Object

Sam's Head-Bashing Fairway Wood

Sam pleads with Charlie to grab a fairway wood—a golf club with long shaft and broad, low-lofted head for fairway shots—and smash his skull after the group reads his dismal Red Mass speech draft. Anthony, Emily, and Janet chuckle at the over-the-top self-loathing in the Outer Oval Office bustle, turning Sam's panic into shared levity.

2 appearances

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When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E4 · The Red Mass

Delegation, Doctrine, and a Sudden Political Crisis

The fairway wood is invoked humorously by Sam as a prop in his over-the-top plea for punishment if his speech is bad — it functions as hyperbolic self-loathing rather than a real implement in the scene.

Before: Not physically present; exists only as a joking reference.

After: Remains a hypothetical object used for comedic emphasis.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

Red Mass Prep and a Sudden Health Crisis — Validators, Then Wilde

The fairway wood is invoked by Sam as a comic hyperbole — asking Charlie to hit him with it after reading the speech — functioning as a levity device that masks genuine anxiety about the draft's quality.

Before: Referenced as hypothetical; not physically produced or used in the scene.

After: Remains a rhetorical prop; no action taken with it in-scene.

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