New Delhi (diplomatic posting — Lord John Marbury, S01E11)
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
New Delhi is the geopolitical locus invoked to justify Marbury's expertise; it functions as the background credential that grants Marbury authority in the President's eyes and as the origin point of the military threat being briefed.
Referenced, not present—evokes diplomatic complexity and regional specificity.
Credential context and source of the intelligence crisis.
Represents the foreign arena whose instability requires expert intervention.
Sovereign foreign territory—requires diplomatic channels to engage directly.
New Delhi is the referent for Marbury's expertise and the origin point of the crisis; its mention situates the diplomatic stakes that justify bringing in an India expert.
Absent but weighty — invoked as the theater of operations that produced the intelligence briefing.
Contextual foreign capital that anchors the President's tactical choice for expertise.
Represents the foreign ground of crisis that the administration must understand and influence.
New Delhi is invoked through the press releases' copy and C.J.'s comment about misspelling; its name functions as both a factual referent in international messaging and a small, pointed detail that underscores the staff's attention to optics amid crisis.
Referenced with bureaucratic terseness; the name itself carries diplomatic weight beyond the office's immediate mood.
Referenced geographic pivot shaping press language and the international dimension of the crisis narrative.
Signals the global stakes behind what otherwise looks like an internal quarrel over procedure and reputation.
Not physically present; functions as an external locus that staff must manage rhetorically.
Events at This Location
Everything that happens here
Joe delivers a sober, terrifying appraisal of India's nuclear capabilities and fragile command-and-control, answering Toby's direct demand and converting abstract danger into immediate strategic panic. Bartlet punctures the dread with …
In the Oval Office, a grim intelligence briefing turns existential: Joe outlines India's nuclear capability and the unreliable command-and-control that makes escalation unpredictable. Bartlet punctures the dread with gallows humor …
In C.J.'s office, a terse confrontation exposes how internal secrecy and personal relationships have cost the press secretary dearly. C.J. is furious after being sent into a briefing uninformed; Toby …