After losing the Democratic primary race to Paul Garcetti, candidate and former First Lady Elaine Hammond asks her husband, former President Bud Hammond, for a divorce.

Elaine sends Bud to diffuse the Iranian hostage situation, throwing him back in the spotlight – and putting Douglas and Anne’s engagement party in peril.

Threatened by Elaine’s skyrocketing popularity, Garcetti hatches a plan that finds Elaine at odds with her longtime mentor – a Supreme Court justice.

After a grueling overseas tour, Elaine returns to D.C. to find the country in a diplomatic crisis, leaving her sparring with the Garcetti administration.

Elaine finds herself torn between staying by T.J.’s side and handling the rescue of a Chinese submarine. Douglas cross a line that could jeopardize his future.

President Garcetti throws a wrench in Elaine’s plan to resign from his cabinet. An unforeseen event leaves the Hammonds and the country at a crossroads.