Doors into the Inauguration Ballroom

Two Secret Service agents swing open the doors, clearing the path for President Bartlet, First Lady Abbey, C.J., and Toby to enter the crowded ballroom. The group processes silently across the dance floor amid merry revelers, their deliberate march projecting unity after the Khundu deployment decision. The doors frame this staged exit from privacy into public view, metal frames steady under agent hands as confetti drifts nearby.

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Purpose

Grants entry from adjacent space into the ballroom for processions and public appearances

Significance

Enables the visual assertion of senior staff cohesion, masking internal dissent over military action and underscoring political stakes in a post-inauguration setting

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 ballroom doors are physically opened by Secret Service to allow the President and senior staff passage; they act as a controlled threshold that frames the procession and facilitates the staged movement from private space to public egress.

Before: Closed or held at partial opening by security, forming the immediate barrier between ballroom interior and exit path.

After: Swinging open and cleared, having permitted the procession to pass through toward the front door and eventual exit.

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