POTUS walks into his Oval Office, which is chock-full of the folks from the Situation Room, along with Leo. Leo explains to him that one of the transmissions Intelligence has intercepted has been traced to an alias used by Abdul Al-Yossi. Jed says this doesn't mean anything to him. Somebody explains that this man is in the United States using that alias under an expired visa. He was last located in Bethesda. They raided his place; he was gone, but they found detailed drawings and information about the National Archives and the Supreme Court building. Fitzwallace adds that they also found information about guards for the buildings, and other security-related details. POTUS asks whether they have any idea where or when something's going to happen yet. Fitz says they don't. POTUS asks what happened to Abdul Shareef, who is supposed to be providing intelligence out of Qumar. He's informed that Shareef hasn't been helping them. Leo wants to put the president on Marine One. Fitzwallace says that's not a good idea. He would rather keep the president where he is until they get a better idea where Al-Yossi is. Jed thanks all the men; they take their leave. After they leave, Jed insists to Leo that he won't go to the bunker: "There are going to be people who aren't going to the bunker, and when I get out, I'm not going to be able to tell them what to do anymore, and I like doing that." He says that they should send Abby back to New Hampshire for her safety, but that if Secret Service tries to force him to go to the bunker, he's going to hand in his resignation to Hoynes. Oh, whatever, President Drama Queen. It would serve him right if he went and got himself killed. He stalks out.
When we return from the commercials, Donna has tracked down an intern named Bruce (henceforth known as the Dumbest Intern on Earth) in the cafeteria. She pulls him out into the hallway and confronts him about the auctioned moose meat. The Dumbest Intern on Earth admits to auctioning it off, and doesn't see that there might be a problem. Donna tells him that it's an embarrassment to the White House, and to the people who work there. The Dumbest Intern on Earth says that he doesn't work there -- or rather, he doesn't get paid to work there. Dude, is it going on your résumé? Then you work there. He whines about all the work he does for free. Donna rightly points out that he knew what the internship was coming in, and that he had to jump through a number of hoops to get the position. Donna tells him that he's not going to be fired, but that he is going to be transferred out of the West Wing, and that he owes her $210, because she's the one who put in the winning bid for the moose meat. The Dumbest Intern on Earth explains that he already used that money to cover a check. Donna complains that she's out $210 for moose meat that she had originally gotten for free and didn't want, then sighs and sends the Dumbest Intern on Earth back to work. My summer journalism internship in D.C. ended up costing me about $4,000 that I'm still paying off. But fortunately, it also included six credits in journalism-related courses at Georgetown that transferred back to my university, so it was worth it, in addition to the experience. Now, if I only had a job....













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