Danny's Cylinder Goldfish Food Container (pocket gift, S1E10 'In Excelsis Deo')

A palm-sized, cylinder-shaped pocket gift—exact material unspecified—small enough to slip into a coat pocket. Danny produces it from his coat; C.J. unwraps the compact tube to reveal a tiny supply of goldfish food. The object feels deliberately trivial and intimate: lightweight, handheld, unassuming in appearance, and handled with a teasing, affectionate awkwardness that sparks a private beat in the office night. Characters touch it briefly; its reveal punctures the room's political tension with personal humor.

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S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Goldfish Food and Guarded Affections

Danny produces a palm-sized cylinder from his coat as a joking Christmas gift; it is unwrapped to reveal goldfish food, converting a small prop into a vehicle for intimacy and comic relief that punctures the weight of the preceding subject matter.

Before: Concealed in Danny's coat pocket as a small wrapped cylinder.

After: Unwrapped and revealed on C.J.'s desk/hand; functions as the punchline of the private exchange before Danny departs.

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S1E10 · In Excelsis Deo

Dial Down the Rhetoric

A palm-sized cylinder (goldfish food) is produced from Danny's coat as a small, intimate Christmas gift. It punctures the night's seriousness with domestic humor and prompts a private, human moment before Leo's arrival shifts the tone to policy.

Before: Wrapped and concealed in Danny's coat pocket, ready to be presented.

After: Unwrapped in C.J.'s hands on or near the desk; its reveal remains a private joke and is not reused later in the scene.

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