TV Guide: Melissa Fitzgerald

Listing: On the Day Before

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 16 09:00 AM BRAVO On a busy night at the White House, the President vetoes the estate-tax repeal and staffers scramble to counter the GOP's override threat. Meanwhile, Josh stares down a Democratic governor (Kevin Tighe) who's threatening to challenge Bartlet in the primaries; Charlie has been offered legal immunity in the MS matter and everyone urges him to take it; and C.J. has a difficult time with a local-TV reporter (Mary Mara) who isn't nearly as smart as she is aggressive.

Listing: Ways and Means

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 16 08:00 AM BRAVO The Special Prosecutor (Nicholas Pryor) sets his probe in motion, but the White House is unhappy with him: he's not nasty enough. "We need a different enemy," C.J. tells Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt). Meanwhile, Sam and Bruno are concerned about the loyalty of a powerful California labor leader; Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax; the governor of Wyoming is mad about a forest fire; and Ainsley fixes up Donna with a guy who happens to be a Republican.

Listing: Two Cathedrals

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 09:00 AM BRAVO The Administration prepares for the storm of its life. Indeed, a tropical storm is bearing down on Washington on the day the President is to disclose that he has MS and has been lying about it for eight years. Bartlet himself is more than a little distracted by Mrs. Landingham's death, but the staffers are, as usual, all business as they deal with Congressional Democrats, party officials and network execs. They also must fashion responses to likely press-conference questions. The one that concerns them most: Will Bartlet seek reelection?

Listing: 18th and Potomac

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 08:00 AM BRAVO With disastrous hypothetical polling numbers from Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin) in hand, staffers prepare to announce the President's condition. But first, both Sam and Oliver Babish (Oliver Platt) question the First Lady (Stockard Channing) about the matter. Meanwhile, a crisis erupts in Haiti; Josh deals with two Democratic senators who are less than enthusiastic about the Government's tobacco-industry suit; and male staffers can't help but give Mrs. Landingham (Kathryn Joosten) car-buying advice. Nancy: Anna Deavere Smith.

Listing: The Last Hurrah

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 12 03:00 AM BRAVO While Santos is busy trying to select a new vice president, his wife finds her new responsibilities staggering. Meanwhile, Vinick ponders his next move. Helen: Teri Polo. Louise: Janeane Garofalo.

Listing: Bad Moon Rising

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 11 08:00 AM BRAVO Bartlet decides that he needs an opinion from White House counsel Oliver Babish on whether his MS deception constituted a criminal conspiracy; an oil spill off the Delaware coast hits home to Sam; Josh heads up a White House team dealing with a Mexican economic crisis (and bickers with Donna about it); and Toby's on the rampage because of a press leak about a possible change in the President's position on school vouchers. Ainsley Hayes: Emily Procter. Emily Lowenbrau: Jacqueline Kim.

Listing: The Stackhouse Filibuster

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 10 08:00 AM BRAVO Staffers (most of whom have weekend plans) are blindsided when an elderly senator (George Coe) begins a Friday-night filibuster on a bill they had thought was a done deal. Meanwhile, Toby is puzzled when the Vice President (Tim Matheson), normally a champion of the oil industry, volunteers to attack it for “price gouging.” And C.J. fears that the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bast has cursed her because she accidentally broke a Bast statuette that had been given to the President on a visit to Cairo. Winifred Hooper: Cara DiLizia.

Listing: Ellie

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 9 08:00 AM BRAVO The President returns from Japan to learn that his Surgeon General (Mary Kay Place) has said some things about marijuana that might prove troublesome. Then his daughter Ellie (Nina Siezmasko), a medical student, says something about the controversy to reporter Danny Concannon. Meanwhile, Charlie's choice of a movie for the President to watch proves controversial, too. And Toby tries to enlist his ex-wife (Kathleen York), a Congresswoman, in his effort to make peace with liberal Democrats over the Social Security flap. Morgan Ross: Robert Knepper.

Listing: Requiem

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Tue Dec 9 03:00 AM BRAVO Former series regulars, including Marlee Matlin, Mary-Louise Parker, Tim Matheson, Anna Deavere Smith and Gary Cole, make guest appearances as Leo's funeral is held and his colleagues reminisce about his life and career.

Listing: The War at Home

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 8 09:00 AM BRAVO The crisis over the missing DEA agents in Colombia intensifies, and the fallout from the State of the Union Address isn't so good, either. For starters, a liberal senator (Ed Begley Jr.) is upset about the speech's Social Security suggestions. It doesn't look like the flap over the brutality accusation against the police officer Bartlet cited in the speech is going to go away quickly. And Joey Lucas's polling numbers are discouraging. (Or are they?) Meanwhile, Abbey (Stockard Channing) doesn't like the White House atmosphere. Joey: Marlee Matlin.

Listing: Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Mon Dec 8 08:00 AM BRAVO It's State of the Union night and West Wing staffers are basking in the address's glow, but Abbey (Stockard Channing) has problems with its tone. Another distraction: guerrillas have captured five DEA agents in Colombia. And it turns out that a cop Bartlet cited in the speech has a controversial incident on his record. Meanwhile, Josh can't get numbers from White House pollster Joey Lucas (Marlee Matlin). And Donna is pestering Josh to ask Joey for a date. Shallick: Corbin Bernsen.

Listing: The Drop-in

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 4 09:00 AM BRAVO Lord John Marbury (Roger Rees), a friend of the President's (and a royal pain in Leo's neck), is appointed Britain's ambassador to the U.S.; Toby and Sam wrangle over an address the President is to give to an environmental group; Leo tries (with no success) to get the President interested in a missile-defense system; and C.J. is enlisted to ask a controversial comedian (Rocky Carroll) to decline an invitation to perform at a dinner the President is to attend.

Listing: The Leadership Breakfast

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Thu Dec 4 08:00 AM BRAVO With Congress reconvening, the White House is planning a “leadership breakfast.” But first, Toby must go over details with the Majority Leader's new Chief of Staff (Felicity Huffman). There are plenty of devils in those details---it seems that the Majority Leader has Presidential ambitions. Meanwhile, Sam wants to move the press corps to new quarters across the street; and Leo, Sam and Donna (in turn) embarrass themselves in front of an influential columnist. Rep. Shallick: Corbin Bernsen.

Listing: Noel

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 3 09:00 AM BRAVO It's the Christmas season at the White House but Josh isn't merry: he's rude to everyone, including the President---something that just isn't done. So Leo orders therapy. Meanwhile, C.J. takes interest when an elderly woman on a White House tour loses her composure at the sight of a painting. And the President decides that he wants to sign all his Christmas cards---well, maybe just 100,000 of them---personally. Stanley: Adam Arkin. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has a cameo.

Listing: Frequency

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:30:00 -0500

Wed Dec 3 08:30 AM ENCR1

Listing: Galileo

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Wed Dec 3 08:00 AM BRAVO Crises come in all shapes and sizes during one hectic day at the White House. The biggest fire to be put out is just that: it's in a Russian missile silo and the Russian government is covering it up. Other troubles range from a missing U.S. fighter plane to a news report that the President doesn't like green beans. Reese: John Carroll Lynch. Nadia Kozlowski: Charlotte Cornwell.