Object

Presidential Dinner Seating Chart Board

Staff clusters tight around the Roosevelt Room table, spines hunched as eyes devour the board's gridded layout of House delegations and dignitaries. President's card holder lurks neglected off to one side, its glaring void shattering their hard-won triumph after seven agonizing hours of protocol wrestling. Fingers point, voices affirm, until Toby's quip rips through the illusion.

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Purpose

Displays detailed seating arrangement for the Presidential dinner, enabling staff to confirm placements amid high-stakes protocol.

Significance

Ignites comedic catastrophe when Toby exposes the President's missing spot, fracturing staff complacency and hurtling the scene from logistical drudgery to frantic scramble, just as smoke alarms wail.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E11 · The Leadership Breakfast

Seating Fiasco: Forgotten President and Looming Smoke

The seating chart board anchors the frantic huddle as staff bend over it for scrutiny; C.J. finalizes layout referencing it, Toby directs gaze to its revealing void, embodying seven hours of protocol agony crystallized in one overlooked absence.

Before: Laid out on table with apparent completion, President's spot vacant but unnoticed

After: Under intense group inspection, flaw exposed but intact

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