Whimsical Cover-Ups Amid Protocol Panic
C.J. Cregg deflects Charlie's insistent alerts on a missing diplomatic cat statue with exasperated humor and brisk enlistment of Carol, escalating to embarrassed Oval intrusions with Donna, juxtaposing farcical White House mishaps against grave filibusters to humanize press secretaries' frantic multitasking and resilient levity under accountability pressures.
Events Exemplifying This Theme
Charlie urgently intercepts C.J. in the hallway, bantering through her playful nicknames before revealing Hassan Ali's impending visit and the missing ceramic cat statue gifted to the President in Cairo—Protocol …
Reeling from Charlie's confrontation over the missing ceramic cat statue gifted by Hassan Ali—a diplomatic ticking bomb—C.J. brushes off Toby's haste and turns to her assistant Carol in exasperated humor. …
In the Outer Oval Office, C.J. and Donna arrive to wait for President Bartlet amid the filibuster crisis. Charlie confronts C.J. about her botched repair of a priceless Egyptian cat …