Operational friction and personal boundaries among staff — the late‑night policy sprint, holiday exhaustion, and interpersonal strains (notably Josh and Donna, and Leo's managerial pressure) force the team to choose duty over personal needs while prese...
Operational friction and personal boundaries among staff — the late‑night policy sprint, holiday exhaustion, and interpersonal strains (notably Josh and Donna, and Leo's managerial pressure) force the team to choose duty over personal needs while preserving cohesion.
Events in This Arc
A tender, humanizing moment punctures the administration's Christmas Eve rush: the Whiffenpoofs sing in the Mural Room while C.J. shares a wry, intimate exchange with Carol. The respite is immediately …
On a holiday afternoon, President Bartlet unexpectedly summons Josh and orders that Olympia Buckland’s expensive infant‑mortality initiative — or something like it — be folded into the HHS budget and …
Late on Christmas Eve, amid the Whiffenpoofs' carols, Leo catches Josh and breaks past the banter to admit he's overwhelmed — four years later some things are worse, some the …