get Roberto Mendoza released from jail; Josh must run a press briefing w...
Episode 16
20 Hours in L. A.
Bartlet and the senior staff fly to California to attend an important fundraiser. Hoynes must decide whether h...
Episode 17
The White House Pro-Am
Abbey keeps the staff busy with the fallout when she leaks her personal preference for a Federal Reserve Board...
Episode 18
Six Meetings Before Lunch
Mendoza is confirmed by the Senate; Mandy needs Toby's help to replace a dead panda bear; Sam angers Mallory w...
Episode 19
Let Bartlet Be Bartlet
Mandy's old memo about Bartlet administration weaknesses surfaces; Josh tries to get administration nominees a...
Episode 20
Mandatory Minimums
Andrea Wyatt insists that mandatory minimums be added to a new drug policy the staff is developing; C.J. makes...
Episode 21
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Bartlet gets closer to making the FEC campaign finance reform-friendly, but his opponents strike back by makin...
Episode 22
What Kind of Day Has It Been
The staff deals with the crisis of an American pilot who was shot down in Iraq; Toby's brother is in danger on...