Albie Duncan

Bartlet Exasperatedly Defies Albie's Submarine Disaster Warnings

Sarcastic resolve veiling grave institutional caution

Delivers vivid recount of submarine disasters—Glomar's failed salvage, Gudgeon's oxygen-starved trap, Wasp in Solomons—twice jabbing sarcastically that Bartlet 'lost the boat in the wrong part of the world,' persisting despite …

Bartlet's Raw Confession: 'I Don't Want to Be President'

Wryly tolerant of the interruption

Albie briefly acknowledges Josh's entrance with a curt 'Joshua,' remaining a silent sentinel of cautionary presence as the campaign pivot unfolds, his earlier warnings lingering in the air without further …

Leo's Stark Refocus: 'Fifty-Five Minutes'

Sardonic restraint, watchful amid ignored warnings

Stands silently in the Oval Office periphery during the President's call to Leo and the crisp time-check response, his prior historical cautions on sub perils hovering unspoken as the room …

Bartlet Overrides Albie's Dire Warnings, Orders Rescue as Portland Breaks Silence

Earnest urgency laced with surprised disbelief at presidential impatience

Recounts a grim catalog of historical submarine disasters near North Korea—Wanson Harbor mine strikes, Korean War shellings—to urgently caution against premature rescue, expresses polite shock at Bartlet's interruption with 'I …

Portland Breaks Radio Silence, Evading Destroyer

Insistent frustration laced with institutional dread

Albie Duncan urgently recites historical submarine losses to caution Bartlet, checking his watch to insist on waiting ten more minutes, but is overridden as the President mobilizes to the Situation …

Scramble for a Republican Surrogate — Recruiting Albie Duncan

mentioned/absent — presence is reputational rather than emotional.

Albie Duncan is invoked as the chosen Republican surrogate: described as eccentric but brilliant and respected; he is not present but his reputation is mobilized as a weapon to counter …

Toby Secures Albie Duncan — Andy Recruited

Not present; represented through others' confident praise and mild concern about eccentricity.

Albie Duncan is invoked by Toby as the Republican surrogate solution: described as eccentric, brilliant, respected, and a former Eisenhower State Department official. He is not physically present but his …

Schooling the Spin: C.J. Coaches Albie

Respectful but mildly exasperated; amused by C.J.'s bluntness while genuinely worried about ethical oversimplification.

Albie listens, offers a seasoned, morally textured argument linking free trade and human rights, then reluctantly concedes to C.J.'s tactical choice while interjecting historical metaphors to insist on complexity.

Spin-Room Prep and a Quiet Reassurance

Sincere but self-doubting—proud of his expertise while aware of its limits as campaign copy.

Albie listens, offers a long-form, complexity-embracing view on trade and human rights, jokes lightly about Josh, hedges his own certainty, and accepts coaching and the proposed symbolic comforts reluctantly but …

Scissors, Superstition, and the Two‑Minute Warning

Pleasantly detached; amused by backstage conviviality.

Albie Duncan is in the background posing for a picture with Abbey; he is a social presence and witness but does not intervene in the tie incident.

Cutting the Tie — Breaking the Spell

Pleasant and unflappable, unaffected by the quick crisis unfolding around him.

Albie stands in the background taking a picture with Abbey, providing light, social energy to the backstage mix — a pleasant presence amid the mounting tension.

Abbey Cuts the Tie — Ritchie Sets the Frame

Amused and relaxed; peripheral to the operational scramble, unconcerned by the superstition theatrics.

Casually present taking a picture with Abbey earlier; watches the bustle with an amused, social-surge demeanor but plays no operational role in the tie scramble.