Joshua Lyman's internal struggle: personal guilt and desire to withdraw (resignation) versus the moral duty to stay and repair institutional failures. The arc traces Josh from near-resignation through personal reckoning and finally to a pragmatic recom...

Joshua Lyman's internal struggle: personal guilt and desire to withdraw (resignation) versus the moral duty to stay and repair institutional failures. The arc traces Josh from near-resignation through personal reckoning and finally to a pragmatic recommitment to governing and accountability.