White House staff's high-stakes deception to covertly escort therapist Stanley Keyworth through a fabricated tour to treat President Bartlet's hidden insomnia, straining under the therapist's growing suspicion and the aides' anxious facades.
White House staff's high-stakes deception to covertly escort therapist Stanley Keyworth through a fabricated tour to treat President Bartlet's hidden insomnia, straining under the therapist's growing suspicion and the aides' anxious facades.
Events in This Arc
Alone in the congressional hearing room on Christmas Eve, Leo summons FBI agent Mike Casper to brief him on escalating threats—seven more black churches targeted in Tennessee—dispatching Mike to support …
In a pivotal morale-boosting interlude during the hearing break, President Bartlet calls Leo, fiercely urging him to let Josh shield him—even via perjury if needed—while Leo deftly deflects for security. …
Fresh from Bartlet's bolstering phone call, which Jordan overheard, she anxiously probes Leo about 'what's going on.' As Chairman Bruno calls him to swear in, her unease prompts another urgent …
In the Northwest Lobby at 10:05 PM, Josh Lyman rushes in to meet waiting psychiatrist Dr. Stanley Keyworth, exchanging terse, awkward small talk about his flight and personal well-being that …
In the President's private study, Josh awkwardly deflects Stanley's initial therapy probe. Leo interrupts with a folksy White House anecdote, then pierces the facade with a loaded question about a …
In a pivotal transition, Stanley reassures a haunted Bartlet that he knew no one on the downed plane, forging an instant bond over shared insomnia born of national tragedy. As …