Josh's Basketball

Josh carries a basketball into the Saybrook Institute courtyard, turning it into sport equipment and a social prop. The team—Josh, Sam, Toby, and Andy—plans to shoot hoops out back, blending physical play with debate practice. Sam and Josh break post-argument tension by heading to the hoop, using the ball to refocus the group on campaign strategy amid personal frictions.

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S4E5 · Debate Camp

Paperwork and a Boundary

Josh carries the basketball into the courtyard as a social prop that signals a transition from intense conversation to informal rehearsal; it catalyzes the group's movement toward physical release and continued debate practice at the hoop.

Before: In Josh's hands as he approaches the group.

After: Brought to the back hoop area as the group moves to shoot.

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S4E5 · Debate Camp

Courtyard: Debate Prep, Domestic Lines, and the Rooker Tiff

Josh arrives carrying a basketball which functions as the instrument and pretext for moving the group's attention from emotional friction to physical rehearsal; it becomes the social prop that resets tone toward debate practice.

Before: In Josh's hands as he approaches the group.

After: Taken to the hoop area as the group walks toward practice; remains in the group's immediate possession for drills.

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