Sam's Lunch Turkey (spoken mention, S01E20)

A spoken reference to 'turkey' used as a lunchtime item rather than a physically shown prop. The mention supplies no packaging, portion, or preparation details; characters only refer to it in conversation as Sam's possible lunch, briefly anchoring a tense hallway exchange in an everyday, domestic choice.

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2 moments

S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Hallway Ambush — Onorato Tests Sam

Mentioned by Sam as an alternative lunch choice (turkey); functions narratively as a domestic counterpoint to the coercive political moment and as a means for Sam to appear grounded amid stress.

Before: Verbally referenced during hallway small talk; no physical turkey present.

After: Left as a deferred, mundane plan — the threat-laden conversation supersedes the lunchtime decision.

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Onorato's Casual Intimidation

Sam's offhand mention of 'turkey' serves as a conversational anchor and a bid for normalcy; the lunch mention functions narratively to contrast the mundane (food choices) against the coercive political threats that follow and to show Sam's attempt to minimize the encounter.

Before: Conceptual/mentioned only — no physical turkey present.

After: Still only a mention; it remains a rhetorical tool rather than a consumed object.

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