President Bartlet's concealed illness (MS) collides with staff loyalty and institutional trust — a private medical secret forces staff to choose between operational continuity and personal betrayal.
President Bartlet's concealed illness (MS) collides with staff loyalty and institutional trust — a private medical secret forces staff to choose between operational continuity and personal betrayal.
Events in This Arc
During a late-night State of the Union run-through, President Bartlet's practiced composure frays under fever and exhaustion. Small misreads and teleprompter typos spark nervous corrections and wry deflection; staffers watch …
In Leo McGarry's office a domestic, joking moment with Mallory collapses into a private crisis: Abbey, finally unable to contain herself, tells Leo that the President has long concealed a …
President Bartlet reduces the enormity of the presidency to a human, practical lesson: how to use the Oval bathroom handle — and then tests Roger's sense of loyalty by asking …