18th and Potomac

"18th and Potomac" is the 43rd episode of The West Wing. In this episode Donna is told by Toby about the President's condition. He tells her "You're the first at the assistant level to know." In a brief conversation with Mrs. Landingham, directly before she goes to collect her new car, the President says he'd like to have a word with her on her return. Later in the show we find out that she was killed in a car crash that occurred on 18th and Poto... more

"18th and Potomac" is the 43rd episode of The West Wing. In this episode Donna is told by Toby about the President's condition. He tells her "You're the first at the assistant level to know." In a brief conversation with Mrs. Landingham, directly before she goes to collect her new car, the President says he'd like to have a word with her on her return. Later in the show we find out that she was killed in a car crash that occurred on 18th and Potomac (The title of the episode references this pivotal event). The President is thus never able to tell her this news. 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 smuggles the new President into the safety of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince. Later, a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation turns deadly when U... less