Sam's Campaign Cash on Hand ($28,500)

Amy states the campaign holds $28,500 in cash on hand during a late-night triage in the California hotel lounge. Toby presses for details on funds as they juggle First Lady staffing and campaign logistics. Sam, Charlie, and Will listen amid the low figure's revelation, which sharpens focus on financial limits before TV footage of beaten Marines interrupts.

3 appearances

Purpose

Funds available for Sam's congressional campaign operations and expenses

Significance

Exposes the campaign's dire financial straits, fueling urgent triage among staff and contrasting routine money worries with erupting national crisis

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Anchored: Charlie Stays, Zoey Remains

$28,500 cash-on-hand (including a $15,000 loan) is cited by Amy to quantify Sam's precarious campaign position. The number structures the tactical discussion about donor outreach and media buys until it is eclipsed by the human-crisis on screen.

Before: Reported as the campaign's available funds during the meeting; fixed figure shaping options.

After: Unchanged numerically, but deprioritized emotionally as the team's focus pivots to the Marines' condition.

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Late-Night Fundraising Crunch Collides with a National Crisis

The cash-on-hand figure ($28,500) is treated as a de facto object of power: Amy states it definitively, and it informs Toby's demand for immediate outreach to Democratic interest groups; the number shapes available tactical options and underscores the campaign's vulnerability.

Before: An accounted financial figure known to campaign staff, representing limited usable funds including a $15,000 loan.

After: Remains unchanged numerically but effectively deprioritized in the room's concerns once the TV image arises, shifting urgency away from money to human rescue and national implications.

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

The Joke Dies — Beaten Marines on Screen

Amy's statement of $28,500 cash on hand (including a $15,000 loan) serves as an audible objectified resource in the conversation; it frames the group's urgency and the practicality of campaign triage immediately before the TV image recalibrates priorities.

Before: Represented verbally as newly announced financial data guiding immediate campaign decisions.

After: Remains an active logistical constraint but is momentarily deprioritized as the group's attention shifts to the humanitarian crisis on the screen.

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