The President returns from Tokyo and is met by a wave of controversy after Surgeon General Griffith says that marijuana should be legalized. Things are made worse when the President's daughter, Ellie, tells reporter Danny Concannon that her father would never fire the Surgeon General. But Bartlet has much more personal things to worry about after he confronts Ellie about her statement. Meanwhile, Toby is forced to ask his ex-wife, a Maryland Congresswoman, for help regarding the Social Security panel; and Charlie's choice of movie for the President to watch ends up creating more controversy than expected.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 15 of The West Wing resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The West Wing Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 1
• s02e02 - In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 2
• s02e03 - The Midterms
• s02e04 - In This White House
• s02e05 - And It's Surely to Their Credit
• s02e06 - The Lame Duck Congress
• s02e07 - The Portland Trip
• s02e08 - Shibboleth
• s02e09 - Galileo
• s02e10 - No
• s02e11 - The Leadership Breakfast
• s02e12 - The Drop
• s02e13 - Bartlet's Third State of the Union
• s02e14 - The War at Home
• s02e15 - Ellie
• s02e16 - Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
• s02e17 - The Stackhouse Filibuster
• s02e18 - 17 People
• s02e19 - Bad Moon Rising
• s02e20 - The Fall's Gonna Kill You
• s02e21 - 18th and Potomac
• s02e22 - Two Cathedrals

The West Wing Show Summary

In a unique glimpse of the inner-workings of Presidential politics, The West Wing takes viewers inside the White House and follows the lives of the staff as they help President Jed Bartlet make the crucial decisions that shape the nation and the world around it. Working closely with the President are close friend and Chief of Staff Leo McGarry; Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman; Josh's assistant Donna Moss; Communications Director Toby Ziegler; and his Deputy, Sam Seaborn; Press Secretary C.J. Cregg; First Lady Abbey Bartlet; and Charlie Young, Bartlet's Personal Aide.

As season 6 unfolded, the show shifted its focus from the current administration to the Arnold Vinick vs. Matthew Santos race for the presidency, presidential election, and transition to the new administration from the Bartlet administration.