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Sam's Coffee (Sam's Office — Drained Amid Hate Group Revelation)

Sam tilts back a nondescript cup, draining the last bitter dregs of cooling coffee in swift, deliberate gulps as Josh fills the doorway with impatient fire, demanding hard links between the shooters, signal man, and seething hate groups like the Klan. The emptied vessel punctuates Sam's unflappable rundown of West Virginia White Pride and Brotherhood of Aryan Nation ties, its mundane warmth yielding to the chill of vendetta-fueled stakes.

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Purpose

Deliver final caffeination during high-tension interrogation

Significance

Sam's ritual finish steadies his voice through trauma-tinged facts, undercutting Josh's raw doorway pressure with casual composure that heightens the moral-political collision over civil suits against white supremacists

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E5 · And It's Surely To Their Credit

Josh Presses Sam on Shooters' Hate Group Links

Sam drains the last dregs of his nondescript coffee cup in deliberate gulps, using the mundane ritual to punctuate his unflappable delivery of explosive hate group connections, grounding the tense revelation in everyday rhythm while symbolizing transition from casual to consequential stakes.

Before: Partially full, held by Sam in his office

After: Emptied and set aside, in Sam's office post-consumption

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