Rebecca Creskoff

Lily and Marshall throw a housewarming party, during which Ted nearly comes to blows with Marshall's boss; Barney hits on a crazy divorcee.

In the months leading up to the midterm elections, the staff makes an all-out effort to pick up Democratic seats in Congress. Josh recovers at home. Sam betrays a friend after convincing him to run for office with a promise of support from the Democratic party--which he never delivers. The President becomes obsessed with a school board election in his home state. Since Charlie was the intended target of the shooting, he feels responsible for the incident. He is irritable and initially shuns Zoey's attempts to comfort him. At a White House reception for radio commentators, Bartlet's hatred for intolerance also motivates him to vigorously challenge a well-known talk show host who masquerades as a psychologist and uses the Bible to justify her bigoted views.

Larry vows to invalidate a dating taboo; Larry regrets making concessions to his neighbor; Jeff's alibi backfires.

As an irascible federal judge (guest star Stephen Root) hears a controversial coal company case, an FBI investigation complicates Raylan’s (Timothy Olyphant) efforts to replace the money Winona (Natalie Zea) took from an evidence locker. And as Raylan and Winona struggle to put the money back before its disappearance is discovered, a coal company executive hires Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) for her security team.

As he and Winona struggle to keep the evidence theft from being exposed, Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) is assigned to protect coal company VP Carol Johnson (guest star Rebecca Creskoff) as she tries to buy up land in Harlan County. But when they run up against the Bennett family’s plans to stop her, Raylan must put his own life on the line.