美少女的谎言7

Belly（罗拉·董饰）的大三生活即将结束，她期待与Jeremiah（加文·卡萨莱尼奥饰）再度前往考辛斯共度夏日时光。她的未来似乎都有着美好计划，直到发生一些事件让人动摇，她的初恋Conrad（克里斯托弗·布里尼饰）重回她的生活。如今到了成年之际，Belly站在分界点的边缘，她必须做出最终决定哪一个才是心之所向。不会再有一样的夏天了……

　　Season 3: 2001–2002
　　Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford and Martin Sheen
　　The third season, which covers the administration's third and fourth years in office, starts off with Bartlet announcing his intention to run for reelection and is heavily devoted to the upcoming presidential election. Other prominent plotlines include Congressional investigations into whether Bartlet committed electoral fraud by concealing his MS, a death threat against C.J. and the ensuing relationship she develops with a Secret Service agent assigned to her, the Qumari defense minister Abdul Shareef plotting terrorist attacks against the US, and a troubling meeting between Toby and the President that leaves Bartlet with a bout of insomnia in "Night Five." The season finale, "Posse Comitatus" closes several of these storylines as Bartlet meets his opponent in the elections and reaffirms his commitment to beat him. The episode ends with the president finally deciding to order Shareef's assassination (a legally questionable act) and C.J.'s agent's murder, just after the man threatening C.J. was caught.
　　From a critical perspective, series creator Aaron Sorkin acknowledged in October 2002 that the terrorism-related plots designed to keep the series relevant after the real-life 9/11 attacks were awkward at times, saying "from week to week, you felt like you were writing the show handcuffed, a little bit. I didn't know how to write it anymore. It was a constant search for what I wasn't doing that used to make the show work. [...] Maybe there was a way to make it work; there probably was. I wasn't able to find it in twenty-two episodes." [1] Nonetheless, the show went on to win its third "Outstanding Drama" Emmy in a row.

　　距离第三季结尾已经过去一年时间了，Christine Johnson在第三季结尾的悲剧中丧生，异常点研究中心的三名核心队员（Danny、Connor和Abby）仍然下落不明，英国内政部对Lester的领导能力产生了怀疑－－他们认为Lester根本无力独自指挥这样一个危险而耗资巨大的项目。内政部决定为异常点研究中心注入新鲜血液：Philip Burton。Philip既是一个著名的科学家，也是一个富可敌国的商人。异常点研究中心变更为「公私合营」后，总部也搬到了Philip的工业大厦里－－这里每天都有很多科学家进进出出，与原来异常点研究中心的「军管」氛围完全不同。也正是因为如此，「谁是异常点研究中心的实际控制者？」成了一个无解的问题－－尽管Lester继续负责研究中心的日常事务，但财政大权和部分行动的决定权却在Philip手中。
　　为了填补Connor、Abby和Danny失踪后留下的空白，异常点研究中心聘请Matt担任新的外勤队长，负责处理怪兽入侵事件。Matt当过兵，也当过动物学家，对动物有着超乎常人的亲和力。Matt寡言少语，很少谈论自己的过去，他加入异常点研究中心的真实目的始终是个谜。Connor以前担任的「科技总监」的职责由新人Jess接管，这位对技术十分痴迷的女孩现在控制着异常点研究中心的一切技术活。与此同时，Jess悄悄爱上了Becker上尉，但粗心的Becker浑然不知。自从异常点研究中心被毁后，Becker便离开了军队。他认为自己该为Connor等人的失踪负责。他现在以平民的身份担任新异常点研究中心的警卫队长，配备了新的制服和新的泰瑟枪。
　　与此同时，被困在白垩纪的Connor和Abby依靠树根和虫子为食，艰难地熬过了一年时光。在这一年里，他们学到了很多对付远古怪兽的方法，听觉、感觉、触觉、嗅觉和动作都敏锐了许多。正所谓患难见真情，Abby和Connor更加亲密了……但现在似乎不是谈情说爱的好时机。务实的Abby比爱幻想的Connor更能适应他们现在的处境，更何况Connor是个科技迷，离开那些高科技设备让他感觉很难受。他们最终回到了正确的时间线，但……异常点研究中心的变化实在是太大了！