Will Bailey (the newcomer/idealist) pushing a candid, reformist note (campaign‑finance/policy) into the Oval — testing whether an ambitious junior staffer can be heard and mentored within an institution that demands both rhetorical skill and emotional ...
Will Bailey (the newcomer/idealist) pushing a candid, reformist note (campaign‑finance/policy) into the Oval — testing whether an ambitious junior staffer can be heard and mentored within an institution that demands both rhetorical skill and emotional stamina.
Events in This Arc
Will Bailey arrives expecting a private meeting with Toby but is told Toby is at the Hill and is awkwardly ushered into the Oval where President Bartlet casually invites him …
In the Outer Oval and Communications Office sequence, a nervous Will stumbles into the President, fumbling a meeting meant for Toby; the embarrassment is quietly absorbed and redirected when Toby …
On a snowbound Christmas Eve Bartlet returns from an intimate moment with Zoey into the Oval where policy triage continues. Will Bailey, newly anointed and uncomfortably earnest, presses the President …