Toby, thinking that there's something going on with Bartlet, connects the dots and figures out that the President has multiple sclerosis. Toby is the 17th person to find out about the President's ailment and quickly becomes the second person -- the first being Abbey -- to forcefully challenge him on the political and legal ramifications of hiding his disease. Meanwhile, Bartlet decide whether or not to order a heightened security alert for airports when a terrorist is caught at the U.S. border carrying explosives. Elsewhere, Sam and Josh try to add one-liners to the President's upcoming speech while Sam and Ainsley argue over equal rights for women.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 2 Episode 18 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.