Location
Cargo Shack
Located outside town, serving as a narrative device filled with thematic significance.
1 events
1 rich involvements
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
S1E6
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Mr. Willis of Ohio
Privilege and Protection
The cargo shack is invoked as the grim hostage location in Bartlet's scenario, a rusted, isolated place where Zoey could be held—it concentrates fear into a single, salvage‑free image that justifies intrusive protection.
Atmosphere
Squalid, suffocating, claustrophobic in the imagined timeline.
Functional Role
Worst-case hostage containment—narrative device to dramatize stakes.
Symbolic Significance
Represents the reduction of a loved one to a bargaining chip and the personal costs of political office.
Access Restrictions
Isolated and remote in the hypothetical scenario.
Single bare bulb over oil-dark crates (imagined)
Crooked chain on a sagging door and pooled shadows
Diesel and damp cloth odors (imagined)
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