Location

Calling Bank

Joey and Kenny snake through the Calling Bank's fevered grid, phones shrieking as operatives hammer precinct lines for scraps of voter intent—17% response rate taunts Josh's demands, frustration boiling over scandal whispers and media drag on their SOTU triumph. Desks sag under scrawled voter rolls, screens pulse raw data amid night-sweat urgency; every unanswered ring tightens the noose on momentum, Donna's matchmaking barbs slicing chaotic air laced with stale coffee and frayed resolve. Chaos reigns as polls clash with personal deflections, this nerve cluster dictating the campaign's raw pulse.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh Drops Sloane's Excessive Force Bombshell

Calling Bank grid teems as epicenter of circulation and confrontation, desks sagging under Josh's pacing, Joey's tease, and scandal echoes—raw site where low response rates taunt ambitions amid cop news sabotage.

Atmosphere

Urgent chaos with spiking frustration

Functional Role

Voter contact battleground

Symbolic Significance

Microcosm of polling grind's human toll

Shrieking phones and headsets Clustered desks with coffee rings Pollsters hunched in aisles

S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh's Polling Impatience Clashes with Donna's Matchmaking

The calling bank grid is the immediate stage for Joey and Kenny's circulation, where the Sloane scandal is unpacked and poll response frustrations erupt, desks sagging under the weight of voter rolls and headsets.

Atmosphere

High-wire urgency with low response taunting ambitions

Functional Role

Core site for dialing precincts and tabulating data

Symbolic Significance

Nerve center dictating electoral pulse amid personal deflections

Access Restrictions

Operational zone for pollsters only

Shrieking phones Hunched operatives at desks

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S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh Drops Sloane's Excessive Force Bombshell

In the chaotic National Strategies Group post-SOTU, Josh abruptly reveals to Donna that honored guest Jack Sloane, the off-duty hero cop, was reprimanded 17 years ago by Detroit PD for …

S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh's Polling Impatience Clashes with Donna's Matchmaking

In the frenetic National Strategies Group polling room, Josh briefs Donna and Joey on hero cop Jack Sloane's 17-year-old excessive violence reprimand, amplifying pre-SOTU scandal anxiety. He then hounds Joey …