Dentist's Office
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The Dentist's Office is invoked by Josh as a planned alibi—an offsite, mundane refuge he will claim if C.J. calls—serving as a narrative waystation to delay confrontation and manage optics.
Antiseptic and ordinary in description; functions as a socially acceptable place to be absent from work temporarily.
Alibi/refuge used to buy time and postpone direct engagement.
Represents a sanctioned, bureaucratic escape route from immediate crisis.
Off-site; available to staff with appointments, therefore plausible as an excuse.
The Dentist's Office is mentioned by Josh as a planned alibi and temporary refuge should C.J. call. It serves narratively as a plausible, mundane escape that Josh expects will defer confrontation, illustrating his instinct to buy time rather than immediately submit to pressure.
Antiseptic and ordinary in mention; it represents a sterile, socially acceptable hiding place.
Proposed alibi/refuge to delay an encounter with C.J.
Suggests avoidance dressed as legitimacy.
Off-site and appointment-based; not part of White House access rules.
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In the White House lobby Donna intentionally upends her subordinate relationship with Josh by using an unfolding crisis as leverage. Repeating the warning that "C.J.'s looking for you," she forces …
Donna corner-plays Josh in the lobby, using gossip and a demand for a raise to destabilize him and drop the explosive hint: 'Sam, a woman, and C.J. being denied information.' …