Mrs. Rowe's Son

dutiful courageous resilient

Mrs. Rowe's son serves in the military, captured alongside other service members in a crisis prompting White House intervention. His mother clutches his photograph during tense consolations with Leo McGarry, embodying the raw anguish of families gripped by fears of torture and a narrowing Delta Force rescue window. He represents the intimate human stakes beneath national security decisions.

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Also known as: Mrs. Rowe's son

Mrs. Rowe's …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

A Brief Common Ground, the Unanswerable Question

N/A (absent); emotionally registers through the family's grief and fear.

Mrs. Rowe's son functions as a silent presence through the photograph Mrs. Rowe holds; his image anchors the family's anguish and motivates every emotional demand in the room.

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Two‑Hour Window Cuts Short Consolation

Not present physically; his implied suffering creates urgency and grief in the room.

Referenced only via the photograph Mrs. Rowe holds; he is the absent subject of the families' fear and the emotional engine of the conversation.

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