Leo's Computer

Leo's computer sits in his office during a late-night poker game turned urgent work session. Will types on it to search internet sites for equinox and egg-balancing claims, pulling up results that fail to settle the debate. Staff members including Bartlet, Leo, C.J., Debbie, Larry, and Toby gather around as the screen displays these findings, fueling discussion amid shifting crises from security updates to diplomacy.

2 appearances

Purpose

Accessing internet for research on equinox egg-balancing claims

Significance

Will's search on the computer highlights the staff's need for evidence amid personal rituals, underscoring C.J.'s later success in balancing the egg despite online skepticism

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E20 · Evidence of Things Not Seen

Late-Night Poker & The Lifted Lockdown

Leo's computer functions as the information node: Will uses it to search 'equinox' and 'egg' sites, producing the skeptical results that feed the egg-balancing subplot and provide a brief, humanizing counterpoint to the night's crises.

Before: On Leo's desk, in use by Will to perform web searches.

After: Idle after Will announces he's leaving; the search results remain on screen as staff shuffle out.

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S4E20 · Evidence of Things Not Seen

Midnight Egg — Belief, Departure, and Quiet Proof

Leo's computer functions as the research device that Will (at the screen) uses to search 'equinox' and 'egg', bringing back skeptical results and named websites. It fuels the intellectual argument that precedes the egg's private demonstration.

Before: Powered on and being used for ad-hoc internet searches about equinox/egg claims.

After: Left idle after results are read aloud; the room shifts focus away from the screen toward departure and the egg.

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