Metal Paper Clip (Document Fastener)

A small bent-wire paper clip, silver-gray and roughly two centimeters long, used to hold sheets together. It appears clipped to documents and briefly to a green evacuation card in the Roosevelt Room, handled for a moment during exchanges but never becoming the focal point of the scene.

3 appearances

Purpose

To fasten papers together or attach a card to a set of documents during interpersonal exchanges.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

The Green Card — Josh's Quiet Reckoning

A small metal paper clip holds the card and supporting notes in the folder; it functions as an unremarkable office fastener that emphasizes how ordinary paperwork masks extraordinary contingency planning.

Before: Clipping the card and papers inside the folder.

After: No longer attached to the card (card removed) but likely still on the folder or documents.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

The Big Cheese and the Green Card

A small metal paper clip fastens the cardholder to the folder, a mundane office detail that underscores the bureaucratic packaging of a life-preserving privilege during the transfer.

Before: Clipped to the cardholder and folder on the desk.

After: Left attached to the folder on the desk after the card is removed and handed to Josh.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

The Green Card: Exclusion Delivered

A small metal paper clip fastens the green card into the folder; a minor prop that underscores bureaucratic mundanity — the card is handled like any other routed memo until its implications register.

Before: Securing the card to documents inside the folder.

After: Likely still attached to the folder or left on the table after the card is removed.

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