Campaign internal crisis of purpose and tactics — staffers move from tactical panic and information scramble toward a moral re-centering about what leadership should stand for (Toby's 'do the hard thing').

Exhausted and unmoored, Sam collapses onto his office floor and alternates flippant jokes with brittle honesty. C.J. tries to recruit him as a Big Brother for grieving Anthony Marcus, exposing …

After a laugh about ketchup-fueled cars and a cramped shuttle ride, Toby asks to be let off at the bridge and delivers a concentrated, galvanizing monologue about what real leadership …