Character

Jake

Jake plunges into Oval Office urgency, hunkered on the couch beside Leo McGarry and Robbie Mosley, unleashing field intel on Haiti’s unraveling coup: President-elect Dessaline ghosts a 4 p.m. confab with Gilbert Tass, phones ring hollow at party HQ and his houses. Across from the civilian advisor, he locks eyes with Bartlet, voice edged with caution—embassy pulls scream U.S. disdain for Dessaline’s regime, inviting fallout that scorches alliances. His reports ignite intervention debates, threading diplomatic peril through Bartlet’s iron resolve as MS shadows and polls crumble.

3 appearances

Jake's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Oval Office Briefing: Dessaline Vanishes in Haitian Coup Chaos

Alarmed restraint clashing with crisis urgency

Jake, on the couch, reports Dessaline's no-show at Tass conference and unanswered calls, then warns evacuation signals U.S. distrust in his regime, injecting caution into the aggressive momentum before orders …

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S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Bartlet Overrides Jake, Orders Embassy Evacuation and Marines

Cautiously alarmed, prioritizing long-term alliances

Positioned on the couch amid advisors, Jake delivers a pointed cautionary warning to the President about evacuation's diplomatic fallout, directly challenging Leo's proposal to highlight risks.

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S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Bartlet Defies Risks, Orders Dessalines' Embassy Entry

Edged with on-the-ground tension, analytically wary

Hunkered on Oval couch amid crisis huddle, Jake delivers field-sharp warning that Bazan craves U.S. standoff to boost Haitian stature, layering peril onto Robbie's cautions during heated debate.

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Affiliation

UN Observer Group