Mr. Frost
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"Mr. Frost" is episode 136 of The West Wing
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. However, the Santos campaign turns the issue around, playing off Vinick's vulnerability as a pro-choice Republican on religious issues while Santos dazzles a skeptical audience with his combination of strong personal faith and strong belief in keeping religion and science separate. However, there is a new problem looming as Leo
is served a subpoena.
In the White House, subpoena
s are also being handed down on the space-shuttle security leak, and Palestinian Chairman Farad is assassinated by a lone jihadist. As Bartlet is determined to attend the funeral despite security concerns, C.J. is hounded by a lone intelligence agent, Mr. Frost, who believes Farad's death was part of a larger conspiracy. She and Kate Harper don't take Frost seriously but after another assassination that he predicted would take place does (the President of Kazakhstan is killed) they call for an urgent NSC meeting. Through a large part of the episode, Margaret's testimony before the leak committee is shown to go on and on, underlining that C.J. is indeed the focus of the investigation. Eventually, CJ, too, gets served. In the closing moments of the episode (similar to "18th and Potomac
") Toby reveals to C.J. that he was responsible for the security leak.
The West Wing (TV series)
The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999 to May 14, 2006...
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Plot
Margaret appears before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence as subpoenas continue to be served to members of the White House. The Santos campaign's "education week" is derailed by a controversy over teaching intelligent designIntelligent design
Intelligent design is the proposition that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection." It is a form of creationism and a contemporary adaptation of the traditional teleological argument for...
. However, the Santos campaign turns the issue around, playing off Vinick's vulnerability as a pro-choice Republican on religious issues while Santos dazzles a skeptical audience with his combination of strong personal faith and strong belief in keeping religion and science separate. However, there is a new problem looming as Leo
Leo McGarry
Leo Thomas McGarry is a fictional character played by John Spencer on the television serial drama The West Wing. The role earned Spencer the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. McGarry's character, the former United States Secretary of Labor, begins the series as the White...
is served a subpoena.
In the White House, subpoena
Subpoena
A subpoena is a writ by a government agency, most often a court, that has authority to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure. There are two common types of subpoena:...
s are also being handed down on the space-shuttle security leak, and Palestinian Chairman Farad is assassinated by a lone jihadist. As Bartlet is determined to attend the funeral despite security concerns, C.J. is hounded by a lone intelligence agent, Mr. Frost, who believes Farad's death was part of a larger conspiracy. She and Kate Harper don't take Frost seriously but after another assassination that he predicted would take place does (the President of Kazakhstan is killed) they call for an urgent NSC meeting. Through a large part of the episode, Margaret's testimony before the leak committee is shown to go on and on, underlining that C.J. is indeed the focus of the investigation. Eventually, CJ, too, gets served. In the closing moments of the episode (similar to "18th and Potomac
18th and Potomac
-Plot:A crisis in Haiti takes much of the President and Leo's time, while the senior staff are planning the announcement of the President's MS. The democratically-elected new Haitian President is facing a military coup and the U.S. finds itself in the middle of the storm when a U.S. diplomat...
") Toby reveals to C.J. that he was responsible for the security leak.