Mrs. Landingham's Pencil

Leo's barb skewers the air: "Sharpen a pencil!" Mrs. Landingham's humble graphite warrior, gripped in Outer Oval shadows, transmutes banal office drudgery into sarcasm shrapnel. It dangles unspoken in banter crossfire—generational snipes over missile "contraptions"—as Charlie clocks time, Leo bullies for Situation Room dash, Bartlet looms crisis-ready.

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Purpose

Office writing and sharpening tool amid administrative frenzy

Significance

Ignites Leo-Mrs. Landingham clash, crystallizing West Wing tensions—protocol rigidity vs. security urgency—while humanizing staff amid galactic stakes

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When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E12 · The Drop-In

Leo Bullies Through NMD Briefing Amid Schedule Crunch

Leo weaponizes Mrs. Landingham's pencil as sarcastic shorthand in their clash—snapping 'Sharpen a pencil, would ya?' to dismiss her traditionalist critique of NMD, transforming the mundane office tool into a symbol of grumpy wit and generational sniping, punctuating the banter's tension before Bartlet's emergence.

Before: On Mrs. Landingham's desk in the Outer Oval Office, gripped or nearby as prop for routine work

After: Unchanged on desk, lingering as echo of unresolved sarcasm

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