Josh Lyman's internal unraveling and interpersonal clashes with pollsters over perceived unreliability amid SOTU pressure, paranoia fueled by accents, gum, blackouts, and delayed data, defused by Donna's interventions.
Josh Lyman's internal unraveling and interpersonal clashes with pollsters over perceived unreliability amid SOTU pressure, paranoia fueled by accents, gum, blackouts, and delayed data, defused by Donna's interventions.
Events in This Arc
In the frenetic National Strategies Group office at 8:57 P.M., Josh, unraveling under State of the Union pressure, paces and snaps at a female pollster chewing gum, sarcastically decrying the …
In the darkened National Strategies Group, Donna relays a futile power outage update from the phone, spotlighting Josh's spiraling frustration over delayed West Coast polling calls critical to gauging State …
In the dim urgency of his night-shrouded office, Sam phones Josh amid the Colombian hostage crisis's escalation, bluntly commanding his return on Leo's opaque orders. Josh demands details over a …
In the darkened National Strategies Group office, illuminated only by flickering kerosene lanterns on desks, Donna hesitantly calls out to Josh amid the night's crisis. Weary and leaning heavily on …
In the dimly lit confines of Josh's office at night, amid the broader crisis of the botched raid and moral dilemmas, Josh leans dejectedly over dismal polling results on his …