Object
Mandy Hampton's Credit Cards
A referred set of bank‑issued plastic credit cards — rectangular pocket cards stamped with issuer logos, embossed numbers and magnetic strips — never shown on camera but repeatedly invoked in urgent dialogue. Daisy names them as immediate monthly obligations while Mandy brusquely minimizes their threat. The cards exist as an absent, tactile liability: characters cite balances, payments and rent against them, and their invocation physically alters the room’s tension.
2 appearances
Purpose
To function as consumer payment instruments that extend short‑term credit for purchases and bridge gaps in household cash flow.
Significance
The cards operate as a concrete shorthand for Mandy’s precarious finances, converting an abstract loss of a client into immediate personal danger. Mentioning outstanding balances and looming payments raises stakes, fractures Mandy and Daisy’s partnership, and propels Mandy’s private crisis into the plot’s emotional center.
Appearances in the Narrative
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