Plot

Bartlet covertly meets with a psychiatrist, Dr. Stanley Keyworth

Stanley Keyworth

Stanley Keyworth is a fictional psychiatrist, played by Adam Arkin, who appears on the television serial drama The West Wing. Making his first appearance in season 2, he reappeared in seasons 3 and 4....

, for a troubling sleep disorder and receives a sobering personal assessment rooted in his relationship with his late father. C.J. lobbies vigorously to help secure the release of a White House reporter and adversary of hers who has been taken hostage while on assignment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. Toby, who is already on non-speaking terms with the President, risks the wrath of his ex-wife, Congresswoman Andrea "Andy" Wyatt, by writing an inflammatory speech for the President's visit to the UN condemning Islamic extremism. Sam asks Republican lawyer Ainsley Hayes to review a proposed act that calls for payback of U.S. debt to the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

 in exchange for special requests, but has problems when a White House intern accuses him of sexist behavior. Donna is stunned when she is offered a lucrative job outside the White House, working on a political website project, and Josh admits there isn't anything else they can do for her professionally.

Episode title

The episode falls on the fifth night since Toby's heated discussion with Bartlet in the previous episode - the fifth night of Bartlet's insomnia.

Mistakes

Keyworth mentions a room he saw on the way to the President's private study on the second floor of the Residence

Executive Residence

The Executive Residence is the central building of the White House Complex located between the East Wing and West Wing. This central building, first constructed 1792–1800, is home to the President of the United States and the First Family. The Executive Residence primarily occupies three floors:...

, "on the left." The President identifies it as the Lincoln Bedroom, but given the location of this room in the White House

White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

 it would have been very hard for him to pass it. He is shown turning left into the study at the entrance to one of the sitting halls -- if it is the East Sitting Hall

East Sitting Hall

The East Sitting Hall is located on the second floor of the White House, home of the President of the United States. First used as a reception room for guests of the president , it is now a family parlor with access to the east rooms on the second floor.The room is entered from the second floor...

, the Lincoln Bedroom would be on his right. If it is the West Sitting Hall

West Sitting Hall

The West Sitting Hall is located on the second floor of the White House, home of the President of the United States. The room is entered from the second floor Center Hall on the east side of the room. The room features a large lunette window on the west wall looks out upon the West Colonnade, the...

, he would have never passed it at all, given that he did not come up the Grand Staircase and the Lincoln Bedroom is one of the easternmost rooms on the second floor.

External links

• The West Wing Episode Guide