Object
Toby's Pie from Sam's Office Table
Toby's hand rockets to the table in Sam's cluttered office, pie snatched mid-burst to cloak speechwriting frustration in banter's crumbly shield. He chews with weary snap, flakes tumbling as Sam cracks open engagement heartbreak, the bite suspending raw vulnerability until Bartlet's cancer-cure mandate explodes through the doorway—snack twisting from levity prop to tension's frayed anchor.
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Purpose
Snack grabbed from table and eaten by Toby to fuel banter amid stalled State of the Union speech discussion
Significance
Casual chew masks Toby's professional probe and props Sam's personal devastation reveal, injecting fleeting normalcy before Bartlet's audacious pivot reframes stakes from drafting drudgery to national redemption gamble
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