Object

Dixon Hill Reception Chair

A modest, period‑styled swivel chair stationed behind the Dixon Hill reception desk: low padded back, dark leatherette upholstery, short chrome swivel base and visible scuffing from repeated turns. Sized for a humanoid occupant, the chair pivots easily and accommodates quick shifts in posture—the secretary swivels in it to answer the phone, lean toward visitors, or jerk back at an intrusion. Its motion punctuates timing and frames the reception area’s small power plays.

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Purpose

Provide seating for the receptionist/secretary at the Dixon Hill reception desk to perform administrative tasks, receive guests, and pivot attention during social interaction.

Significance

Acts as a pragmatic prop that structures beats of interruption and control: the chair’s swivel signals availability or withdrawal, helps stage Lwaxana’s forceful social takeover, and anchors the comedic escalation in the reception space.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S2E19 · Manhunt

Lwaxana Declares an 'Alternate Plan'

The swivel chair provides the secretary mobility to pivot, pick up the phone, and punctuate timing; her swivels and gestures from the chair help set the scene's comic rhythm and reactions to both Picard and the unexpected family arrival.

Before: Occupied by the secretary behind the desk.

After: Remains occupied/nearby after the brief phone interaction; its motion has punctuated the action.

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