Bad Moon Rising

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The President's (Martin Sheen) administration could be brought down by the tiniest oversight as Bartlet secretly summons chief counsel Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt) to discuss how his failure to divulge his multiple sclerosis condition could be a criminal violation of full disclosure -- which would give his enemies enough ammo to destroy him.

Meanwhile: a fuming Toby (Richard Schiff) orders C.J. (Allison Janney) to smoke out the insider who leaked vital information on the President's reversal on school vouchers; Sam (Rob Lowe) feels queasy when he learns that an aging oil tanker is leaking onto the coast of Delaware causing an ecological disaster -- and he could be liable since he brokered the deal for the behemoth in his previous shipping firm job (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen - Part I) while aware of the needed repairs; Josh (Bradley Whitford) clashes with a questioning Donna (Janel Moloney) as the U.S. prepares a huge cash loan to prop up the collapsing Mexican economy again. Charlie (Dule Hill) and the President reach an agreement about how they will handle any questions Charlie may be asked.

Contents 1 Cast 1.1 Starring 1.2 Special Guest Stars 1.3 Guest Starring 1.4 Co-Starring 2 Quotes

[edit] Cast

[edit] Starring

• Rob Lowe as Sam Seaborn
• Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
• Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
• Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
• Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
• John Spencer as Leo McGarry
• Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
• and Martin Sheen as Jed Bartlet

[edit] Special Guest Stars

• Oliver Platt as Oliver Babish
• Emily Procter as Ainsley Hayes

[edit] Guest Starring

• Jacqueline Kim as First Lieutenant Emily Lowenbrau
• Robert Curtis Brown as Jamie Hotchkiss
• Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. Landingham
• NiCole Robinson as Margaret Hooper
• Scott Lawrence as Congressional Staffer
• Michael Mantell as Congressional Staffer
• Eric Stonestreet as Staffer #1
• Scott Atkinson as Staffer #2
• Jossie Harris Thacker as Staffer #3

[edit] Co-Starring

• Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
• Kim Webster as Ginger
• Devika Parikh as Bonnie
• William Duffy as Larry
• Peter James Smith as Ed
• David Ackert as Babish Staffer
• Tracy Beaulieu as Cal
• Charles Noland as Reporter Steve
• Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
• Randolph Brooks as Arthur Leeds
• Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
• Shishir Kurup as Zach

[edit] Quotes

"We won't discuss this any more for the time being. It will be public soon enough. And the more conversations you have with me, the more lawyers you are going to have to talk to. And they bill in an hour what you take home in a week. So we won't discuss it except to say this: you're going to be subpoenaed. I'm confident in your loyalty to me. I'm confident in your love for me. If you lie to protect me. If you lie just once. If you lie just a little. If you lie 'cause you can't stand what's happening to me and the people making it happen. If you ever ever lie, you're finished with me. . . . Go back to work."- Pres. Bartlet (talking to Charlie)

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