Object

Paper Cups (red wine — Mandy & Daisy; Mandy's condo stairs, S01E02)

A pair of thin, disposable paper cups — plain white, roughly 8 oz capacity — crinkled and dented from fingers, faintly stained with red wine and warmed by handling. They rattle softly when set on a stair riser. Mandy and Daisy cradle them in weary gestures, lifting and setting the cups as a small, intimate punctuation to their exchange.

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Purpose

Temporarily contain and enable the drinking of wine in an informal, portable manner.

Significance

Serve as an intimate prop that frames Mandy's private surrender: the shabby cups convert a political crisis into a domestic, humiliating reckoning. Their casual presence underscores diminished circumstances, marks the scene's quiet turning point, and anchors the emotional beat when Mandy yields control.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Surrender on the Stairs — Mandy Lets Go

A pair of crinkled paper cups serve as intimate props: both women sip wine from them on the stairs, the casualness of paper cups emphasizing domestic collapse. The cups punctuate the exchange, making the moment feel small and undignified, underscoring the gap between Mandy's professional self-image and the present reality.

Before: Crinkled and faintly stained with red wine, held by one or both women as they sit on the stairs.

After: Still on the stairs, likely partially emptied or set down; they remain tangible evidence of the private, improvised nature of the conversation.

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