Denver, Colorado
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
Denver invoked as culprit for Wengland's stranding, distant disruption rippling into backstage crisis, compressing logistical failure into emblem of vulnerability that derails Sam's strategy.
Remote and obstructive (referenced)
Source of logistical disruption
Emblem of unpredictable transit chaos fracturing plans
Denver is mentioned as the site of historical 'drive-by' shootings in Donna's anecdote; the reference functions to surprise Josh and elicit comic disbelief, reframing violent tropes through anachronistic imagery.
Evoked with dry humor; not a physical setting in the scene but an imaginative cue.
Illustrative historical example that supplies the 'punchline' to Donna's commentary.
Serves to undercut contemporary panic with absurdities of the past.
Events at This Location
Everything that happens here
Backstage at Capital Beat, Sam learns his preferred opponent, Wengland, is stranded in Denver and the producers scrambled — they couldn’t get the usual heavy hitters and have booked a …
While Josh is juggling an urgent, high-stakes call about meetings and votes, Donna breezes into his office with distracting but affectionate trivia from a book. She rattles off odd historical …