In the series opener, a nuclear face-off pits the President against her Soviet counterpart. In domestic affairs, she gets little support from her unfaithful husband and her oddball cabinet.

Rev. Billy Joe plots to oust the President while a missile-mad major threatens the world; Luger takes the rap for Mansfield's son Doug, who has impregnated Stryker's daughter.

Oliver saves the world from the missile-mad major, and gets shot for his trouble.