Nina Siemaszko

Lilly gets new evidence in the 1973 murder of a young female tennis player who had won her high-profile match against the school's best male player just before her death.

The surgeon general hints that marijuana should be decriminalized; Bartlet is angry when his daughter publicly states he would never fire the woman.

The search continues for the president's abducted daughter; the administration weighs launching a pre-emptive military strike; news breaks about Bartlet's approval for the assassination of a terrorist leader.

House Speaker Walken (John Goodman) presides over the bombardment of terrorist camps; Zoey's kidnappers deliver an ultimatum; Toby visits his newborn twins while drafting two presidential speeches that hinge on Zoey's fate.

The team realizes that Nick Vera has hit rock bottom after he goes missing; a new twist in a 2006 arson case may help lead to his whereabouts.