William Bumiller

Hathaway clashes with Evans, who obtained a grant for a seminar at the clinic without consulting her. Ross jeopardizes a hospital study when he administers an experimental drug to a patient without the hospital's consent. Lucy begins her surgical rotation under Benton. Doyle accuses Romano of sexual harassment and asks Corday for support. Romano offers to reinstate Corday's surgical fellowship. And Jeanie agrees to date Dr. Graham Baker, a plastic surgeon.

Fran loses a rare Shakespearean manuscript when she's mugged in the park.

When a teenage runaway is murdered, all suspicion is immediately placed on his girlfriend, another runaway from the foster-care system; which angers Brennan, as she too was a foster child.

The NCIS team becomes entangled in the world of Washington politics when a distinguished Senator turns to Gibbs for help in solving the murder of a young, female Naval officer.

When Brian learns his estranged wife Carol will be passing through Boston, he tries to intercept her in order to win her back.

As a presidential press conference nears, President Palmer calls a staff meeting and unites two unlikely and influential people. Meanwhile, savvy politicos Tom Lennox and Reed Pollock encounter yet another tense situation as CTU copes with an unexpected weakness. A surprising development has Jack Bauer dealing with a familiar foe.