House Chamber Prompter

Screens poised in the chamber gloom ignite as the staffer slams the phone down, funneling Toby and Sam's locked State of the Union revisions—'abandoning our ideological entrenchment'—directly into Bartlet's sightline. Tension spikes in the hallway wait, entourage thundering past, this digital lifeline bridging frantic prep to live presidential command amid Bartlet's shoelace vulnerability.

2 appearances

Purpose

Display the finalized State of the Union speech text for the President during delivery

Significance

Locks in the softened rhetoric revisions, propelling Bartlet from hallway nerves into thunderous chamber triumph, embodying the high-stakes handover where moderated ideals confront national crises

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Locking the Softened SOTU Speech and Presidential Handover

Explicitly targeted as Toby instructs 'Phone it to the Prompter'; staffer's cell relay funnels revisions directly here, igniting screens for Bartlet's sightline—narrative linchpin ensuring moderated phrasing like 'entrenchment' manifests live, undergirding triumph over polling scandals and hostage shadows.

Before: Receiving prior drafts remotely

After: Updated with final locked revisions

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S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Bartlet's Nervous Ritual and Regal Entrance

Target of staffer's cell phone relay for Toby/Sam revisions like 'ideological entrenchment,' priming screens for Bartlet's sightline; it lurks as unseen lifeline, ensuring moderated words ignite precisely as vulnerability yields to command.

Before: Receiving prior drafts remotely

After: Updated with final locked revisions

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