Character

Boy

observant direct sociable

Sunlight bathes a churchyard cluster of boys where this Boy erupts from casual chatter, voice slicing sharp: 'Jed, Jed, your father's calling you.' He yanks young Jed Bartlet from peer bonds into Dr. Bartlet's stern shadow, his alert bridging carefree youth against looming paternal judgment. Triggered by distant church bells amid Bartlet's White House grief and Haitian crisis, the Boy materializes as vivid sentinel of formative discipline, his simple summons echoing the moral anchors Mrs. Landingham would later reinforce in Jed's path to presidency.

3 appearances

Jed Bartlet's Childhood Peers

Boy's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S2E22 · Two Cathedrals

Situation Room Briefing on Besieged Haitian Embassy

Neutral messenger urgency

In the triggered flashback, the Boy sharply summons young Jed from his peers, bridging the churchyard chatter to Dr. Bartlet's authority with a direct alert amid the sunny, bell-ringing day.

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S2E22 · Two Cathedrals

Church Bells Trigger Bartlet's Flashback to Smoking Reprimand and First Landingham Meeting

Casual insistence bridging play to discipline

Erupts from group of boys in sunlit churchyard, sharply alerting young Jed that his father is calling, propelling him from peers into paternal confrontation.

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S2E22 · Two Cathedrals

Leo Drives Tense Embassy Crisis Briefing

Casual attentiveness

Within triggered flashback, calls out from boy group to alert young Jed that his father is summoning him, bridging play to paternal authority.

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Affiliation

Red Cross

Humanitarian disaster relief and emergency-response coordination with federal agencies and executive crisis staff