Character

Dokes Family

grieving bereaved

The Dokes family receives a phone call from Congressman Mark Richardson notifying them of Sergeant Dokes' death during a late-night meeting with Toby Ziegler. Toby asks to stay for the call, turning political negotiations over Kuhndu aid votes and draft lottery inequities into a shared confrontation with military service's human cost. Richardson stands as he dials, underscoring the moment's gravity. Their off-screen grief amplifies debates on class and racial burdens in the armed forces.

2 appearances

Also known as: Sergeant Dokes' family

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

The Lottery Number

Absent but present: their expected anguish casts a pall over the negotiation, converting abstract policy into human suffering.

The Dokes family are not on-screen but are explicitly invoked as the imminent recipients of Richardson's call; their impending grief shapes the tenor and stakes of the conversation.

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

The Lottery Number and the Call

Not onstage; their grief looms over the interaction and converts political bargaining into personal duty.

The Dokes family are the absent, immediate human victims referenced by Richardson; they are the reason for the impending phone call and the emotional pivot in the room.

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