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Charlie's Shopping Bag

Charlie clutches a standard shopping bag—likely crinkled paper or thin plastic—as he strides through the humming Communications Office hallway. It swings lightly from his fingers, heavy with the fruits of his urgent errand: a replacement carving knife for President Bartlet's Thanksgiving turkey ritual. Sam halts him mid-march, eyes flicking to the bag that betrays Charlie's detour into White House domesticity amid refugee crisis briefings.

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S2E8 · Shibboleth

Sam Enlists Charlie for Urgent Refugee Alert Amid Knife Quest

Charlie carries the shopping bag visibly through the Communications Office and into the hallway, where it serves as a narrative prompt sparking Sam's inquiry and revelation of the presidential carving knife errand; it symbolizes the quirky domestic undercurrents colliding with refugee crisis urgency, grounding the West Wing's humanity amid chaos.

Before: Held in Charlie's hand while walking through Communications Office

After: Still clutched by Charlie as he strides toward the Oval Office

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