Object
Pulaski's Chicken Soup (PCS)
A steaming, two-handed ceramic bowl of pale, thin broth—Pulaski's Chicken Soup—rimmed with fine steam and flecked with shredded synthesized chicken, softened diced vegetables, and a few torn herbs. The soup gives off a savory, homey aroma; Pulaski ladles and administers it in Sickbay, using its warmth and taste to calm patients and invite conversation.
2 appearances
Purpose
A light, easily digested medical remedy and comfort food served in Sickbay to provide hydration, mild nutrition, and soothing warmth during recovery or bedside interaction.
Significance
Acts as Pulaski's signature bedside prop and informal therapeutic tool: offering the soup signals care, lowers social defenses, and creates intimate space for disclosure. In the scene it functions as a conversational device that enables Pulaski's rapport-building and facilitates Troi's psychological work on Kyle.
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