C.J.'s Desk Papers

Papers cascade across C.J.'s desk, shuffled frantically under her probing fingers as she urgently pitches Will on Toby's leak clarification; tension surges with each rustle, Toby's shadow looming while Carol flanks the fray—finally snatched into a tight bundle, gripped amid confessions that forge reporter-press secretary alliance in leak-war crossfire.

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S3E5 · War Crimes

Will Spurns Toby Leak, Championing Journalistic Integrity

C.J. shuffles these papers frantically behind her desk while pitching Toby's clarification, using the tactile activity to ground her urgent explanation and compose amid rejection tension; she gathers them tightly as they exit, transforming clutter into a bundle symbolizing narrative control grasped.

Before: Scattered loosely across C.J.'s desk

After: Gathered in C.J.'s hands, carried into hallway

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S4E22 · Commencement

Danny's Ultimatum on C.J.'s Couch

C.J.'s desk is the vantage from which she conducts the exchange: she sits, opens the newspaper, and uses the desk as the locus of professional authority while negotiating with Danny about classified material and publication delay.

Before: C.J. arrives and sits at the desk; newspaper folded or being opened.

After: Desk holds the opened newspaper; C.J. leaves the desk to act on the agreement to consult Leo.

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S4E22 · Commencement

Danny's Bombshell and C.J.'s Tactical Delay

C.J.'s desk functions as her professional locus: she sits, opens the newspaper, and uses the desk as the platform from which she converts surprise into managerial authority, negotiating with Danny and invoking institutional constraints.

Before: On and behind the desk, a newspaper is opened by C.J.; desk occupied by C.J. as she settles in.

After: Left by C.J. when she walks out to consult Leo; desk remains with opened paper and traces of the interrupted conversation.

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