Season 3: 2001–2002 Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford and Martin Sheen The third season, which covers the administration's third and fourth years in office, starts off with Bartlet announcing his intention to run for reelection and is heavily devoted to the upcoming presidential election. Other prominent plotlines include Congressional investigations into whether Bartlet committed electoral fraud by concealing his MS, a death threat against C.J. and the ensuing relationship she develops with a Secret Service agent assigned to her, the Qumari defense minister Abdul Shareef plotting terrorist attacks against the US, and a troubling meeting between Toby and the President that leaves Bartlet with a bout of insomnia in "Night Five." The season finale, "Posse Comitatus" closes several of these storylines as Bartlet meets his opponent in the elections and reaffirms his commitment to beat him. The episode ends with the president finally deciding to order Shareef's assassination (a legally questionable act) and C.J.'s agent's murder, just after the man threatening C.J. was caught. From a critical perspective, series creator Aaron Sorkin acknowledged in October 2002 that the terrorism-related plots designed to keep the series relevant after the real-life 9/11 attacks were awkward at times, saying "from week to week, you felt like you were writing the show handcuffed, a little bit. I didn't know how to write it anymore. It was a constant search for what I wasn't doing that used to make the show work. [...] Maybe there was a way to make it work; there probably was. I wasn't able to find it in twenty-two episodes." [1] Nonetheless, the show went on to win its third "Outstanding Drama" Emmy in a row.
創立122年を迎える私立百花王学園。 この伝統ある名門校で生徒の階級を決めるのは“ギャンブルの強さ”。 勝者には地位と名誉が与えられ、敗者は財産も尊厳も奪われる。 この学園に、一人の少女が転校してくる。彼女の名は蛇喰夢子。 一見するとお淑やかなこの美少女は、いかなるリスクもいとわない常軌を逸したギャンブル狂だった。 学園を支配する桃喰綺羅莉率いる生徒会は、夢子を危険な存在と判断し、百戦練磨の刺客たちを送りこむ。 壮絶な駆け引きと騙し合いを制したものだけが勝てる、究極の己を賭けた心理バトルが、さらに加速する―！
八十年代末，北方小镇金水河，通过勤劳致富的个体户们手里有了闲钱。聪明但是经常好做梦的刘奇思给大伙出了个“钱生钱”的好主意，那就是造飞机卖专利。在刘奇思好哥们五里香烤鸡店老板金守财的大力倡导下，大伙纷纷入股这个“高科技”项目，都梦想着飞机造成后能够一本万利。 刘奇思日夜操劳，飞机还真的造成了形，尽管做工比较粗糙。飞机预期试飞，但是专家没有来，刘隐瞒了事实，忽悠着大伙敲锣打鼓的迎接飞机试飞，不料没有成功，栽了下来。这一栽，使那些投资的老乡们的钱立即变为泡影。 刘奇思虽说没被摔死，却被乡亲们追得走投无路，老婆也跟他离了婚。他把三岁的女儿刘殊妹托付给了金守财，说是要去找外地继承遗产回来还债。 刘奇思一走音信全无，金守财自然成了债主们的靶子，无奈之下金守财开始装疯。日子一长，金守财意识到装疯也不是长久之计，他带着老婆马翠兰，七岁的儿子金刚兆和刘殊妹，远走他乡，来到江南的一个小城。夫妻俩白手起家，历经千辛万苦终于又经营起了一家烧烤店。 两口子对待刘殊妹视如己出，极为疼爱，给刘殊妹改名为金留。金留从小乖巧精灵，对金守财夫妇和哥哥体贴入微，成为金家不可缺少的活宝。金留高考那年，金刚兆考上了法律系的研究生，金留为了不给父母增添经济上的负担，故意制造出一起“私奔”的事端，被学校开除，放弃了上大学的机会，帮着金守财经营起小店，并自封为烧烤店的执行董事。这件事却成了金守财夫妇的一块心病。 金刚兆研究生毕业后进了法院，成为金家的骄傲。金留和父母本着诚信经营的原则，买卖做得也十分红火。自从金刚兆的女友唐小燕到访金家，金刚兆转眼也到了该交女朋友的岁数，但老两口却像铁公鸡似的一毛不拔，最终导致了唐小燕移情别恋。金守财甚至因积劳成疾病倒了，都不愿花钱去医院看病。 金刚兆遭受了初恋失败的打击，精神恍惚，致使工作上出错，被迫离开了法院。金留鼓励哥哥东山再起，从事律师这一职业。金刚兆为了跟同学继红叙合开律师事务所而四处筹钱，老两口却还是一毛不拔。金留最后给老两口下了结论，跟爹妈要啥都行，就是别要钱，因为他们拿钱不当钱，当命！兄妹俩始终不明白，老两口为什么不在关键的时候帮儿子一把，家里的钱到底都去了哪里？[1] 演职员表
