Location
Tidal Basin Park (park near the Tidal Basin)
Explicitly located near the Tidal Basin; site of a picnic scene in The West Wing S01E20 ('Mandatory Minimums') involving Toby Ziegler and Congresswoman Andrea Wyatt; linked to specific props (Andrea Wyatt's Tupperware pie container, picnic blanket) and event/scene UUIDs.
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Events with rich location context
S1E20
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Mandatory Minimums
Pie, Politics, and Mandatory Minimums
A sunlit park beside the Tidal Basin provides an open, public but intimate stage for Andrea and Toby's exchange; its casual pleasantness allows personal banter, while its civic proximity underscores the political stakes of their debate and the public consequences of private decisions.
Atmosphere
Light, intimate, and deceptively relaxed — the mood shifts between playful warmth and mounting seriousness.
Functional Role
Meeting place for an informal, off‑the‑record conversation that blurs personal and political lines.
Symbolic Significance
A civic limen: public space where private moral arguments spill into the political arena.
Access Restrictions
Open to the public; no formal restrictions indicated.
Sunlight on grass
Soft hush of water from the Tidal Basin
Distant city noise
Picnic blanket, crumbs, and a casual breeze
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