电影Season 3: 2001–200 2 Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Ch anning, Dulé H ill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Rich ard Schiff , John Spenc er, Bradley Whitford and Marti n Sheen Th e third seaso n, which cov ers the admin istration&a mp;#39;s third and fourth year s in offi ce, start s off with B artlet announ cing his intent ion to ru n for reelectio n and is heavi ly devoted to the upcom ing presid ential ele ction. Other promi nent plotline s include C ongressi onal investig ations into wh ether Bartl et committed el ectoral fr aud by conc ealing his MS, a death threat aga inst C.J. an d the ensuing relationship she deve lops with a Secret Ser vice agen t assigned t o her, the Qumari d efense minister Abdul Sha reef plottin g terrorist attacks agains t the US, a nd a troub ling meetin g between To by and the Pr esident that leaves Bart let with a bout of inso mnia in & quot;Night Five.&qu ot; The sea son finale, "Pos se Comitatus&a mp;quot; clo ses several o f these s torylines as Bartl et meets his oppone nt in the ele ctions and reaf firms hi s commitme nt to bea t him. T he epis ode ends w ith the pr esident fi nally decid ing to order Shareef& ;#39;s assa ssination (a legally ques tionable ac t) and C. J.'s agent' s murder, just after the man threatenin g C.J. was caug ht. From a crit ical perspecti ve, series creator Aaron Sork in acknowled ged in Octob er 2002 t hat the terr orism-related p lots desi gned to kee p the serie s releva nt afte r the real-li fe 9/11 attacks were awkward at times, say ing &am p;quot; from week to we ek, you fe lt like you were writing th e show hand cuffed, a littl e bit. I didn&a mp;#39;t kno w how to wri te it an ymore. It w as a con stant searc h for what I wasn't doing that u sed to make the show w ork. [...] Ma ybe there was a way to make it wor k; there probably was. I wasn' t able to fi nd it in twe nty-two e pisodes.& amp;quot; [ 1] Noneth eless, the show went on to wi n its th ird &quo t;Outstand ing Drama&a mp;quot; Em my in a row. ！