Object

Hotel Room Phone

Standard hotel room phone sits on the nightstand. It rings repeatedly alongside Will's cellphone and door pounding from the night manager. The White House operator takes over the line, patching through Charlie Young after a pager flashes 'POTUS.' Will snatches the receiver, jolted from sleep into direct contact with presidential urgency on Inauguration night.

1 appearances

Purpose

Handles incoming calls from hotel staff and White House operators to connect users to key contacts during crises.

Significance

Pulls Will Bailey from sleep into immediate White House demands, marking his shift from rest to frontline crisis response amid political emergencies.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Middle-of-the-Night Presidential Call

The standard hotel room phone rings and is ultimately seized by Will after he answers his cellphone and runs to the door; it functions as the physical link for the White House operator to speak to him and for Charlie's call to be patched through.

Before: On the nightstand, ringing; idle but imminently vibrating with incoming call.

After: In Will's hand/possession, connected to the White House operator and awaiting the patched call from Charlie Young.

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