The Elephant in the Room Commander in Chief : Season 1 Episode 16
TV-PG ABC 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: May 31st, 2006 @ 9:00 PM EST on ABC
Mac suffers a burst appendix while aboard Air Force One. Since there is no Vice President in place, Templeton becomes acting President since he is the Speaker of the House and next in line. Meanwhile, there is an air strike that is crippling travel on Memorial Day weekend and Templeton ends up overstepping his bounds and handles the situation the way he wants to.