Object

Fitzwallace's Note on Red Haven Bombing

An aide carries this terse note into the Situation Room during celebrations over the successful extraction of Lance Corporals Halley and Rowe and PFC Hernandez. Fitzwallace receives it and learns Red Haven, the Ghana training base, burns from a suicide bombing that killed U.S. personnel. Bartlet scans the news as relief turns to shock; Leo absorbs the shift while radio voices fade.

2 appearances

Purpose

Delivers breaking intelligence on the Red Haven suicide bombing to prompt threat condition changes and family notifications

Significance

Snuffs out the room's triumphant relief and forces Bartlet, Fitzwallace, and Leo from victory to crisis, reframing hostage rescue as overshadowed tragedy

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Rescue Confirmed — Red Haven Burns

A terse aide's note is carried into the Situation Room and handed to Fitzwallace; its contents — 'Red Haven's on fire' — puncture the celebration, catalyzing the pivot from rescue relief to crisis response and prompting immediate informational queries.

Before: In transit, carried by an aide toward the Situation Room; unknown to the room's occupants.

After: In Fitzwallace's hands and verbally summarized for the room; its information has been acted upon and communicated to command channels.

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

From Rescue Relief to Red Haven Carnage

A terse note carried into the Situation Room provides the first ink-and-paper confirmation of the Red Haven incident; it functions as the physical pivot from relief to alarm, prompting Fitzwallace and Leo to act.

Before: Held by an aide off-screen, freshly written or delivered from incoming communications.

After: In Fitzwallace's/Leo's hands briefly then absorbed into Situation Room procedures as its contents are voiced aloud.

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