Church Foyer
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
The foyer functions as a brief transitional interior: C.J. crosses it after Toby's exchange and Susan intercepts her there to arrange the Senator's access to the President, enabling the private steps conversation.
Quiet, compressed urgency as staffers pass between exterior crisis and interior ceremony.
Transitional corridor enabling access between courtyard and sanctuary; a pragmatic chokepoint for staff coordination.
A liminal space where political maneuvering happens under the veneer of sanctity.
Restricted informally to staff, clergy, and invited guests during the service.
The church foyer is the brief interior transition where C.J. walks after Toby and where Susan's call reaches her; it functions as the corridor connecting private counsel inside the sanctuary to the steps and courtyard outside.
Hushed and transitional, a brief pause between tactical panic and public action.
Transitional corridor that enables discreet staff communication and movement toward the sanctuary and steps.
A neutral threshold between inner reflection and outward statement.
Restricted informally to staff and attendees at the moment; not an active press zone.
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Outside the church Toby storms C.J., moving from comic bluster to real panic about the risk a second debate poses for Bartlet. C.J. reframes fear into a pragmatic solution — …
Susan engineers a late-night, private handoff between Senator Stackhouse and President Bartlet where Stackhouse quietly praises Bartlet's restraint and, using a new-pilot/ instruments metaphor, signals a morning endorsement. That tacit …