The White House is adorned with holiday decorations, but the staff is feeling anything but merry as they deal with threats to firebomb black churches in Tennessee on Christmas Eve. Leo is also lacking the holiday spirit as he prepares to testify to the House committee concerning the non-disclosure of Bartlet's MS issue -- and the $650 an hour he's paying his lawyer doesn't help any. Flashbacks reveal the President's reasons for not disclosing his illness during his time as governor.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 3 Episode 9 of The West Wing resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The West Wing Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e00 - Isaac and Ishmael
• s03e01 - Manchester: Part 1
• s03e02 - Manchester: Part 2
• s03e03 - Ways and Means
• s03e04 - On the Day Before
• s03e05 - War Crimes
• s03e06 - Gone Quiet
• s03e07 - The Indians in the Lobby
• s03e08 - The Women of Qumar
• s03e09 - Bartlet for America
• s03e10 - H. Con
• s03e11 - 100,000 Airplanes
• s03e12 - The Two Bartlets
• s03e13 - Night Five
• s03e14 - Hartsfield's Landing
• s03e15 - Dead Irish Writers
• s03e16 - The U.S. Poet Laureate
• s03e17 - Stirred
• s03e18 - Enemies Foreign and Domestic
• s03e19 - The Black Vera Wang
• s03e20 - We Killed Yamamoto
• s03e21 - Posse Comitatus

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.