Second-Floor Auditorium — Old Executive Office Building (O.E.O.B.)
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Events with rich location context
Josh points across the alley to the hulking Old Executive Office Building as the overflow for speechwriting, layering the tour with logistical depth to mask the urgent, hidden psychiatric intervention.
Distant, shadowy operational extension.
Off-site reference bolstering tour credibility.
Expands institutional sprawl hiding personal crises.
Government personnel with clearance.
The Second Floor Auditorium is the cramped public venue that the team is hurriedly entering; it is the immediate stage where private disarray is exposed to a public audience and where Bartlet's offhand lines will be heard and scrutinized.
Humid with nervous energy—fluorescent lights, murmured stage cues, and a sense of improvised staging after the outdoor plan was spoiled by rain.
Stage for public messaging and the arena that forces a private staff scramble into visible performance.
A small civic stage that amplifies the contrast between presidential aspiration and operational unpreparedness.
Open to invited public attendees but strictly staged; entry and timing controlled by staff and Secret Service.
The Second Floor Auditorium is the immediate destination and public stage — Bartlet moves inside to deliver remarks while the staff, just outside, process the political opening; it frames the divide between the theatrical presidency and the backstage policy scrimmage.
Functional, slightly chaotic backstage with a formal, performative public space just beyond the door.
Stage for the President's public remarks and the battleground for messaging decisions spawned moments earlier in the hallway.
Represents the public-facing theater of the presidency where private choices reverberate publicly; the doorway separates image from strategy.
Open to invited audience (the Trout Fishermen) but monitored and controlled; staff remain outside doorway while President is inside.
The OEOB (Old Executive Office Building) is invoked as the site where the FBI is establishing a command post; it functions as the immediate operational hub adjacent to the White House for integrated investigative work.
Humming with purpose — cables, screens, and clipped voices as interagency teams coalesce.
External command post coordinating field interviews, evidence intake, and liaison to the Ops Center.
Represents the bridge between investigative ground work and executive decision making.
Restricted to law enforcement and senior staff; secured for operational integrity.
The Old Executive Office Building (OEOB) is identified as the site where the FBI will establish a field command post, connecting the on‑scene investigative apparatus to the Situation Room's strategic decisions.
Mobilizing and busy, with cords and equipment being set up to link field and White House resources.
Field command post and coordination node for investigative teams.
Represents the bridge between street-level police work and executive decision-making.
Restricted to federal investigators and authorized staff during the crisis.
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