It's the weekend, and CJ's spin boys all have plans. So, however, does bucolic old Senator, Howard Stackhouse, who stages an impressive filibuster to block a vote on the President's Family Wellness Act because the administration refused to add money for autism research. CJ, Sam, and Josh compose electronic missives to their parents while stuck at the White House, and CJ thinks she might be cursed by an Egyptian Cat Goddess named Bast. Toby is mired in more serious thoughts after Vice President Hoynes offers to step up to the plate and smack down Big Oil, which happens to be the industry that put him where he is.

Starring:

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

Josh:  I know.

CJ:  Women seeking abortions shouldn't be required by law to be lectured at.

Josh:  Yeah, but you're gonna help me out there, right?

CJ:  Yes, I will.  I will once again betray the sisterhood.  I saw you, you, you, and you roll your eyes.

Larry:  You weren't even looking at me.

CJ:  I felt you. 

Donna: "I thought they weren't playing yet."

Josh: "It's an exhibition game."

Donna: "You're flying to Florida to see the Mets play another team in a game that doesn't count?"

Josh: "Actually, it's an intra-squad game.

Donna: "So you're flying to Florida to see the Mets play each other in a game that doesn't count?"

Bartlet:  Could Howard Stackhouse possibly be a bigger horse's patoot?

Leo:  I don't know what part of a horse that is, exactly, but I've always thought he was a decent guy.

Bartlet:  He's a curmudgeon, a grouchy old crank.

Leo:  So are we.

Bartlet:  You are.  I am full of mirth.

Leo:  Okay.

Bartlet:  He was all over me the first year.  He called me "Bartlet the Inert."

Leo:  That was pretty funny.

CJ:  It's not broken.

Charlie:  It is broken.

Donna:  She crazy-glued it back together.

Charlie:  You crazy-glued it?

CJ:  I didn't know what it was.  I needed a potpourri holder.  I have the ancient curse of Bast on me, so get off my back, Sparky.

Charlie:  Okay, but when you tell him, I'd leave out the crazy glue.

Leo:  What are you doing?

Donna:  I didn't know if I'm supposed to--

Leo:  We usually don't raise our hands.

Bartlet:  Though it isn't the worst idea in the world.