Mural Room Set Monitor (On‑set Studio Monitor)

A mid‑sized flat‑panel monitor with a matte black bezel and visible studio mounting hardware, set on a low cart or credenza in the Mural Room. The screen throws a cool, clinical light across makeup stations and set dressing; a compact remote and an SD card slot are visible on the unit's side. Production staff and the director glance at the display for framing and timing, Abbey uses it as a cueing window onto live broadcast feeds, and Lilly slips away while watching the optics. The set monitor shows live network images and anchors the room's movement toward a public transmission.

2 appearances

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

Gambit for the News Cycle — Then the Fed Dies

The bullpen monitor is the focal visual device: Sam watches Abbey and Jeffrey on its screen, Lilly points to it to prove her point, and its live feed supplies the immediate evidence Lilly wants to exploit politically.

Before: On, tuned to the program showing Abbey and Jeffrey; positioned in the communications bullpen as the team's cueing monitor.

After: Still on but switched by Sam/remote to Channel 5 after Toby's order; its content now carries the breaking bulletin about Bernie Dahl's death rather than Abbey's segment.

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S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

Fed Chairman's Death Steals Abbey's Moment

The Mural Room monitor displays Abbey's interview and Jeffrey's testimony, serving as the visual center that focuses the bullpen's attention, provokes Lilly's pitch, and then shows the Channel 5 bulletin that collapses their plan.

Before: On, tuned to the program featuring Abbey and Jeffrey; studio feed visible to staff.

After: Re-tuned to Channel 5's breaking bulletin after Toby's command; now broadcasting Dahl's death segment.

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