Object

Charlie's Buried Champagne Location Note

Charlie shares a note scrawled with '5/7, 10 PM, Paeonia Japonica/Bamboo' during his interruption of Josh's VP vetting in Josh's office. The paper records the precise spot and time he buried a cheap champagne bottle at the Arboretum years earlier, set for Zoey's graduation. Josh seizes on it to push retrieval as a peace offering, the note crinkling in Charlie's hand amid their tense exchange.

2 appearances

Purpose

Records burial location and time of champagne bottle at Arboretum

Significance

Triggers Charlie's confession of past ritual and hurt over Zoey; Josh uses it to urge digging up the bottle, bridging personal fracture with political duty and foreshadowing reunion.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E22 · Commencement

Josh Pins Leo on the VP Board

The folded note reading '5/7, 10 PM, Paeonia Japonica/Bamboo' is produced from Charlie's wallet and spoken aloud; it supplies precise coordinates that animate the champagne subplot and anchors the sentimental beat to a real location.

Before: Folded inside Charlie's wallet, private and forgotten until rediscovered.

After: Read aloud and then returned to Charlie's wallet; remains a private reminder with renewed relevance.

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S4E22 · Commencement

Buried Champagne at the Arboretum

The small folded note ('5/7, 10 PM, Paeonia Japonica/Bamboo') is read aloud by Charlie, acting as the plot trigger that reveals the buried bottle's location and the ritual's date—turning private memory into actionable present and forcing Josh's intervention.

Before: Folded and tucked in Charlie's wallet, dormant but legible.

After: Held and read by Charlie; remains in his possession after the exchange, its information unresolved because Charlie refuses to act.

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