Character

Janet Price

anxious devoted skeptical resolute pragmatic

Janet Price anchors the raw edge of personal terror as wife of kidnapped reporter Bill Price, her world contracting to C.J.'s office shadows where anxiety propels her forward. She surges toward the Press Secretary, voice cracking with pleas for scraps on her husband's Congo fate, skewers the government's aid-withholding gambit and ransom shadows with pointed doubt. Deflecting dry clothes amid soaked resolve, she plants herself firm—loyalty to Bill overriding comfort, her presence a human pulse demanding White House action pierce diplomatic veils.

5 appearances

Hostage Family Advocacy

Janet Price's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

5 moments

S3E13 · Night Five

C.J. Charts Financial Leverage in Bill Price Hostage Talks

Raw desperation veiled by steely determination

Stands vigilantly waiting with Wallace, rushes C.J. with a cracking plea for news on her kidnapped husband, skeptically probes the government's plan and ransom alternatives, declines dry clothes offer with …

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S3E13 · Night Five

Donna's Empathetic Comfort for Grieving Widow Janet Price

Deeply anxious grief tempered by tentative hope from human connection

Waits anxiously in C.J.'s office, initiates personal connection by asking Donna's name, shares intimate family details about seven-month-old daughter Donna and three-year-old son Harry, voices raw fears over finances and …

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S3E13 · Night Five

Col-Tan Sanctions Clarified Before Price's Death Shatters All

Shattered devastation, collapsing under unbearable loss

Janet, inside C.J.'s office, unleashes raw, echoing cries of 'No, please... No! Oh God, no...' upon receiving confirmation of her husband Bill Price's death, her grief piercing the hallway air …

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S3E13 · Night Five

Bill Price's Ambush Death Confirmed, Shattering Janet

Cataclysmic devastation, raw primal grief shattering composure

Janet Price, sequestered in C.J.'s office, absorbs the relayed confirmation of her husband's ambush death, erupting in raw, visceral screams of denial and despair—No! Oh God, no!—her cries piercing the …

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S3E13 · Night Five

Josh and Donna's Wordless Exchange Amid Crushing Grief

Utter devastation cascading into primal denial

Janet erupts in raw, visceral cries of denial and grief from within C.J.'s office as Wallace and C.J. relay her husband's ambush death, her anguished pleas echoing into the hallway …

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Affiliation

Embassy in Kinshasa

Diplomatic Crisis Response and Local Investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo