Object
Sam's Notebook
Sam's fingers claw a ragged sheet from the notebook's frayed spine in the hospital's dim waiting room inferno, where Josh's 12-14 hour surgery looms like a death sentence; pages bulge with frantic scribbles from White House chaos, edges curling under relentless use as Sam wields it for desperate note-taking amid Toby's brutal wound revelations and Donna's shattering collapse, tension etching every hurried line.
2 appearances
Purpose
Note-taking tool and source of paper torn for urgent press briefing notes
Significance
Anchors the senior staff's fraying composure, channeling raw crisis improvisation into scribbled clarity that arms C.J. against press predators while Josh bleeds on the table, embodying the White House machine's unyielding grind through personal apocalypse.
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