Privateers

what happens

Toby's old friend approaches him ready to blow the whistle on his employer's violations of environmental laws; staff pranks abound on Amy's first day at the office; Abbey charges Amy with the task of convincing the President to threaten a veto on a foreign aid bill containing an abortion gag rule provision; claiming that Abbey's ancestor was a pirate rather than a privateer, a prominent member threatens to mount a boycott of the D.A.R. dinner at which Zoey will be inducted until Will, C.J. and Amy devise a plan to defuse the situation; at the behest of Jean Paul, Zoey sends Charlie a "Dear John" email, but Charlie refuses to accept the brushoff and declares his love for Zoey; Donna is less than thrilled when Josh assigns her the job of shadowing a possible security risk at Zoey's D.A.R. induction; Will takes one for the team in putting an environmental and political face on the destruction and deaths which resulted from the melting of an Alaskan glacier.

who made it

directed

Alex Graves

written

Paul Redford, Debora Cahn

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
• Stockard Channing as Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet
• Mary-Louise Parker as Amy Gardner
• Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet
• Benjamin Brown as Mike Wayne
• Andrea Savage as Heidi Choat
• Helen Slayton-Hughes as Marion Cotesworth-Haye
• Jeff Perry as Burt Ganz