Charlie Gifts Bartlet Rare 1709 Holy Land Map
Plot Beats
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Bartlet and Charlie exchange morning pleasantries, revealing Charlie's weekend activities and his thoughtful gift for the President.
Charlie presents Bartlet with a 1709 map of the Holy Land, sparking the President's fascination and gratitude.
Bartlet examines the map's details with admiration, insisting on keeping it to study further despite Charlie's offer to have it framed.
Leo enters, and Bartlet eagerly shares the map with him, transitioning the scene's focus to their impending private conversation.
Who Was There
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Politely agreeable and quietly pleased by the President's delight and gratitude
Charlie engages in light weekend banter with Bartlet, humbly recounts his time spent working, presents the rare 1709 Holy Land map as a thoughtful flea market gift, offers to handle framing, and accepts thanks with modest poise at his desk outpost.
- • Strengthen personal bond with Bartlet through a tailored gift
- • Demonstrate unwavering dedication via weekend work and gesture
- • Small personal acts affirm loyalty in high-stakes service
- • President's intellectual passions deserve thoughtful recognition
playful and delighted
engages in light weekend banter with Charlie, receives and enthusiastically admires the rare map, vows to frame it after studying, and eagerly shows it to Leo highlighting landmarks
- • bond with Charlie through banter
- • indulge intellectual curiosity by studying the map
- • share the gift with Leo
Appreciative and professionally attuned, bridging levity to impending gravity
Leo arrives with a crisp good morning greeting, pauses to admire the map Bartlet thrusts toward him—praising it as beautiful—noting landmarks before accepting the invitation to enter the Oval Office proper, transitioning seamlessly from casual to business.
- • Acknowledge the President's excitement to build rapport
- • Enter for urgent discussions on censure and scandal
- • Shared enthusiasms fortify leadership alliances
- • Personal moments precede political reckonings
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Key Dialogue
"CHARLIE: "Yeah? It's a map of the Holy Land that was drawn in 1709. It's titled 'Canaan, Palestine, or the Holy Land.""
"BARTLET: "Nice sucking up." CHARLIE: "Thank you, sir.""
"BARTLET: "Look at this map. 1709. The Dead Sea, Jordan River, Mount Sinai." LEO: "That's beautiful.""