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Episode 301
MANCHESTER, PART I
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Personal
First Lady Abbey Bartlet has been rankled ever since the State of the Union when the President voiced his decision to run for a second term. When he was diagnosed with MS, Abbey and Jed made a deal that he would serve for one term only, a deal the President broke without consulting his wife.
The night Bartlet and Leo informed the remaining staff members of Bartlet's MS, his secretary Delores Landingham was killed in a car accident on her way back to the White House.
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Political
After announcing to the public that he has a relapsing-remitting course of multiple sclerosis, President Bartlet prepared himself to answer the question on everyone's lips: "will you be seeking re-election?"
Rebel leader Bazan of Haiti executed a military coup of the Haitian government, unseating former president Dessaline, who had taken the position after the first free election in Haiti. Because of the US's close ties with Dessaline, and because of the number of Americans at the Haitian embassy, putting down Bazan has become a matter of national security.
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In the season premiere, flashbacks reveal how the President (Martin Sheen) will officially announce his plans to run for re-election, which sends his staff into disarray as they work on the speech. But two problems dog them when Sam (Rob Lowe) realizes that Bartlet never apologized for not disclosing his multiple sclerosis, while C.J. (Allison Janney) makes a crucial gaffe during a press conference. Meanwhile, the President must decide if he should greenlight a military rescue of the besieged U.S. embassy in Haiti, and Chief Counsel Babish (guest star Oliver Platt, "Bulworth") informs Charlie (Dulé Hill) to hire his own expensive lawyer before a special prosecutor begins looking into Bartlet's possible concealment of his illness. John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Stockard Channing and Janel Moloney also star. Oscar winner Marlee Matlin ("Children of a Lesser God") also guest-stars. TV-PG
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