Object

Mandy's Client List

A small, well-thumbed sheet of paper left on Mandy's condo table: narrow columns of client names penned in dark ink, several entries heavily crossed out, a few circled in anxious haste. The page's corners are softened and smudged from late-night handling; Mandy and Daisy pass it back and forth, finger-tracing, striking through names as they decide. The list sits like a physical map of scramble and exhaustion, momentarily set aside when a new opportunity arrives.

2 appearances

Purpose

To record and organize potential clients — a working checklist used by Mandy and Daisy to evaluate, accept, or reject names during their client-selection process.

Significance

Functions as a concrete index of Mandy's professional panic and the late-night grind; narratively it heightens the stakes of the midnight scene by juxtaposing small-scale hustle with the sudden, career-altering Bartlet offer. The list anchors the characters' desperation, underscores the cost of security versus autonomy, and provides a tangible marker of choices abandoned when institutional work appears.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Midnight Offer — The Bartlet Client

The client list is the tactile index of Mandy's professional desperation: names are read aloud, crossed off, and finger-traced. It structures the women’s anxious ritual and is directly interrupted by Josh's single-word pitch, which reframes the list's meaning from scarcity to opportunity.

Before: Well-thumbed sheet on Mandy's lap/table with many names crossed out, actively being used to triage prospects.

After: Momentarily abandoned as the Bartlet opportunity supersedes the previous search; remains in the apartment but no longer central to action as they prepare to leave.

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S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Bartlet's Offer and Mandy's Quiet Rebellion

A small client list occupies the scene as the tangible evidence of Mandy and Daisy's scramble; they are mid-cull of prospects when Josh interrupts. The list is the problem-space Josh punctures with the Bartlet offer, shifting the list's function from hope-in-progress to obsolete in the face of a superior opportunity.

Before: Laid out and actively being reviewed by Mandy and Daisy; several names crossed out, pages thumbed nervously.

After: Momentarily set aside or abandoned as immediate priority shifts toward packing coats and leaving to accept the White House offer.

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