Shanahan

Drives Leo's sedan up the gravel driveway close to Bartlet at the pickup, brakes precisely to halt, remains unseen as Leo exits for private summit.

Leo sits at the witness table, stalling Jordan's insistence by proposing breakfast, rattling off crises to justify delay, quipping sarcastically to encroaching press about a Grammy win, and evasively admitting …

Sitting alone at the witness table under ticking clock pressure, Leo invites Mike in for briefing, assigns him to Josh, takes Josh's call to rebuke intervention offers with sharp wit …

The Chairman formally instructs Leo to rise, raise his right hand, and swear the written oath, initiating the witness testimony with procedural authority amid Jordan's interruption.

The Chairman directs Leo to rise, raise his right hand, and swear the written oath before God, formally transitioning the interlude back to testimony proceedings.

Leo receives the President's call at the witness stand, acknowledges the perjury directive with a humorous deflection about global intelligence agencies, banters lightly about Jordan's outfit and Christmas plans to …

Seated at the witness table under oath, Leo calmly states his full name, notes unfamiliarity with counsel, and responds precisely to questions about his titles, longstanding friendship with Bartlet spanning …

Leo sits composed at the witness stand, delivering curt 'No's to direct questions on Bartlet's health disclosures, covers his mic to whisper strategy with Jordan, stalls via lunch banter and …

Seated at the witness stand, Leo evasively answers Rathburn's hypothetical with 'I don't know,' covers his mic to gripe about Rathburn's snottiness to Jordan, instructs her to nod along, suggests …

Leo stares blankly at Erickson, whispers mockingly about his snotty tone while flirtatiously dodging Jordan's demand for full disclosure, then publicly corrects constitutional misinterpretation, erupts in passionate defense of MS …

Places hand over his microphone, turns to Jordan for hushed whispers mocking Erickson's snotty demeanor, flirts with dinner suggestion to deflect her probing, then removes hand from mic to lean …

Walks down the hallway toward the waiting room, curtly dismisses an urgent call with 'Don't worry about it,' hangs up his cell phone, enters as guard opens door, stares blankly …

Sitting at the table, Leo murmurs nostalgically to himself about whiskey rituals, jolted responds to Jordan by confessing relapse details with CEOs and Gibson present, explains alcoholism as genetic via …

Leo sits smiling at the table, mumbling nostalgically about alcohol's sensory pleasures, then jolted confesses his relapse details, explains its genetic and psychological nature, names witnesses and confidants, agrees to …

Referenced directly by Cliff as the target of Gibson's planned sobriety attack, positioning Leo as the vulnerable focal point of the Republicans' ethical divide without his physical presence.

Leo stands in the crowded hallway shaking someone's hand, pausing to notice Cliff striding by with evident tension after the room confrontation.

Seated at witness table with Jordan, stares intently at Gibson as questioning looms on St. Louis relapse, reacts with stunned vocal disbelief 'What?' to Bruno's adjournment.

Leo sits at the witness table, visibly confused and disoriented, his exhaustion evident as he stammers a hesitant query seeking confirmation of the unexpected end to his grueling testimony, his …

Leo paces outside unseen initially, enters reading the slogan mockingly, banters evasively about leaves, daughters, Marriott stay, and his daze, then dramatically licks a napkin scribbled 'Bartlet for America' and …

Paces unseen outside initially, enters casually reading the slogan aloud, dodges questions with leaf-gazing pretext, reveals White House ambitions via 'Bartlet for America' napkin on easel.

Leo testifies calmly on TV about Edith Wilson and early campaign, smiling enigmatically, referenced in Mike's prior secret meeting disclosure.

Testifies calmly on TV feed during hearing, deftly parries Dearborn's Edith Wilson precedent probe and Abbey's MS knowledge questions, smilingly notes early campaign's storefront informality lacked high command.

Leo testifies coolly on TV from the hearing room, providing factual responses on Edith Wilson while smiling fondly when recalling the campaign's humble storefront origins, deftly evading deeper implications of …

Leo answers his cell phone remotely from the hearing, receiving Josh's direct address and confession of failure, positioned as the silent but pivotal recipient amid his own high-stakes testimony.

Enters office purposefully but exhausted, grabs phone messages from desk with back turned, turns slightly surprised to banter lightly about hearing, Rosslyn, date, and Tennessee, unwraps gift in pleased surprise, …

Affirms 'All right' to Bartlet's declaration, then walks to the door, opens it to reveal Hoynes in the hallway, shakes his hand, and quietly closes it, facilitating the room clearance.

Leo responds affirmatively to Bartlet post-rally, opens door to usher in Hoynes from hallway, shakes his hand, quietly closes door after staff exit, stands watching the tense revelation and confrontation …

Leo shakes hands with each of the three men, forcing a big smile to mask anxiety, deflects CEO1's nervousness jibe by offering incoming steak sandwiches, then pats CEO2's shoulder and …

Leo sits solitary in a chair at one end of the table, pauses reflectively, smiles wistfully, and murmurs intimate recollection of President Bartlet's stage walk and podium reverence, fortifying himself …

Leo sits silently around the coffee table, staring transfixed at the CEOs pouring drinks, his gaze fixed on the ritual unfolding before him without verbal response or movement.

Chuckles jovially with donors but facial strain betrays his fixation on scotch glasses; awkwardly changes subject to business with 'Should we get to it?'; stares intensely at CEO 2's glass …

Hunched over fidgeting in his seat across the coffee table, Leo nods tensely to the CEOs' hedging proposal, impulsively demands 'Gimme a sip of that' from CEO 2's glass, lifts …

Leo drinks scotch heartily and smokes while conversing casually with CEOs, glances at Gibson twice, chuckles silently at the warning, and takes another deliberate sip, embodying unyielding bravado amid his …

Leo, stonefaced and on grim auto-pilot, opens the wall cupboard mini-bar, pulls out several miniature booze bottles, checks his watch repeatedly, and mentally fixates on the debate site incident that …

Deeply intoxicated on the sofa, Leo pours another scotch, gulps it down, struggles unsteadily to the bed to hit speakerphone for Josh's call, registers buzzer and knocks amid labored breathing, …

Intoxicated and unsteady, Leo gulps scotch, answers Josh's call on speakerphone with labored responses, registers buzzer and knock, shakily stands to smooth his appearance, opens door to Gibson, feigns casualness …

Leo's driver, present in limo with Bartlet, receives direct barked order to 'Let's go' post-phone hang-up, poised to hurtle toward Sit Room amid mobilized crisis.

The driver, poised in the presidential limo, receives Bartlet's abrupt post-call directive 'Let's go,' spurring instant departure toward crisis escalation—silent enabler of mobilization.