Dom Pérignon Champagne Bottle (Staff Celebrations — S01E04 & S01E18)

A single champagne bottle (brand identified in series context as Dom Pérignon; the current mention simply calls it 'champagne bottle'). The script leaves physical specifics and open/closed state unspecified. Bonnie holds the bottle as staff edge toward a celebratory toast; Toby snatches and confiscates it, turning the bottle from a prop of relief into the focal instrument of an abrupt disciplinary interruption.

8 appearances

Purpose

To be consumed as a celebratory beverage for a toast / to function as the tangible prop around which a post‑vote celebration is organized.

Significance

The bottle functions as the literal object of celebration whose removal pulls the room back into crisis mode: Toby's confiscation punctures levity, reasserts authority, and converts impending relief into renewed vigilance and plot momentum.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

8 moments

S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Josh Declares Hardball

The Dom Pérignon champagne bottle is mentioned by Leo as a celebratory option—its invocation contrasts political urgency with social ceremony and anchors the minor domestic subplot about how to mark the night's occasion.

Before: Not physically shown; conceptually planned as part of the post‑event celebration.

After: Remains a planning detail; no action taken on the bottle during the scene.

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S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Toby Pulls Sam Aside — Policy Talk Collides with Personal Crisis

The Dom Pérignon bottle is invoked by Leo as an option for celebratory champagne; it serves as social texture that indexes luxury and the symbolic reward the staff is rallying toward after a legislative victory.

Before: Not physically present onstage but conceptually under consideration as part of Leo's planning.

After: Remains an idea in Leo's planning notes; no physical handling occurs in this event.

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S1E4 · Five Votes Down

Anniversary Panic: Leo's Domestic Distraction During the Vote Crisis

The Dom Pérignon bottle is mentioned by Leo as an option for the anniversary celebration, operating symbolically to mark taste, ceremony, and the importance Leo places on perfection in private rituals even while public crises swirl.

Before: Referenced only as a conceptual gift choice; not physically present or opened in the scene.

After: Remains a discussed option; no action taken to acquire or present it within the scene.

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S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Toby Snuffs the Celebration

The champagne bottle is the ceremonial prop of the attempted toast—held and distributed by Bonnie to staffers—and becomes the physical target of Toby's intervention when he forbids champagne and begins collecting glasses, transforming the bottle from relief symbol to evidence of premature celebration.

Before: Held by Bonnie and being used to pour or distribute single drinks to staffers.

After: Removed from celebratory use; glasses collected by Toby and champagne effectively confiscated or put away, ending the toast.

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S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Panda Note Panic — A Comedic Misread That Breaks the Rush

The champagne bottle is invoked when Josh, relieved or attempting levity, suggests celebration; the bottle serves as a symbolic temptation toward premature rejoicing and is verbally rejected, converting it into a prop that Toby and Ginger use to regulate tone.

Before: Present in the Mural Room among leftover celebration accoutrements; unopened/unspecified physical state.

After: Left unused and symbolically suppressed after staff rejects celebration; remains part of the room's party detritus.

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S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Panda Note, Mallory’s Interruption, and the Vote‑Watch Tension

The champagne bottle is invoked when Josh suggests celebration; it becomes the narrative lever that tests the team's mood discipline and draws an immediate rebuke, shifting the room from lightness to restraint.

Before: Positioned nearby as a probable celebratory prop in the Mural Room/reception adjacency, available for a toast.

After: Unused and unpopped — social energy deflated and the bottle remains inert as watchfulness returns.

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S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Dance, Scanner, and a Quiet Blow

The champagne bottle is the physical token of the Mendoza celebration; C.J. takes a gulp from a glass, signaling personal relief. It frames the scene's initial lightness, making the subsequent news sharper by contrast and underscoring how quickly celebration can be interrupted by political reality.

Before: On C.J.'s desk or in her hand; opened and being consumed as part of the quiet celebration.

After: Remains in the room; likely set down as C.J. abandons the private toast to pick up the phone and begin crisis work.

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S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Afterglow to Alarm — Scanner Reveals David's Arrest and Zoey's Presence

The champagne bottle frames the opening mood — a tangible sign of Mendoza's hard-won confirmation and the team's brief respite. It establishes contrast; the celebratory prop makes the subsequent political shock sharper.

Before: Opened and in C.J.'s hand; mid-toast atmosphere.

After: Left aside as the mood collapses and C.J. moves from celebration to professional action.

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