The gang's all here, and all in formalwear, for a State Dinner honoring the Indonesian President. Behind the pageantry, however, a series of potential crises arise, and it takes First Lady Abigail Bartlet to ground her husband. While Mandy monitors a standoff between the FBI and survivalists, Josh and Toby have a standoff of their own with an Indonesian staffer. A flabbergasted Sam spots his call girl friend Laurie at the dinner, and CJ fields questions about an impending hurricane -- and the First Lady's finery.

Starring:

ROB LOWE as Sam Seaborn
DULÉ HILL as Charlie Young
ALLISON JANNEY as C.J. Cregg
MOIRA KELLY as Mandy Hampton
RICHARD SCHIFF as Toby Ziegler
JOHN SPENCER as Leo McGarry
BRADLEY WHITFORD as Josh Lyman
and MARTIN SHEEN as President Josiah Bartlet

CJ:  Man, alive, do I love it when In Style magazine is issued press credentials.

Josh:  Yeah.

CJ:  Mirabella needed to know what wine was being served with the fish course, so it's a good thing I went to school for 22 years.

Josh:  What wine are we--

CJ:  It's wine.  You'll drink it.

Donna:  I've been doing some reading on my own--

Josh:  I wish you wouldn't do that.

Donna:  Why not?

Josh:  Because you tend to cull some bizarre factoid from a less than reputable source and then you blow it all out of proportion.

Mandy:  I can do it.

Josh:  No, you can't.

Mandy:  Why not?

Josh:  Because you're a political consultant, and this is an actual, you know, thing.

Mandy:  Leo, please tell Josh that I can play a role in issues and it's not going to be the end to this administration.

Josh:  I don't think it's going to be the end of this administration, Leo, I think it's going to be the end of this republic.

Donna:  Toby, did you know that in some parts of Indonesia they summarily execute people they suspect of being sorcerers?

Toby:  Yes.

Donna:  You see?

Josh:  You're all crazy.

Sam:  I know what you're gearing up for.

Toby:  Read.

Sam:  "The national ideology of Pancasila upon which your Constitution is founded includes a belief in the Supreme Being, while calling for religious tolerance"--and I see you've underlined that--"freedom of the press, freedom of assembly"--Toby, do you really think it's a good idea to invite people to dinner and then tell them exactly what they're doing wrong with their lives?

Toby:  Absolutely.  Otherwise it's just a waste of food.