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Episode 113
TAKE OUT THE TRASH DAY
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Personal
During the State of the Union address, CJ grabbed Washington Post reporter Danny Concanon in her office and kissed him, saying it was the only way she could get her mind off him and give her work appropriate attention. What was meant to be a one-time thing has been happening multiple times in the days since the address, and Danny doesn't mind one bit.
Despite Leo's protestations, Bartlet, by way of Josh and Sam, has been doing everything in his power to prevent a long and embarrassing hearing regarding Leo's time in rehab. Leo offered his resignation when the news broke, and Bartlet refused to accept it. While Leo doesn't want his own personal crisis to drag the administration through the mud, Bartlet and the rest of the staff love Leo and refuse to stop short of protecting him. |
Political
In his draft for the State of the Union, Toby came down firmly in support of new money for the NEA and public television, despite widespread opposition both within his party and from the Republicans.
In Minnesota, a seventeen year-old gay student named Lowell Lydell was beaten to death with sticks and bottles by a bunch of thirteen year old kids, inspiring the President to give new consideration to a bill that would impose stricter punishment for hate crimes.
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While President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his staff debate the appropriate response to a controversial new sex education study, there are fears that the parents of a murdered gay teenager should be excused from attending the signing of a hate crimes bill because of the father's embarrassment about his son's homosexuality. Josh (Bradley Whitford) and Sam (Rob Lowe) meet with an appropriations subcommittee which is investigating Josh's lack of cooperation in the White House staff drug probe -- all of which is designed to expose Leo's (John Spencer) former substance-abuse problem. The President tries to convince daughter Zoey (guest star Elizabeth Moss) to drop a sociology class taught by a professor whose ideas offend him -- not to mention her new best friend Charlie (Dule Hill). Toby (Richard Schiff) relishes his verbal duel with some congressmen who have held up the newest appointments for the Public Broadcasting Corporation. C.J. (Allison Janney) is advised to save a few embarrassing stories for release on Friday to blunt the effect on the media over the weekend, but she also finds time to continue her frisky flirtation with a White House reporter (Timothy Busfield). Moira Kelly also stars.
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