Object

Donna's Folder on Josh's Desk

Donna barrels into Josh's lamp-lit office haze, folder clamped in her grip as exhaustion pins him to his chair; she slams it onto the desk's scarred surface, fingers plunging inside to yank a document free, its paper edges rasping against tabs while presidential meeting whispers mask the Sagittarius code detonating Mrs. Landingham's death across his shattered composure.

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Purpose

Holds and delivers work documents between Donna and Josh amid urgent White House crisis coordination.

Significance

Anchors Donna's tense delivery of routine papers just before unleashing their grief code, fracturing Josh's fatigue into raw mourning for Mrs. Landingham and thrusting staff into collective loss amid political maelstrom.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Donna's Coded Revelation: Mrs. Landingham's Death Shatters Exhausted Josh

Donna sets the folder firmly on Josh's desk, plunges in to extract a document, using it as pretext to initiate interaction and mask the tragedy delivery; it embodies the relentless administrative deluge colliding with human fragility, propelling from work to profound loss.

Before: Held by Donna upon entry.

After: Left on Josh's desk after document removal.

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