Object

DNC Luncheon Banquet Tables

Tables fill the small banquet room, offering seating for honorees like Amy Gardner and the full audience during Abbey Bartlet's opening remarks at the DNC event honoring the Bartlet women. Amy leans on hers while her napkin catches fire; she pats at the flames against the surface amid nervous laughter from the crowd. Abbey spots the mishap, names Amy publicly, and escorts her away, turning potential embarrassment into a light moment.

2 appearances

Purpose

Seating for honorees and audience at political banquet

Significance

Epicenter of Amy's napkin fire fiasco, exposing her flustered nerves under pressure and allowing Abbey to demonstrate command while preserving event decorum and optics

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Napkin Fire at DNC Luncheon — Abbey's Poise, Amy's Mortification

The banquet tables serve as the immediate stage for the mishap: they hold candles, glassware, napkins and anchor Amy's attempts to beat the fire; their layout (tables flanking the podium) makes the incident visible to the entire room and to Abbey onstage.

Before: Set with white linens, candles, place settings, and seated guests.

After: Slightly disordered at Amy's table (scattered glassware, soggy napkin), but otherwise intact; disturbance contained to one table.

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Amy's Tactical Flattery

The luncheon banquet tables are the setting for the earlier napkin/candle accident and the starting point for Abbey and Amy's exit into the courtyard; they anchor the prior embarrassment that Amy references when establishing rapport and humility before Alana.

Before: Filled with guests and white linens during the DNC luncheon; the site of Amy's awkward napkin incident.

After: Remain in the banquet room; their immediate narrative role (source of apology/excuse) has been transferred into the courtyard exchange.

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