Leo's Theater Tickets

Leo spits 'theater tickets' like venom-laced sarcasm, phantom slips conjured from thin air to shatter the gang of eight's assassination grilling—jaw locked, eyes flashing steel as he bolts upright, Fitzwallace mirroring the feint while Lobell's murder charge hangs unanswered, door crashing shut on the moral chasm yawning beneath Oval power plays.

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Purpose

Admission to a theater performance, invoked as pretext for abrupt exit

Significance

Sardonic shield Leo wields to evade direct confrontation on President Bartlet's Shareef assassination finding, tension exploding into evasion that propels the ethical crisis forward amid lawmakers' fury.

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S3E21 · Posse Comitatus

Leo Faces Gang of Eight Grill on Shareef Assassination Finding

Leo's 'theater tickets' emerge as a venomous, fabricated excuse to abruptly terminate the briefing after evasion, slicing through tension with sarcasm as he rises and exits, underscoring the administration's disdain for prolonged scrutiny and accelerating the plot toward assassination.

Before: Non-existent (phantom pretext conjured spontaneously)

After: Invoked verbally as departure pretext, room left in stunned silence

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