Ed Barrie

mischievous jovial teasing

Ed Barrie erupts into White House bullpens with Larry, fax clutched like contraband—a NASA hoax screams Chinese satellite Armageddon, Donna's terror fueling their mocking glee. From Oval Office radio retakes amid Tribbey's bat chaos to Roosevelt Room seating marathons orbiting C.J. and Leo, he channels comms frenzy into irreverent release, pranking colleagues to slash tension in Josh's domain, Donna's orbit, and policy maelstroms paralleling concealed crises.

8 appearances

White House Communications Support

Also known as: Ed

Ed Barrie's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

8 moments

S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

Toby Alerts CJ to Barrie's Media Blitz; She Summons Him for Showdown

Defiant antagonism toward administration

Retiring General Barrie looms as the absent aggressor, his Sunday media blitz across three shows dissected and targeted for disruption, positioning him as the crisis catalyst whose critiques demand immediate …

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

C.J. Shreds General Barrie's 'Ring and Run' TV Plot

Implied defiant and aggrieved (via defense), soon to face rebuke

Absent but pivotal—General Barrie dispatched Buckley as proxy; his scheme to critique military readiness and the administration on morning TV right before retirement is ruthlessly exposed and condemned by C.J. …

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

C.J. Exposes General Barrie's Stolen Valor

Bombastic fury masking insecurity, collapsing into deflated humiliation

Barges aggressively past Carol into C.J.'s office despite her block, launches uninterrupted bombastic tirade citing combat deployments, readiness stats like C4 divisions, and threatens Meet the Press appearance; deflates under …

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

Bartlet's Triumphant Radio Tribute to Overlooked Women Pioneers

Absent but framed as honor-bound critic.

General Barrie is invoked by name as the crisis focal point—C.J. seeks instructions on his containment, Bartlet defends his Vietnam service granting him unfiltered speech rights, overriding staff pressure.

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

Abbey and Bartlet's Flirty Banter Interrupted by CJ

N/A (mentioned off-screen)

Invoked by C.J. as crisis focal point; Bartlet debates then greenlights his unbridled media expression, citing Vietnam service as earned privilege despite personal disagreements.

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

Bartlet Grants Barrie Meet the Press Freedom and Rushes to Abbey

Empowered by presidential reprieve (inferred)

Absent but pivotally invoked by CJ's query and Bartlet's monologue, positioned as the freed critic whose Vietnam valor earns unfiltered airtime despite administration tensions.

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S2E20 · The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Donna's Bullpen Greeting Interrupted by Satellite Prank Panic

amused

approaches with Larry laughing, delivers and reveals details of prank fax to Donna, mocks her panic

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S2E20 · The Fall's Gonna Kill You

Josh Confronted by DOJ's Tobacco Fraud Funding Crisis

amused

Approaches Donna laughing with Larry, reveals fax about Chinese satellite from Byron Talmadge.

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