Cassie Tatum

Will Confronts the Missing Speechwriters and Toby's Message

Calm, businesslike surface with a hint of impatience — focused on communicating facts rather than expressing worry.

Cassie greets Will, identifies the four women as speechwriting interns, and clearly relays Toby's voicemail instruction that Will should call—serving as the event's informational catalyst and steadying presence among uncertain …

Intern Orientation Goes Off Script

Forthright and slightly defiant; unwilling to play the performative game and comfortable exposing its emptiness.

Breaks the drill's rhetorical pretension with blunt clarity — frames the policy contrast plainly and then surprises Will by admitting a ballet background, which punctures his line of questioning.

Toby Calls; Will Papers Over the Intern Crisis

Defensive but honest—she's both amused and exasperated by the mismatch between her background and the task.

Pushes back candidly when asked to write tax speeches, bluntly reveals she trained at the 'London School of Ballet,' and questions Will's expectation—her candor punctures the scene's attempted authority and …

Late-Night Call — Speech Draft vs. Sam's Campaign

Irritated and defensive; bruised by public correction but eager to be taken seriously.

Defensive when Will calls her 'number 24', asserts her name and credentials, and supplies background detail about her major when challenged.

Will Calls Out Interns, Reasserts Control

Irritated and embarrassed; trying to protect her competence while absorbing humiliating correction.

Defensive when Will calls her by number, reacts irritably as he questions the existence of organizations she cited, asserts her academic credentials to defend herself, and is publicly put on …

Midnight Triage — Will Drills the Interns

Weary but assertive; quietly resentful of Will's harshness and protective of younger interns.

Defends pragmatic triage: tells Will interns have finite time and energy, explains the Mess is closed, and pushes for prioritization while noting the group's physical depletion.

Midnight Recall — Will's Intern Clash and the Accelerated Deadline

Tired but steady; quietly exasperated at Will's tone while focused on keeping work realistic.

Cassie defends the interns' effort, flags practical constraints (they haven't eaten, Mess is closed), and recommends triage—attempting to translate managerial pressure into logistical reality.

Will's Wake-Up Call: Tax Lesson and Intern Rebuke

Tired and defensive on the surface, trying to translate exhaustion into credibility; quietly flustered but determined to protect the team.

Enters early, answers Will's questions about sleep, declares she has been there the longest, defends the group's effort and absorbs Will's rebuke while visibly exhausted but steadying the interns' case.

Elsie Calls Will a 'Hardass' — Plexiglass Breaks

Implied amused and frank — her prior comment provides social leverage for Elsie's rebuke.

Cassie is not onstage but is invoked by Elsie as the origin of the 'sister' and 'step brother' lines; her offscreen candidness catalyzes the exchange about Will's personality.

From Tax Rhetoric to Crisis: Interns Self-Deploy

Weary but resolute; exhaustion informs urgency rather than paralysis.

As the most senior intern present she pushes for triage and structure, asking bluntly for a 'bible' of communications material even while admitting fatigue; she immediately begins organizing priorities with …

Brainstorm Backfire: 'Saudis' Joke Tests the Room

S4E21 · Life on Mars

Mildly concerned and focused on execution; quietly anxious about whether the joke will land under strict time constraints.

Answers logistics questions about the food (confirms turkey), asks a pacing question about how the gag will read in a 15-second spot, and acts as the pragmatic sanity-check in the …

Chin's Lunch Breaks the Tension

S4E21 · Life on Mars

Mildly anxious about execution and timing; calm in handling logistics but alert to the joke's fallout.

Cassie supplies logistical confirmation about the turkey, asks the pragmatic question about timing in a 15-second spot, and acts as the team's practical conscience regarding execution.