Character

Garry Vernon Clarke

elusive reckless tragic

Garry Vernon Clarke pilots the stolen nuclear waste truck through Idaho's peril, his life extinguished in a crash that unleashes uncontrollable flames beyond containment specs. Leo McGarry names him sharply in the Oval Office—'He's Garry Vernon Clarke'—correcting haze amid pager jests, thrusting President Bartlet's circle into raw crisis. Clarke's apparent accident, driver dead amid breached rigs, crystallizes the theft's human toll, escalating national security shadows while humanizing catastrophe's bite against personal recoveries.

2 appearances

Garry Vernon …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S3E17 · Stirred

Leo Briefs Bartlet on Burning Nuclear Trucks and Stolen Rig Amid Pager Banter

Deceased, inert in referenced accident

Named explicitly by Leo as the deceased driver of the stolen nuclear truck, his fatal accident in Idaho's remote crash humanizing the theft's toll amid the ongoing inferno.

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S3E17 · Stirred

Leo Stonewalls Bartlet on Secret Roosevelt Room Meeting

Deceased, invoked as tragic figure

Explicitly named by Leo as Garry Vernon Clarke, the deceased driver of the stolen nuclear waste truck from Glen's Ferry, humanizing the crisis's toll during the briefing's close.

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Affiliation

Office of the Governor of Idaho