Oliver's Malpractice Witness List

Oliver cracks open the file's stiff covers in his counsel's office pressure cooker, voice slicing sharp as he unleashes the names—Jonathan Hawking, Nina Alva, Maurice Bluestein, Jessica Nording—each syllable hammering Abbey's wheelchair-bound defenses. Pages rustle under his grip, ink-black indictments from her past malpractice suit patients fueling sardonic jabs into outright verdict: she's Bartlet's prime liability, nervousness etching her face as Bartlet looms in stunned silence.

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Purpose

Compiles witness names from Abbey Bartlet's prior malpractice suit for legal confrontation and strategic assessment

Significance

Ignites turning point by weaponizing Abbey's medical history against the administration's re-election fortunes, shattering banter into brutal political exposure

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S3E6 · Gone Quiet

Oliver Confronts Injured Abbey with Malpractice Witness List, Brands Her Bartlet's Top Liability

Oliver cracks open the file's covers at his desk, gripping and reading aloud the ink-black names—Hawking, Alva, Bluestein, Nording—from Oversight Democrats, wielding it as a surgical weapon to dismantle Abbey's defenses and deliver the liability verdict, shifting banter to brutal revelation.

Before: Closed file resting on or near Oliver's desk, unread

After: Opened and actively referenced on desk during confrontation

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