<Li> Martin Sheen as Josiah Bartlet, the President of the United States </Li> <P> The third season, covering the administration's third and fourth years in office, begins with Bartlet announcing his intention to run for re-election and is dominated by the subsequent campaign . Other prominent story lines include a Congressional investigation into allegations Bartlet committed electoral fraud by concealing his MS, a death threat against C.J. and the ensuing relationship she develops with the Secret Service agent assigned to protect her, and Qumari defense minister Abdul Shareef's planning of terrorist attacks against the US . The season finale resolves several of these story lines when Bartlet meets his electoral opponent and reaffirms his commitment to defeat him, finally decides to order Shareef's assassination, and, just minutes after the man who threatened her is arrested, C.J.'s Secret Service agent interrupts a convenience store robbery and is killed . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 45 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Manchester (Part I)" </Td> <Td> Thomas Schlamme </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> October 10, 2001 (2001 - 10 - 10) </Td> <Td> 227201 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Surprising everyone, President Bartlet announces his intentions to run for re-election, angering Abbey . Meanwhile, Haiti's obstreperous dictator is giving National Security Advisor Nancy McNally fits . The staff scrambles to work the news cycle in their favor in the wake of the President's announcement . C.J. makes a critical error in a statement to the press . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 46 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Manchester (Part II)" </Td> <Td> Thomas Schlamme </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> October 17, 2001 (2001 - 10 - 17) </Td> <Td> 227202 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Senior staffers clash with newly hired political operative Bruno Gianelli and his aides Connie and Doug . Josh is upset because Leo won't let him "wave off the FDA" on RU - 486 . C.J. contemplates her future at the White House . President Bartlet makes it clear he values both Bruno's team and his senior staff and gets them focused on running a successful re-election campaign as allies rather than adversaries . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 47 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Ways and Means" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Story by: Eli Attie & Gene Sperling Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> October 24, 2001 (2001 - 10 - 24) </Td> <Td> 227203 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The special prosecutor begins his probe and the White House feels his objective, unbiased approach may hurt them politically . C.J. begins maneuvering within the press to persuade Congress to start their own investigation, believing it will be easier to win a battle with bloodthirsty Republicans . Meanwhile, Sam and Bruno are concerned about a powerful California labor leader and Toby and Josh are preoccupied with a congressional battle over the estate tax . Donna meets a young Republican lawyer . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 48 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "On the Day Before" </Td> <Td> Christopher Misiano </Td> <Td> Story by: Paul Redford & Nanda Chitre Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> October 31, 2001 (2001 - 10 - 31) </Td> <Td> 227204 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The President vetoes his first bill--the repeal of the estate tax--and staffers scramble to counter the GOP's override threat, first having to deal with an opportunistic Democratic Congressman before Sam has an idea that leads them to a surprising ally . An international crisis erupts when Palestinian terrorists kill two Americans in Israel . Meanwhile, Charlie has been offered legal immunity and everyone urges him to take it, and an incompetent reporter mocks C.J. and finds out that was a stupid thing to do . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 49 </Th> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> "War Crimes" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Story by: Allison Abner Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> November 7, 2001 (2001 - 11 - 07) </Td> <Td> 227205 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The President asks a reluctant Vice President (Tim Matheson) to speak at an anti-gun rally in Texas after a church shooting, while Donna goes before a Congressional committee investigating Bartlet's lack of disclosure and lies under oath when her new boyfriend asks her a personal question . Toby deals with a leaked quote that is embarrassing to the President, while C.J. meets up with a gutsy reporter and Sam ponders a plan to eliminate the penny . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 50 </Th> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Gone Quiet" </Td> <Td> Jon Hutman </Td> <Td> Story by: Julia Dahl & Laura Glasser Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> November 14, 2001 (2001 - 11 - 14) </Td> <Td> 227207 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> An American spy submarine suddenly goes silent in hostile waters outside North Korea, and Bartlet must decide whether he should notify the enemy or attempt a risky, secret rescue . Meanwhile, a top Republican contender can't articulate why he wants to be President, but C.J. is disappointed with President Bartlet's own answer to that question . Toby clashes with a Congresswoman over funding the National Endowment for the Arts . This episode guest stars Hal Holbrook as Deputy Secretary of State Albie Duncan, marking the first of several appearances for his character . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 51 </Th> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> "The Indians in the Lobby" </Td> <Td> Paris Barclay </Td> <Td> Story by: Allison Abner Teleplay by: Allison Abner & Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> November 21, 2001 (2001 - 11 - 21) </Td> <Td> 227208 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> On the day before Thanksgiving, the President is talking turkey to whoever will listen (and everyone must). Meanwhile, C.J. deals with two Native Americans who have encamped in the lobby . Toby annoys the President when he finds out polls involving the First Family increase his popularity . Sam is dismayed by a new formula for poverty and Josh goes diplomatic on a case involving a Georgia teen who killed his teacher and fled to Italy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 52 </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "The Women of Qumar" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Story by: Felicia Wilson & Laura Glasser & Julia Dahl Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> November 28, 2001 (2001 - 11 - 28) </Td> <Td> 227209 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> C.J. argues with senior staff over whether to make public the possibility of an outbreak of mad cow disease, as well as the renewal of a lease on a Qumari military base despite her horror with that nation's treatment of women . Toby meets with veterans upset about the content of a Smithsonian Pearl Harbor exhibition, and Josh finds some sparks when he meets with a woman's group director named Amy Gardner . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 53 </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "Bartlet for America" </Td> <Td> Thomas Schlamme </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> December 12, 2001 (2001 - 12 - 12) </Td> <Td> 227210 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> It's Christmas, and the most pressing matter is a threat to firebomb black churches in Tennessee on Christmas Eve . Leo testifies before a Congressional committee on the MS matter, recalling several critical moments from the Bartlet campaign and a personal slip - up that could end his career and badly damage the President . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 54 </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "H. Con - 172" </Td> <Td> Vincent Misiano </Td> <Td> Story by: Eli Attie Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> January 9, 2002 (2002 - 01 - 09) </Td> <Td> 227211 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Leo defiantly rejects the Congressional committee's offer of a public censure of Bartlet that would end the investigation into Bartlet's concealment of his illness and spare Leo of any possible personal repercussions, while the President continues to weigh his options . In other stories, Josh puts his foot in his mouth over his courtship of Amy, Sam is angry over a White House tell - all book, and Charlie's heartfelt purchase of an old Middle East map for the President leads to some political problems . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 55 </Th> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "100,000 Airplanes" </Td> <Td> David Nutter </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> January 16, 2002 (2002 - 01 - 16) </Td> <Td> 227212 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> While the White House staff works intensely on the President's State of the Union speech, Bartlet and the First Lady have dinner with a group of her scientist friends who speculate that sphingosine kinase could lead to a cure for cancer . As a result, Bartlet demands that a passage ambitiously promising a crusade to cure cancer within 10 years be included . Sam is the point man for this speech, which is billed as the most important of the President's career and one whose failure will end his hopes for re-election . As Sam is very reluctantly interviewed for a Vanity Fair profile by Lisa Sherborne, who was once his fiancée, he lays out the process by which a State of the Union address comes about . Sam knows that the pledge to cure cancer is noble and the kind of over-reaching government should do, but also that for political reasons it can't be included in the final speech and removes it, taking out most of his frustrations on Lisa, who finally tells Sam she's taking herself off the story, and then reminds him that it was he and not her who ended their engagement . Attracted to Amy Gardner, a prominent women's rights leader, Josh tries to persuade her that her burgeoning romance with a Congressman is solely a result of political machinations . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 56 </Th> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "The Two Bartlets" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Story by: Gene Sperling Teleplay by: Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> January 30, 2002 (2002 - 01 - 30) </Td> <Td> 227213 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The staff debates whether to counter a fast - rising Republican presidential candidate's verbal assault on affirmative action at the Iowa caucuses and Josh postpones his tropical vacation with women's rights advocate Amy Gardner to defuse a risky situation in Vieques, Puerto Rico . C.J. surprises Toby with her lack of enthusiasm for affirmative action, while Sam has to meet with a UFO crackpot per Leo's orders . Toby and President Bartlet clash over the President's mental state and relationship with his father . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 57 </Th> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "Night Five" </Td> <Td> Christopher Misiano </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> February 6, 2002 (2002 - 02 - 06) </Td> <Td> 227214 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Bartlet consults a psychiatrist, Dr. Stanley Keyworth, for a troubling sleep disorder and receives a sobering personal assessment . C.J. lobbies vigorously to help secure the release of a White House reporter who has been taken hostage while on assignment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Toby clashes again with his ex-wife over a speech for the UN that takes radical Islam to task . Sam is accused of sexism by a young intern but Ainsley comes to his defense . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 58 </Th> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> "Hartsfield's Landing" </Td> <Td> Vincent Misiano </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> February 27, 2002 (2002 - 02 - 27) </Td> <Td> 227215 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Bartlet engages both Sam and Toby in intricate chess matches that mirror the wily game of brinksmanship that Bartlet is playing with the Chinese, who are conducting war games in the Taiwan Strait . The small New England town of Hartsfield's Landing kicks off voting in the New Hampshire primary, and Josh is lobbying for every vote he can get . A prank war between C.J. and Charlie turns somewhat destructive . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 59 </Th> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> "Dead Irish Writers" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Story by: Paul Redford Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> March 6, 2002 (2002 - 03 - 06) </Td> <Td> 227216 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> As Abbey contemplates the possible loss of her medical license, she grudgingly attends a big White House party for her birthday . Toby discusses the inclusion of a Sinn Féin member in the guest list of a White House event with British Ambassador Lord John Marbury . Sam gets another visit from someone who wants to give him orders on what to do, this time from a respected former teacher of his who wants the U.S. to fund a major scientific research effort . Donna's US citizenship is called into question . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 60 </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> "The U.S. Poet Laureate" </Td> <Td> Christopher Misiano </Td> <Td> Story by: Laura Glasser Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> March 27, 2002 (2002 - 03 - 27) </Td> <Td> 227217 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Bartlet makes a disparaging comment about a potential Republican nominee after a television interview, apparently not realizing that he is still being recorded . Meanwhile, Toby tries to dissuade the newly named U.S. poet laureate, Tabatha Fortis (played by Laura Dern), from publicly objecting to the government's lack of support for a treaty on land mines . Sam offers Ainsley Hayes a big promotion and Josh discovers he has an Internet message board following that turns into a fictionalized version of Aaron Sorkin's real - life flame wars at Television Without Pity . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 61 </Th> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> "Stirred" </Td> <Td> Jeremy Kagan </Td> <Td> Story by: Dee Dee Myers Teleplay by: Aaron Sorkin & Eli Attie </Td> <Td> April 3, 2002 (2002 - 04 - 03) </Td> <Td> 227218 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> When a truck carrying uranium fuel rods crashes in a remote Idaho tunnel, Bartlet's staff prepares for a potential environmental or terrorist crisis . Donna seeks a presidential proclamation honoring the retirement of her favorite teacher . The staff considers eliminating Vice President John Hoynes from the election ticket but for different reasons, Sam and the President are not going to let that happen . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 62 </Th> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> May 1, 2002 (2002 - 05 - 01) </Td> <Td> 227219 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> As Sam is finalizing the details of Bartlet's upcoming summit with the Russian president, satellite photographs reveal an Iranian nuclear bomb facility being built using Russian technology . During a press briefing, C.J. voices her personal indignation that a group of schoolgirls in Saudi Arabia were prevented from escaping a burning building by religious police because they were not dressed properly according to Sharia law . After receiving death threats, C.J. is assigned Secret Service Special Agent Simon Donovan (Mark Harmon) for personal protection, and he tells her that the individual who is targeting her has no connection to jihadists . Toby tries to help a Russian journalist he thinks is being suppressed by her government, and Charlie unravels a mystery involving a long - lost letter to FDR . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 63 </Th> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> "The Black Vera Wang" </Td> <Td> Christopher Misiano </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> May 8, 2002 (2002 - 05 - 08) </Td> <Td> 227220 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> While C.J. gets used to being tailed by Special Agent Donovan, the President must deal with a terrorist threat on a military installation that gets closer and closer to home and leads to a frightening revelation . Meanwhile, Toby plays hardball with network TV executives who want to cut national convention coverage, and Sam's plan to keep dirty tricks out of the Presidential campaign blows up in his face . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 64 </Th> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> "We Killed Yamamoto" </Td> <Td> Thomas Schlamme </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> May 15, 2002 (2002 - 05 - 15) </Td> <Td> 227221 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Bartlet agonizes over whether to disregard the principle of diplomatic immunity for an important Middle Eastern official who is known to be plotting terrorist acts . Bartlet is advised not to attend a fundraiser for a politically sensitive cause because his Republican opponent will also be attending . Josh and Amy clash over a welfare renewal bill, while Sam is gun - shy after the tape disclosure from earlier . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 65 </Th> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> "Posse Comitatus" </Td> <Td> Alex Graves </Td> <Td> Aaron Sorkin </Td> <Td> May 22, 2002 (2002 - 05 - 22) </Td> <Td> 227222 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Bartlet makes a life - or - death decision regarding the defense minister of Qumar who is a known terrorist . The flirtation between C.J. and her Secret Service bodyguard, Simon Donovan, is limited by their professional relationship and then cut short by tragedy . Josh defeats Amy in the welfare bill battle and their relationship is left with an uncertain future . Bartlet encounters his opponent, Governor Ritchie, at a performance of War of the Roses . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> </Tr>

When did season 3 episode 1 of west wing air