Jake Kimball

despondent overwhelmed resolute self-sacrificing

Jake Kimball commands Antares as CEO, hurtling into White House crisis when 80 million defective chips trigger recall Armageddon, gutting every product line and slashing 75,000 U.S. jobs. Face ravaged like a century's siege, suicidal desperation drives him to Leo's threshold with Thursday's NASDAQ deathblow looming. Overwhelmed yet unyielding, he clashes with Bartlet in Leo's office—unaware of loan pleas, he seizes contract lifelines, vows two salary-less years, enforces 50% manager cuts before layoffs, forging ethical pacts that tether corporate collapse to presidential rescue amid Oval Office infernos.

4 appearances

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Jake Kimball's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

4 moments

S3E18 · Enemies Foreign and Domestic

Leo Unveils Antares Chip Recall Catastrophe

Devastated to the point of suicidal despair from corporate ruin

Invoked by Leo as having flown in that morning, physically ravaged like 'a hundred years old,' desperately briefing on the recall's annihilation before retreating, his suicidal edge relayed to underscore …

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S3E18 · Enemies Foreign and Domestic

Fitzwallace Exposes Russian Heavy Water Reactor in Iran

Despondent and suicidal, as relayed

Jake Kimball is invoked by Leo just prior as 'looking a hundred years old' from Antares' recall despair, his suicidal desperation haunting the room's atmosphere as the briefing pivots, symbolizing …

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S3E18 · Enemies Foreign and Domestic

Leo Flags HMO Vote Acceleration as Sam Reveals Chigorin's Coded Signal

Crisis-hovering tension

Briefly noted by Leo as awaiting in his office post-decision, underscoring queued economic crisis.

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S3E18 · Enemies Foreign and Domestic

Bartlet Brokers Contracts and Accountability for Kimball's Crisis

Overwhelmed gratitude mingled with profound relief and exhaustion

Seated in stunned desperation, Kimball responds haltingly to Pong query, disavows knowledge of loan request, gratefully accepts contract lifeline, commits to forgoing two years' salary and 50% manager pay cuts …

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Affiliation

Russia

Sovereign Military Security and Diplomatic Cover Operations