President Bartlet's weary deflection against therapist Stanley Keyworth's persistent probing into insomnia's roots—paternal rejection, unfulfilled ambitions, and post-Iowa emotional scars—exposing guarded vulnerability amid national burdens.

President Bartlet's weary deflection against therapist Stanley Keyworth's persistent probing into insomnia's roots—paternal rejection, unfulfilled ambitions, and post-Iowa emotional scars—exposing guarded vulnerability amid national burdens.