Object

Mural Room Clock

President Bartlet directs his team to the clock in the Mural Room and orders them to set it for 90 days, marking a tactical pause after legislative defeat. The team—Josh, C.J., Will, and Leo—stands together as Bartlet invokes the clock during the late-night meeting, its presence anchoring their resolve to regroup without compromising principles. Though its physical details remain unstated, the directive treats it as a tangible countdown marker amid tense discussions.

4 appearances

Purpose

Timekeeping device reset to track a 90-day interval

Significance

Serves as a rallying symbol for the administration's 90-day regrouping strategy, embodying tactical patience and unified moral stance after a foreign aid bill collapses

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

4 moments

S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

Bartlet Enters — Goat Photo as Defiant Closure; Will Bailey Introduced

The Mural Room clock is invoked by Bartlet as a tactical symbol when he orders 'Set that clock for 90 days' — transforming a wall object into a public timetable and a psychological reset after the legislative loss.

Before: Mounted in the Mural Room, unaltered; a background object.

After: Designated by the President to be set for a 90-day countdown, becoming a symbolic marker for the administration's regrouping strategy.

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S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

Bartlet Insists on the Goat Photo — Choosing Principle Over Optics

The Mural Room clock is invoked by Bartlet as a tactical symbol — he orders it set for 90 days, using the object to create a temporal boundary and signal a formal pause and regroup after the defeat.

Before: Mounted in the Mural Room, at its previous time setting (unspecified).

After: Ordered (symbolically) set to mark 90 days, serving as a public cue for a tactical reset.

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S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

The Goat Photo — Quiet Defiance

The Mural Room clock is invoked by Bartlet as a tactical instrument—he orders it set for 90 days, converting the photo-op moment into an explicit pause and strategic reset for the administration.

Before: Mounted on the Mural Room wall as a background prop, showing the late-night time.

After: Presumed set to a 90-day marker following Bartlet's order, symbolically initiating a planning interval.

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S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

Set the Clock for 90 Days — The Goat Photo and Quiet Resolve

The Mural Room clock is invoked by Bartlet as a symbolic instrument: he orders it 'set that clock for 90 days,' converting it into a tangible marker for a strategic pause and a public recalibration following the defeat.

Before: Displaying the current time on the Mural Room wall as a normal decorative/timekeeping device.

After: Symbolically repurposed as a 90-day countdown marker by the President's instruction, representing a formal pause and reset.

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