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A room in the White House (hereafter “Therapy Room”) – Day: A man and woman sit waiting. Josh enters and the man introduces himself as Stanley Keyworth and the woman as Kaytha Trask. Josh introduces himself and asks if he is to call them Doctor. Stanley states that Josh may call him by his first name and Kaytha explains that she is not a doctor or psychologist as Stanley elaborates that she is training as a traumatologist. They sit as Stanley notices a bandage on Josh’s hand. He asks what happened and Josh tells him that he cut his hand setting down a glass that broke. Stanley questions this and writes something on his paper. Stanley explains that they are from the America Trauma Victims Association and begins to explain what the organization does. Josh interrupts him, providing several examples of cases they have worked on. Stanley feigns being impressed by Josh knowing about the organization and Josh becomes agitated and touts his role as Deputy Chief of Staff, asking if Stanley truly believes that he is working with the “paper boy” and would enter the meeting without background information. Stanley remains remarkably calm and authoritative and answers no. Josh asks why he chose to lie by saying that Kaytha is training. Stanley affirms that she is training. Josh argues back and states that the reason she is there is so that the two of them can watch his every move. Stanley acknowledges that this is correct. They agree that they got off to a bad start and Stanley proposes they start again. Josh asks if he is going to lie again. Stanley says no and asks if Josh is going to lie to him. Josh responds that he has not yet. Stanley suspiciously asks, “really?” and Josh reaffirms his answer. Stanley again asks Josh how he cut his hand; Josh does not respond. Stanley, mimicking Josh’s earlier rant, tells Josh that he is not a “paper boy” either. Josh sits speechless.

Opening Credits.

Therapy Room – Day: Stanley, as if to start casual conversation, says that he asked a woman for a cup of coffee a few minutes earlier and asks if Josh would like some coffee or tea. He says that he thinks the woman works for Josh; her name may have been Donna. Josh affirms that she is his assistant. Stanley asks if she was with him at Rosalyn. Josh corrects him that the shootings took place at Rosslyn, Virginia. Stanley apologizes for misspeaking, saying that he not from the area, that he is from San Francisco. He again asks Josh if Donna was with him. Josh says no and Stanley asks who was there. Josh responds “everybody,” explaining that they had just finished a televised Town Hall Meeting. Stanley asks for clarification and Josh lists a group of people including C.J., Leo, Toby, Sam, Zoey, Charlie, members of the press, and event staff, among others. Stanley clarifies that he wants to know who was specifically with him. Josh makes a face, and when Stanley tells him that he just wants Josh to tell him what happened, Josh curtly states that he walked out of the building heard chaos, and then remembers nothing until he woke up in the hospital. Stanley changes his line of questioning to ask what happened three weeks ago. Josh says he does not know what he is referring to and Stanley states that people close to Josh had become concerned with his behavior three weeks prior. Josh makes a joke and then says that they were talking about “the pilot.” When Stanley asks for more details, Josh tries to talk about other things that were happening three weeks prior. Stanley tries to keep him on the topic of the pilot, but Josh seems reluctant, so Stanley proposes they simply talk about everything that was happening three weeks ago.

White House Lobby – Three Weeks Before – Day: Josh enters the lobby where Toby is watching a brass quintet playing “Joy to the World.” Josh asks him what is going on and Toby explains that the quintet is going to play Christmas music in the mornings and evenings and asks if Josh likes them. Josh responds no. Toby states that he has been accused in the past of not being in the proper holiday spirit, so he is going to commission them to play music and that donated spare change will be given to buy musical instruments for schools in the D.C. area. In the middle of his mini-speech he pauses to yell at the musicians to be quiet, which they do. Josh, amused by Toby’s mix of annoyance and optimism, agrees that this is a good idea. They start walking and Toby tells the band they can start again. Josh tells Toby that Ben Zaharian proposed tapping into the SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) at a Q&A session the night before. Toby agrees that he will look into it. Josh walks off and Toby sees Sam. Toby passes along what Josh has just told him. Sam says that he will have a deputy investigate it and Toby asks him to let C.J. know about the incident.

Press Briefing Room: C.J. is at the front of the room, briefing the press about a situation involving the IMF and the World Bank, though the details are not clear. Carol is to the side. Sam enters as C.J. calls on a reporter named Mark who asks if she knows about a woman who, while on a White House tour, saw a painting and started screaming. C.J. replies that she does not, making a joke and appearing to truly not have any information on the matter. Sam passes a note to Carol who passes it along to C.J. C.J. calls on a reporter named Katie who mentions that the Energy Secretary, while at a Q&A the night before, had suggested that tapping in to the SPR to relieve oil prices had merit. She asks if this signals a policy change since June. C.J. looks to Sam, who nods at her, and she replies that it does not signal a change, but that “a bad idea in June isn’t necessarily a bad idea in December.” She closes the briefing, walks to Sam, and they walk into the hallway.

Hallway: Sam thanks her for answering the question correctly. C.J. asks if someone is going to address the issue and he replies that he will talk to a deputy at the energy department. C.J. asks what he thinks about the woman on the tour and Sam dismisses it as an everyday occurrence. They separate and Josh joins C.J. Josh compliments her on her handling of the oil situation question. She asks where the President is and he responds that he is in the Situation Room dealing with “something about a pilot.”

Situation Room – Day: Leo and Bartlet enter and everyone (several men, including a few officers and Ken) stands. The President asks what is going on and tells everyone to sit. An officer states that an F16 Falcon from the 27-fighter wing at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico is missing. The men elaborate that it is a single seat plane, that it is unlikely to have crashed or have lost communication capabilities, and that the aircraft carries a cannon and seven missiles. They are not sure whether the pilot intends to simply steal the plane or to do harm with the weapons on board. Bartlet states that fighter pilots must pass psychological screening and he is assured that the pilot did. He asks if there is a way to bring the plane down without shooting it, to which he is told no, and where they propose to shoot the plane, and they say that they could do it over the Sierra Madres to avoid population. It is proposed that the pilot has lost consciousness, so they have sent an F16 from Edwards Air Force Base to fly alongside and look into the cockpit. They agree that if he appears conscious they will order him to land and if he refuses then discuss further options.

Therapy Room – Present – Day: Stanley asks if that was the first time Josh had heard of the pilot. He responds that he was not present at the meeting but that they told him about it later when he was given an assignment related to the pilot. Josh abruptly asks how long this meeting will take and Stanley responds that, as he was asked to the White House by Leo, the meeting would take as long as he felt it needed to and tries to redirect the conversation to the pilot. Josh argues that there were other events going on three weeks prior, but Stanley persists and Josh tells him that he was to look at the pilot’s personnel records to determine a reason he may be disobeying orders. There is a knock at the door and we cut to Josh’s apartment, where he is dressed in a formal white shirt with a loosened tie. There is a knock on his apartment door and he looks toward his bleeding hand. We cut back to the therapy room and Stanley says, “It’s the coffee, Josh.”


Hallway – Three Weeks Ago: Leo and Josh walk down the hall. Leo is carrying a coffee cup and states that he was in the situation room about an hour ago. He tells Josh that the pilot has been in the air for an hour and a half and lists several military flight teams that they have deployed from nearby states. Josh asks if the press knows about the situation and Leo says he is amazed that they aren’t reporting it yet. Josh volunteers to look into the pilot’s biographical info while Leo ponders how he could have passed the screening. Leo walks off and Josh bumps into Donna. Donna hands him the pilot’s file and he questions how she knew he needed it. Donna jokes about anticipating his needs before explaining that someone had called her ten minutes prior to give her a heads up. They pause for a moment, then resume walking through he lobby where the quintet is still playing and toward Josh’s bullpen. Donna tells Josh that he is handsome and he asks what she wants, she again states that he is very handsome and powerful. Irritably, he asks what she wants. Donna tells him that Yo-Yo Ma is playing at the Congressional Christmas party and he agrees that she can go. She hands him the file and Donna gloats while Josh looks through the file. Donna pauses to make photocopies. Josh comments that the pilot shares his birthday, and then says that he is going to his office. Josh stops for his coffee and Sam approaches. As they go into Josh’s office Sam tells him that he talked to Jessie Witt at the Department of Energy. Josh states that Energy will try to get the White House to change their policy by making an announcement that they should change the policy, but that their strategy will not work. Sam says that he had conveyed that to her. Josh asks for her response and Sam states that he thinks they should change the policy. Josh tells Sam that he needs to work on the file and they agree to talk about Energy later. As Sam turns to leave, Josh comments that the pilot has his same birthday. Sam dismisses this comment and says that he is going to talk to Leo. He leaves and Josh reads the file.

Hallway – Day: C.J. and a woman are walking in the hallway. The woman tells C.J. that Bernard Thatch from the White House Visitor’s Office is waiting for her. C.J. tells the woman that she had asked him to come visit her and she goes into the Roosevelt Room where he is waiting. He is a tall man with a strong British accent and he calls her Claudia Jean. They shake hands as she asks how he is. He responds that he is not well and she states that that is not unusual, to which he agrees. She asks about the incident on the tour and he responds that there are frequently incidents on the tour wherein visitors touch things. She explains that she wanted to check for details as the press had gotten wind of this particular incident. He explains that a woman, upon seeing a painting by Gustave Callioux hanging outside the Blue Room, began screaming incoherently in a foreign language. An agent had tried to take a statement but they could not speak her language so they simply escorted her from the building. Satisfied with this answer, C.J. thanks him and they move toward the door. Bernard tells her that her necklace is “a monument to bourgeois taste,” which she takes as a compliment. They leave the room and continue to talk. She asks about the painting and he explains that it is a painting of the cliffs of Etretat and that Callioux was an artist comparable to Courbet. The painting was on loan to the National Gallery from the Musee d’Orsay when the President commented that he liked it and the French government offered it as a gift. He insults both the President’s taste and the painting itself. C.J. jokingly calls him a snob and he agrees. They part ways as C.J. chuckles.

Roosevelt Room – Day: Charlie enters the room where Bartlet is meeting with several staffers. Bartlet recommends that they stay on the phone with Cashmen and Berryhill as they will know the state of the pilot before he does. The staffers get up to leave and Charlie hands the President a folder. Once they are gone, Bartlet asks Charlie what he thinks should happen to the pilot once they have him on the ground. Charlie asks if he thinks that they will be able to ground the pilot and Bartlet says no. Charlie introduces the topic of Christmas cards as they walk into the Oval Office, asking which he wants to sign himself and which to sign with the autopen. Bartlet states that he wants to sign them all by hand and that he does not like the idea of an autopen. Charlie tells him that there are 1,110,000 cards and that it would be impractical to hand-sign them all. The President seems shocked by this number, but Charlie explains that this includes the family’s personal list, campaign workers and contributors, and everyone who wrote a letter to the President that year. Bartlet jokes that some of those letters were death threats and agrees that that would be a lot of letters to sign. Charlie exits as Leo enters telling him to go to the Situation Room. Bartlet asks what happened.

The next four scenes overlap greatly, as if they were one.
Therapy Room – Present: Josh tells Stanley that the pilot was dead. Stanley asks what Josh had learned about him and Josh responds that he had only had about twenty minutes, so he hadn’t learned anything. Stanley changes the line of questions and asks how the pilot died. Josh replies that he crashed into the mountain. Stanley asks him to clarify whether he was shot down or if he had lost oxygen as proposed. Josh retorts that it was in the newspapers so he should know. Stanley replies that it wasn’t on the front page of the sports section, so he hadn’t noticed.
Josh’s Office – Three weeks ago: Josh is at his desk looking through the folder. Leo knocks and enters. He tells Josh that the plane crashed into a mountain and that the pilot had been alive when if crashed. Josh asks how they know and Leo says that there was a transmission from the pilot saying, “It wasn’t the plane.” just before he crashed. Josh resumes looking at the folder and Leo asks what he knew. Josh responds that he has not learned anything new, just that the pilot was from Tallahassee and had trained at Laughlin. We see Leo ask “what else?” but hear Stanley’s voice asking the question.
Therapy Room – Present: Josh resists the question and lists that he knew his name, rank, training, and prior missions. Stanley pushes and Josh admits that they had the same birthday. Stanley seems to already know this and again asks “what else?”
Josh’s Office – Three weeks ago: Josh tells Leo that the pilot had received a Purple Heart when he ejected from his plane after it was shot over Bosnia. We hear war-like gunshots and screaming in the background as Josh says that the pilot had suffered some injuries. The sounds continue, with sirens, and fade as the camera comes back to Stanley. Stanley affirms his statement.

White House Lobby – 5 Days Ago: Toby is standing next to a band of traditionally dressed bagpipe players. Josh walks up to him, slightly irritated and questions the bagpipes. Josh mentions the brass quintet from two weeks prior and a banjo band from the day before and comments that the bagpipes are very loud. Toby defends the music as Josh becomes more irritated. Josh finally screams that he can hear the sirens all over the building. He then corrects himself that he meant to say bagpipes. This stops Toby who stares concernedly as Josh walks away yelling that they cannot play in the lobby. Toby continues down the hallway. C.J. enters, sees Toby and calls out to him. She pauses a moment, turning to Carol and asking her to get a copy of the report from the tour incident. C.J. turns back to Toby and begins to ask him something about the proper response to questions about the SPR. Josh bursts out of his office, yelling about the noise. Donna steps up and asks if he needs something. He hesitates then says that he needs the CBO spec. She says that it is on his desk. He again yells about the noise and slams his door, as Toby, C.J., and Donna stand speechless.

Therapy Room – Present: Stanley and Josh are sitting across from each other. Stanley asks if Josh knew that people were concerned about him at this point. Josh says that he is not comfortable with the question. Stanley instead asks if he had noticed any changes in his own behavior. Josh says no, so Stanley asks why he thinks his friends were expressing concern. Josh yells that he feels like he is being prosecuted and that Stanley should talk to his friends if he wants to know what they think. Stanley responds that he already has, and Josh sarcastically states that he had deduced this. The mood simmers and Stanley calmly asks what happened five days prior, on the 19th. Josh avoids the question and says that there are a number of things that happen at the White House each day. Stanley asks him to name some of them.

C.J.’s Office – 5 Days Ago: C.J. is sitting on the couch with a drink in her hand staring at a photograph. Josh enters and C.J. muses that there is something strange about the picture. Josh asks why there is not any more news emerging about the pilot. C.J. responds that there is no new information to report. Josh at first accepts this answer and turns to leave, then laughs sarcastically and asks C.J. if she really believes that to be true. Becoming more hysterical, he finds it incredulous that an apparently healthy pilot would commit suicide and no one would question why. C.J. tells him that people are questioning it, but that they haven’t been able to find any answers. Josh seems to accept this and turns to leave again when C.J. calls him back. She shows him the picture and asks if anything looks familiar. He states that it is a picture of man holding a little girl and C.J. encourages him to look behind them. Josh states that the painting in the picture looks like the one hanging outside the Blue Room. He leaves and Donna walks past him. C.J. questions after him “Are you kidding?,” Josh states that he needs more information, and Donna quips that “Yo-Yo Ma Rules!,” causing Josh to stop and stare at her.

The next several scenes overlap as if they were one, with Stanley’s therapy sessions with Josh frequently narrating the other scenes.
Therapy Room – Present: Josh is pacing the room. In response to Stanley’s earlier question about the events of the day, Josh states that Donna was talking incessantly about Yo-Yo Ma, who was playing at the Christmas party that day. Stanley states that Josh had a meeting in the Oval Office that day and Josh responds that this is likely. Stanley affirms that this is true and questions if Josh remembers meeting in the Oval Office that day. Josh states that he typically meets there several times in a day. Stanley replies knowingly that this was not a typical meeting and pushes him saying, “You're pissed at Sam, you're pissed at Toby, you're pissed at C.J., you're pissed at Donna. Who's next?”
Oval Office – 5 Days Ago: Senior staff are meeting with the President. We see Bartlet on screen and hear Sam talking off screen about depleted oil supplies.
Therapy Room – Present: Josh is becoming irritated. He stutters that no one was next and that it wasn’t his meeting.
Oval Office – 5 Days Ago: We now see Leo, Sam, and Josh standing in front of the President. Sam says that even the Saudis are encouraging the U.S. to use the oil in the SPR in order to cut prices.
Therapy Room – Present: Josh is more regulated now, but still agitated. His bandaged hand is in view on top of the table. Josh explains that it was Sam’s meeting but that he was there to provide a political perspective, which was to say that tapping into the SPR was ill advised. Josh states that he agrees with this opinion. Stanley asks what he said and Josh begins to tell him, then stops and smirks, saying that he wouldn’t understand and needs to know the background. Stanley asks if Josh raised his voice and Josh emphatically responds that one does not raise their voice to the President, particularly in the Oval Office. Josh explains that the President is often informal and lively with the senior staff, but that there is a line that is not crossed.
Oval Office – 5 Days Ago: Bartlet states that Sam has convinced him to use the SPR and tells Sam to set up a meeting. Josh interrupts, saying that he think this is apolitically bad idea because Didion will not like the proposal. Bartlet states that the SPR and IMF debt are not related and Leo encourages Josh to move on. Josh ignores him and contends that they are related through Didion. The President disagrees and Leo again tries to move the conversation along, but Josh refuses to relent. Bartlet says that he will pull Didion aside at the party that evening and Josh begins to raise his voice urgently saying that this is not possible. Leo again tries to intervene. Josh interrupts, saying that they can’t move on. Sam concernedly says his name, but he continues to yell that by asking Didion for help with the SPR they will be putting him in a position of power to deny their IMF proposal. Bartlet calmly says that Didion can be reasoned with. Josh walks close to the President, waiving his hands wildly and shouting, “You need to listen to me. You have to listen to me. I can't help you, unless you listen to me! You can't send Christmas cards to everyone, you can't do it! Forget the SPR, let's get the IMF loans like we said we were going to, listen to what I have to say about Didion, and please, listen to me!” Everyone is silent for a moment while they stare at Josh and we can hear only Josh’s deep breathing. Sam breaks the silence by saying Josh’s name and Leo asks Josh to wait in his office. Josh begins to agree to the meeting and Leo again asks him to go to his office, which Josh does. The conversation resumes awkwardly as they agree to talk to Didion that night. Sam and Leo exit out of different doors and we follow Leo to his office. Leo asks Josh if he has ever heard of the American Trauma Victims Association and begins to explain what they do. Josh says that he is familiar with them. Leo tells Josh that he will be sitting down with someone. Josh argues against this and states that he simply wasn’t at his best before. Leo tells him that he doesn’t think he was fully conscious of what he was saying.
Therapy Room – Present: Stanley praises Leo for noticing Josh’s symptoms and relates that it may have helped that Leo himself is an alcoholic. Josh tries to dismiss the rant, saying that it wasn’t so bad, but Stanley assures him it was. Stanley again asks how Josh cut his hand. We see the flashback of Josh in his apartment and the glass breaks in his hand as Josh says that he put down the glass. The camera cuts back to Stanley who rolls up his sleeves and says that he doubts the story. Josh tells him that he had moved a magazine to use as a coaster and missed when he set the glass down. The flashback shows Josh looking at his bloody hands. Back in the present, Stanley continues to doubt the story, saying that it must have taken a lot of force. Josh quips that he works out when possible. Stanley assures him that he is unimpressed with his effort to damage control with clever remarks. Josh matter-of-factly asks if Stanley had diagnosed him in eight hours and Stanley responds that he had diagnosed him in the first five minutes.
We again flash to Josh’s apartment. There is knocking at the door and a man calling to Josh. Stanley’s voice asks Josh about having put down the glass when he got home that night. The knocking continues. Back in the therapy room, Josh states that the party was white tie, which was uncommon, but that Bartlet enjoys the formality.

Bartlet’s Bedroom – Night of the Party: Charlie is standing in the middle of the room, wearing a formal frock-style coat and looking uncomfortable. The President enters and tells him that he looks good. Charlie comments that he was not aware that people dressed like this modernly, and Bartlet states that he is bringing it back to fashion and enjoys the regality and statesmanship of it. The move to leave the room and a secret service agent states that Eagle is moving.

C.J.’s Office – Night: C.J. enters her office where Bernard is waiting with an older woman and younger man. Bernard introduces them as Rebecca Haussmann and her son David. David relays that his mother speaks limited English. C.J. introduces herself and asks the woman if the painting belonged to her father. David states that his grandfather was a French Jew who collected art by minor impressionists. C.J. surmises that his property was taken from him as a result of the Vichy Laws. He concurs. C.J. tells him that they believe the Nazis sold the painting to the Swiss after his grandfather died in Auschwitz, after which it made it’s way to the Musse d’Orsee and then to the National Gallery. C.J. offers her apologies and states that they want to give her back the painting. David thanks her. Bernard asks him if he knows how much his grandfather paid for the painting. David says that it would be the equivalent of $300. Bernard tells him that it is currently appraised at $400,000 and that, should they allow the painting to continue to hang in the White House, this value could increase further. David thanks him for the offer, but declines. C.J. tells him that officers from the Park Police will escort them home and they leave. Bernard and C.J. follow them into the hallway and she comments that, much as he tries to be mean, being nice can sometimes be nicer. They part ways and C.J. sees Josh. She relays that Sam has reported the meeting with Didion to have gone well. Josh makes a snide comment about being in debt to the man. C.J. mentions that the concert is starting in five minutes and walks away, leaving Josh standing there.

Therapy Room – Present: Josh asks Stanley was his diagnosis is. Stanley responds that he has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Josh seems upset with this and begins to stammer as he pleads for another diagnosis, suspecting that this disorder may preclude him from working for the President. Josh tries to bargain, saying that he is aware he has been giving clever answers and not talking about his feelings. Stanley tells him that he doesn’t need to talk about feelings, but instead be able to recall the shooting without reliving it. A voiceover reveals Bartlet introducing Yo-Yo Ma. Stanley knowingly asks if he had relived the shooting at the Christmas party. Bartlet finishes the introduction and the crowd applauds. Josh seems lost in the memory for a moment then says that the piece was the Bach G Major. The music begins to play and scenes flash of Yo-Yo Ma at the piano and of the audience. Stanley comments that it is a nice piece and asks if it was well played. Josh says yes to both. The piano piece serves as background music heretofore. Stanley asks how the episode started and the camera cuts back to the therapy session where Josh claims that he does not know. We again see the party and Stanley asks again. Josh says that he was sitting listening and doesn’t know what happened next. Suddenly, we hear a gunshot. Stanley asks again and Josh yells that he doesn’t know. Kaytha states that he tasted something bitter. Josh flashes to the shooting and she adds that the taste is the adrenaline. The scene flashes to the party where Josh is in the audience, clearly frightened and upset, wincing, and we hear screams and shots. The people around him are peacefully listening to the music. Josh states that he was unable to stop the memories and Stanley tells him that trying to hold it in for weeks had been what make him feel ill. Stanley asks what happened when he went home that night and the scene flashes to his apartment where his hand is bloody and a man is calling from his door. The music continues to play, growing in intensity. Stanley reminds him of the blow up in the Oval Office and the episode at the party. Josh claims that nothing happened and Stanley moves closer to him. He asks Josh if he considered that he might be suicidal after hearing the fate of the pilot. Josh denies this and his vision focuses on the flashback of his bloody hand. Stanley reminds him of their similarities, having the same birthday and both being shot at and injured. Josh yells at Stanley that he had made a drink, and then pushed aside a magazine. Stanley yells back at him, asking how he hurt his hand.
Josh’s Apartment – Night of the Party: Josh is in his apartment and is having flashbacks of the shooting. Finally he smashes his fist through a window. There is knocking at the door and a man who identifies himself as his super asks if he is alright. Josh looks at his bloody hand. The music ends and we hear applause.
Therapy Room – Present: Stanley seems satisfied with this conclusion. Josh dubiously asks if he is cured. Stanley sarcastically answers yes and tells Josh that he is going to recommend a therapist. Josh states that he likes him, but Stanley says that Josh is too easy of a case for him. Josh states that he broke a window, as if to now imply that he is a severe case. Stanley tells him not to hurt himself again and commends him on not causing more serious harm. Stanley and Kaytha get up to leave. Josh asks what they expect him to do alone if another pilot commits suicide tomorrow. Stanley replies that Josh was already aroused a few hours before that. Josh looks unsure of this certain remark and Stanley begins to explain that gunshot victims are often sent into flashbacks prompted by a sharp noise like a snapping twig or backfiring car. When Josh still seems lost, Kaytha explains that for him it was the sound of the music. Josh is able to deduce from there, with Stanley’s help, that the music reminds him of the sirens. He asks if this will always be the case and Stanley assures him that after therapy it will not. Josh attempts to get him to stay for some therapy, but Stanley and Kaytha leave. Josh follows them out.

White House Lobby – Night: Leo is sitting in a chair reading. When Josh enters he asks him how his session went. Josh jokes that he has an eating disorder and a fear of rectangles. Leo looks at him seriously and Josh tells him that he cut his hand when he broke a window, not from a broken glass. Leo tells him the story of a man who falls in a hole. A doctor and a priest both stop at the sound of his cries and throw down a prescription and a prayer before moving along. When his friend arrives, the friend jumps in with him. The first man questions the sanity of his friend until the friend responds that he has been in the hole before and knows how to get out. Leo concludes that just as Josh has stood up for him, he will always have Josh’s back. He then gestures to Josh’s hand and presumes that Josh had bandaged it himself. He tells Josh that Donna is going to take him to the ER. Josh seems surprised that Donna knows he was lying and Leo tells him that she is the one who first suspected that something was wrong. Josh tries to argue against going to the hospital, while Leo reason that it may be infected. Donna enters carrying Josh’s coat and authoritatively tells him that they are going. They leave.

White House Gates – Night: Carolers are singing. Josh again contends that he doesn’t need a doctor and she quickly trumps him. They stop in front of the carolers and Josh gets a distant look in his face. Donna suggests that they go. The carolers continue and sirens can also be heard as they walk away.

Noël episode recap written by Optimizt .