Trying to participate in a late-night staff poker game proves difficult as news arrives that an unmanned U.S. spy plane has crashed in a remote part of Russia, and Bartlet and Leo have to deal with an incensed Russian President Chagorin and convince him via phone to let the military go in and recover the plane; C.J. obsesses over the fact that on the exact moment of the spring equinox (today), you can stand an egg on end; Toby and Will have a card-flipping contest in the press room, during which someone from the street fires several bullets into the room; Debbie must "crash" the West Wing for the first time when the bullets fly; at the same time, Josh is interviewing associate counsel applicant Joe Quincy, and there's something about the well-qualified lawyer that bothers Josh, which he deduces during the lock down.
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Cast of episode
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- Will Bailey
- C.J. Cregg
- Josh Lyman
- President Josiah Bartlet
- Donna Moss
- Charlie Young
- Toby Ziegler
- Deborah Fiderer
- Leo McGarry
- Joe Quincy
- Zoey Bartlet
- Secret Service Agent Ron Butterfield
- Margaret Hooper
- Nancy
- Carol Fitzpatrick
- Ed
- Larry
- Translator
- Agent #1
- Secret Service Agent Donnie
- Agent #2
- Newscaster
- Anchor #2
- Marine Guard
- Secret Service Agent
- Club Patron