Object

Honking Oncoming Traffic Cars

Tal veers their car into these oncoming vehicles during a radio-fueled drive with C.J. Horns blare sharply, marking the hazard. C.J. grabs the wheel and yanks hard, dodging collision and pulling to the roadside. Toby rides along as the near-miss jolts everyone, turning banter into raw confrontation.

2 appearances

Purpose

Passenger cars traveling opposite direction on public road

Significance

Horns and proximity force abrupt stop, sparking crisis that exposes Tal's disorientation and compels C.J. to confront his decline and care needs

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Reunion Tease and the Swerve: Identity on the Road

Oncoming cars honk and create immediate external urgency and social pressure; their horns ratchet the danger level and force C.J.'s response while also publicly embarrassing Tal, compressing the private crisis into a visible moment.

Before: Vehicles moving normally on the road approaching the halted car.

After: Honked and impatient as traffic resumes around the stopped vehicle; resumed normal flow once C.J. pulled to the curb.

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S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Wrong Turn, Hard Reckoning

The oncoming traffic cars function as an external, noisy antagonist: horns blare and drivers react to Tal's dangerous maneuver, turning background sound into immediate pressure that forces the swerve's consequences into the foreground.

Before: Approaching on the correct lanes of traffic, driving normally.

After: Blaring horns and passing vehicles leave the scene after the near-miss; traffic resumes while C.J. and Tal remain pulled to the curb.

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