Bathroom
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Events with rich location context
Acts as Bartlet's immediate retreat, entered obliviously then exited swiftly upon Abbey's call; underscores his flight from intimacy, a tiled threshold symbolizing evasion in the face of vulnerability during re-election's personal toll.
Transitional and abrupt, implying hurried isolation
Refuge for evasion and quick re-entry
Barrier reinforcing emotional unavailability
Private adjunct to bedroom, accessible only to Bartlet here
The bathroom thresholds the climax as Josh smacks its doorframe in rage then shuffles inside, slamming the door for scalding shower isolation—serving as refuge veiling his unraveling from Donna's gaze in solitary reset.
Intimate, tense prelude to steamy seclusion
Site of physical fury release and emotional retreat
Sanctuary masking political fractures
Personal space, entered only by Josh post-outburst
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Everything that happens here
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