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West Wing Service Corridor Men's Restroom (S01E02)

Episode- and scene-specific men's restroom in the West Wing service corridor (S1E2 "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc"); linked to scene_b434c581114ef81f and characters John Hoynes, Leo McGarry, and Margaret Hooper.

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Events with rich location context

S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Hoynes Tests Leo — A Quiet Power Play

The West Wing men's room is invoked by Hoynes as a sarcastic rhetorical device (Article Two / men's room quip) to ridicule Leo's attempt to treat C.J.'s information as a directive. The reference functions as a comic undercut and a means for Hoynes to challenge institutional overreach.

Atmosphere

Momentarily flippant and irreverent—Hoynes uses humor to mask deeper grievance and to puncture Leo's authority.

Functional Role

Rhetorical touchstone and boundary marker—Hoynes' joke reframes the power conversation as petty and questions Leo's jurisdiction.

Symbolic Significance

Undermines institutional formality; symbolizes Hoynes' attempt to reduce the confrontation to absurdity rather than confront its seriousness.

Sarcastic invocation of Article Two of the Constitution Casual, irreverent language about a private facility Verbal jibe used to deflect an assertion of authority

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S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Hoynes Tests Leo — A Quiet Power Play

In Leo's office at night Vice President John Hoynes pays a civil visit that quickly curdles into a test of authority. When Leo confronts him for snubbing C.J., Hoynes pushes …