Directed by Janice Cooke. With Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker. Jacob being benched, Grace takes the pulpit. A new sexual violence help group is started. Jacob's love for his wife is rekindled when they are invited to a partner swapping party. An openly gay Choir Director replaces a closeted one.
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Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. With Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker. Mac had not done anything wrong, the Bishop believes. Jacob is benched due to an affair, and Grace is asked to step up. Connie refuses to return as Chairman of the Deacon Board, having disagreed over the Bishop's plan to get a new plane.
Directed by Clement Virgo. With Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker. When the mayor cashes in a favor, the Bishop is left in a tight spot that could split the church; Grace is blackmailed; Charity can't keep a secret.
Directed by Charles Stone III. With Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker. Grace goes on an awkward date with Noah and his fiancée. Kerissa examines her marriage to Jacob. Senator Bob Banks puts more pressure on the Bishop to open up the church's books for review. Sophia tries to "fit in".
Directed by Donna Deitch. With Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker. Grace moves back to Memphis under false pretenses in order to pursue the man she holds responsible for her sister's death but finds the realities of working in her family's church again harder to handle than she expected.
Directed by David Caffrey. With Martin Compston, Lennie James, Craig Parkinson, Neil Morrissey. Gates, knocked unconscious by the attackers, tampers with evidence, hiding a whiskey glass before police arrive to find Jackie has vanished. He claims he has just got there himself. Hastings and Arnott quiz him on his relationship with Jackie and he admits she was an old flame but denies knowledge of her money laundering. Arnott goes over the top in confronting him with evidence to suggest he was at Jackie's house when she was killed but makes himself look desperate. Gates is taken off the case and later, whilst investigating Wes's murder, is grabbed by masked men and an evil child who threaten to frame him for Jackie's murder unless he takes over her money laundering racket.
Directed by David Caffrey. With Martin Compston, Darren Morfitt, Owen Teale, Elizabeth Hill. After a bungled raid which kills an innocent man young DS Steve Arnott faces disgrace. However he is transferred to the anti-corruption squad, whose head, superintendent Ted Hastings, gives him a "very special case" to investigate - DCI Tony Gates, recently awarded a medal for heroic conduct but with a suspiciously high arrest rate. Hastings tries to get Gates on minor bribery charges, in vain, and is unaware that the married Gates has covered up a fatal hit-and-run by his lover, businesswoman Jackie Laverty. Meanwhile DC Kate Fleming joins Gates's team and tells Steve she is investigating him from the inside following the deaths of two drug dealers.
A Time to Heal: Directed by Clement Virgo. With Merle Dandridge, Kim Hawthorne, Desiree Ross, Lamman Rucker. A black, preacher family works in and owns a wealthy Christian church. While adhering to biblical rules, there is unbridled decadence, misconduct and sin in the family. The preacher's daughter comes home for a funeral and decides to stay.
Directed by Christopher Misiano. With Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney. Sam helps Josh battle his health insurance company; Ainsley Hayes encounters her firebrand boss and hostile colleagues; Abby gives the President some good news about his health; C.J. discovers a retiring General intends to publicly criticize the president.
In This White House: Directed by Ken Olin. With Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney. After a Republican commentator trounces Sam on television, President Bartlett decides to hire her over the objections of the staff. Josh and Toby mediate a conference between U.S. drug companies and an African President whose country is dying of AIDS.
Directed by Alex Graves. With Rob Lowe, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney. With the midterm elections coming up, Toby looks for a way to stop hate groups; Charlie and Zoey decide whether to continue their relationship; President Bartlet discovers the egg cream and is concerned about an ultra-right-wing candidate running for school board in his old district in New Hampshire; and Sam is asked to put White House help behind an old friend running for Congress. This episode includes the President's confrontation with a right-wing radio talk show host using a famous list of modern applications of Biblical laws. Oh, yes, and psychics at Cal Tech and the Fermi National Accelerator Lab ...
Directed by Daniel Gray Longino. With Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah. As his hearing approaches, Bill's academic future comes into question. Ji-Yoon's revelation puts the board on the spot and shakes up the department.
Just awesomely fun.
Directed by Daniel Gray Longino. With Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah. Pressure mounts for Ji-Yoon to turn the department around after Bill's suspension. The hiring of a new professor undermines Yaz's chance at tenure.
The Last Bus in Town: Directed by Daniel Gray Longino. With Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah. Ji-Yoon visits Pembroke's new lecturer as Bill joins in on a Korean tradition. The tenured professors band together, and Yaz receives an enticing offer.
Directed by Daniel Gray Longino. With Sandra Oh, Jay Duplass, Bob Balaban, Nana Mensah. Bill hosts a town hall with the students that quickly takes a turn. Joan starts a fire. A dinner with the dean puts Ji-Yoon in an awkward position.