Mansion Patio Poolside Meeting Table (Mansion patio, seats 4–6)

A medium‑sized outdoor patio table of dark composite or treated wood, weathered by frequent use and sized to seat four to six. The surface bears faint wear and water rings; small drinks and a notepad rest on its rim. Characters circle, perch and lean against the table, using its edge to prop elbows and set down cups. Leo gathers staff around it, directs a phone call and has Margaret jot names on a pad placed on the table, making it the tangible locus of a covert, back‑channel meeting.

3 appearances

Purpose

Provides a flat, outdoor staging surface for small items and drinks and functions as a meeting anchor where participants gather, lean, and set down notes during informal or off‑record discussions.

Significance

Anchors a discreet, off‑the‑record patio meeting where Leo shifts a fraught drug‑policy discussion out of the office; the table becomes neutral ground for a covert political maneuver, a physical focal point for leadership rebuke and the exposure of fraying team discipline.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Leo's Off-the-Record List

The patio meeting table functions as the physical locus of the off‑record convocation: staff circle it, set down phones and drinks, and use its surface for note taking and casual food. It enables the deliberate avoidance of the formal office while hosting political triage.

Before: Set with place settings, a notepad, and minor items; occupied by Leo and marginally by staff.

After: Continues to hold the group's items and the mood of the conversation; unchanged physically but charged with tactical import.

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Patio Pressure: Drug Policy and Fraying Discipline

The poolside meeting table is the physical locus of the off‑record meeting: staff circle it, prop elbows on it, set down plates and the cell phone, and it anchors Leo's private orchestration away from the formal office.

Before: Set with casual place settings and lightly weathered; in use as the meeting's anchor.

After: Remains the meeting anchor, bearing crumbs, utensils, and the phone as the conversation closes.

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Patio Banter and Leo's Rebuke

The patio table functions as the physical locus for the meeting — a neutral, semi-public surface where staff banter, Margaret records names, and Leo conducts a quick, off‑record operational call that reframes the gathering from social to tactical.

Before: Occupied by Leo and Margaret with staff arriving; used for plates and papers.

After: Still occupied, but its function shifts: from casual breakfast surface to the staging ground for a hurried administrative maneuver.

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