Object

Tissue Toby Uses on Huck

Toby grabs the tissue and wipes newborn Huck's mouth in the dim hospital room, a precise caretaking gesture during his first moments with twins Huck and Molly. Soft disposable paper absorbs spit-up as nurse watches, grounding Toby's joked names and soft admissions before TV footage echoes the act with Bartlet and Zoey.

2 appearances

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When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Toby's Quiet Moment — Huck and Molly

Toby uses a tissue to wipe Huck's leaking mouth — a small, intimate caregiving gesture that concretizes his role as father and underscores the tenderness of the moment before duty calls him away.

Before: In the hospital room within reach of Toby (likely on a bedside surface or provided by the nurse).

After: Carried/used by Toby during the moment; left in the room or disposed of after use (implied), no further narrative role.

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S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Mirror on the Screen

A tissue is actively used by Toby to wipe newborn Huck's mouth, a small caretaking gesture that concretizes the intimacy of fatherhood and creates the visual echo mirrored by the home movie of President Bartlet doing the same.

Before: Clean, unused; accessible to Toby near the bedside.

After: Used to wipe the infant's mouth and likely left on or near the bed after the action.

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