Senator Stackhouse's Office

Shadows swallow Toby's office in relentless late-night vigils, rubber ball thuds reverberating off walls as obsession grips him—hurling it rhythmically with right hand, snatching with left amid TV's ghostly glow broadcasting hidden afflictions afflicting one in 500. Crumpled legal pads avalanche into overflowing trash bins; furious laptop keystrokes halt abruptly before stormy exits to Leo's domain. Adjacent to Sam's office, Josh leans through the doorway mid-crisis, Josh's voice piercing the solitary churn of mounting suspicions and unraveling psyche that fractures White House loyalties.