Millgate

Dalton Millgate strides into White House corridors as a scientist and Sam's former professor, leveraging personal ties to secure supercollider funding amid relentless crises. Sam champions his cause, orchestrating an introduction to Senator Jack Enlow to bypass stalled congressional channels. Millgate embodies academia's urgent plea for visionary physics projects, threading ambition through political backchannels where Sam's idealism clashes with Leo's caution. His arrival sharpens staff debates on blending science advocacy with administration priorities, marking him as a catalyst bridging lecture halls and power brokers.

6 appearances

Also known as: Dr. Millgate

Millgate's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

6 moments

S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Leo Tasks C.J. with Discreet Nolan Recusal Probe Amid Abbey's Birthday Shadow

Unknown (off-screen)

Mentioned by Sam as the physicist en route to White House for supercollider funding intro to Enlow, overlapping crisis orbits.

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S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Leo Tasks C.J. on Nolan Recusal; Sam and Leo Spar Over Supercollider and Abbey Intervention

Implied urgency off-screen

Dalton Millgate cited by Sam as incoming guest and former prof needing Enlow hookup for supercollider funding, sparking Leo's scrutiny and Sam's justification in the debate.

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S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Josh Uncovers Donna's Citizenship Panic

urgent

waiting in the Northwest Lobby for Sam, walks to Sam's office, emphatically describes the Superconducting Supercollider project and lack of lobby support, urges Sam to talk to the senator, and …

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S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Sam's Supercollider Interrogation Ends in Millgate's Cancer Bombshell

Sarcastic defiance masking passionate conviction, shifting to exposed vulnerability upon confessing terminal illness.

Millgate waits smoking in Sam's office, stands casually, retorts sarcastically to the smoking reprimand, follows to the portico while puffing cigar, delivers biting tutorial on Supercollider as Big Bang recreator …

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S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Sam Outmaneuvers Enlow's Supercollider Sabotage

Resigned philosophy veiling terminal acceptance and quiet defiance against futile interventions

Millgate sits philosophically invoking FDR and Churchill's smoking legacies during supercollider talk, rises after Sam's introduction to Enlow, dons his coat post-resolution, firmly declines hotel stay and Sloane-Kettering treatment, expresses …

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S3E15 · Dead Irish Writers

Millgate's Stoic Farewell and Sam's Heartfelt Plea

Stoic resignation tempered by mutual respect and quiet gratitude

Dismisses Enlow crudely as 'Fruit Loops'; stands, dons coat refusing room or treatment; thanks Sam warmly; exits with wry quip praising his government support despite not suiting physicist role.

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Affiliation

Sloane-Kettering