Interpersonal clash inside the senior staff over tactic and principle: Mandy (and PR‑minded staff) push for visible, immediate remedies (e.g., mandatory tests) to control optics, while Josh and Donna insist on protecting staff privacy and due process —...
Interpersonal clash inside the senior staff over tactic and principle: Mandy (and PR‑minded staff) push for visible, immediate remedies (e.g., mandatory tests) to control optics, while Josh and Donna insist on protecting staff privacy and due process — a moral/political fight over means that reveals fractures in loyalty and strategy.
Events in This Arc
In a terse hallway confrontation, pragmatic urgency collides with ethical stubbornness. Mandy urges immediate, mandatory drug tests to blunt Lillienfield's attack; Josh refuses on principle. Toby abruptly asserts command, shuts …
In the Northwest Lobby Josh and Donna quietly interrogate the mechanics and moral danger of Congressman Lillienfield’s leak — Josh explains the oversight committee’s dangerous access to background files while …
In the Northwest lobby Josh and Donna spar briefly over how Congressman Lillienfield accessed sensitive personnel files—Donna refuses to name colleagues, underscoring loyalty and the administration’s vulnerability. In Josh’s office …