The West Wing Season 3 Episode 18 Synopsis

After making a critical public statement about Saudi Arabia, C.J. receives a serious passing thread leading Bartlet to assign Secret Service protection to her. While Sam is busy working out the details of the President's upcoming summit with the new Russian President, satellite photographs show an Iranian nuclear facility built with the help of Russian technology. Meanwhile, Charlie works to find out the source of an encoded letter sent to the President; and Toby debates whether or not to let a controversial Russian reporter attend the upcoming summit.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 3 Episode 18 of The West Wing resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The West Wing Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e00 - Isaac and Ishmael
• s03e01 - Manchester: Part 1
• s03e02 - Manchester: Part 2
• s03e03 - Ways and Means
• s03e04 - On the Day Before
• s03e05 - War Crimes
• s03e06 - Gone Quiet
• s03e07 - The Indians in the Lobby
• s03e08 - The Women of Qumar
• s03e09 - Bartlet for America
• s03e10 - H. Con
• s03e11 - 100,000 Airplanes
• s03e12 - The Two Bartlets
• s03e13 - Night Five
• s03e14 - Hartsfield's Landing
• s03e15 - Dead Irish Writers
• s03e16 - The U.S. Poet Laureate
• s03e17 - Stirred
• s03e18 - Enemies Foreign and Domestic
• s03e19 - The Black Vera Wang
• s03e20 - We Killed Yamamoto
• s03e21 - Posse Comitatus

The West Wing Show Summary

In a unique glimpse of the inner-workings of Presidential politics, The West Wing takes viewers inside the White House and follows the lives of the staff as they help President Jed Bartlet make the crucial decisions that shape the nation and the world around it. Working closely with the President are close friend and Chief of Staff Leo McGarry; Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman; Josh's assistant Donna Moss; Communications Director Toby Ziegler; and his Deputy, Sam Seaborn; Press Secretary C.J. Cregg; First Lady Abbey Bartlet; and Charlie Young, Bartlet's Personal Aide.

As season 6 unfolded, the show shifted its focus from the current administration to the Arnold Vinick vs. Matthew Santos race for the presidency, presidential election, and transition to the new administration from the Bartlet administration.