Oliver Babish's Brandeis Gavel

Oliver Babish's grip tightens on the oversized 'big hammer' gavel, perched like a sentinel on his cluttered desk—ancestral relic passed from father's father through Justice Brandeis himself. Fingers fondle its worn heft amid sarcastic tirades on legal blunders; staff hovers, offering to pack it for his resisted Borneo vacation, but defiant strokes anchor his workaholic vigil as crisis erupts.

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4 moments

S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

Babish Erupts Over Staff's Legal Blunders, Defies Vacation Push

Perched prominently in the desk's center, the oversized Brandeis gavel becomes a flashpoint when staff offers to pack it ('big hammer') for Borneo's trip; Babish passionately defends its heritage from Justice Louis Brandeis via his grandfather, symbolizing unyielding legal tradition amid his resistance to leave the MS maelstrom.

Before: Positioned in the middle of Oliver Babish's desk, untouched.

After: Remains on the desk, unpacked and emblematic of Babish's anchored duty.

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S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

Dictaphone Stuck on Record Exposes Counsel's Office Vulnerabilities

Oliver Babish's Brandeis Gavel, dubbed 'big hammer,' is offered for packing by staff during vacation prep, defended fiercely as ancestral relic amid resistance—symbolizing unyielding judicial duty anchoring him against respite, its desk presence underscoring workaholic vigil over escape.

Before: Perched prominently on cluttered desk as personal talisman

After: Remains unpacked on desk, emblem of interrupted departure

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S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

Babish's Reluctant Departure Interrupted by Presidential Visit

The oversized Brandeis gavel sits prominently mid-desk as a tactile anchor; staff offers to pack it mockingly as 'big hammer,' but Babish fiercely defends its heritage from Justice Louis Brandeis passed father-to-son, fondling it defiantly to symbolize unyielding legal gravitas amid vacation resistance and recording perils.

Before: Perched untouched in desk's center, symbol of legacy.

After: Remains unpacked on desk, claim staked against departure.

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S3E9 · Bartlet for America (Restructured)

Bruno Interrupts Gibson's Relapse Probe, Adjourned Post-Holidays

Bruno wields the gavel to strike and summon order at session's restart, its resonant bang punctuating authority and framing the brief, fraught questioning before adjournment; narratively, it bookends tension, symbolizing institutional control wielded to protect Leo.

Before: Positioned on Bruno's podium, idle post-prior recess

After: Returned to podium, silent after day's close

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