Doorstep Bribe Money (offered to Laurie)

A nondescript, handheld sum of cash—an unspecified bundle of paper bills (presumed U.S. currency)—produced as a tangible offer at Laurie's doorstep late at night. Josh presses the money forward as a transactional remedy; Sam hangs back, uneasy. Laurie recoils, mocks the gesture, and refuses the exchange, leaving the bills unaccepted.

2 appearances

Purpose

To function as an immediate, off‑the‑books payment or bribe offered to secure Laurie's cooperation in a covert, ethically dubious maneuver.

Significance

Serves as the scene's moral fulcrum: the cash converts abstract temptation into a concrete test of principle, exposing Josh's willingness to cross ethical lines, deepening Sam's discomfort, and enabling Laurie to draw a hard boundary that narrows the team's options and raises stakes.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Laurie's Door: A Moral Line

Money is offered verbally and as a rhetorical threat by Josh—used to bribe Laurie into silence and compliance. Laurie mocks the idea, reframing the money as insult rather than inducement, and refuses to accept it.

Before: Not physically present but referenced as a potential payment or bribe Josh will 'give'.

After: No physical transfer; the offer is dismissed and remains a rhetorical device illustrating coercion.

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S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Laurie's Moral Line

A check / bundle of money is offered verbally and rhetorically by Josh as a bribe to secure cooperation; it appears as an attempted transactional shortcut that Laurie mocks, exposing the moral bankruptcy of the ploy.

Before: Not physically present on stage but invoked as a potential offering; presumed in Josh's possession or voice as an option.

After: Rejected and not left; remains unrealized as Laurie refuses the exchange and sends them away.

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