Doctor's Examination Bed

Andy sits on the padded examination bed in the doctor's small office as the sonogram scans her pregnancy. Toby stands close by, eyes fixed on the monitor. The bed anchors the clinical space where political arguments yield to the twins' heartbeats, its white sheets and metal frame holding steady amid rising emotion.

2 appearances

Purpose

Positions patient for ultrasound and medical exams

Significance

Frames Toby and Andy's shift from leaked-pregnancy dispute to parental awe at twins' heartbeats, humanizing political figures

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E7 · Election Night

Leak Forces a Public Choice (Toby Confronts Andy)

The examination bed is the physical locus where Andy sits; it situates the private, vulnerable body within a clinical space and holds the characters in close proximity for both the argument and eventual tenderness.

Before: Occupied by Andy who is seated and whistling while the room is prepared.

After: Continues to hold Andy as the sonogram completes and the emotional tenor shifts from debate to quiet amazement.

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S4E7 · Election Night

Two Heartbeats — A Quiet Between Storms

The padded examination bed anchors the intimate, clinical staging—Andy sits on it throughout the exchange, physically embodying vulnerability and motherhood while the political argument happens around and then dissolves on this surface.

Before: Occupied by Andy, quiet and clinical with nurse preparing the sonogram nearby.

After: Still occupied by Andy, having served as the locus for the emotional transition from policy debate to personal wonder.

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