Season 2

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[edit] Season Summary

As the second season opens, we discover that, in the wake of the shooting, both President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford) have been hit. While the President is not seriously injured, Josh is critically wounded.

Josh survives, and the staff go on to face a myriad of challenges that include the President's hiring of a staunch Rebublican as an associate counsel (Emily Procter), a trip to Portland, the discovery of Chinese refugees fleeing religious persecution, the loss of a costly Mars probe, Josh's post-traumatic stress disorder, and Bartlet's third State of the Union Address.

All of these challenges are rendered minor after the staff and the President are confronted with two serious events; the revelation of Bartlet's concealed serious illness to the public, and the death of one of their own.

As the season closes, there is one question on nearly everyone lips: will Josiah Bartlet seek a second term?

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[edit] Episode List

1. In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part I)
2. In the Shadow of Two Gunmen (Part II)
3. The Midterms
4. In This White House
5. And It's Surely to Their Credit
6. The Lame Duck Congress
7. The Portland Trip
8. Shibboleth
9. Galileo
10. Noel
11. The Leadership Breakfast
12. The Drop In
13. Bartlet's Third State of the Union
14. The War at Home
15. Ellie
16. Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail
17. The Stackhouse Filibuster
18. 17 People
19. Bad Moon Rising
20. The Fall's Gonna Kill You
21. 18th and Potomac
22. Two Cathedrals