Patio Waffles (small, shareable serving)

A small serving of breakfast waffles — the familiar grid‑patterned cakes brought onto the outdoor patio by a waitress. Presented informally (on a plate or to‑go container), they function as an immediately edible, shareable prop that staff riff on while talking. Characters pick at or mention them in mid‑conversation; the waffles punctuate banter and register as a trivial, domestic presence against the meeting's political urgency.

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When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Patio Banter and Leo's Rebuke

A plate/serving of waffles is mentioned by Donna as a missed purchase that would have changed the tone; the waffles function as shorthand for trivial comforts and the levity Leo finds intolerable given political pressure.

Before: Absent from the table — Donna regrets not having ordered them.

After: Remain absent but rhetorically present, referenced as evidence of the group's casualness.

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Leo's Off-the-Record List

The plate of patio waffles is a prop of domestic normalcy invoked by Donna to lighten the mood; the waffles become the conversational foil against which Leo’s reprimand lands, highlighting staff's casualness.

Before: Mentioned or present as a recently served breakfast item; Donna regrets not getting them.

After: Remain an offhand reference; physically unchanged but narratively diminished by Leo's scolding.

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Patio Pressure: Drug Policy and Fraying Discipline

Patio waffles are invoked in dialogue as a trivial domestic desire that punctures the meeting's seriousness; Donna complains about not getting them, and the waffles become a touchstone for Leo's rebuke about misplaced priorities.

Before: Mentioned as a missed order or attraction offstage; not yet present on the table.

After: Remain an unconsumed, conversational prop — their absence becomes rhetorical fuel for Leo's complaint.

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