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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.