Leo McGarry

Leo receives Margaret's travel and schedule updates, immediately reprioritizes the President's day (pushing ceremonial items), orders the Trade Representative and economic advisors to the 3:30 slot, and announces he will …

Leo runs the quicksheet, fields the Qumar communique, asks a pointed follow-up about findings, registers the lack of ELT as significant, and accepts Fitzwallace's operational plan with a clipped assent …

Leads the quicksheet, announces the Dow's 260-point drop, prompts each desk, cracks a grapefruit joke, and steers triage with clipped clarifying questions and priorities.

Leo intercepts the exchange in the Communications Office, issues a blunt order for Sam to go home, cites Sam's exhaustion and completed deliverables (energy book, Midwest poll), and delegates political …

Leo arrives, intercepts the exchange, and methodically shuts down Sam's protests by ordering him home; he cites concrete items (energy book, Midwest poll), delegates political monitoring, and frames sleep as …

Leo is present only as the caller; his voice initiates the operational pivot by requesting the President, signaling an emerging crisis or urgent need from the Chief of Staff's perspective.

Leo answers the President's call, sustains light campaign banter, then shifts to concise, controlled reporting — referencing the quicksheet and relaying Fitzwallace's finding that Qumar reopened the investigation, and arranging …

Answers the President's call in his office, trades light banter to preserve campaign tone, conceals growing alarm, references a quicksheet and Fitzwallace, and then delivers the grave line revealing Qumar's …

Leo sits at his desk, receives Fitzwallace, asks perfunctory questions, deflects the legal threat with sardonic dismissal, and arranges to 'stay in touch' while clearly minimizing the political risk.

Sitting at his desk, receiving Margaret's odd PR tip, making a light quip about pies, then listening stone-faced as Fitzwallace details a deliberate military cover-up that could implicate the President. …

Arrives mid-interaction, is introduced to Congressman Lien, exchanges pleasantries about scheduling difficulties, and participates in the small-group choreography that moves the meeting into a photo-op.

Enters to meet Congressman Lien, exchanges pleasantries with Bartlet and Lien, apologizes for the delay in bringing Lien to the White House, and stands as part of the welcoming party.

Enters later, is introduced to Congressman Lien, offers an apologetic explanation about scheduling, and participates in the photo moment—serving as senior institutional presence and liaison.

Sits at the conference table, asks clarifying questions, and attempts to mediate between Nancy's fury and Fitzwallace's technical cautions, steering the room from reflex toward inquiry.

Leo is seated at the conference table, absorbing Nancy's fury, asking clarifying questions and trying to translate raw anger into a tactical query about motive and risk; he serves as …

Sitting in his office, Leo is mid-ritual — relaxed and conversational — until he turns up the television, absorbs C.J.'s breaking briefing and instantly pivots into action by ordering updates.

Leo is mid-ritual in his office when he hears the bulletin; he immediately increases the TV volume, absorbs C.J.'s briefing, snaps from private banter to command mode and orders staff …

Delivers the central intelligence: Qumar's rescue team will likely claim recovery of an Israeli-made parachute within 48 hours. Advises moving the discussion to the Situation Room and frames the threat …

Leo delivers the crucial intelligence about the Qumari rescue team's planned claim, supports the president, frames the practical next step (Situation Room), and stands as both counsel and logistical pivot …

Leo provides the parachute intelligence source (NSC operations unit), frames the plausible public narrative (Sultan to Al Jazeera), and pushes the group toward possible responses and containment; he consults directly …

Leo delivers the parachute intelligence source, frames options for response, and pushes the group toward concrete scenarios; he functions as the operational organizer, asking 'What are the options?' and pressing …

Leo listens and supplies intelligence context, confirms NSC as source, answers Bartlet curtly, and accepts Bartlet's hunker-down order—pragmatic, cooperative, and operationally focused.

Named by the President as the person he will call for counsel; not on scene but his counsel is solicited, demonstrating the chain of command.

Leads the exchange with disarming, wry banter about sandwiches, then shifts into a workmanlike vetting of Jordan's credentials on the Situation Room screen before delivering a blunt confession that U.S. …

Leo opens with absurd food chatter to loosen the room, methodically reads Jordan's credentials from the screen, then bluntly admits the U.S. ordered and carried out Shareef's killing, immediately shifting …

Enters late, cuts through the banter with a single, grave fact — 'They ruled for Sullivan' — immediately collapsing the room's playful brainstorm into institutional crisis response.

Arrives late in the beat and delivers the decisive informational pivot — a terse, grave announcement that the court ruled for Sullivan — instantly shifting the room from policy play …

Arrives late, cuts through banter with grave brevity and announces the ruling: 'They ruled for Sullivan.' His short line immediately reorients the room to crisis mode and confers urgency and …

Leo shifts between legal triage (urging an appeal and recruiting Ritchie's people) and operational urgency; he listens to the policy brainstorm while keeping attention on court strategy.

Leo listens and offers organizational perspective and dark levity (about Jordan), then gears the meeting toward tactical options — proposing misinformation as a way to stall around Shareef — showing …

Note: Leo is already included above; duplication avoided. (This entry is intentional to ensure Leo's participation is represented once.)

Leo frames the legal/political problem: reports Jordan Kendall's wariness, proposes 'stalling tactics' including misinformation, and coordinates next steps—he triangulates risk, law, and PR.

Leo conduits intelligence between Casper, Fitzwallace and the President, framing the suspects as Patriot Brotherhood-linked and pressing for options; he keeps the briefing controlled and focused on next steps.

Leo relays linkage between local raid intelligence and Patriot Brotherhood suspects, coordinates bringing in legal and operational authorities, and facilitates movement of the President between locations to manage counsel and …

Referenced indirectly (C.J. suggests taking the issue to Leo); he is the senior decision-maker whose buy-in is sought for policy framing.

Leo is not physically present but is explicitly designated as the next-stop decision-maker; staff resolve to present him the tuition-deduction pitch, making him the procedural hinge for action.

Leo confirms each vetting clearance aloud, assigns tasks (Sam to line up validators, Toby to debate prep), and supports the President's pivot from policy vetting to campaign mobilization with managerial …

Leo confirms the tax plan clearances, assigns Sam to line up validators, tells Toby to stay on debate prep, and acts as the managerial pivot between policy work and political …

Acts as the operational executor: answers Bartlet's checklist, assigns the validators and debate-prep tasks, and mediates between Toby's outrage and the President's orders.

Leo opens a public photo moment with a joke, then pivots into a brisk, private negotiation in the hallway—framing a national security ask as a practical risk‑management plea.

Leo is referenced by Sam as the person to whom he'll pass the validators task — his role is a managerial endpoint for political triage though he is offstage here.

Remains after the briefing; listens as the President authorizes the raid then admits to Bartlet he's distracted, mentioning a comment Yosef made — his attention divided between domestic rescue and …

Remains behind after the tactical team departs; gives a clipped, evasive response before admitting he is preoccupied by a remark Yosef made yesterday, revealing an unresolved diplomatic concern.

Sitting at his desk, Leo picks up the phone to summon the fax, listens, delegates notifications to staff, absorbs the two-debate news, folds in the reopened Qumar probe, and briefly …

Seated at his desk, Leo coordinates resources, places the call to request the Commission fax, receives the sheet via Margaret, and reframes the cut to two debates as a tactical …

Listens, asks a targeted follow-up ('And the kid?'), processes the shift from domestic victory to international concern, and self-reproachfully admits surprise when Ben Yosef's plane is revealed missing.

Listens closely to the operational report, asks about the injured boy, hears Jerry's missing-plane report, then reacts with stunned self-reproach—quickly reframing focus toward the diplomatic emergency.

Leo listens, prods with a short question, then lets his gaze fall to the yarmulke in his hand — a physical object from Ben Yosef that draws his attention away …

Leo bursts into the room holding a note, delivers urgent intelligence about Israeli strikes in Qumar, offers a secure link, and forces an immediate shift from political rehearsal to national …

Bursts into the room, carrying a handwritten note; he delivers the intelligence to Bartlet, quietly informs him of a secure link, and times his interruption to end debate rehearsal and …

Leo bursts into the barn with blunt situational updates, angrily presses the moral and strategic argument against making concessions, and reacts vehemently when Bartlet suggests planning what to give Qumar …

Leo forcefully rejects the tactical idea of offering concessions, erupts angrily in front of the Joint Chiefs, and presses the President on the moral and strategic impropriety of 'giving' anything …

Leo enters the temporary office, announces Rooker's likely selection and relays that Rooker is on the phone with the governor; he presents the choice as settled and shrugs off further …

Opened the scene by announcing Rooker's likely selection and participates in the meeting's practical flow; he reacts to C.J.'s asides and confirms operational facts when needed.

Enters with the information that Rooker is on the phone with the governor and asserts the President's apparent selection, supplying the factual trigger that collapses debate into acceptance.

Leo storms in with businesslike urgency to run through the executive orders; listens as C.J. outlines the reporter's link to Rooker, registering concern and preparing mentally to shift from internal …

Leo enters briskly to run through Executive Orders, carrying the operational mindset of a chief of staff; he listens to C.J.'s report with businesslike concern and prepares mentally to move …

Receives Josh and Sam in his office, listens, deflects physical room-search humor, and states that the President doesn't want to relinquish the nomination—thereby deferring the decision upward while allowing tactical …

Leo hosts the earlier meeting and offers his office as a fallback for WW-160; he sets the administrative frame—insisting the President isn't ready to withdraw the nomination—then exits into the …

Leo bursts into anger and moral outrage, pressing the political point: Qumar's support for the Bahji should end diplomatic niceties. He verbally frames the administration's frustration and pushes for stronger …

Leo bursts in, voices anger and impatience at perceived diplomatic passivity, urges stronger condemnation and less delay, and offers a caustic suggestion about the Sultan to underline his frustration.

Leo enters with authority, announces the withdrawal of Rooker's nomination, reads grim polling figures aloud, assesses electoral damage, and dismisses the staff to let him and the President manage the …

Leo enters from the Oval; announces the withdrawal and reads the administration's 'report card'—polls and minority support declines—then dismisses the staff and rebukes their attempts at reassurance, insisting responsibility sits …

Chief of Staff Leo McGarry receives Ambassador Von Rutte in his outer office, rapidly parses the medical, ethical, and political dimensions, interrogates the ambassador's chain of transmission, and resolves to …

Leo shepherds the transition from levity to business: he detaches from the Portico walk, receives Ambassador Von Rutte in his outer office, processes the medical plea aloud, and frames immediate …

Mentioned as the staffer who will formalize the offer—Toby tells Karen that Leo will call in a couple of hours—positioning Leo as the administrative executor of the promise.

Enters from the Portico, interrupts the light banter with a brisk 'You ready?', questions the President's activity, and facilitates the pivot from private ritual to operational tempo by prompting Bartlet …

Accompanies Bartlet from hallway; frames the Situation Room as secure, prompts logistics questions, asks directly about organs and leaks, and offers a pragmatic voice that both supports and checks the …

Walks the hallway with Margaret correcting her language, enters his office, re-emerges to confront Toby and delivers the decision that Karen Kroft cannot be appointed because the parks bill's final …

Leo crisply delivers the discovery that the parks bill is retroactive, refuses to risk the Senate battle for Karen Kroft, frames the decision politically, and walks off—closing down further argument.

Leo arrives, provides a note from Margaret, outlines the Swiss→NGO→brother-in-law chain, urges use of diplomatic leverage tied to missile testing, and presses the President toward a transactional option to stop …

Enters from his office, pulls C.J. aside, consults privately with Bartlet, offers pragmatic political options — specifically, linking the mission to a Shehab‑3 moratorium and threatening to turn the plane.

Sitting with a newspaper, Leo opens with a sardonic anecdote, pragmatically cautions against a confirmation fight for Karen, answers Toby's demands, receives Margaret's interruption, and moves immediately to the Oval …

Reading the paper and trading barbed banter with Toby in his office, Leo is interrupted, moves quickly to the Oval, hears the timing update and reacts to the revelation that …

Leo is referenced indirectly by Hoynes as the archetypal White House operator — the compliment that Josh would have been 'great at Leo's job' positions Leo as the institutional enforcer …

Leo is invoked as a point of comparison when Hoynes tells Josh 'you'd have been great at Leo's job,' used to undercut Josh's moralizing and imply institutional toughness Josh lacks.

Seated in his office, Leo listens to Josh's terse briefing, processes the implausible origin, and decisively assumes responsibility—cutting off further debate with 'All right. I'll take it.' He then issues …

Enters after Sam leaves, confronts Bartlet with operational realities — precinct captain perceptions, missile test acceleration, and a patient in surgery — and shifts the conversation from mentorship to crisis …

Enters after Sam, transitions the room from private counsel to crisis mode by briefing Bartlet on the precinct captain confusion, Tehran's accelerated missile timetable, and that Salmon Afkham is in …

Interjects strategically with the crucial question about Grace Hardin, frames the need for a rapid answer if she's a no, and serves as the calm strategic voice prompting Josh's tactical …

Leo functions as strategic anchor: he asks the key political question about Grace Hardin and offers the tactical frame the team needs, pushing the conversation toward who to target next …

Leo interjects a strategic prompt—asking about Grace Hardin—providing the command source that Josh claims he must execute and implicitly ratifying the tactical focus.

Leo reports the tactical detail—Hardin is potentially a yes if they get her on the phone—then immediately pushes for contingency planning, even yelling to Toby to create a backup plan.

Delivers the crucial operational update that Hardin may be a yes if reachable, acknowledges slipperiness, and loudly pushes Toby for backup planning — acting as the administration's pragmatic crisis manager.

Leo stands on the driveway with C.J., trades barbs about the goat/photo-op, delivers a darkly comic threat about hiding snakes in the handler's car, then briskly walks back into the …

Leo goads and undercuts the mounting anxiety with caustic humor, threatening (as a joke) to hide snakes and lay eggs in the handler's car; he punctures the seriousness of C.J.'s …

Named as a CC recipient (Leo McGarry); not present but directly implicated as a senior staffer who will need to assess the memo's implications for White House policy and messaging.

Named as Josh's next stop — Leo is the authority Josh intends to escalate to; he is not present but is the locus of decision-making Josh seeks out.

Mentioned as the person Josh plans to consult — Leo is framed as the next-stage decision-maker who will have to referee the ethical and political tradeoffs Josh refuses to accept …

Enters with senior staff at the start of the meeting, frames the problem and prompts discussion; exits with others before the private exchange but his presence and managerial summary shape …

Enters with senior staff, briefs the President succinctly, prompts the Hoebuck disclosure, and calmly manages the arrival and exit flow of staff while keeping the meeting focused on decisions.

Enters and relays the hard fact succinctly, moderates the briefing, supplies the operational lens and leaves with staff—anchoring the group’s tactical posture while maintaining some wry levity.

Standing with senior staff watching the vote, witnesses Bartlet's reframing and joins the group for the photo; offers quiet, managerial presence in the aftermath.

Leo is present and steady as Bartlet enters, listening to the President's reframing, implicitly approving the decision to go ahead with the photo and the 90-day reset.

Stands among senior staff watching the vote, receives Bartlet's direction about the photo-op and the 90-day clock, offers a steady, non-verbal presence during the staged solidarity shot.

Standing with senior staff watching the vote and joining the posed photo; reads the room with pragmatic calm and accepts the President's directive to regroup.

Meets Josh in a doorway, confesses that Jack Reese produced a covert Forced Depletion Report at the President's behest, admits Hutchinson leaked it, fields blunt questions from Senator Beckwith and …

Leo arrives, confesses the Forced Depletion Report was requested under the radar, takes blame for exposure, endures confrontations from Beckwith and O'Donnell, and then briefs Bartlet on the leak and …

Joins Bartlet in the Green Room, trades quick banter about Abbey's dress, acknowledges leaks and political trouble, and is present as the men leave and Charlie hands the Bible — …

Curtails the meeting with 'That's all. Thank you,' then, in hallway conversation, offers a joking concern about the Chief Justice's age and delivers the Khundu intelligence: reports of mass killings …

Delivers the Khundu security cable, summarizes casualties and trapped Americans, exchanges wry banter with Bartlet about the Chief Justice, and exits to his office after briefing the President.

Delivers the Khundu security update tersely (death tolls, endangered missionaries), calms Bartlet by promising the language will be fixed, then withdraws to manage operations from his office.

Leo delivers the security update bluntly and efficiently in the hallway, naming perpetrators, casualties, and endangered Americans; he truncates ceremonial talk and reorients the President toward operational reality before returning …

Enters from his office, lightens the moment by reading and metrically counting a Supreme Court concurring opinion, then pivots to the report — pressing Bartlet for provenance and content, taking …

Leo enters, greets the president, delivers a wry recital of the Chief Justice's concurring cinquain, expresses concern about the Chief Justice, notes Toby's work on policy language, asks to see …

Mentioned by Will as one of the President's senior counselors (Leo McGarry); invoked to suggest internal White House support or complicity for the proposed direction; not physically present.

Leo is invoked by Will as one of the President's senior counselors; his name functions as shorthand for the internal advisory network that would vet doctrine, raising the stakes of …

Leo leads and then dominates the exchange: he corrals Hutchinson after the briefing, demands clarity on Khundu, announces the forced-depletion figure (150), accuses the Pentagon of leaking inflated numbers, and …

Leo remains in the Situation Room after the directors exit, directly confronts Secretary Hutchinson, cites the forced‑depletion report, presses the moral and operational implications, and physically vents by throwing papers …

Brief, private intervention: confirms he spoke to Hutchinson, admits Jack Reese got in trouble, minimizes escalation outwardly while promising to get more information for the President.

Leo confers privately with Bartlet about Pentagon fallout and Jack Reese, accepts responsibility for handling fallout, and listens as the Khundu report arrives — managing managerial and political consequences behind …

Privately informs the President that Jack Reese has been 'in trouble' and that Hutchinson knows Bartlet has seen the forced-depletion material; offers to find better information and manages damage control …

Leo is invoked by Toby as having been 'just in here,' used as an authority marker to elevate the urgency of the question; he is not present in the room …

Leo is referenced by Toby as having just been in the office; his recent presence functions as an implicit threat and lends urgency to Toby's questioning rather than as an …

Mentioned by Toby as having been in the office earlier; his recent presence frames the urgency and chain-of-command concerns that color the exchange.

Intercepts Bartlet on the portico and delivers a blunt, urgent briefing: he explains the difference between an Executive Order and an NSC Presidential Decision Directive and warns that opponents have …

Leo intercepts Bartlet on the portico, bluntly explains that an NSC routing decision provides plausible deniability that opponents exploited, insists this was a deliberate political shot, and presses Bartlet for …

Named on the phone by the President — Leo is invoked as the next point of counsel and coordination. He is not physically present in the Oval Office scene but …

Mentioned by name by President Bartlet as the person to be contacted; Leo is not on-screen but is invoked as the necessary next connective tissue to turn decision into coordinated …

Waiting with Bartlet in the Oval, Leo interjects to restore order when staff chatter over the President, serving as the administrative anchor who insists on protocol and mitigates the group's …

Leo waits with the President, then reasserts order with a curt 'Excuse me!'; he reframes the moment from rhetorical pronouncement to an ordered administrative task and signals the team to …

Leo receives the offered glass, chastises the President jokingly about biblical allusions, and immediately shifts to concrete warnings about leaks: Pentagon-sourced casualty figures and an anticipated discovery of Gulfstream wreckage; …

Leo interrupts levity with blunt political reality: warning that Pentagon sources will leak casualty estimates and that search-and-rescue will 'find' a Gulfstream fragment; he presses the President for a timeline …

Leo is invoked in banter ('Leo said he's lost his mind') as part of the staff's comic exchange; he is not present but his voice is used to amplify the …

Leo is invoked in the exchange about the Chief Justice—his name functions as rhetorical reinforcement in the banter, signaling near-universal exasperation among staff.

Leo listens warily about State's displeasure, urges a low-profile approach for Will, accepts Toby's counterproposal, and agrees to advise the President—shifting from caution to visible endorsement by the end of …

Leo listens at the bar, accepts a drink, and answers C.J.'s warning with a steady dismissal—using a ship-in-harbor metaphor and a defense of the directive's rationale to minimize political alarm …

Leo watches the commissioning and the order, offers a stabilizing presence; his brief response to Will ('That's you too') confirms political and personnel continuity as troops are ordered.

Leo attends the small ceremony, reacts audibly to Will's appointment, and accepts the gravity of the immediate operational order, providing a stabilizing, approving presence.

Trails the procession, a steadying presence; his measured gait and placement at the rear help anchor the group and manage any last-minute issues as they head for the front door.

Leo hosts the game, lays out food with pride and orchestrates the convivial environment; he accepts Margaret's discreet interruption and follows her to the outer office, signaling the scene's tonal …

Host of the late‑night game, Leo is mid‑banter and presenting the deli spread when Margaret's deferential interruption occurs; he acknowledges her and immediately leaves with her for his outer office, …

Leo hosts the poker night, supplies the deli spread, starts to leave with Margaret when summoned, and watches the transition from leisure to work detachably but responsibly.

Bursts into the Oval to interrupt the poker game, delivers the technical and diplomatic facts: a Predator B-UAB went down in Kaliningrad with sensitive photos, outlines the need to recover …

Bursts into the Oval with concise, urgent information: a Predator drone has crashed in Kaliningrad and the imagery aboard is sensitive. He frames the problem, advises a diplomatic approach, and …

Leo is off-screen but operationally present: his request for the President (delivered by Charlie) interrupts the game; he functions as the instigator of the return to duty.

Leo is off-screen but authoritatively present by way of Charlie's message: he wants the President. His unseen demand provides the catalyst that snaps the group back to official business.

Stands in the foreground twisting his wedding ring, proposes and rapidly refines a diplomatic cover story for the crashed drone, then reports fresh intelligence about bombings in Kuala Lumpur and …

Leo interrupts the Roosevelt Room interview with purposeful economy: he pokes his head in, communicates the need for a presidential call regarding the downed UAV, instructs Josh to sign the …

Interrupts the interview with urgent intelligence: reports an American UAV downed in Kaliningrad, instructs Josh to come to the Oval, coordinates immediate presidential contact and a cover-story strategy, and sets …

Bursts into the Roosevelt Room, pulls Josh and then the President into an urgent Oval meeting, delivers concise threat framing (downed UAV in Kaliningrad), urges diplomatic maneuvering and proposes a …

Standing beside the President, Leo pushes context into the moment — reminding Bartlet of code-word clearances and connecting the shooting to other incidents; he moves to delineate information and push …

Leads with intelligence framing: cites code-word clearances, links the shooting to other attacks and presses for information control and containment, pushing the narrative from isolated incident to coordinated threat.

Listens while Bartlet is interrupted, quickly reframes the shooting as possibly connected to other global incidents, presses for escalation and the Crash protocol as a necessary containment step.

Leo enters from the Oval, listens to the TV briefly, pragmatically restarts 'poker' as a stabilizing ritual, and instructs Donna to tell Josh that they're 'back on' before exiting — …

Leo enters from the Oval, issues the directive to tell Josh the poker game is back on, and then exits with Donna and Will to reconstitute the informal ritual — …

Leo listens on alternate lines, provides situational awareness and offers a skeptical visual response to Bartlet's public downplay of the shooting; he functions as the President's realist—present but not speaking …

Listens on alternate lines, managing information flow offstage; reacts nonverbally (a disapproving look) when Bartlet flippantly references the Situation Room, signaling his doubt about the chosen tone and strategy.

Manages the technical and tactical report on the line: explains UAV flight profile, reports S&R activity, and bluntly tells the President he will recommend destroying the drone to deny technology …

Leo provides operational context on the phone: explains UAV low‑altitude design, attempts a cover story (coastal erosion), reports S&R deployment, and brusquely suggests destroying the UAV to prevent capture, pushing …

Leo is not present in the hallway but is invoked as the decision-maker Josh will recommend Joe to; his authority frames Josh's final move to greenlight the hire.

Leo is not present but is the explicit recipient of Josh's decision — Josh states he will recommend Joe to Leo, making Leo the institutional adjudicator of the hire.

Leo hosts and moderates the late-night card game, receives Nancy's message, exchanges a brief compliment with Bartlet, and escorts the President out for the diplomatic call—shifting from convivial host to …

Leo leans on his desk during the game, confirms Chigorin is on the line when Nancy arrives, praises Bartlet quietly, and escorts the President from the room to manage the …

Leo McGarry enters the private room with a visibly alarmed expression, approaches the President and begins delivering urgent, inaudible news; his presence immediately changes the room's tenor and precipitates Bartlet's …

Enters the room with an alarmed, purposeful expression, approaches the President and delivers an urgent, inaudible report. His presence immediately reframes the light gathering into a crisis scene through body …

Leo drives the room: demanding rapid transparency, ordering lights on, calling for C.J., pressing agencies for a coordinated public message and for hard answers to whether the nation is under …

Directs the room: requests C.J., orders lights turned on to focus analysis, demands a clear threat assessment and pushes agencies to coordinate; he tries to convert chaos into actionable steps.

Leo enters C.J.'s office, takes charge of messaging, orders that the President's emotional state not be discussed, instructs all answers to be steered to the commander‑in‑chief and informs staff that …

Leo is referenced as the operator who would be asked to act on financial-market intervention; his authority anchors conversations about instructing the Treasury and suspending trading despite his physical absence.

Hands the President the fax and the translation, provides historical parallels and analytic context, frames the ransom in precedent — steady, grimly pragmatic counsel under pressure.

Hands the President the fax and translation, frames intelligence context about origins and precedents, and supplies the blunt operational realism that hardens the room's urgency.

Leo deliberately lowers the television's volume to create privacy, asks direct questions about the house and proposal, offers blunt, unequivocal reassurance about Toby's future as a father, and maintains steady …

Activated the speaker phone, relayed technical info to the President, reassured him, and quietly accepted Bartlet's instruction to assemble the Cabinet and call the Speaker, while emotionally anchoring the President.

Leo McGarry discovers the unidentified aircraft, activates the speaker phone to patch in controllers and pilots, keeps the President tethered to reality, and later is ordered to assemble the Cabinet …

Leo is invoked by Toby twice: Toby admits 'Leo was right' and implicitly follows the counsel to return to duty — Leo's authority is present even in his absence, shaping …

Leo is not physically present but is invoked by Toby ('Leo was right'), functioning as an off-screen moral and strategic touchstone whose prior counsel informs Toby's understanding and acceptance of …

Sitting exhausted outside the White House, Leo accepts coffee, sets the cup beside a Constitution booklet, issues precise operational orders to freeze all nonessential executive paper, and instructs that a …

Sitting exhausted outside the White House, Leo converts panic into procedure: he orders the freezing of all nonessential paper, instructs Charlie to fetch a federal judge, announces that the President …

Sits on a bench outside the White House, accepts Margaret's coffee, sets the cup beside a Constitution booklet, issues a surgical order to freeze all nonessential paperwork and instructs Charlie …

Briefs Walken and staff about who was in the Beech Baron, cautions about resignation consequences, helps organize the resignation and transfer, and quietly reminds Walken and Bartlet of procedural realities …

Leo briefs attendees on logistics and legal consequences of Walken's resignation, explains witness requirements and timing, and stands as the operational linchpin coordinating the paperwork and the announcement strategy.

Leo orchestrates logistics, explains the timing and consequences of resignation, warns about legal implications, whispers confirmation to the President, and frames the handoff as necessary operationally and constitutionally.

Leo McGarry supplies legal and operational context, warns about the consequences of resignation, helps coordinate witnesses, and quietly confirms the moment by telling Bartlet 'You're relieved, sir.' He stands as …