Residence Movie Room
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The Residence Movie Room is referenced as the adjacent space where Tony's grandkids are watching Laurel and Hardy. It functions as the reason children are present in the residence and helps establish the scene's domestic normalcy.
Comfortable, occupied, light-hearted — a low-stakes counterpoint to the seriousness beyond the residence.
Secondary domestic space that contains and distracts the children, enabling the private conversation in the study.
Symbolizes ordinary family life persisting amid political turmoil; a small island of normalcy.
Private residential space for family and guests; not part of formal White House operations.
The adjacent residence movie room is referenced as the place where Tony's grandkids were watching the Laurel and Hardy movie. It functions as the source of domestic normalcy and the reason the children could be indulged with candy.
Warm, distracted, domestically noisy (implied by the movie).
Background refuge for children and extended family; allows adults brief privacy while children are occupied.
Symbolizes ordinary family life continuing at the edges of monumental public duty.
Private family room within the residence; accessible to family and invited guests.
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President Bartlet returns to find Abbey asleep in his private study, gently wakes her with a teasing confession that he secretly gave the children candy. The small, playful exchange exposes …
Late at night in the private study Bartlet finds Abbey half-asleep and exchanges a warm, teasing domestic moment about giving the children candy. Instead of joining her, he stays up—announcing …