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Bartlet's Desk Penholder

Sturdy penholder commands territory on President Bartlet's Oval Office desk, bristles with spare writing tools amid scattering papers and grief-shadowed chaos; Charlie plunges fingers deep, yanks free a temporary pen, thrusts it forward to pierce Bartlet's fussing denial over his vanished 'perfect pen,' ritual echo of Mrs. Landingham's vanished touch reverberating in the gesture.

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Charlie's Pen Ritual Revelation Pierces Bartlet's Grief Denial

Positioned on Oval desk amid papers, Charlie extracts a subpar 'temporary' pen from its bristles to offer Bartlet, underscoring the void left by the perfect pen and highlighting Bartlet's fussing dissatisfaction, functionally bridging distraction to deeper grief confrontation.

Before: Fully stocked with spare pens on desk

After: One lesser pen removed and rejected, bristles slightly depleted

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