John Cothran

Bartlet ponders the potential consequences of ordering a strike force to overtake a barricaded gang of domestic terrorists in Iowa, one of whom is a noncombatant requiring medical attention.

A situation in an unimportant country on the other side of the world has Bartlet and his staff rewriting his address on the eve of his inauguration. Meanwhile, tensions mount between the White House and the Pentagon, and the staff is stunned by a betrayal of one of their own.

Carter feels guilty over Gant's death. Benton is still unwilling to talk about the matter. Charlie asks Ross to be her guardian, but he refuses. Carol copes with a makeshift RN staff during a labor sickout and takes the blame for a fatal error.

The surgeons work as a team to free a boy from a hardening block of cement; Izzie helps Alex care for an ailing Rebecca; Meredith and Derek have one last chance at a positive result in their clinical trial.

The surgeons work as a team to free a boy from a hardening block of cement; Izzie helps Alex care for an ailing Rebecca; Meredith and Derek have one last chance at a positive result in their clinical trial.