President Bartlet's weary deflection against therapist Stanley Keyworth's persistent probing into insomnia's roots—paternal rejection, unfulfilled ambitions, and post-Iowa emotional scars—exposing guarded vulnerability amid national burdens.
President Bartlet's weary deflection against therapist Stanley Keyworth's persistent probing into insomnia's roots—paternal rejection, unfulfilled ambitions, and post-Iowa emotional scars—exposing guarded vulnerability amid national burdens.
Events in This Arc
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 …
In the shadowed intimacy of the President's private study at night, Stanley Keyworth's voice-over empathetically underscores the profound personal toll of Bartlet's inner world beyond the presidency's demands. The camera …