Morton Horn's Gobbling Turkeys

Wire cages rattle as two turkeys gobble ferociously, beaks snapping against bars, feathers quivering in frantic rhythm—Morton Horn hauls them through Donna's escort into the shadowed hallway, jolting Josh, Sam, and Toby from midnight refugee debates. Staff eyes widen at the feathered frenzy; hasty commands redirect the clucking cargo straight to C.J.'s office, absurdity exploding amid White House gravity.

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Purpose

Delivered by farmhand as subjects for the president's annual turkey pardon tradition

Significance

Shatters tension with barnyard chaos, injecting comic relief that humanizes exhausted staff amid refugee crisis urgency, spotlighting presidential frivolities clashing against policy weight

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

Gobbling Turkeys Disrupt the Dark Office

Morton Horn hauls the wire cages rattling with gobbling turkeys into the hallway, their frantic squawks and snapping beaks erupting as chaotic visual and auditory punchline, catalyzing staff bafflement and redirection decision for pardon ritual, heightening comedic contrast to policy grind.

Before: Transported by Morton from Northwest Entrance into hallway

After: Redirected toward C.J.'s office under staff consensus

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