Will's Cellphone

Will's cellphone rings insistently in the dark hotel room, jolting him awake amid a barrage of alerts: the night manager pounds the door, the White House operator calls, and a pager flashes 'POTUS.' Will grabs the device and answers, taking Charlie Young's line that connects straight to the President, hurtling him from exhausted sleep into crisis response.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Middle-of-the-Night Presidential Call

Will's cellphone interrupts his sleep first; he answers it, utters 'Just a second, please,' and uses it to begin engaging with the incoming communication before shifting to the landline and pager — it initiates his transition from sleep to alertness.

Before: Beside him, ringing and vibrating to wake him.

After: Answered/held by Will briefly, then supplanted by the landline and the pager's message as the primary channels of urgency.

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