Object

Leo's Office Tumbler (offered to Barry Haskell)

Palm-sized clear drinking tumbler in Leo McGarry's office holding a low pour of a pale beverage (pale fruit juice or water). Served or placed by Margaret or staff and offered to Barry Haskell as a calming hospitality prop during the tense meeting in 'Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics'.

3 appearances

Purpose

To contain and be offered as a beverage; a hospitality prop used to steady conversation and facilitate a persuasive interpersonal exchange.

Significance

Functions as a practical instrument of persuasion: the offered glass operates as social lubrication in Leo's staged welcome, smoothing Barry Haskel's transition from private sympathy toward a public commitment and signaling institutional inclusion as part of a deliberate political performance.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S1E21 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Staged Welcome — Leo Parks Barry in the Fold

The short clear tumbler operates as a hospitality prop and tension diffuser: Barry asks for juice; Leo and the President use offers of a drink to humanize the Oval meeting and smooth the transition from private interrogation to public camaraderie.

Before: Not yet presented in Leo's office; implied available in the office's hospitality supplies.

After: Offered in the Oval by staff/hosts to Barry (he attempts to decline); remains a symbol of cordial hosting rather than a consumed prop in the scene.

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S1E21 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Outing, Pressure, and the White House Trap

A small tumbler of fruit juice or water is requested by Barry as a calming prop; Leo notes the supply in his office and the Oval later offers a drink — the glass functions as hospitality to steady the guest and as a contrast to the orchestrated pressure being applied.

Before: Available in Leo's office as a small, unbranded tumbler on hand for guests.

After: Presumably brought into the Oval for Barry or offered by hosts; remains a hospitality token after the meeting begins.

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S1E21 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Oval Pressure Play — Polls as Leverage

The short clear tumbler (glass of juice/water) is requested by Barry as a calming prop and offered implicitly as part of the White House hospitality; it symbolizes care even as the room engineers his capitulation.

Before: Kept in Leo's office as a standard offering; ready to hand to a guest.

After: Presumably handed or arranged to be provided in the Oval; remains an innocuous prop accompanying the social welcome.

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