Inaugural Ballroom Front Door

The front door frames the ballroom's exit as President Bartlet and Abbey lead C.J., Toby, and Secret Service agents in procession across the crowded dance floor. Staff cut through dancers toward this threshold, their silent advance projecting unity after the Khundu deployment choice. No physical details emerge beyond its role as egress target amid the inauguration's merriment.

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Purpose

Provides exit from the ballroom for the presidential procession.

Significance

Caps the staged public gesture of team cohesion, dissolving the scene to end titles and leaving Will isolated with his new duties.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Procession Across the Ballroom — A Public Gesture of Unity

The front door functions as the procession's destination and symbolic threshold; the staff moves toward it in an ordered line, making it the egress point that completes the public performance of unity.

Before: Visible ahead of the procession as the intended exit target, closed and awaiting the group's approach.

After: Approached by the group as they leave the ballroom; it becomes the frame through which the public image departs and the sequence dissolves.

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