Location

Schenectady, New York

Schenectady anchors Central New York as the city where agents tracked five Qumari religious fanatics—Bahji sleeper suspects—until they vanished, prompting President Bartlet to raise Threat Condition Bravo. Josh pinpoints it during Oval Office urgency, evoking quiet streets under federal watch now laced with absence. Surveillance grips neighborhoods; disappearance turns routine blocks into national security voids, staff voices tight with vanished leads.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S4E22 · Commencement

Bartlet Owns the Hit; Threat Con Bravo Raised

Schenectady is specifically called out as the city where Qumari suspects were tracked before they disappeared, giving a precise locus to the intelligence failure and focusing staff concern.

Atmosphere

Specific and unnerving—locality brings the threat close to home.

Functional Role

Specific surveillance site and narrative focal point for vanished agents.

Symbolic Significance

Embodies vulnerability in seemingly ordinary places.

Access Restrictions

Local law enforcement interplay with federal agencies.

Neighborhood surveillance implied Disappearance occurred overnight

S4E22 · Commencement

Confession, Commencement, and the Daughter's Detail

Schenectady is cited as the specific city where Qumari suspects had been watched; its mention localizes the threat to an identifiable American community and sharpens staff incredulity about surveillance failures.

Atmosphere

Everyday streets newly infused with suspicion.

Functional Role

Concrete locus of counterterror surveillance and the site of the operational lapse.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the tension between domestic normalcy and hidden threats.

Access Restrictions

Previously monitored; now a scene for intensified federal activity.

Urban/suburban footprint under surveillance. Disappearance occurred suddenly, prompting immediate federal focus.

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S4E22 · Commencement

Bartlet Owns the Hit; Threat Con Bravo Raised

In the Oval, President Bartlet abruptly confesses he ordered a covert Special Ops strike that killed Abdul Shareef and acknowledges the administration masked the operation. Leo immediately frames the action …

S4E22 · Commencement

Confession, Commencement, and the Daughter's Detail

In the Oval, President Bartlet abruptly confesses to his senior staff that he ordered a Special Ops hit on Abdul Shareef, framing the political and legal fallout even as the …