Blue Molded‑Plastic Staff Chairs (Bullpen Row)

Located specifically in the bullpen as a part of the staff's workspace.

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Purpose

Provide practical seating for West Wing staff during briefings, rehearsals and impromptu meetings; serve as staging and temporary storage for papers and personal items.

Significance

Act as a physical marker of workplace order and disorder: the chairs frame the bullpen’s professional choreography, highlight Josh’s personal collapse when he sprawls in one, and make staff presence—or the lack of it—tangibly visible during the meeting preparations and hallway exchanges.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E14 · Take This Sabbath Day

Morning After: Donna Drags Hungover Josh to the Meeting

A staff chair is used by Josh after he gets up; he later sits in it while Donna organizes replacement clothes. The chair provides a domestic, mundane counterpoint to the chaos and shows how personal collapse plays out in the ordinary furnishings of the office.

Before: Arrayed against the bullpen walls and available for staff use.

After: Occupied by Josh briefly as he attempts to regroup; remains scuffed and ordinary, absorbing the evidence of the night's excess.

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