Hotel Room Clock

C.J. spots the hotel room clock and panics, convinced she is late for her on-air slot. Marco calms her by explaining it runs 20 minutes fast, dissolving the tension. The clock stands as a fixed fixture amid their intimate encounter, its faulty timekeeping punctuating C.J.'s vulnerability to work demands invading private space.

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S4E13 · The Long Goodbye

Twenty Minutes Fast

The hotel room clock is the catalytic prop: a quick visual of it triggers C.J.'s panic. Marco's correction that the clock runs twenty minutes fast immediately neutralizes the alarm, making the clock both a plot device and a symbol of time's malleability in private life.

Before: Mounted/placed by the bed, showing an incorrect (fast) time that appears accurate until corrected.

After: Remains in place showing the same (fast) time; its narrative role shifts from threat to neutralized detail once Marco corrects C.J.

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