Margaret's Phone

Margaret explodes through Leo's office door into night-shrouded tension, jabbing urgently at her phone clamped in her fist—compact lifeline thrumming with C.J.'s incoming crisis ping on the President's status; Leo lunges forward, thumb slamming speakerphone mode alive, perforated grille blasting 'C.J.?' into the room as suited man's TV drone fractures, Taiwan Strait alarms igniting command chain in raw immediacy.

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Purpose

Enabling urgent speakerphone conferencing for real-time White House crisis updates from remote staff like C.J.

Significance

Rips Leo from isolated vigil into administration's pulsing geopolitical frontline, handoff amplifying relentless command pull and synchronized peril across distant fronts.

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S3E14 · Hartsfield's Landing

Margaret Intrudes with Urgent C.J. Call on President's Status

Margaret clutches the phone tightly upon entry, indicating it as the conduit for 'C.J.'; Leo swiftly activates speakerphone mode, its grille blasting her casual reply and enabling Leo's probing question, forging the critical narrative bridge from distant crisis front to West Wing nerve center.

Before: Held by Margaret at her ear, receiving incoming C.J. call outside office door

After: Activated on speakerphone atop Leo's desk, openly transmitting conversation in office

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