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Episode 104
FIVE VOTES DOWN
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Personal
Charlie Young, a bright, sophisticated college-age boy from an inner-city background, came to the White House to interview for a messenger position and instead found himself hired as personal aide to the President. Charlie is a little overwhelmed by the prestige of his new position, but he and Bartlet seem to be taking to one another just fine.
As she tried to wrangle an unruly pressroom and ward off the advances of smitten reporter Danny Concanon, Press Secretary CJ Cregg also found time to go head to head with Sam on the issue of Laurie, his friend the call girl. CJ's struggle for respect is hard enough already without her own boys keeping her out of the loop. "I'm your first line of defense," she says. If they keep things from her, she can't help them.
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Political
The President, having come through his first international military strike — the bombing of Syria — is a little off-balance in the aftermath. For most of the staffers it was their first military action, but they pulled through it, returning "a proportional response" despite tempers flying and the President hollering about the wrath of the Holy Roman Empire. "This is how a superpower behaves," Leo explained.
The president's new aide, Charlie Young, was honored when the President said his administration would attempt to ban the cop-killer weapons that killed Charlie's mother.
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Presidential chief of staff Leo McGarry (John Spencer) needs five more House votes to pass a bill restricting the sale of automatic firearms -- but the cost might be too high, especially if he has to go to the unpredictable Vice President (guest star Tim Matheson) to help put them over the top. The staff's annual financial disclosure statements prove to be thorny for Toby (Richard Schiff), whose innocent technology stock purchase last year proved to be wildly profitable, which raises eyes due to his association with an expert in the field. In addition, Leo's long hours on the job cause an unforeseen crisis at home, and the President (Martin Sheen) unintentionally mixes up the potent medications he receives for his ailing back. Rob Lowe, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney and Moira Kelly also star. The episode was written by political pollster Patrick Caddell and Lawrence O'Donnell.
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