Object
Communications Bullpen TV Remote
A palm-sized plastic television remote with a dark matte body, a grid of slightly concave rubber and plastic buttons, and an infrared emitter at its tip. Buttons show faint shine and wear from frequent use; the unit fits easily in a hand and moves quickly between desk and screen. It sits within arm’s reach of the bullpen TV and is snatched up during urgent moments: Sam yanks it forward and presses a button to flip or cut the live feed, its small click marking an abrupt change in the room’s attention and tone.
5 appearances
Purpose
To operate the bullpen’s wall-mounted television—change channels, mute audio, and cut or resume live broadcasts.
Significance
Serves as the literal switch that ends a manufactured media moment and forces an immediate strategic pivot. When Sam uses it after the Federal Reserve chairman’s death, the remote obliterates Lilly’s planned takeover of the news cycle and converts a tactical media gambit into crisis management, making it a compact but decisive instrument of control over public optics.
Appearances in the Narrative
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