C.J.'s Wine Glass (Fundraiser, S01E05)

Specifically used by C.J. during a fundraiser event in Season 1, Episode 5.

4 appearances

Purpose

To hold wine for drinking and to serve as a social prop during mingling at the fundraiser.

Significance

Serves as a small, humanizing prop that steadies C.J.'s demeanor, punctuates her banter with staffers, and underscores the scene's contrast between Hollywood glitz and the staff's binding obligations to the administration.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

4 moments

S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

C.J. Pulls Josh Back from the Edge

C.J.'s glass of wine arrives with her as a social prop and brief comfort offering; it underscores her pragmatic, human approach to Josh's panic — a small, real-world salve that contrasts with Josh's clinical, catastrophic thinking.

Before: Carried by C.J. as she enters the office, half-full of dark red wine.

After: Presumably still with C.J. as she exits to rejoin the chili gathering; not consumed on-screen within this beat.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

The Evacuation Card — Josh's Smallpox Confession

C.J.'s glass of wine is carried into the office as a comfort object and social olive branch. It signals an attempt to normalize the night—an invitation to communal warmth—contrasting with Josh's clinical panic about catastrophe.

Before: Held by C.J. as she enters Josh's office; partially full of dark red wine.

After: Taken back out of the room by C.J. when she exits to fetch Josh, still intact and unchanged.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

Choosing Family — The Card and the Toast

Bartlet lifts a glass of red wine to lead the final toast; the wine glass functions as the ceremonial prop that converts private warmth into a formal moment of unity and closure.

Before: Held by Bartlet or nearby; ready as part of the dinner ritual.

After: Raised by the President and echoed by the staff; set down after the toast as the scene dissolves.

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S1E5 · The Crackpots and These Women

Josh Refuses the Evacuation Card — Choosing Staff Over Protection

The President's glass of wine functions as the ceremonial object Bartlet raises to convert the emotional intensity into a communal toast; the glass marks the transition from confession to collective ritual and closure.

Before: Held by Bartlet or nearby as the group converses; partially full of dark red wine.

After: Raised by Bartlet in the toast; remains in use as the staff echoes the gesture and cheers.

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