Bartlet's Presidential Motorcade

Engines thrum with restrained urgency amid Arlington Cemetery's mournful silence, sleek limousine hunkered at the convoy's core—flanked by Secret Service SUVs and motorcycles—as Leo, Bartlet, and Charlie stride toward it from Mrs. Landingham's grave. Bartlet wrenches the door open, slides inside with jaw set against grief, and the motorcade lurches forward, tires crunching gravel while sirens wail, hurtling from personal confession to terror-threat reckoning.

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S3E20 · We Killed Yamamoto

Bartlet's Graveside Therapy Confession and Shareef's Menacing Intel

Motorcade idles amid cemetery silence as group walks toward it post-intel; Bartlet wrenches limo door open, slides in with jaw set, triggering departure—engines roar, tires crunch gravel, sirens wail, yanking from sacred pause into crisis velocity.

Before: Parked and idling with Leo leaning on flank

After: In motion, surging from cemetery with full presidential convoy

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S3E20 · We Killed Yamamoto

Bartlet Presses Reluctant Leo for Shareef's Coded Terror Threat

The idling motorcade looms as destination during the walking briefing; Bartlet wrenches open the limo door, slides in post-glasses removal, and triggers its urgent departure from cemetery grounds, hurtling toward Oval confrontations.

Before: Parked and cruising idly amid security at Arlington.

After: Activated and speeding away, sirens heralding crisis momentum.

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