Character

Laney

precise professional calm under pressure informative

Laney delivers precise updates to President Bartlet in the Oval Office during urgent crises. Amid the Ayatollah's medical emergency, Laney identifies Dr. Essan Mohebi as the only available surgeon and reports plane status—six hours out with headwinds potentially adding time—exposing logistical hurdles alongside the lack of medical personnel. Laney coordinates transport and medical details, maintaining focus as the team weighs ethics, diplomacy, and ticking deadlines.

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Laney's Journey

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S4E9 · Swiss Diplomacy

Office Banter Hardens into Political Demand — Then a Clinical Crisis

Professional and steady — communicating uncertainty without panic to provide decision-makers with usable information.

Delivers a technical logistics report in the Oval Office: the plane is six hours out with headwinds that could add time, delivering the concrete constraints that transform the earlier political …

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S4E9 · Swiss Diplomacy

Six Hours Out — No Surgeon

Matter-of-fact and alert; focused on facts rather than rhetorical spin.

Delivers the technical update about the transport plane's ETA and the headwind that might add time; frames the logistical parameter that turns a political problem into a time-sensitive medical challenge.

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