After discovering that Skip can graduate from college if he completes just one more assignment, Emily vows to do whatever it takes to help him receive his diploma; Becca tries to make her voice heard after her ideas fall flat at a committee meeting.

President Gilchrist and Emily try to rekindle their romance by planning an outside-the-box date night; D.B. and Marshall bond.

When Princess Abigail of Andorra comes to the White House for a peace gala, she asks that Skip be her escort; Emily discovers that things aren't the way they used to be when she gets together with some friends.