Object
Deputy Chief's Insulin
Insulin supply bleeds away in the Haitian embassy's failing grip, critical vials or injectors for the diabetic deputy chief running dry after 24 hours without power—Nancy thrusts this desperation into the Situation Room's charged hush, Leo demanding details as 1,200 troops train howitzers on the door, Bartlet's attention fracturing under church bells while one man's survival teeters on intervention's edge.
3 appearances
Purpose
Regulate blood sugar for the diabetic deputy chief trapped in the embassy siege.
Significance
Scarcity ignites the crisis briefing's urgency, embodying fragile lives pinned between hostile artillery and fading electricity—fuels Leo's sharp probes and Nancy's negotiation push, clashing against Bartlet's grief-drowned dissociation to expose duty's raw fault lines.
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