Trying to participate in a late-night staff poker game proves difficult as news arrives that a U.S. spy satellite has crashed in a remote part of Russia, and Bartlet and Leo have to deal with an incensed Russian President Chagorin and convince him via phone to let the military go in and recover the satellite; C.J. obsesses over the fact that on the exact moment of the spring equinox (today), you can stand an egg on end; Toby and Will have a card-flipping contest in the press room, during which someone from the street fires several bullets into the room; Debbie must 'crash' the West Wing for the first time when the bullets fly; at the same time, Josh is interviewing associate counsel applicant Joe Quincy (Matthew Perry), and there's something about the well-qualified lawyer that bothers Josh, which he deduces during the lockdown.