Mandy Hampton's return and political repositioning: Mandy (now aligned with Lloyd Russell) represents an external political threat and personal complication for Josh and the staff.

Mandy Hampton, newly returned and ravenous for leverage, careens through Washington in a convertible while conducting an aggressive, chip-on-her-shoulder negotiation with a source named Bruce. Distracted and performative, she runs …

A loose economic briefing is punctured when Josh warns the room they're about to be 'tagged'—Lloyd Russell is emerging as a serious political threat and, worse, Mandy Hampton is in …

A light, quasi-romantic lunch is ruptured when two college students interrupt Josh and Mandy for autographs, providing a comic beat that quickly collapses into sharp political theatre. Mandy pivots from …