Season 3
🎬 21 Episodes 📅 2001 ⏱ 40 min
Behind the mahogany doors of power, a seasoned team in The West Wing races against time to prevent an international conflict from spiraling into war. As negotiations crumble and allies falter, the weight of responsibility crashes down on those who must decide the fates of nations. What emerges isn't just a political thriller, but a touching portrait of ordinary people carrying extraordinary burdens with unwavering dedication to something larger than themselves.
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📊 Season Stats
21
Episodes
2001
Year
40
min / ep
14
Watch Hours
3/7
Season No.
⭐ 8.8
Best Episode
Ep. 21 · Posse Comitatus
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1
⭐ 8.0
Manchester (1)
Bartlet's decision about Haiti falls under scrutiny; C.J. makes a horrible blunder in a press conference and is hounded about the president's health by reporters; the staff disagrees about whether Bartlet should apologize for not revealing his medical condition; Abbey is angry that Jed has decided t…
🎬 Thomas Schlamme ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
2
⭐ 8.3
Manchester (2)
The senior staff clash with the consultants who are to work on Bartlet's reelection campaign; C.J. is concerned that the press senses the Bartlets' marriage could be in trouble; Josh asks Leo to let him use his connection to postpone the FDA's drug announcement; the situation on Haiti comes to a hea…
🎬 Thomas Schlamme ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
3
⭐ 7.6
Ways and Means
The Special Prosecutor sets his probe in motion; Sam and Bruno are concerned about the loyalty of a powerful labor leader; Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax; Ainsley fixes up Donna with a Republican.
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Eli Attie
4
⭐ 7.8
On the Day Before
When Bartlet vetoes the "death tax", the staff must scramble to keep the veto from being overridden; Josh tries to smooth talk a promising governor who is considering running against the President; Charlie is urged to ask for immunity in his upcoming testimony.
🎬 Christopher Misiano ✍️ Paul Redford
5
⭐ 7.8
War Crimes
The President has a showdown; Donna lies when she appears before the Congressional committee investigating the President; Leo debates with an old friend about the US future stance regarding the war crimes tribunal; Sam tries to find the logic in a Congressman's proposed legislation to eliminate the …
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Allison Abner
6
⭐ 7.8
Gone Quiet
When an American spy submarine suddenly goes silent in hostile North Korea, Bartlet must decide whether to inform the enemy or attempt a secret rescue operation; Abbey learns her past malpractice suits might compromise Bartlet's criminal investigation; Toby meets with a representative from an approp…
🎬 Jon Hutman ✍️ Laura Glasser
7
⭐ 8.2
The Indians in the Lobby
While Bartlet worries about where he will be on Thanksgiving--and how to best cook a gourmet turkey -- C.J. meets with two Native Americans, Maggie and Jack, who are camped in the White House lobby.
🎬 Paris Barclay ✍️ Allison Abner
8
⭐ 8.0
The Women of Qumar
At Abbey's urging, Josh meets with a powerful women's caucus over the proposed language of a United Nations treaty banning prostitution.
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Laura Glasser
9
⭐ 8.0
Bartlet for America
Leo fears the worst when he testifies in the congressional investigation into Bartlet's lack of public disclosure about his illness.
🎬 Thomas Schlamme ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
10
⭐ 7.6
H. Con-172
Leo defiantly rejects the Congressional Oversight Committee's offer of a public censure of Bartlet that would finally bring an end to the investigation and spare Leo of any possible personal repercussions.
🎬 Vincent Misiano ✍️ Eli Attie
11
⭐ 8.0
100,000 Airplanes
On State of the Union night, Sam is being trailed by a magazine reporter to whom he was once engaged; the President' Congressional censure weighs heavily on staffers' minds as they debate whether to include an anti-cancer initiative in the President's address; Josh can't get Amy Gardner to talk to h…
🎬 David Nutter ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
12
⭐ 7.8
The Two Bartlets
On the day of the Democratic Caucus, Bartlet, Toby and C.J. go to Iowa to kick off the presidential race, and disagree over Bartlet's making a statement about affirmative action. Back in Washington, Leo forces Josh to intercede with an old friend leading a protest against Navy arms testing at Vieque…
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Gene Sperling
13
⭐ 8.0
Night Five
Stanley Keyworth revisits the White House to uncover the reason Bartlet hasn't been able to sleep since the night of the Iowa caucus; C.J. enlists Leo's help in freeing a White House reporter kidnapped while on assignment in the Congo; Toby and Andy joust over an upcoming presidential speech condemn…
🎬 Christopher Misiano ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
14
⭐ 7.8
Hartsfield's Landing
On the day before the New Hampshire primary, Josh drafts Donna as his frontwoman to ensure that Bartlet wins the nation's first primary in the small town of Hartsfield's Landing; C.J. and Charlie play an ever-escalating game of practical jokes; Jed plays simultaneous chess games with Sam and Toby wh…
🎬 Vincent Misiano ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
15
Dead Irish Writers
Concern arises over the medical board's decision on Abbey's actions in treating Jed's M.S.; Sam tries to get a Senator he doesn't like to pass a bill for a super-conducter that he doesn't even understand; Amy tries to influence Josh; Lord Marbury explains to Toby why a member of the IRA cannot be in…
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Paul Redford
16
The U.S. Poet Laureate
Toby looks forward to meeting the new U.S. Poet Laureate; Jed fires the first salvo of his reelection campaign when he calls his likely opponent less than brilliant, and the national press just can't get enough of it; Ainsley gets promoted; Josh overreacts to posts on the message board of a website …
🎬 Christopher Misiano ✍️ Laura Glasser
17
⭐ 8.0
Stirred
Hoynes and Bartlet each make an unexpected announcement about Hoynes' place on the ticket; fears of a terrorist attack arise when a truck carrying depleted uranium-fuel rods is involved in a head-on collision in an Idaho tunnel; Donna seeks a Presidential Proclamation to honor her high-school teache…
🎬 Jeremy Kagan ✍️ Dee Dee Myers
18
⭐ 8.2
Enemies Foreign and Domestic
The revelation that a Russian company may be building a heavy water reactor in Iran puts Jed in a difficult position as he prepares to meet with the new Russian president; Jed orders the Secret Service to protect C.J. when she receives death threats after making a comment at a press conference about…
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
19
⭐ 8.0
The Black Vera Wang
Bartlet and the staff are on high alert when they receive reports of an impending attack on a military installation; Josh is furious when he discovers that a gift he passed on to Donna, who in turn passed in on to an unpaid intern, ends up for sale on eBay; C.J. takes her niece shopping for a prom d…
🎬 Christopher Misiano ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
20
We Killed Yamamoto
While Jed, Leo and Fitzwallace grapple with terrorism and moral absolutes, Josh and Amy grapple with each other over a welfare-reform bill; Donna represents the White House at a North Dakota state-party caucus whose goal is to remove the word "North" from the state's name; Toby doesn't want Jed to a…
🎬 Thomas Schlamme ✍️ Aaron Sorkin
21
⭐ 8.8
Posse Comitatus
Bartlet continues to struggle over the wisdom of assassinating the terrorist Qumari defense minister; after Ritchie declines to meet Bartlet, Sam and Toby play a dirty trick; as the search for Mrs. Landingham's replacement continues, Charlie finds the perfect candidate, who makes less than a stellar…
🎬 Alex Graves ✍️ Aaron Sorkin