Street Adjacent to Church Steps
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The street adjacent to the church steps is where Stackhouse exits and vanishes into the crowd, providing immediate egress and symbolic return to the public sphere after his private endorsement.
Nighttime anonymity — a public thoroughfare that swallows high-profile figures after intimate exchanges.
Egress route and cover for public figures leaving the church steps.
Represents the interface between private political decisions and public consequence.
Open public street; no formal restrictions in the scene.
The street adjacent to the church steps is where Stackhouse crosses and disappears after delivering his endorsement, offering a quick exit route from the spotlight into the anonymity of the crowd.
Nocturnal and diffuse — the public urban noise contrasts with the church's interior quiet.
Egress and absorption point that removes the Senator from immediate public optics after a discreet political act.
Symbolizes the movement from private conviction back into the public arena.
Public street; open access but momentarily crowded.
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Outside the church Toby storms C.J., moving from comic bluster to real panic about the risk a second debate poses for Bartlet. C.J. reframes fear into a pragmatic solution — …
Susan engineers a late-night, private handoff between Senator Stackhouse and President Bartlet where Stackhouse quietly praises Bartlet's restraint and, using a new-pilot/ instruments metaphor, signals a morning endorsement. That tacit …