White House staff's high-stakes deception to covertly escort therapist Stanley Keyworth through a fabricated tour to treat President Bartlet's hidden insomnia, straining under the therapist's growing suspicion and the aides' anxious facades.
White House staff's high-stakes deception to covertly escort therapist Stanley Keyworth through a fabricated tour to treat President Bartlet's hidden insomnia, straining under the therapist's growing suspicion and the aides' anxious facades.
Events in This Arc
In the Northwest Lobby at 10:05 PM, Josh Lyman rushes in to meet waiting psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Keyworth, exchanging terse, awkward small talk about his flight and personal well-being that …
In the President's private study, Josh awkwardly deflects Stanley's initial therapy probe. Leo interrupts with a folksy White House anecdote, then pierces the facade with a loaded question about a …
In a pivotal transition, Stanley reassures a haunted Bartlet that he knew no one on the downed plane, forging an instant bond over shared insomnia born of national tragedy. As …