1 00:00:04,805 --> 00:00:06,540 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:06,574 --> 00:00:07,641 What's this? 3 00:00:07,675 --> 00:00:09,110 Your diplomatic passport. 4 00:00:10,078 --> 00:00:11,879 to the Middle Easte going with Fitzwallace and Andy.L 5 00:00:13,114 --> 00:00:15,816 You're going to see what's going on; brief me and Toby about it. 6 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:19,753 Sir, this is Kate Harper, your new Deputy National Security Advisor. 7 00:00:19,787 --> 00:00:20,754 Yes, yes! 8 00:00:20,788 --> 00:00:22,723 I have your C.V.-- very impressive. 9 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:23,757 I'm going to start volunteering. 10 00:00:23,791 --> 00:00:24,692 Volunteering, ma'am? 11 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:26,694 At the Washington Free Clinic. 12 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:28,996 I'm sorry, ma'am. Are you licensed to practice medicine again? 13 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,232 I voluntarily chose to stop practicing, C.J. 14 00:00:31,265 --> 00:00:32,966 And now I'm choosing to give a few 15 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,103 underprivileged toddlers vaccinations. 16 00:00:38,772 --> 00:00:40,774 ( distant siren blaring ) 17 00:00:40,808 --> 00:00:43,177 ( Deborah and Leo laughing ) 18 00:00:43,211 --> 00:00:46,580 PRESIDENT: Even the Latin line got a laugh. 19 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:47,715 ( laughter ) 20 00:00:47,748 --> 00:00:49,049 I'm still laughing. 21 00:00:49,083 --> 00:00:52,019 Real reason I went for a second term. 22 00:00:52,052 --> 00:00:54,688 Couple more years, between this gig, the Gridiron 23 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:56,023 and the Alfalfa Club, 24 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:58,025 I'll be ready for the Def Comedy circuit. 25 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:00,194 I'd hold out for Vegas, sir. 26 00:01:00,228 --> 00:01:02,296 My first Correspondents Dinner was a nightmare. 27 00:01:02,330 --> 00:01:04,432 Bombed. Put that behind you tonight. 28 00:01:04,465 --> 00:01:06,334 I killed. 29 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:08,769 They laughed till they cried. 30 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:10,070 They're still crying. 31 00:01:10,104 --> 00:01:11,305 ( chuckling ) 32 00:01:11,339 --> 00:01:13,907 Honestly, sir, in my case, it's the pollen count. 33 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:15,909 But for an Anglo-Saxon, 34 00:01:15,943 --> 00:01:17,578 you were darn funny. 35 00:01:24,485 --> 00:01:26,754 ( laughter ) 36 00:01:26,787 --> 00:01:27,821 Here we go. 37 00:01:27,855 --> 00:01:29,022 Ah, thank you, sir. 38 00:01:29,056 --> 00:01:31,392 I go forth to bring word of your triumph. 39 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:34,528 We still got a phone call with the Japanese Defense Minister. 40 00:01:34,562 --> 00:01:35,363 Let's do it upstairs. 41 00:01:35,396 --> 00:01:36,597 I've got to check in with Charlie first. 42 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:38,399 Agent Broder. May I? 43 00:01:38,432 --> 00:01:39,800 Thank you. Tell me something. 44 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:40,801 Yes, sir. 45 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:41,935 Do you even smoke? 46 00:01:41,969 --> 00:01:43,371 Gave it up a year ago. 47 00:01:43,404 --> 00:01:45,105 Ha. That's what I call willpower. 48 00:01:45,139 --> 00:01:47,241 That's what I call enabler. 49 00:01:51,312 --> 00:01:54,515 ( low, steady tone hums ) 50 00:01:55,783 --> 00:01:57,017 C.J.: Whoa. 51 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:58,152 WILL: Here. Let me. 52 00:01:58,186 --> 00:01:59,920 No, you shouldn't. 53 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:02,290 I'm the idiot who... 54 00:02:02,323 --> 00:02:03,891 Oh, it's an Ohio thing. 55 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:05,459 If it's going to be thrown away... 56 00:02:05,493 --> 00:02:08,095 There I was coveting one of these all through dinner. 57 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:09,763 What? It's yours. No, I wasn't serious. 58 00:02:09,797 --> 00:02:11,432 I'm not going to even be around this weekend to enjoy them. 59 00:02:11,465 --> 00:02:12,800 DONNA: He used your other stuff. 60 00:02:12,833 --> 00:02:14,202 That's not the point. It's not? 61 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:15,469 The point is the line worked. 62 00:02:15,503 --> 00:02:16,970 I liked it, the President liked it. 63 00:02:17,004 --> 00:02:18,706 The President had nine laugh-out-louds; 64 00:02:18,739 --> 00:02:19,907 he could have had ten. 65 00:02:19,940 --> 00:02:21,108 Yet the world keeps turning. 66 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,210 Look it up. 67 00:02:22,243 --> 00:02:23,544 This is me looking. 68 00:02:23,577 --> 00:02:24,878 Here we go. 69 00:02:24,912 --> 00:02:27,515 Line 27... "Delete per NSC. 70 00:02:27,548 --> 00:02:31,485 Code 2.2a indication. Commander Harper." 71 00:02:31,519 --> 00:02:34,988 NSC? The NSC killed my Panama joke? 72 00:02:35,022 --> 00:02:37,057 Was it a joke about warheads? 73 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:38,359 Call Colonel Klink over there. 74 00:02:38,392 --> 00:02:39,660 I want to know what happened. 75 00:02:39,693 --> 00:02:41,695 Now? 76 00:02:41,729 --> 00:02:43,030 I'm calling. 77 00:02:43,063 --> 00:02:44,365 2.2a my... 78 00:02:44,398 --> 00:02:46,900 Josh Lyman's office for Commander Harper, please. 79 00:02:46,934 --> 00:02:48,236 ( Josh clears throat ) 80 00:02:48,269 --> 00:02:51,004 On your way out, give this to C.J. 81 00:02:51,038 --> 00:02:53,707 Really? 82 00:02:53,741 --> 00:02:54,875 AGENT: Your wife called. 83 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:56,143 Said don't forget the video. 84 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:58,812 My daughter's having a sleepover. 85 00:02:58,846 --> 00:03:00,614 We're talking Nemo. 86 00:03:00,648 --> 00:03:02,383 Whatever you say, sir. 87 00:03:02,416 --> 00:03:05,453 Remind me to have you pull more Saturday nights, Lee. 88 00:03:07,087 --> 00:03:10,791 ( low, steady tone humming ) 89 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:11,892 CHARLIE: So he pulled it off? 90 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:12,893 ( sneezes and sniffles ) 91 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:15,363 Grading on a curve, yes. 92 00:03:15,396 --> 00:03:16,730 But...? You can't tell him. 93 00:03:16,764 --> 00:03:17,931 Okay. 94 00:03:17,965 --> 00:03:19,733 Second half, I was in the ladies' room. 95 00:03:19,767 --> 00:03:20,734 Hay fever? 96 00:03:20,768 --> 00:03:22,703 And I was seated with the guests of, um... 97 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:24,772 I thought they were guests of Leno's. 98 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:25,606 Whoever they were... 99 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,241 they were drenched with cologne. 100 00:03:27,275 --> 00:03:28,309 ( sneezes ) 101 00:03:28,342 --> 00:03:29,643 You should have said something. 102 00:03:29,677 --> 00:03:31,078 What? "Would you mind scrubbing your necks 103 00:03:31,111 --> 00:03:33,581 before we have our salads?" 104 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:34,515 You're allergic. 105 00:03:34,548 --> 00:03:37,217 It's not an allergy; it is a sensitivity. 106 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:40,588 You just tell me that your hot water's back on,lergy. 107 00:03:40,621 --> 00:03:42,222 so I won't worry about you all weekend. 108 00:03:42,256 --> 00:03:44,658 My hot water is back on. 109 00:03:44,692 --> 00:03:45,693 It will be. 110 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:47,227 Charlie, did you pull D.O.D's report 111 00:03:47,261 --> 00:03:48,796 on the Pacific Missile Shield? 112 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:49,897 It's right here. Thank you. 113 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:53,767 Leo's coming to the Residence. 114 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:55,903 We're going to take that the call from the Japanese up there. 115 00:03:55,936 --> 00:03:57,905 I'll send it up. 116 00:03:57,938 --> 00:03:59,139 What happened to your hot water? 117 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:00,774 Nothing. It's all squared away, sir. 118 00:04:00,808 --> 00:04:02,910 PRESIDENT: Are you falling behind on your bills, Char? 119 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:04,845 I'm fine, sir. Thank you. 120 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:07,748 Because I'm pretty sure there's a statute that prevents me 121 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:10,451 from staking you to a loan, but Debbie's a soft touch. 122 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:11,719 ( Deborah snuffling ) 123 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:12,920 ( sneezes ) 124 00:04:12,953 --> 00:04:16,990 ( high, rapid tone beeping ) 125 00:04:18,292 --> 00:04:21,895 ( cell phone ringing ) 126 00:04:21,929 --> 00:04:23,364 Broder. 127 00:04:23,397 --> 00:04:25,333 We're getting a ping, on the EHM. 128 00:04:25,366 --> 00:04:26,500 The Roosey Room again? 129 00:04:26,534 --> 00:04:28,469 No, sir. The outer office to the Oval. 130 00:04:28,502 --> 00:04:30,338 I'm crashing the House. 131 00:04:30,371 --> 00:04:31,705 Where's...? Eagle is covered. 132 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:33,774 I need help securing the West Wing. 133 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:34,942 BRODER: On my way. 134 00:04:38,312 --> 00:04:39,580 AGENT: Mr. President... 135 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:41,048 I need you to don a mask. 136 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,950 This is a crash. Put these on, please. 137 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:44,552 PRESIDENT: Is this a drill? 138 00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:46,720 No, sir. The Environmental Hazard Monitor's detecting 139 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:48,889 an unusual pattern 140 00:04:48,922 --> 00:04:50,724 We've had a couple of airborne pafalse alarms 141 00:04:50,758 --> 00:04:52,593 for anthrax since the last patch 142 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:54,294 Everyone follow me; this way, quickly. 143 00:04:54,328 --> 00:04:55,729 Just do what she says. 144 00:04:57,965 --> 00:05:01,935 Captioning sponsored by NBC 145 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:05,539 WARNER BROS. 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I almost lost count. 159 00:06:16,243 --> 00:06:18,111 I was going to carve notches on my belt. 160 00:06:18,145 --> 00:06:19,447 You're not answering my question. 161 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,449 Vice President Russell 162 00:06:21,482 --> 00:06:24,317 opened a fortune cookie went and found an actual fortune. 163 00:06:24,351 --> 00:06:25,619 What does that even mean? 164 00:06:25,653 --> 00:06:26,854 That Bob Russell's corrupt. 165 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:28,822 Okay, I know what it means, but my point is... 166 00:06:28,856 --> 00:06:29,890 Come in here. 167 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:34,828 ( door slams ) 168 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:36,764 First time? 169 00:06:36,797 --> 00:06:41,569 You're in for a trea None of you came in contact with any powdery or gooey substances? 170 00:06:41,602 --> 00:06:43,737 No. Open any sealed containers? 171 00:06:43,771 --> 00:06:45,573 Breath mints, in a tin on my desk. 172 00:06:45,606 --> 00:06:47,007 I smoked a cigarette. 173 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:48,375 Did the First Lady install 174 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:50,444 a nicotine upgrade on the detector? 175 00:06:50,478 --> 00:06:51,879 ( knocking on door ) 176 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:53,747 Josh Lyman? 177 00:06:53,781 --> 00:06:54,948 Yes. 178 00:06:54,982 --> 00:06:56,517 You asked to see me? 179 00:06:57,818 --> 00:07:00,020 Kate Harper. I'm the new Deputy NSA. 180 00:07:00,053 --> 00:07:01,121 You're Commander Harper. 181 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:02,456 Kate's fine. 182 00:07:02,490 --> 00:07:04,758 Sorry, I haven't gotten around to introducing myself 183 00:07:04,792 --> 00:07:07,427 to everyone yet... ( pager beeping ) 184 00:07:07,461 --> 00:07:10,631 Excuse me. I just want to grab one of these. 185 00:07:13,033 --> 00:07:14,334 You thirsty? 186 00:07:14,367 --> 00:07:16,103 Would you like one? No, thanks. 187 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:17,104 I'm about to head out. 188 00:07:17,137 --> 00:07:18,405 We're crashed, Mr. Lyman. 189 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:19,840 Now?! Thank you, Ms. Harper. 190 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:21,208 Almost out the... 191 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:22,643 I need you to stay where you are. 192 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:27,681 ( sighs heavily ) 193 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:29,182 ( pager beeping ) 194 00:07:29,216 --> 00:07:31,952 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 195 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:36,790 TOBY: It's a simple question-- yes or no. 196 00:07:36,824 --> 00:07:38,859 Was the Vice President happy with his speech tonight? 197 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:40,694 I have no idea what you're talking about... 198 00:07:40,728 --> 00:07:41,995 ( knocking on door ) 199 00:07:42,029 --> 00:07:43,263 We're crashed, gentlemen. 200 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:44,898 Come again? The building's on lockdown. 201 00:07:44,932 --> 00:07:46,967 I need you to stay put until we know what's up. 202 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:56,710 Love what you've done with the place. 203 00:07:58,879 --> 00:07:59,813 We're on a crash. 204 00:07:59,847 --> 00:08:01,949 Again? Ms. Moss, would you mind stepping in? 205 00:08:01,982 --> 00:08:03,684 Oh. Sure. 206 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:04,985 C.J.: Did Jack make it out? 207 00:08:05,018 --> 00:08:06,053 Jack left in a huff. 208 00:08:06,086 --> 00:08:07,254 Five more minutes, I could've been in my car. 209 00:08:07,287 --> 00:08:08,722 Who's Maura Leary? 210 00:08:08,756 --> 00:08:11,491 Press Secretary in Congressman DeSanto'' office. 211 00:08:11,525 --> 00:08:13,594 Oh, it's you. 212 00:08:13,627 --> 00:08:14,662 You're going on the CODEL. 213 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:17,330 Yeah. You bumped Jack. 214 00:08:17,364 --> 00:08:19,700 He's probably making a voodoo doll of you right now.. 215 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:21,569 I... I don't want to kick him off the trip. 216 00:08:21,602 --> 00:08:23,771 Josh didn't say anything about... 217 00:08:23,804 --> 00:08:26,139 But don't worry-- you're not his first voodoo doll,rep. 218 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:27,040 and they rarely work. 219 00:08:27,074 --> 00:08:28,709 This is for you. 220 00:08:28,742 --> 00:08:31,378 Oh, sweet lord. What have I gotten myself into? 221 00:08:31,411 --> 00:08:32,913 Is it your birthday? 222 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:35,482 I'm going camping. 223 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,350 PRESIDENT: What about automatic bank drafts? 224 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:39,086 CHARLIE: I hear they're convenient, sir. 225 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:40,788 We're in here. 226 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:46,059 Mr. President, how are you feeling? 227 00:08:46,093 --> 00:08:48,428 Dandy. I killed at the Correspondents Dinner tonight. 228 00:08:48,461 --> 00:08:49,462 Have I met you before? 229 00:08:49,496 --> 00:08:50,931 Uh, no, sir. I'm Dr. Mike Gordon. 230 00:08:50,964 --> 00:08:53,801 I'm new to the unit, but I've been through all the drills. 231 00:08:53,834 --> 00:08:56,236 I should do my Latin-as-the- national-language run for him. 232 00:08:56,269 --> 00:08:57,537 No, sir. 233 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:59,439 Meet my lucky staff: Charlie Young, Debbie Fiderer. 234 00:08:59,472 --> 00:09:00,641 How you doing? Nice to meet you... 235 00:09:00,674 --> 00:09:01,875 You need to keep on your masks. 236 00:09:01,909 --> 00:09:03,476 Sorry. The last time, they let us... 237 00:09:04,344 --> 00:09:07,080 we're on standardagents respiratory precautions. 238 00:09:07,114 --> 00:09:09,650 Once. They usually turn've been us around at the bottome of the stairs. 239 00:09:09,683 --> 00:09:10,651 GORDON: Mr. President, 240 00:09:10,684 --> 00:09:12,586 I'm going to take your blood pressure. 241 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:15,355 to being manhandled by the Medical Unit. Don't bAre you Army? 242 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:17,658 Yes, sir. Have you been coughing any this evening, Mr. President? 243 00:09:17,691 --> 00:09:19,893 Not at all. What are you hearing, Agent? 244 00:09:19,927 --> 00:09:22,596 The ventilation system shut down per design. 245 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:24,965 No other detectors are picking up unusual particles. 246 00:09:24,998 --> 00:09:28,535 A few personnel are being held at their desks. 247 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:30,871 Residence is all clear. Are you experiencingtai 248 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:32,740 any shortness of breath, sir? No, I'm fine. 249 00:09:32,773 --> 00:09:34,307 You can skip along with the questions. 250 00:09:34,341 --> 00:09:36,076 It's a long list, but I do need to go through it, sir. 251 00:09:36,109 --> 00:09:37,077 Do the questions, sir. 252 00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:38,746 We want to take our time with the questions. 253 00:09:38,779 --> 00:09:40,413 So you're aware of what's coming next? 254 00:09:40,447 --> 00:09:42,082 Oh, yeah. Does it have anything to do 255 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:43,350 with nasal swabs? 256 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:44,985 Afraid that's affirmative. 257 00:09:45,018 --> 00:09:47,420 Serving at the pleasure of the President just gets better and better. 258 00:09:47,454 --> 00:09:49,657 Read my mind, sir. 259 00:09:50,557 --> 00:09:52,325 ( sneezes ) 260 00:09:52,359 --> 00:09:55,195 Have we confirmed anything? 261 00:09:55,228 --> 00:09:59,199 So unless there's a problem... 262 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:01,068 I will hold my location, yeah. 263 00:10:01,101 --> 00:10:02,335 I'm aware of that. 264 00:10:02,369 --> 00:10:05,673 I will not leave the Residence. 265 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,708 What are they telling you, Leo? 266 00:10:07,741 --> 00:10:10,310 Forty minutes, tops. Assuming no other developments. 267 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:11,544 They told me ten. 268 00:10:11,578 --> 00:10:13,313 ( slams books down ) 269 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:15,683 Probably it'll be more like ten. 270 00:10:17,718 --> 00:10:19,486 Hey, you okay? 271 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:21,154 I saw you slip out early. 272 00:10:21,188 --> 00:10:22,790 Got a shift; I had to change my clothes. 273 00:10:22,823 --> 00:10:25,592 The exit was a little conspicuous. 274 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,394 I wasn't throwing food. The First Lady leaves 275 00:10:27,427 --> 00:10:28,896 before the President's speech? 276 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:30,530 Jed knew I could only be there for the first half. 277 00:10:30,563 --> 00:10:31,899 Did anyone else know? 278 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:33,100 Hello. 279 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:34,668 This is Dr. Bartlet. 280 00:10:34,702 --> 00:10:36,403 Would you tell Jerry I'm running late. 281 00:10:36,436 --> 00:10:37,838 Thanks. 282 00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:44,511 What are you doing at this hour? 283 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:47,881 I'm at the clinic one night a week-- midnight, 8:00 a.m. 284 00:10:47,915 --> 00:10:49,416 Graveyard? 285 00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:51,184 We try not to call it that in front of the patients. 286 00:10:51,218 --> 00:10:54,922 Midnight to 8:00, doesn't sound like you're handing out lollipops. 287 00:10:54,955 --> 00:10:57,725 Does C.J. have anything to say about this? 288 00:10:57,758 --> 00:10:59,492 C.J. doesn't go to the clinic. 289 00:10:59,526 --> 00:11:00,560 I'm saying... 290 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:01,962 I know what you're saying. 291 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,765 You could have talked to somebody about this. 292 00:11:04,798 --> 00:11:06,199 I talked to the President. 293 00:11:06,233 --> 00:11:08,401 He didn't tell you I was working nights? 294 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:09,336 No. 295 00:11:09,369 --> 00:11:10,670 ( clucks tongue ) 296 00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:12,439 He never tells me anything either. 297 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:14,474 WILL: You're upset 'cause 298 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,309 the VP didn't use any of your jokes. 299 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:19,679 I'm upset 'cause he didn't use any of anybody's jokes! 300 00:11:19,713 --> 00:11:22,349 'Cause he gave a humorless sermon at a humorous roast! 301 00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:25,185 'Cause he made the President of the United States 302 00:11:25,218 --> 00:11:27,687 look like a buffoon! 303 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:29,790 Like he's squirting seltzer bottles 304 00:11:29,823 --> 00:11:31,391 while Pompeii's in flames. 305 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:32,726 Volcanic ash. What? 306 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,862 Rome burned. Pompeii was blanketed in volcanic ash. 307 00:11:34,895 --> 00:11:36,764 I want to know if Bob Russell is happy 308 00:11:36,797 --> 00:11:38,198 he upstaged the President tonight. 309 00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:41,334 The Vice President spent three hours as a pin cushion-- 310 00:11:41,368 --> 00:11:43,871 dull jokes, stiff jokes, agribusiness jokes, 311 00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:46,239 unpreparedness jokes, immovable hairline jokes. 312 00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:48,275 He provided plenty of humor to the proceedings. 313 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:50,610 He thinks these are serious times and didn't want 314 00:11:50,643 --> 00:11:52,612 to bow and scrape and tell knock-knock jokes 315 00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:54,081 to all of establishment in Washington. 316 00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:56,149 You're damn right he was happy. 317 00:11:56,183 --> 00:11:58,485 From now on any joint POTUS-VPOTUS appearance, 318 00:11:58,518 --> 00:11:59,519 I clear his speech. 319 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,688 First of all, no. 320 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,690 Second, you're mad 'cause he didn't use your jokes. 321 00:12:03,723 --> 00:12:04,691 Okay. 322 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:05,725 ( laughing ) 323 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:07,527 The problem with Bob Russell jokes 324 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,562 is he doesn't think they're funny, 325 00:12:09,596 --> 00:12:11,398 and no one else thinks they're jokes. 326 00:12:11,431 --> 00:12:12,833 These are serious times. 327 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:14,667 And only the Vice President has figured that out! 328 00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:18,105 he's the only one tonight who didn't look like a buffoon,, 329 00:12:18,138 --> 00:12:20,040 and he's the only one who wasn't taking your advice, 330 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:21,809 so add one to the other and tell me what you get. 331 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:24,177 We're done here. 332 00:12:24,211 --> 00:12:24,912 Excuse me. 333 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:26,213 You need to close the door. 334 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:26,980 My office is two feet... 335 00:12:27,014 --> 00:12:28,748 Strict procedures, Mr. Ziegler. 336 00:12:28,782 --> 00:12:29,749 I guarantee the President would prefer... 337 00:12:29,783 --> 00:12:30,818 I'll let you know when. 338 00:12:30,851 --> 00:12:32,019 I'm not staying with this guy. You can... 339 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,055 ( Toby grunting ) 340 00:12:39,459 --> 00:12:40,928 Stay inside the room, gentlemen. 341 00:12:42,129 --> 00:12:43,831 Oh, man. 342 00:12:56,910 --> 00:12:59,712 The office was sealed in less than eight minutes. 343 00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:01,681 While the alarm's being verified, 344 00:13:01,714 --> 00:13:03,550 the scanner began a DNA diagnostic. 345 00:13:03,583 --> 00:13:04,852 Malfunction's still possible? 346 00:13:04,885 --> 00:13:06,920 Yes. But while we rule out system error, 347 00:13:06,954 --> 00:13:08,989 HazMat moves ahead with a sweep of the area. 348 00:13:09,022 --> 00:13:10,657 Any shortness of breath? Not really. 349 00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,959 I have a little allergic rhinitis, 350 00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:14,161 but, no, the answer's no. 351 00:13:14,194 --> 00:13:16,029 Ow! 352 00:13:16,063 --> 00:13:18,131 Sorry. Was that my sinus or my frontal lobe? 353 00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:19,867 GORDON: Do you feel any kind of burning sensation on your skin or eyes? 354 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:22,235 Not on my skin. Your eyes? 355 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:23,370 They're pretty red. 356 00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:24,337 That's all of them. 357 00:13:24,371 --> 00:13:26,706 CHARLIE: He takes that straight to Fort Detrick. 358 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:29,176 You'd hate for them to get lost. 359 00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:30,810 Ms. Fiderer, about your eyes... 360 00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:32,679 The pollen count has been 361 00:13:32,712 --> 00:13:35,415 in the go-back- to-bed range all week. 362 00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:37,250 Is your nose burning? 363 00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:39,052 But that's more from the cloud of Chanel at dinner.rn 364 00:13:39,086 --> 00:13:41,989 She's got a fragrance sensitivity she's sensitive about. 365 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:44,224 Was anything actually sprayed on you at this dinner? 366 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:45,959 Well, actually-- this won't count-- 367 00:13:45,993 --> 00:13:48,195 but when I took my tablemates to meet the President, 368 00:13:48,228 --> 00:13:50,830 I thought they were guests of Leno's, 369 00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:53,400 But while we waited for him to finish with the party ahead of us, 370 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:55,702 I didn't even see the woman get in her bag 371 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:58,005 and-- shhh!-- she spritzed right into my face. 372 00:13:58,038 --> 00:14:00,240 You're saying this aerosol got on you? 373 00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:03,143 We expect an I.D. PRESIDENT:in 20 minutes. How long before we know what we're talkThanks, Ron. 374 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:04,744 I'm sorry, Agent Butterfield, no one leaves. 375 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:06,513 What? 376 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:07,915 We need to run a DE-CON protocol.he 377 00:14:07,948 --> 00:14:09,282 Are there chemical indications? 378 00:14:09,316 --> 00:14:10,650 Ms. Fiderer was sprayed with an unknown agent 379 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:11,784 in proximity to the President. 380 00:14:11,818 --> 00:14:14,087 It's causing edema and burning to the eyes. 381 00:14:14,121 --> 00:14:15,855 to take a decontamination rinse in the shower, 382 00:14:15,889 --> 00:14:18,025 beginning with the President. 383 00:14:18,058 --> 00:14:20,593 We'll proceed one at a timee and meet in the clean area. 384 00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:23,196 I'm all for the protocol, Major, asbut this is absurd. 385 00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:24,898 My apologies. 386 00:14:24,932 --> 00:14:27,567 overpriced piece of technology that's overreacting. 387 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,069 Yes, sir. You'll find written instructions in the shower. 388 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:31,871 Make sure you scrub vigorously and rinse your eyes. 389 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:32,940 You're making a great impression, Doc. 390 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:34,141 Mr. President... 391 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:35,875 Ron'll put in a good word to your C.O. 392 00:14:35,909 --> 00:14:37,477 Mr. President, get in the shower. 393 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:49,322 Josh's door is closed. He's not picking up?see anybody? 394 00:14:49,356 --> 00:14:51,959 ( phone beeps ) 395 00:14:51,992 --> 00:14:53,426 Josh Lyman's office. 396 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,162 And Josh Lyman himself. 397 00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:56,964 No, she's right here. Donna's M.I.A. 398 00:14:56,997 --> 00:14:57,965 What's the holdup? 399 00:14:57,998 --> 00:14:59,132 I don't know. 400 00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:01,268 I got a Deputy NSA stuck in here with me. 401 00:15:01,301 --> 00:15:03,103 Well, ask her why we can't throw a little money 402 00:15:03,136 --> 00:15:05,338 at the system and do something about these false alarms. 403 00:15:05,372 --> 00:15:09,176 C.J. Cregg would like to know why we spend half our lives 404 00:15:09,209 --> 00:15:10,743 in unnecessary lock-downs. 405 00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:12,412 Better safe than sorry. 406 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:13,413 She's got nothin'. 407 00:15:15,215 --> 00:15:17,617 Did you know I'm taking Jack Sosa's place on the trip? 408 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:18,618 Are you? 409 00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:19,619 He was on Press Detail. 410 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:21,521 Bummer. Now I'm on Press Detail. 411 00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:22,922 with a pyramid on it Bring or something.y-c 412 00:15:22,956 --> 00:15:23,856 Whoops, I got another line flashing. 413 00:15:23,890 --> 00:15:24,891 What do I do? 414 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,259 Press hold and... 415 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:32,165 He didn't press hold. 416 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:33,900 Weren't you getting a drink 417 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,103 with that guy from the Post-Intelligencer? 418 00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:38,271 I thought we had stuff to wrap up. 419 00:15:38,305 --> 00:15:40,440 Apparently it was just Operation Rod & Reel. 420 00:15:40,473 --> 00:15:41,741 He was cute. 421 00:15:41,774 --> 00:15:43,843 Eh, he'll call. 422 00:15:43,876 --> 00:15:46,213 Oh, God. 423 00:15:46,246 --> 00:15:47,580 Sasquatch. 424 00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:53,586 Ice might help. 425 00:15:56,123 --> 00:15:57,324 Are you making conversation? 426 00:15:57,357 --> 00:15:58,958 You don't want it to swell up. 427 00:15:58,992 --> 00:15:59,959 There's no ice here, 428 00:15:59,993 --> 00:16:01,128 and as you may have noticed, 429 00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:02,495 we're not at liberty to wander. 430 00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:03,430 They always do that? 431 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:04,097 What? 432 00:16:04,131 --> 00:16:05,732 Saran Wrap the Oval. 433 00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:06,966 I don't know. 434 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,169 If it was real, Russell would know. 435 00:16:09,202 --> 00:16:11,104 You would have gotten a call. 436 00:16:11,138 --> 00:16:12,505 My cell's out in my coat pocket. 437 00:16:12,539 --> 00:16:14,707 And since your scrubbing of my old office 438 00:16:14,741 --> 00:16:15,575 included the phone... 439 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:18,511 He was fast, that guy. 440 00:16:18,545 --> 00:16:19,746 You think that was judo? 441 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,917 There's sodas in here; they're cold. 442 00:16:24,951 --> 00:16:27,820 I'm not putting a soda on my head. 443 00:16:27,854 --> 00:16:30,723 Okay. 444 00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:32,392 There's gonna be a bump. 445 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:38,631 I don't know Major Gordon. 446 00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:41,534 He didn't laugh at my Social Security joke. 447 00:16:41,568 --> 00:16:42,869 That's a good sign. 448 00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:44,737 Your Social Security joke is one of those 449 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:47,307 works-better-on-a-crowd-that's- been-drinking kind of things. 450 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,309 I'm hoping he didn't even crack a smile. 451 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:52,279 I think we can count on Doctor Gordon's sobriety. 452 00:16:52,312 --> 00:16:54,347 How's your blood pressure? Seriously. 453 00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:56,949 Seriously, it's a miracle I'm alive. 454 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,618 Take care of yourself. 455 00:16:58,651 --> 00:16:59,686 Don't get too bored. 456 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:02,255 Leo's entertaining me. 457 00:17:02,289 --> 00:17:04,157 Leo's still in the building? 458 00:17:04,191 --> 00:17:06,226 I thought they would... Yes. 459 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:07,727 I thought he went home. 460 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:08,728 No, he's with me. 461 00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:10,063 Until he gets whisked off 462 00:17:10,097 --> 00:17:11,664 to some undisclosed location, 463 00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:14,501 I'm going to keep running with the false alarm story. 464 00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:16,336 Put him on for a second. 465 00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:17,337 Leo. 466 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:24,944 How's it going? 467 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:26,846 It's all about the fun down here. 468 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:28,948 What do I need on Japan? 469 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:31,118 Someone alerted the Chinese 470 00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:33,386 that Japan's on board with the missile shield. 471 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:35,054 They're going to want to hear 472 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:36,423 if China starts posturing, 473 00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:39,025 we're ready to go public with the plans in the Alliance. 474 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:40,059 Are we? 475 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:41,861 We'll have to be. 476 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,963 Everything okay up there? 477 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:45,998 Yeah. 478 00:17:46,032 --> 00:17:47,534 Good. 479 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:56,843 You can stay? 480 00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:59,078 They don't think there's a real danger. 481 00:17:59,112 --> 00:18:01,748 Better to have you here making sure I behave. 482 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:03,082 If it comes to that, 483 00:18:03,116 --> 00:18:05,051 you got any of those to spare? 484 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:07,387 Or are you hoarding the good stuff? 485 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,456 I'm sorry. Where's my manners? 486 00:18:09,489 --> 00:18:12,725 I'm not going to tell you it's cold medicine. 487 00:18:12,759 --> 00:18:13,860 You carry 'em with you? 488 00:18:13,893 --> 00:18:15,061 "As needed." 489 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:17,597 It's not a daily dose. 490 00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:21,501 How about I make us some tea? 491 00:18:28,007 --> 00:18:29,442 ( sighs ) 492 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:34,714 So why'd you get the water? 493 00:18:36,349 --> 00:18:37,350 You went out and got a case 494 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:40,153 right before the agent showed up. 495 00:18:40,187 --> 00:18:44,357 You knew we were going to be stuck here Do you wanindefinitely. 496 00:18:44,391 --> 00:18:45,158 I didn't. 497 00:18:45,192 --> 00:18:46,526 It's a reflex. 498 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,328 Yeah? "Better safe?" 499 00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:51,564 I was in a lock-down for 77 hours once. 500 00:18:51,598 --> 00:18:52,565 Where was that? 501 00:18:52,599 --> 00:18:55,034 Overseas. 502 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:58,505 Overseas is a big place. 503 00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:02,309 Yeah. 504 00:19:02,342 --> 00:19:04,544 Were you in the embassy in Haiti? 505 00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:07,046 I got a power bar, too, if things get ugly. 506 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:11,351 Okay, I get it. CIA. 507 00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:13,353 I can look you up. I have code word clearance. 508 00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:15,555 Not this code you don't. 509 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,625 So why'd you kill my Panama joke? 510 00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:20,360 What? 511 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:22,995 In the President's speech tonight. 512 00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:24,464 What possible threat to National Security...? 513 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:25,498 No threat. 514 00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:27,033 No? 515 00:19:27,066 --> 00:19:28,668 It wasn't funny. 516 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:34,006 You don't really like Russell. 517 00:19:35,141 --> 00:19:38,278 And your dislike isn't professional. It's personal.on't. 518 00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:39,946 Not personal. Visceral. 519 00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:41,481 He's not inconsiderable 520 00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:43,650 once you spend some time with him. 521 00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:54,026 He's a featherweight 522 00:19:54,060 --> 00:19:55,395 who only looks like a lightweight 523 00:19:55,428 --> 00:19:57,230 because he's got you propping him up. 524 00:19:57,264 --> 00:19:58,965 He's the heir apparent. 525 00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:00,533 Don't say heir apparent 526 00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:03,603 when we've got men in moon suits hermetically sealing the Oval. 527 00:20:05,572 --> 00:20:08,207 This is Russell's only shot, by the way. 528 00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:09,175 A night like this. 529 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,777 You comfortable with that? 530 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,044 Perfectly. Thank you. 531 00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:13,413 Well, great. Only shot. 532 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:15,181 This and voter fraud, another option. 533 00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:16,383 Yeah, I see. 534 00:20:16,416 --> 00:20:17,350 Or a mob hit would also work. 535 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:18,851 Someday there's gonna be a newer, 536 00:20:18,885 --> 00:20:21,554 younger political operative moving onto your landscape. 537 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:24,123 Somebody up through the ranks from the domestic policy shop, 538 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:25,592 and you'll be able to foist all your jealousy 539 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:27,594 and resentment on to his unsuspecting shoulders 540 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:29,762 and you'll give me a break for three consecutive minutes. 541 00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:31,464 Jealousy? This is good. 542 00:20:31,498 --> 00:20:33,232 You've had one win in your career, one. 543 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:34,967 And you're looking sunset in the face 544 00:20:35,001 --> 00:20:36,168 and I'm just starting out, 545 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:37,470 and that's eating you apart 546 00:20:37,504 --> 00:20:39,171 like some kind of psychological melanoma. 547 00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:40,407 My jealousy of you? 548 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,008 It's an adrenaline sport and you're exhausted. 549 00:20:42,041 --> 00:20:44,811 If you had another fight in you, you'd be grooming Matt Packard 550 00:20:44,844 --> 00:20:46,779 or Howard Sturgis and you'd take me down, 551 00:20:46,813 --> 00:20:48,815 me and my anemic candidate. But you don't have it. 552 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:51,117 I say this with a tremendous amount of respect. 553 00:20:51,150 --> 00:20:52,919 I would be eternally grateful 554 00:20:52,952 --> 00:20:54,554 if you would back off. 555 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:03,730 My father had one of these. 556 00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:04,731 I barfed in it once. 557 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:08,267 I usually threw up off the side of the boat. 558 00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:10,337 Sitting there, rocking in the lake swells. 559 00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:11,638 It was always about getting up 560 00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:13,606 at some God-awful hour in the morning. 561 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,075 We're not gonna make it to the Shenandoahs. 562 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:17,076 You were driving there tonight? 563 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,378 The plan was to hit the road by 11:00, 564 00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:20,246 get there by 1:00, pitch a tent by starlight, 565 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:21,180 and wake up in the green world. 566 00:21:22,081 --> 00:21:23,583 There's gonna be post-mortem You could on this.ke it. 567 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:24,384 I doubt it. 568 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:25,985 "Why the system's on the fritz. 569 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:27,654 Is the White House crippled by its own protection?" 570 00:21:27,687 --> 00:21:29,088 We just left the entire press corps at the Hilton 571 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:30,457 and they were liking the open bar. 572 00:21:30,490 --> 00:21:32,392 Still... Someone else can handle it. 573 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,293 Spray a little Deet behind your ears and go have fun. 574 00:21:34,327 --> 00:21:37,096 Hi. I'm still here. 575 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:42,168 We've got a little bit of a situation. 576 00:21:42,201 --> 00:21:45,204 I'm afraid our getaway isn't gonna work. 577 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:46,873 I'm really sorry. 578 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:54,847 Allergies have been a pain my whole life, but this marks a new low. 579 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:55,748 None of that. 580 00:21:55,782 --> 00:21:57,784 For all we know, you saved our lives. 581 00:21:57,817 --> 00:22:00,953 And at the very least, you got us into some comfortable clothes. 582 00:22:00,987 --> 00:22:01,954 You both comfy? 583 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:03,055 FIDERER: Oh, yes, sir. 584 00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:04,391 I'm so digging the polyester. 585 00:22:04,424 --> 00:22:05,692 CHARLIE: It's a great look. 586 00:22:05,725 --> 00:22:06,659 Cipro? 587 00:22:06,693 --> 00:22:07,927 Yes, sir. 588 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,463 We'll treat prophylactically-- 500 milligrams twice a day. 589 00:22:10,497 --> 00:22:12,198 Drink lots of water; it's dehydrating. 590 00:22:12,231 --> 00:22:13,600 Let me guess-- protocol? 591 00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:15,402 The cultures will be back in 48 hours. 592 00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:17,404 If it's negative for anthrax, we stop the regimen. 593 00:22:17,437 --> 00:22:18,571 So, we haven't ruled out anthrax? 594 00:22:18,605 --> 00:22:20,072 We haven't ruled out anything. 595 00:22:20,106 --> 00:22:21,641 Actually, we have. 596 00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:23,776 Mr. President? 597 00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:26,379 "We're all in this together" ever applied... 598 00:22:26,413 --> 00:22:27,747 You can hold the Cipro, Doctor. 599 00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:29,816 The scanner has made a determination. 600 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,151 It's positive for concentrations of tularemia. 601 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,152 CHARLIE: What? 602 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:34,220 Is that a virus? 603 00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:35,688 DR. GORDON: Tularemia is a bacterium. 604 00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:37,323 It occurs rarely in insects and rodents. 605 00:22:37,356 --> 00:22:38,791 Theoretically, in a aerosolized form, 606 00:22:38,825 --> 00:22:41,327 it could be used as a weapon. Not looking all that 607 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,429 theoretical at the moment. 608 00:22:42,462 --> 00:22:44,330 So, at the Correspondent's dinner...? 609 00:22:44,363 --> 00:22:46,399 No. We can eliminate that scenario. 610 00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:48,367 This bacteria was released in the office-- 611 00:22:48,401 --> 00:22:49,936 probably within 10 to 15 minutes 612 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:51,237 of the alarm sounding. 613 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:52,672 Where in the office? 614 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,273 That's what HazMat's trying to determine. 615 00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:56,008 We can treat for tularemia immediately. 616 00:22:56,042 --> 00:22:57,276 With an antibiotic cocktail, 617 00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:58,511 you probably won't develop symptoms. 618 00:22:58,545 --> 00:23:00,747 If it had gone undetected? 619 00:23:00,780 --> 00:23:02,214 Tularemia is likely to manifest 620 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:03,483 as a severe respiratory infection-- 621 00:23:03,516 --> 00:23:04,984 pneumonia, eventually systemic. 622 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:06,218 Sounds bad. 623 00:23:06,252 --> 00:23:08,154 In the world of known pathogens, 624 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:10,222 tularemia is closest to... 625 00:23:10,256 --> 00:23:12,058 Well, in fact, it is plague. 626 00:23:28,575 --> 00:23:30,443 How long has it been? 627 00:23:30,477 --> 00:23:32,812 Half an hour. 628 00:23:32,845 --> 00:23:36,015 It's like something out of Beckett. 629 00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:37,617 You mean Sartre. 630 00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:40,520 If I'd meant Sartre, I would've said Sartre. 631 00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:43,022 "Hell is other people." 632 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:46,593 Okay, Sartre. 633 00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:48,695 JOSH: We're stuck in a lock-down 634 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:51,130 every time some frat boy on a hazing dare 635 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:52,632 tries to jump the fence. 636 00:23:52,665 --> 00:23:54,534 You know how many undergraduate institutions 637 00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:56,469 there are in this town? 638 00:23:56,503 --> 00:23:58,370 It's not the fence. 639 00:23:58,404 --> 00:23:59,972 What is that? 640 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:02,609 It's not the fence. 641 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:04,276 Is there anything I can do 642 00:24:04,310 --> 00:24:06,278 to get a straight answer out of you? 643 00:24:06,312 --> 00:24:08,247 ( sighs ) 644 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,049 It's a potential airborne contaminant. 645 00:24:12,418 --> 00:24:13,452 How do you...? 646 00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:14,787 The ventilation system's off, 647 00:24:14,821 --> 00:24:16,956 which they do either in the event of a fire or they do 648 00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:18,958 in the event of a potential airborne contaminant. 649 00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:20,292 In the event of a fire, 650 00:24:20,326 --> 00:24:21,761 I like to think they'll lock us 651 00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:23,295 outside the building. 652 00:24:23,329 --> 00:24:25,632 So, what kind of substance are we talking? 653 00:24:25,665 --> 00:24:27,099 Could be anthrax, smallpox, 654 00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:28,267 botulism. 655 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,602 Though it's hard to aerosolize, 656 00:24:29,636 --> 00:24:30,970 so it's probably not botulism. 657 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:32,639 Sarin and V-X kill you within minutes, 658 00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:35,441 Mustard's unlikely, socause we'd smell it,t. 659 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:36,676 and there'd be blistering... 660 00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:38,811 Okay. 661 00:24:38,845 --> 00:24:40,713 Thanks. 662 00:24:43,883 --> 00:24:45,785 How'd you know the air's off? 663 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,189 'Cause it's hot. 664 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:54,861 Scrabble, Boggle, Parcheesi. 665 00:24:54,894 --> 00:24:56,929 How can they not have a deck of cards? 666 00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:58,665 Nobody's got cash down here, Debbie. 667 00:24:58,698 --> 00:25:00,132 It's not a missed opportunity. 668 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:01,267 They sprung for Boggle, 669 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,135 they coulda thrown in a deck of cards. 670 00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:04,904 -Ron? -Yes, sir. 671 00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:06,472 HazMat's really taking their time 672 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:08,708 up there, don't you think? Just a moment, sir. 673 00:25:08,741 --> 00:25:09,742 Ron's on the phone. 674 00:25:09,776 --> 00:25:11,043 CHARLIE: How about Risk? 675 00:25:11,077 --> 00:25:12,979 Bring it on. 676 00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:14,914 Any changes in the last five minutes? 677 00:25:14,947 --> 00:25:15,715 Still 129 over 85. 678 00:25:15,748 --> 00:25:17,249 Not bad. Considering. 679 00:25:17,283 --> 00:25:18,785 Yeah, you'd have thought 680 00:25:18,818 --> 00:25:20,286 the word "plague" alone would have 681 00:25:20,319 --> 00:25:21,721 spiked us all into the stratosphere. 682 00:25:21,754 --> 00:25:24,023 You want to be red or green? 683 00:25:24,056 --> 00:25:26,192 Either way, my army's taking Asia by Round III. 684 00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:29,161 Mr. President, they found the source of the contamination. 685 00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:31,931 HazMat confirms traces of tularemia in a recycle bin. 686 00:25:31,964 --> 00:25:33,399 Which bin? 687 00:25:33,432 --> 00:25:36,869 It was found inside a manila envelope addressed to Charlie. 688 00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:39,005 To me? To your home address. 689 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:41,373 Did you bring in any mail from home? 690 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:43,576 Only bills, mail that was already opened. 691 00:25:43,610 --> 00:25:45,444 ( phone rings ) 692 00:25:45,477 --> 00:25:46,979 Fiderer. 693 00:25:47,013 --> 00:25:49,415 Ron, why don't you speak to Charlie alone? 694 00:25:49,448 --> 00:25:51,618 Let's go inside. 695 00:25:51,651 --> 00:25:53,052 FIDERER: Mr. President, they're patching 696 00:25:53,085 --> 00:25:54,621 your call through from the Japanese 697 00:25:54,654 --> 00:25:55,855 Defense Minister. Thank you. 698 00:25:55,888 --> 00:25:57,624 Mr. President, I swear... It's okay. Go on. 699 00:25:57,657 --> 00:25:59,291 Good morning, Mr. Takabi. 700 00:25:59,325 --> 00:26:01,460 We're having a wonderful evening. 701 00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:03,329 I can see the cherry blossoms from here. 702 00:26:05,497 --> 00:26:07,366 No, sir, I'm not concerned. 703 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,201 We're ready to move forward. 704 00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:11,270 Well, I think you're just going to have to put 705 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:13,706 a little more faith in our Department of Defense. 706 00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:17,343 ( whistles "Sunrise, Sunset") 707 00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:21,848 You serenading me? 708 00:26:23,515 --> 00:26:24,884 Myself. 709 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,754 An ode to my sunset years. 710 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:28,821 All right, I'm sorry. 711 00:26:28,855 --> 00:26:30,890 That was a gross exaggeration. 712 00:26:30,923 --> 00:26:33,425 No, I love it that I live in your imagination 713 00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:35,695 crippled by jealousy and in my decline. 714 00:26:39,565 --> 00:26:41,000 That speech Russell gave tonight... 715 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:42,334 I could've given you a heads-up. 716 00:26:42,368 --> 00:26:44,036 No. 717 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:46,238 It's... 718 00:26:46,272 --> 00:26:49,241 that's the speech the President should've given. 719 00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:52,611 A flailing economy... 720 00:26:54,881 --> 00:26:57,083 tribal rivalries exploding all over the world... 721 00:26:57,116 --> 00:26:58,651 The West Wing crashed four times this year, 722 00:26:58,685 --> 00:27:00,452 and we're running around playing dress-up, 723 00:27:00,486 --> 00:27:02,121 like bad Dean Martin impersonators? 724 00:27:04,657 --> 00:27:06,826 That's the speech the President should've given. 725 00:27:09,696 --> 00:27:11,998 And you should've written it for him. 726 00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:18,771 You couldn't find some nice, innocuous baby seal campaign? 727 00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:19,906 You gotta be downtown 728 00:27:19,939 --> 00:27:21,808 with the crackheads and the needle exchange? 729 00:27:21,841 --> 00:27:23,943 They're understaffed. They asked me to pitch in. 730 00:27:23,976 --> 00:27:25,277 Believe me, I love the idea 731 00:27:25,311 --> 00:27:27,747 of you ministering to the wayward and unwashed. 732 00:27:27,780 --> 00:27:30,082 I don't love you becoming a de facto spokesperson 733 00:27:30,116 --> 00:27:32,284 for a load of issues we can't support. 734 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:35,154 I'm not on a lecture tour, I'm seeing patients. 735 00:27:35,187 --> 00:27:37,223 "Hello, my name is Clarissa Ponsissa. 736 00:27:37,256 --> 00:27:38,758 I'm 14 and sexually active. 737 00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:41,293 But I know it's okay, 'cause I got my condoms 738 00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:42,494 from the First Lady." 739 00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,196 Fox News is throwing a party. 740 00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:45,331 We're five years in. 741 00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:46,598 They don't have any interest 742 00:27:46,632 --> 00:27:48,367 in pathologizing my every move anymore. 743 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,435 They most certainly do. 744 00:27:49,468 --> 00:27:51,037 The clinic was one thing-- 745 00:27:51,070 --> 00:27:52,905 volunteering, children's health. 746 00:27:52,939 --> 00:27:54,140 I think we sold that. 747 00:27:54,173 --> 00:27:56,442 Now it's all-nighters, Saturday nights? 748 00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:57,476 Not negotiable. 749 00:27:57,509 --> 00:27:59,311 Since I came back, since Zoey, 750 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:02,448 this is the only deal I've had with myself. 751 00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:03,916 Follow my gut. 752 00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:06,218 Your Secret Service detail must be thrilled. 753 00:28:06,252 --> 00:28:07,686 About as thrilled as you. 754 00:28:09,956 --> 00:28:11,858 It's colorless, odorless, 755 00:28:11,891 --> 00:28:14,193 could be stored in a sealed envelope. 756 00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:16,796 But it's sensitive to ultraviolet light. 757 00:28:16,829 --> 00:28:18,097 It is contagious. 758 00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:20,199 Some nut could've mailed it to Charlie. 759 00:28:20,232 --> 00:28:22,668 Debbie, you'll drive yourself crazy with this. 760 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:26,338 I know. I'm only giving myself three more minutes. 761 00:28:26,372 --> 00:28:28,841 Then it's half an hour of silent meditation. 762 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:30,109 How do you think I survive? 763 00:28:30,142 --> 00:28:31,944 In this job, it's an apt question. 764 00:28:31,978 --> 00:28:33,946 In this world, Mr. President. 765 00:28:33,980 --> 00:28:36,949 When I came into office, we knew the word "terrorist." 766 00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:38,885 It was in the daily briefings. 767 00:28:38,918 --> 00:28:40,953 But we pictured guys with turbans in the desert 768 00:28:40,987 --> 00:28:44,723 and mad survivalists in Montana cabins. 769 00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:46,525 That party's over. 770 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,527 Now anyone with high school chemistry 771 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,796 is a potential threat. 772 00:28:49,829 --> 00:28:51,230 That's a lot of enemies, sir. 773 00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:52,865 Too many. 774 00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:54,300 Since I was a kid, spring came, 775 00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:57,203 everyone else ran outdoors to roll in the grass. 776 00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:59,138 Not me. 777 00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:03,109 My immune system sees harmless ragweed pollen as poison. 778 00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:06,278 My white blood cells are paranoid xenophobes. 779 00:29:06,312 --> 00:29:09,715 They go into full attack mode over everything... 780 00:29:09,748 --> 00:29:11,317 and nothing. 781 00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:13,752 I'm the one who suffers. 782 00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:15,988 So, meditation's the ticket? 783 00:29:16,022 --> 00:29:18,424 Along with ballistic allergy shots. 784 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:22,428 ( sighs ) 785 00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:24,530 He won't forgive himself. 786 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:30,970 DONNA: Did Josh know 787 00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:32,671 we could only send one person? 788 00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:35,007 On the CODEL? Probably. 789 00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:37,276 He said he was sending me so I could report back 790 00:29:37,309 --> 00:29:40,212 to him and Toby on meetings and what they were talking about. 791 00:29:40,246 --> 00:29:42,181 Ugh. 792 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:44,383 This is carob! 793 00:29:44,416 --> 00:29:46,485 I just don't know how much I can report 794 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:47,753 if I'm in the copy room. 795 00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:49,388 Fitz is going to fill them in. 796 00:29:49,421 --> 00:29:51,757 Sure. 797 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:55,661 I just don't know why Josh told me that, if... 798 00:29:55,694 --> 00:29:57,496 ( chuckling ): Whatever. 799 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:59,899 The Israeli embassy's going to give you four people, 800 00:29:59,932 --> 00:30:01,133 so for that leg of the trip, 801 00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:02,668 you can sit in on a couple meetings. 802 00:30:02,701 --> 00:30:04,136 Really? Mm-hmm. Page 12. 803 00:30:08,074 --> 00:30:09,575 Great. 804 00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:10,742 ( sighs ) 805 00:30:10,776 --> 00:30:12,144 That's great. 806 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:14,546 Josh Lyman needs a smack on the head. 807 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:15,581 Why? 808 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:17,083 He sold you a bill of goods. 809 00:30:17,116 --> 00:30:18,684 Not at all. 810 00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:21,287 He's gone out of his way to give me every opportunity he can. 811 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,123 He has. 812 00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:25,724 Okay. 813 00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:26,859 Hasn't he? 814 00:30:26,893 --> 00:30:28,327 Absolutely. 815 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,129 C.J.? 816 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:31,830 If he was giving you every opportunity, 817 00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:34,033 you'd have grown out of this job three years ago. 818 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:35,968 You can't blame him. He's never gonna find 819 00:30:36,002 --> 00:30:37,136 anybody else as capable as you. 820 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,271 I wouldn't let you go, either. 821 00:30:42,108 --> 00:30:43,910 It's not a false alarm. 822 00:30:43,943 --> 00:30:45,844 It wouldn't take this long. 823 00:30:45,878 --> 00:30:48,814 I wish I'd filled this damn canteen. 824 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:50,049 You know, you can't blame Josh. 825 00:30:50,082 --> 00:30:51,050 It's not his job to... 826 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:52,351 I don't blame Josh. 827 00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:53,953 It takes two of you, you choose to stay... 828 00:30:53,986 --> 00:30:55,354 It's the White House. 829 00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:58,257 It's not the White House, it's him. 830 00:30:58,290 --> 00:31:00,859 Okay. 831 00:31:00,893 --> 00:31:02,028 Why didn't you get a drink with the guy fromy want to... 832 00:31:02,061 --> 00:31:03,029 the Post Intelligencer? 833 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:04,163 You know what's on your desk, 834 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,197 you know what's on Josh's desk. 835 00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:06,365 It wouldn't wait till Monday? 836 00:31:06,398 --> 00:31:08,034 Why did you cancel your camping trip? 837 00:31:08,067 --> 00:31:09,768 We're gonna be out of here in a few minutes. 838 00:31:09,801 --> 00:31:11,170 You're going home to a rerun of Letterman. 839 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,545 I'm sorry. 840 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:20,879 ( sighs ) 841 00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:23,015 I just... 842 00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:23,849 You what? Nothing. 843 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:24,917 You what, Donna? 844 00:31:24,951 --> 00:31:26,318 I think Ben's great. 845 00:31:26,352 --> 00:31:28,554 I think you guys are great together. 846 00:31:28,587 --> 00:31:29,821 I hope it works. 847 00:31:29,855 --> 00:31:30,889 Have you seen us together? 848 00:31:30,923 --> 00:31:33,025 Not really. 849 00:31:39,131 --> 00:31:42,468 What should I be doing? 850 00:31:42,501 --> 00:31:43,869 Instead of this. 851 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,671 Anything. 852 00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,539 You should... 853 00:31:47,573 --> 00:31:48,941 go to lectures and symposia 854 00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:51,143 and look for opportunities with non-profits 855 00:31:51,177 --> 00:31:52,478 and have one night stands 856 00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:54,646 with reporters from the Post-Intelligencer 857 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,282 and go on dates with what's-his-name 858 00:31:56,315 --> 00:31:58,250 from the Solicitor General's office 859 00:31:58,284 --> 00:32:00,652 and anything that doesn't have to do with Josh Lyman. 860 00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:03,655 Wow. 861 00:32:05,624 --> 00:32:07,926 Okay. 862 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,262 Let's not do this. 863 00:32:44,030 --> 00:32:46,032 What you wrote for Russell tonight 864 00:32:46,065 --> 00:32:48,000 was profoundly disturbing. 865 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:49,401 Because he upstaged the President? 866 00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:51,170 Because he might win. 867 00:32:51,203 --> 00:32:52,504 What? 868 00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:55,774 Who's the first person to shake his hand 869 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,776 after the speech tonight? 870 00:32:57,809 --> 00:32:58,977 I wasn't watching. 871 00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:00,712 Of course you were. 872 00:33:00,746 --> 00:33:01,547 Chuck McGill. 873 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:03,649 They golf. 874 00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,252 of 600 reporters McGill's In a ronot a golf buddy, 875 00:33:06,285 --> 00:33:08,387 he's Chairman of Ways and Means. 876 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:11,857 You made a calculation, you positioned him, brilliantly. 877 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:13,959 It never for a second crossed my mind before, 878 00:33:13,992 --> 00:33:15,594 but you keep this up he may win. 879 00:33:15,627 --> 00:33:17,063 Thanks. 880 00:33:17,096 --> 00:33:18,097 It's not a compliment. 881 00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:20,066 You need to get the hell out of there. 882 00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:22,568 You're grooming this clown for a victory and then what? 883 00:33:22,601 --> 00:33:23,635 Four more years. 884 00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:25,871 A better prescription drug deal, 885 00:33:25,904 --> 00:33:28,107 maybe the education overhaul you guys 886 00:33:28,140 --> 00:33:29,341 can't seem to get off the ground. 887 00:33:29,375 --> 00:33:30,709 With Howdy Doody at the helm? 888 00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:31,710 This isn't a dictatorship. 889 00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:32,978 There are hundreds of people 890 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:34,313 running this White House. 891 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:36,782 The salient detail being they're all Democrats. 892 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:37,849 You of all people... 893 00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:40,652 There are no launch codes at my desk. 894 00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:42,354 In the event of what I perceive 895 00:33:42,388 --> 00:33:45,191 to be a threat, I can't deploy troops to invade 896 00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:47,193 so much as a 7-Eleven. 897 00:33:47,226 --> 00:33:49,228 I don't care who you surround this guy with, 898 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:52,098 he's going to wield a tremendous amount of power. 899 00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:53,365 He'll be fine. 900 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,734 The party wants a win. 60 million Democrats want... 901 00:33:55,767 --> 00:33:57,002 Winning is easy. 902 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,870 You only hit it once-- 903 00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:00,372 and maybe never again. 904 00:34:00,406 --> 00:34:03,041 Because you back the guy who should win, 905 00:34:03,075 --> 00:34:04,943 not the guy who will win. 906 00:34:04,976 --> 00:34:06,512 I backed a man of vision, 907 00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:09,315 who's still hanging on to his integrity with his teeth. 908 00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:11,183 You're damn straight I won't win again. 909 00:34:11,217 --> 00:34:13,785 There has to be a future, Toby. 910 00:34:13,819 --> 00:34:16,922 You will despise the very notion of them whoever they may be. 911 00:34:16,955 --> 00:34:18,790 Go find someone you can honestly respect. 912 00:34:18,824 --> 00:34:19,858 Groom him. 913 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,493 I'll comb the countryside. 914 00:34:21,527 --> 00:34:23,429 We went to Hokumville, New Hampshire, 915 00:34:23,462 --> 00:34:25,597 to find one, yeah. Comb the countryside. 916 00:34:25,631 --> 00:34:26,798 You go. 917 00:34:26,832 --> 00:34:28,834 If it's so important, you go. 918 00:34:33,872 --> 00:34:35,507 That's what I thought. 919 00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:37,443 ( knocking ) 920 00:34:37,476 --> 00:34:38,377 Crash is lifted. 921 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,479 Apologies for the inconvenience. 922 00:34:54,993 --> 00:34:56,828 HazMat's declaring the office clean. 923 00:34:56,862 --> 00:34:57,829 What's our time? 924 00:34:57,863 --> 00:34:59,931 Almost 43 minutes, sir. 925 00:34:59,965 --> 00:35:01,967 That's the all-clear? Yes, it is. 926 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,001 Gee, I finally nested. 927 00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:04,303 Your clothes and effects 928 00:35:04,336 --> 00:35:05,937 will be back from the lab on Monday. 929 00:35:05,971 --> 00:35:06,938 The antibiotics are ready... 930 00:35:06,972 --> 00:35:08,240 I'm going to ask you 931 00:35:08,274 --> 00:35:09,308 to hold off on that for just a moment. 932 00:35:09,341 --> 00:35:11,877 Why? 933 00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:14,146 and then I'd like to speak to all of you in the Mural Room., 934 00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:16,215 If you run into anyone on the way up, 935 00:35:16,248 --> 00:35:17,716 we'd like you to treat this as a false alarm. 936 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:27,759 False alarm. 937 00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,995 Right. 938 00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:32,598 He should be up soon. 939 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:33,799 I'm on my way out. 940 00:35:33,832 --> 00:35:35,033 If this is 941 00:35:35,066 --> 00:35:38,604 about Jed, there must be other ways. 942 00:35:38,637 --> 00:35:40,172 Other ways to what? 943 00:35:40,206 --> 00:35:41,340 I don't know. 944 00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:43,442 He's not running again. 945 00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,143 It's about saving lives now. 946 00:35:45,177 --> 00:35:48,079 Okay. If that's what it's about. 947 00:35:48,113 --> 00:35:50,482 Spit it out, Leo. 948 00:35:50,516 --> 00:35:54,019 Somebody snaps the wrong photo of you with a junkie 949 00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:55,754 or somebody sees you 950 00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:57,022 pop a Xanax-- 951 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:58,290 I don't care if they do. 952 00:35:58,324 --> 00:35:59,558 I never had to tell you this before. 953 00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:01,092 You knew when something was over the line. 954 00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:02,894 I still do. 955 00:36:02,928 --> 00:36:04,062 Forget that. 956 00:36:04,095 --> 00:36:06,265 That was... that was... 957 00:36:06,298 --> 00:36:08,800 I'm saying, as your friend, 958 00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:11,670 I'm saying as a person who had a close personal relationship 959 00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:15,674 with Valium for more years than I care to remember, it's dicey. 960 00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:18,910 It starts "As needed," then you need a little more. 961 00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:21,380 I don't have a problem. 962 00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:24,115 Unless having a husband who spends evenings 963 00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:26,051 in an underground bunker counts. 964 00:36:26,084 --> 00:36:27,986 It's hard on you. 965 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:31,357 On all of us. 966 00:36:31,390 --> 00:36:35,494 You know what this lifestyle does to the body? 967 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:38,697 The minute your system senses stress, 968 00:36:38,730 --> 00:36:41,800 it releases a hormone that constricts blood vessels, 969 00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:43,402 contracts the heart muscles, 970 00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:45,136 stimulates the adrenal gland. 971 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:48,240 You stay in this state for not a hundredth 972 00:36:48,274 --> 00:36:50,942 of the time you and I have existed like this, 973 00:36:50,976 --> 00:36:52,744 and the vessels begin to shred. 974 00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,382 The heart permanently constricts. 975 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:59,751 The intestines, the immune system, shut down. 976 00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:04,456 Relieving those conditions is the one responsible course 977 00:37:04,490 --> 00:37:06,024 of action I can take. 978 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,294 I am sorry it is not a course of action 979 00:37:08,327 --> 00:37:10,262 that's available to you, 980 00:37:10,296 --> 00:37:12,598 but if you think you're going to talk me out of it 981 00:37:12,631 --> 00:37:15,301 with some Valley of the Dolls cautionary tale, 982 00:37:15,334 --> 00:37:17,403 you have picked the wrong girl. 983 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:22,908 Okay. 984 00:37:22,941 --> 00:37:25,176 Do what you need to do. 985 00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:28,547 What have you been doing? 986 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,049 Have you had your blooI'm healthy as a horse, checkbut thank you, Dr. B. 987 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,117 I'm not kidding. 988 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:33,719 I may not be Jack LaLanne... 989 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:36,922 Go see Ted Mayfield. Get an EKG. 990 00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:40,892 I'll call and make the appointment myself. I meanEnough, Abbey. 991 00:37:40,926 --> 00:37:42,728 I'm going to head downstairs. 992 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,869 ( knocking ) 993 00:37:50,902 --> 00:37:51,970 We're all clear, ladies. 994 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:52,971 Hallelujah. 995 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:55,874 Do we know what happened? False alarm.r your patience. 996 00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:57,776 I'm going to need a report from your supervisor 997 00:37:57,809 --> 00:37:58,777 for the briefing. 998 00:37:58,810 --> 00:37:59,545 Donna. 999 00:37:59,578 --> 00:38:01,279 Yeah. 1000 00:38:01,313 --> 00:38:02,648 Good night. 1001 00:38:02,681 --> 00:38:04,516 Good night. 1002 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:10,622 Hey, Commander. 1003 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:14,893 What'd he say? 1004 00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:17,162 False alarm. 1005 00:38:17,195 --> 00:38:18,864 He said that before. 1006 00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:20,799 He didn't tell you anything else? Not really. 1007 00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:22,100 You just talked to him 1008 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:23,301 for five minutes. 1009 00:38:23,335 --> 00:38:25,203 His daughter's taking ballet. 1010 00:38:25,236 --> 00:38:26,405 She's not very good. 1011 00:38:26,438 --> 00:38:27,739 You know, you're not 1012 00:38:27,773 --> 00:38:30,275 a spy in a Ukrainian nuke lab anymore. 1013 00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:31,877 We talk about stuff here. 1014 00:38:32,711 --> 00:38:34,380 We're going to be Okworking together, 1015 00:38:34,413 --> 00:38:36,982 You ought to work on the communication part. 1016 00:38:37,015 --> 00:38:38,249 Friendly advice. 1017 00:38:38,283 --> 00:38:39,885 Thanks. 1018 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:42,287 Nothing. 1019 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,956 Okay. Whatever. 1020 00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:46,792 Your joke. 1021 00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:49,761 Yeah, not funny, got it. 1022 00:38:49,795 --> 00:38:52,330 There's a nuclear sub's been grounded for nine months, 1023 00:38:52,364 --> 00:38:53,999 under repair in Pearl Harbor. 1024 00:38:54,032 --> 00:38:55,401 It's back in commission 1025 00:38:55,434 --> 00:38:58,136 and being deployed to patrol activity around Cape Verde 1026 00:38:58,169 --> 00:38:59,571 off the coast of Mauritania. 1027 00:38:59,605 --> 00:39:03,842 It's crossing from the Pacific to the Atlantic right now. 1028 00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:06,011 Through a canal, in... 1029 00:39:06,044 --> 00:39:07,513 Panama. 1030 00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:16,855 Donna! 1031 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:45,350 We beat our goal for the all-clear 1032 00:39:45,383 --> 00:39:46,351 by more than five minutes. 1033 00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:47,352 Have a seat. 1034 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:48,887 Where'd we fall short? 1035 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,856 One channel of the ventilation system failed to deactivate. 1036 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,057 If this had been a live infection, 1037 00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:53,291 we'd have had contamination 1038 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:54,325 in the communications area. 1039 00:39:54,359 --> 00:39:55,594 I'm sorry to interrupt, sir, 1040 00:39:55,627 --> 00:39:57,496 but what in the name of all that's holy... 1041 00:39:57,529 --> 00:39:59,631 Tonight's exercise was a drill. 1042 00:39:59,665 --> 00:40:01,533 A drill. A live drill. 1043 00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:04,470 Meaning the participants were unaware that it was a drill. 1044 00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:05,637 Ron's agents, HazMat, 1045 00:40:05,671 --> 00:40:08,173 and the entire medical staff were being tested. 1046 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:09,808 The three of us were the guinea pigs. 1047 00:40:09,841 --> 00:40:12,944 Okay. 1048 00:40:12,978 --> 00:40:15,781 We're trying to address critical holes in the security system. 1049 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:17,849 We're fielding threats no one's ever had to face before. 1050 00:40:17,883 --> 00:40:19,685 So the tularemia was...? Was a simulant-- 1051 00:40:19,718 --> 00:40:20,819 without harmful properties-- 1052 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:22,320 planted in Charlie's recycle bin. 1053 00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:24,656 Without my knowledge. 1054 00:40:24,690 --> 00:40:29,194 You were both been involved in a top secret exercise tonight. 1055 00:40:29,227 --> 00:40:31,196 it's going to have to remain And fotop secret.being, 1056 00:40:31,229 --> 00:40:32,964 If I'm ever 1057 00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:34,500 looking this in the face, 1058 00:40:34,533 --> 00:40:37,435 I hope I've got folks beside me like the two of you. 1059 00:40:37,469 --> 00:40:39,270 Thank you, sir. 1060 00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:41,740 Thank you, Mr. President. 1061 00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:11,169 They didn't question it. 1062 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:12,370 I'm not surprised. 1063 00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:14,005 You didn't know it would be tonight, sir. 1064 00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:15,040 I knew when you showed up. 1065 00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:16,241 But it was worth it, 1066 00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:18,109 if we learned something useful. 1067 00:41:18,143 --> 00:41:19,778 Did we learn anything, Ron? 1068 00:41:19,811 --> 00:41:22,514 A preliminary report will be on your desk in an hour. 1069 00:41:22,548 --> 00:41:23,882 Has the FBI made any progress? 1070 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:26,051 They've have a chemist under surveillance 1071 00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:28,319 who tried to order bacteria from the CDC. 1072 00:41:28,353 --> 00:41:29,621 Tularemia won't 1073 00:41:29,655 --> 00:41:32,023 get through again. 1074 00:41:32,057 --> 00:41:33,158 You're right. 1075 00:41:33,191 --> 00:41:36,628 On a need-to-know basis, who needs to know this much? 1076 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:44,002 I could use a hot bath. 1077 00:41:44,035 --> 00:41:46,004 Which is more than you You had can do at home, I guess, 1078 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:47,773 with your gas and electric issues... 1079 00:41:47,806 --> 00:41:48,574 Rub it in. 1080 00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:49,775 Good night. 1081 00:41:49,808 --> 00:41:50,776 Good night. 1082 00:41:50,809 --> 00:41:52,611 Can you believe another one of these? Nope. 1083 00:41:52,644 --> 00:41:53,979 Are they sticking with false alarm? 1084 00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:55,180 Yeah. 1085 00:41:55,213 --> 00:41:56,381 That one's getting a little old. 1086 00:41:56,414 --> 00:41:57,716 Uh-huh. 1087 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:08,794 Good night, gentlemen. 1088 00:42:14,933 --> 00:42:17,202 It's me. 1089 00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:18,369 ( chuckles ) 1090 00:42:18,403 --> 00:42:20,939 Am I calling too late? 1091 00:42:20,972 --> 00:42:25,844 I'm just getting out-- I'm thinking of Thai. 1092 00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:29,815 Why, why would you be worried about me? 1093 00:42:29,848 --> 00:42:34,519 Oh, yeah, true, the pollen count has been wicked. 1094 00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:36,454 Captioning sponsored by NBC 1095 00:42:36,487 --> 00:42:37,956 WARNER BROS. 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