Cairo
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
Flash-referenced as origin of the diplomatic gift during President's trip, where Sherry handed the statue to C.J., fueling current hallway crisis and underscoring time-lapsed negligence.
N/A (referenced past event)
Inciting incident backdrop
Distant source of present peril
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Cairo is referenced by Hoynes as the site of a bilateral commission and the context for his policy boasting; its invocation grounds Hoynes' claims of foreign policy authority and provides a policy cover story that is undermined by the leaks.
Absent physically but rhetorically present; namedropping yields a backdrop of diplomatic gravitas that fails to shield personal failures.
Contextual policy theatre invoked to bolster Hoynes' credibility and distract from personal allegations.
Symbolizes the reach of Hoynes' ambitions and the contrast between real policy work and self-promotional exaggeration.
Not applicable to the scene (referenced location only).
Cairo is evoked as Hoynes' policy focus and the locus for his bilateral commission; it functions narratively as an attempt to redirect attention from domestic scandal toward respectable foreign policy work.
Not physically present; referenced as a formal, diplomatic site with bureaucratic priorities.
Policy locus invoked to reframe Hoynes' public purpose and distract from gossip.
Represents political gravitas Hoynes aspires to, used as rhetorical cover against personal scandal.
Foreign delegation context implied; entry limited to official actors and diplomats.
Events at This Location
Everything that happens here
Charlie urgently intercepts C.J. in the hallway, bantering through her playful nicknames before revealing Hassan Ali's impending visit and the missing ceramic cat statue gifted to the President in Cairo—Protocol …
In a late-night Oval briefing Hoynes maintains a composed, diplomatic posture—steering discussion toward Cairo, legal and regulatory reform, and politely dismissing his staff—until Bartlet's senior team barges in with the …
President Bartlet's senior staff burst into Vice President John Hoynes's office to confront him about explosive leaks alleging he suppressed a NASA report and intervened at the Justice Department. Under …