Location
Exit 29 (Connecticut highway exit)
Exit 29 — the next highway exit referenced in The West Wing episode "Celestial Navigation" — is a nondescript Connecticut off-ramp encountered at night. In the scene it functions as the decisive roadside hinge where Sam's car peels off, a missed turn and brief turnaround condense delay and comic rivalry: headlights smear across reflective chevrons under sodium lamps as Sam, Toby, and companions negotiate navigation mishaps. The exit grounds Sam's hurried travel anecdote and is the specific landmark (Exit 29) tied to the scene.
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S1E15
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Celestial Navigation
Identity Confirmed — Local Arrest Becomes Political Flashpoint
Exit 29 is invoked in Sam's offhand travel anecdote as the point where their route changed, compressing delay and misnavigation into a small concrete detail that underscores how trivial missteps cascaded into the present crisis.
Atmosphere
Evocative and minorly rueful — a roadside image that implies wasted time and misdirection.
Functional Role
Contextual landmark explaining delay and setting up the night's chain of events.
Symbolic Significance
Represents a small logistical error that compounds into larger consequences.
Weathered highway sign (implied)
Barely-lit off-ramp image in Sam's anecdote
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