Object

Julia and Liz's Wine Glasses

A pair of wine glasses held by Julia and Liz in Liz's cluttered sitting room while children create chaos nearby. The glasses serve as casual beverages and conversational anchors during an intimate exchange about caregiving, exclusion, and job loss—Liz even tells Julia to grab her drink before stepping away.

5 appearances

Purpose

Beverage for casual conversation and relaxation

Significance

Eases Julia's anxiety, highlights Liz's practical hospitality, and marks budding friendship against Julia's structured life

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

5 moments

S1E1 · MOTHERLAND

Mattress Jumps and Pizza Triage

Glasses of wine anchor the adults' interaction — social lubricants that allow frank conversation and a temporary, informal intimacy between Julia and Liz as the kids run riot.

Before: Held by Julia and Liz as they sit and talk.

After: Julia is told to 'grab your drink' as Liz gets up; glasses remain in adult hands, facilitating continued conversation.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND

Confessions Over Wine: Jobs, Shame and Social Lines

Julia and Liz's wine glasses function as social lubricants — their sipping steadies the women while candid admissions are exchanged; the glasses mark a small civility within disorder and are explicitly referenced when Liz tells Julia to 'grab your drink'.

Before: Held by the women as they sit, half-sipped; present on hand as conversation continues.

After: Julia grabs her drink at Liz's prompting; glasses remain in use as the scene shifts toward pizza preparation.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND

Shunned by the Alpha Mums

Julia and Liz's wine glasses function as social lubricants—props that keep conversation candid and allow Liz to deliver a blunt confession; the glasses also mark the scene as informal, domestic, and slightly reckless.

Before: Held by the women as they sip, softening the edges of their conversation.

After: Julia is told to 'grab your drink' as Liz stands; the glasses remain in the adults' possession, anchoring the social intimacy amid chaos.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND

Kitchen Rumor: Affair Revealed

Wine glasses function as social props throughout the scene: a mum tops up Julia's glass to lubricate conversation and signal inclusion even as venomous gossip circulates; the ritual of drinking masks hostility and enables the group's ritualized cruelty.

Before: Full wine glasses on the kitchen island; Julia's glass partially filled and being topped up by a fellow mum.

After: Glasses remain in hand as conversation turns sour; wine continues to circulate, the ritual intact despite the social fracture.

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S1E1 · MOTHERLAND

Silent Counterpoint: Kids Enraptured as Grownups Gossip

Julia and other women hold wine glasses that lubricate conversation; a mum tops up Julia's glass, performing social ritual and loosening inhibitions so gossip can be exchanged more readily.

Before: Filled with wine and held by the women, one glass approaches Julia who receives a top‑up.

After: Still in use at the table as the conversation continues; glasses serve as social props sustaining the group's convivial veneer.

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