Object

Mrs. Landingham's Papers for Bartlet

Mrs. Landingham charges into Oval Office shadows, gripping crisp papers forged for Bartlet's unyielding grasp—administrative stacks pulsing with budget clashes, reception drudgery, and Kennedy Center mandates that pulverize his Mars-bound dreams. Charlie recites from memory as Leo and Jack loom, delivery slamming personal escape under diplomacy's boot while intel sirens wail.

3 appearances

Purpose

Delivers presidential administrative details including afternoon schedules and diplomatic obligations

Significance

Hammer home presidency's merciless pull, shattering intellectual refuge amid whale quips and silo smoke, priming crisis escalation

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E9 · Galileo

Bartlet's Mars Reading Plans Crushed by Concert Duty

Mrs. Landingham clutches and delivers these crisp administrative papers—laden with budget clashes, reception mandates, and symphony edicts—directly to Bartlet in the Oval Office, slamming the functional weight of duty against his Mars escape fantasies; they symbolize the presidency's inexorable paperwork grind overpowering intellectual whimsy.

Before: Held firmly by Mrs. Landingham in Outer Oval

After: Delivered to Bartlet in Oval Office; Mrs. Landingham exits

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S2E9 · Galileo

Diplomatic Symphony Duty Derails Bartlet's Mars Night

Mrs. Landingham enters the Oval Office clutching these crisp administrative papers—budget clashes, reception details, and Kennedy Center mandates—handing them to Bartlet as a tangible symbol of duty's grind, crushing his Mars reverie and anchoring the scene's theme of inescapable obligations before she exits.

Before: Held firmly by Mrs. Landingham in the Outer Oval Office

After: Delivered to President Bartlet in the Oval Office

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S2E9 · Galileo

Urgent Intel Briefing Exposes Russian Missile Silo Deception

Mrs. Landingham grips and delivers these crisp papers to Bartlet amid his reluctant acceptance of concert duty, their handover punctuating the whale banter's end and symbolizing duty's paperwork vise clamping down before intel pivot erupts, blending admin grind with crisis prelude.

Before: Held firmly by Mrs. Landingham in Outer Oval approach

After: Transferred to Bartlet's possession in Oval Office

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