Jamie Hotchkiss

vigilant compliant principled loyal defiant dutiful defensive volatile professional

Jamie anchors C.J. Cregg's protective detail as the off-going Secret Service agent, trailing her through West Wing corridors and surrendering shifts with crisp efficiency to Simon Donovan. She murmurs encrypted relays—'Dawson, 8:09. I've got Flamingo'—into her phone at office thresholds, eyes locked on perimeters before yielding privacy with unhesitating 'Yes ma'am.' Professional vigilance defines her, buffering the Press Secretary's orbit amid stalker shadows and protocol steel, her quiet competence weaving seamless security in the administration's tense churn.

9 appearances

Secret Service Protective Detail

Jamie Hotchkiss's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

9 moments

S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

C.J. Interrogates Jamie Hotchkiss on Voucher Leak

Boiling indignation at accusation fused with righteous fury over undermined efforts

Jamie enters visibly agitated about the leaked quote derailing his nine-month voucher project, fields C.J.'s questions with mounting defensiveness, flatly denies leaking or knowing the culprit, vows loyalty by refusing …

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S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

C.J. Jokingly Confesses to Escape Interrogation Hell

Pissed defiance hardening into indignant withdrawal

Storms out after vehement leak denial, leaving charged silence that triggers C.J.'s exhaustion collapse, his exit punctuating the fraying trust and intensifying the personal toll on interrogator.

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Bruno Muscles In on Campos Crisis as Fire Rages Ignored

mentioned as on the phone with Sam providing fire update

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Campos' Defection Sparks Bruno's Authority Grab

Professionally urgent amid escalating disaster reporting

Jamie delivers critical Yellowstone fire update over phone—now 1,500 acres burning—before Sam abruptly hangs up to address intruders, underscoring sidelined crisis.

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Sam's Fire Outburst Amid Marginalized Power Struggle

Professional urgency (inferred from context)

Jamie on phone with Sam, providing Yellowstone fire update just before hang-up, voice cut off as Leo/Bruno enter.

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

C.J. Banters with Simon Over 'Flamingo' Protocols, Confides Aging Insecurities to Carol

Calmly professional and detached

Trails C.J. into the corridor as off-going agent, receives crisp thanks from Simon for seamless handover, exits promptly to allow new detail to assume control.

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

C.J. Confides Prom-Correction Insecurity to Carol

enters as off-going Secret Service agent following C.J., is thanked by Simon and departs

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

C.J. and Simon's Intimate Rosslyn Revelation

Steadfastly neutral and professionally composed under pressure

Waits vigilantly by C.J.'s office door in the corridor, speaks coded position report 'Dawson, 8:09. I've got Flamingo' into phone, then immediately complies with C.J.'s request for privacy by stepping …

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Simon Discovers Stalker's Death Threat Email

waits by the door of C.J.'s office on the phone relaying 'This is Dawson, 8:09. I've got Flamingo', and is dismissed by C.J. to provide privacy.

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Affiliation

Bartlet Administration (Executive Office of the President)

Executive governance, West Wing operations, presidential communications, crisis management, and logistical coordination