H. Richard Greene

The staff scramble to win over congressmen holding out for political favours when the House of Representatives readies to override the president's death tax veto, and Charlie considers asking for immunity.

The team takes a second look into a lieutenant's death, when the blogger who accused them of a cover-up turns up dead.

Jane is lured to a car bomb that temporarily blinds him and kills a stockbroker shackled within the vehicle. To find the killer, the agents must find a connection between the victim and Jane. Elsewhere, Van Pelt has a mysterious new boyfriend.

Bartlet endures the painful process of nominating an appropriate candidate for vice president, while Amy champions the first lady's violence prevention provisions for an upcoming bill.

The president engages in a war of wills with the House speaker, resulting in a government shutdown. Bartlet seeks to end the fiscal crisis by challenging Republicans in the halls of the Capitol.

Everyone at the Jeffersonian tries to uncover forensic evidence to help elicit a conviction in the trial of the Gravedigger.