Crowd

somber huddled dread-stricken silent fractured

Somber White House staffers comprising the crowd cluster tightly around the Roosevelt Room table, dread etching their faces after Toby's MS bombshell rips through the administration's core. Excluding isolated Sam, they embody collective paralysis amid mounting crisis, their huddle a fragile bulwark against unraveling unity. Josh's enthusiastic clapping and Sam's constitutional recitation crash the scene like oblivious thunder, spiking irony as Correspondents' Dinner prep collides with personal catastrophe, exposing the staff's raw vulnerability beneath political armor.

4 appearances

Crowd's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

4 moments

S2E4 · In This White House

Portico Decision: Bartlet Commits to Hiring Ainsley Hayes

Respectfully attentive

Gathers in Mural Room chorusing 'Good morning, Mr. President' greetings, disperses on C.J.'s cue post-Q&A.

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S2E4 · In This White House

Nimbala's Plea and Bartlet's Unexpected Recruit

Respectful attentiveness primed for revelation

Assembled in Mural Room, choruses synchronized 'Good morning, Mr. President' greetings to Bartlet, attentive through handshakes, questions, and plea before dispersing on C.J.'s cue.

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S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh and Donna's Jubilant Cheers for Bartlet's SOTU Triumph

Explosive enthusiasm validating presidential vision

The onscreen crowd, visible via the monitor, erupts in synchronized applause immediately following Bartlet's closing benediction, their roar visually catalyzing the physical reactions of Josh and Donna in the polling …

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S2E18 · 17 People

Josh and Sam's Oblivious Entrances Shatter Roosevelt Room Tension

Deep dread masked by fragile huddle unity

The crowd remains tightly huddled around the table in somber paralysis, faces etched with dread from Toby's MS bombshell, their stunned silence shattered by Josh's clapping entrance and Sam's reciting …

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