Donna's Taxi Cab

Donna Moss bursts from the yellow taxi cab's back door outside the Farragut Grill, hurling her remaining cash at the driver in a flurry of lateness-fueled panic. The vehicle screeches into the night as Cliff Calley races forward, arm raised in desperate hail, its taillights mocking his near-abandonment of the date.

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Purpose

Transport

Significance

Catalyzes the date's near-disaster, embodying Donna's work-life collision; its abrupt departure tests Cliff's patience, priming their chemistry breakthrough amid White House shadows.

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When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E3 · Ways and Means

Flustered Donna's Humor Salvages Perilously Late Date

The taxi cab serves as Donna's fraught transport, screeching to a halt outside the Farragut Grill; she vaults from its back door after paying, and Cliff desperately hails it as it accelerates away, its taillights underscoring his near-abandonment and amplifying the tension of her chaotic arrival before their reconnection.

Before: Arriving at Farragut Grill curb with Donna as passenger, engine running

After: Departing rapidly into the night, driver paid and gone

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