President Bartlet connects with his new physician, Captain Morris Tolliver, MC, USN, whose first child was born ten days prior. Mandy is hired as the West Wing’s political consultant, despite Josh’s objections. arbitrates a disagreement between the President and the Vice President. Sam jeopardizes his political future when he decides to pursue a relationship with the prostitute whom he met recently. Another subplot is 1,200 Cuban boat refugees, 137 of whom arrive in Miami and request asylum, while 350 are missing in a storm and presumed dead. Josh Lyman, the Deputy Chief of Staff, is in trouble after a television appearance in which he makes an insulting comment to a representative of a political-connected Christian group and Sam Seaborn, the Deputy Director of Communications, spends a night with a woman who turns out to be a prostitute.
The senior staff is called back to the White House as " POTUS" (President of the United States) Jed Bartlet is injured, having ridden his bicycle into a tree. The season ends with a cliffhanger assassination attempt with an ominous call over a Secret Service radio: "Who's been hit?! Who's been hit?!" This powerlessness ends in "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" when Leo and the president finally agree to fight any battle they believe to be important, even if they are not sure they can win. Willis of Ohio") feature the White House desperately digging for a backdoor through which to pass a particular piece of legislation. Several episodes (notably "Five Votes Down" and "Mr. The first season, which begins in the middle of Bartlet's first year in office, is loaded with images of a West Wing "stuck in neutral" and powerless to govern. Kathleen York as Andrea Wyatt, Congresswoman from Maryland's 5th district and ex-wife of Toby Ziegler (3 episodes).Stockard Channing as Abbey Bartlet, First Lady of the United States (3 episodes).Marlee Matlin as Joey Lucas, a Democratic political consultant (4 episodes).Jorja Fox as Gina Toscano, the Secret Service agent assigned to Zoey (5 episodes).Lisa Edelstein as Laurie, law student and part-time high priced call girl Sam sleeps with in the pilot (5 episodes).Tim Matheson as John Hoynes, Vice President of the United States (5 episodes).John Amos as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (5 episodes).Allison Smith as Mallory O'Brien, Leo McGarry's daughter (5 episodes).Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet, the youngest of the President's three daughters (7 episodes).
Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon, senior White House correspondent for The Washington Post (14 episodes).Kathryn Joosten as Dolores Landingham, President Bartlet's executive secretary (17 episodes).Nicole Robinson as Margaret Hooper, Assistant to Chief of Staff McGarry (18 episodes).Janel Moloney as Donna Moss, assistant to Josh Lyman (22 episodes).
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