Will Bailey's leadership and legitimacy crisis as he is forced to assume speechwriting responsibility (Will vs institutional inertia and his own insecurity), amplified by Toby's punitive choices and the interns' inexperience.
Will Bailey's leadership and legitimacy crisis as he is forced to assume speechwriting responsibility (Will vs institutional inertia and his own insecurity), amplified by Toby's punitive choices and the interns' inexperience.
Events in This Arc
Alone in the Communications Office late at night, newly promoted Will pleads with intern Elsie to cover the weekend—an ask born less of logistics than of desperation. He confesses the …
Will methodically rips through the interns' speech drafts, exposing their political naiveté and publicly calling out Cassie for inventing organizations to pad her copy. His interrogation — half pedagogy, half …
In a tense late-night West Wing moment, Will patrols a room of inexperienced interns while Toby calls from the campaign war room. Will's clipped mockery of the interns exposes his …