Bartlet Inauguration Motorcade

Presidential limousine leads the motorcade through the inauguration procession. Bartlet and Abbey banter inside about canceling the parade, their teasing revealing his pride and her wit. The convoy pulls into the underground parking lot, where Charlie reports the missing ceremonial Bible, shifting from intimate levity to logistical crisis amid idling engines and security.

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Purpose

Transports President Bartlet, Abbey, Charlie, Ed, and Larry from parade route to underground swearing-in site during inauguration day.

Significance

Frames Bartlet's human side through spousal ribbing, then exposes bureaucratic flaws with the Bible's absence, blending ceremony with comic frustration and quick fixes.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Missing Bible, Quick Fix

The motorcade (the presidential convoy) is the means of transport that delivers Bartlet and staff to the Capitol and into the underground lot; it sets the stage physically for the discovery and the walk-and-talk that follows.

Before: Moving down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol with the President and entourage aboard.

After: Parked/arrived in the underground parking lot where staff disembark and the Bible problem is revealed.

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