Object

Arthur Holly's Wheelchair

Barney conjures the battered specter of Arthur Holly's wheelchair—frame splintering, desperately bound by duct tape after his leg sheared away in combat. Medicaid's glacial bureaucracy strands it in ruin, wheels stalled in neglect as Toby seizes the plea, forging a lifeline amid Mural Room tensions where veterans' scars clash with policy thorns.

2 appearances

Purpose

Mobility aid for veteran Arthur Holly, urgently needing replacement due to structural decay and bureaucratic delays

Significance

Ignites personal bond between Toby and Barney Lang, channeling veteran hardship into a concrete promise of aid that softens exhibit protest edges and sustains rapport through future action

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E8 · The Women of Qumar

Toby Builds Rapport with Veterans as C.J. Ignites Qumar Clash

Barney vividly invokes Arthur Holly's crumbling wheelchair—duct-taped after leg loss—as a personal favor catalyst, humanizing USF grievances and forging Toby's goodwill pledge; it symbolizes bureaucratic neglect piercing White House negotiations, bridging veteran scars to policy intervention.

Before: Failing, duct-taped, stalled by Medicaid in Arthur Holly's possession

After: Still broken remotely, but contact info exchanged for Toby's promised call

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S3E8 · The Women of Qumar

C.J.'s Nazi-Qumar Analogy Explodes in Veterans' Meeting

Arthur Holly's dilapidated wheelchair, bound by duct tape and stalled by Medicaid delays, frames the veterans' human vulnerabilities in pre-interruption appeals, its narrative shadow amplifying irony as C.J. equates arms deals to Nazi aid—neglect of heroes mirroring moral betrayals abroad.

Before: Referenced as broken and taped, off-site in disrepair

After: Unchanged, plight pledged for Toby's intervention

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