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Ainsley's Front Room Landline Telephone (handset + base with caller-ID)

A modest plastic landline handset rests on its matching base with a small caller-ID window, compact domestic hardware perched on Ainsley’s front-room table amid wine glasses and cheers. The ring slices through giddy celebration; Ainsley snatches it, thumbs the button—illuminated digits flare 202-456-1414, freezing Bruce and Harriet's joy. Friends crowd the display, handset trembling from idle to oracle as White House summons erupts, hurtling personal triumph into political firestorm.

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S2E4 · In This White House

Caller ID: The White House Rings

The landline handset and base serve as the pivotal plot catalyst: it rings to interrupt revelry, prompting Ainsley to snatch and activate caller-ID; its small window illuminates the White House digits, thrusting domestic joy into national intrigue and symbolizing the banal gateway to power.

Before: Idle on side table amid wine glasses and celebration clutter in Ainsley's front room

After: Handset lifted in Ainsley's grasp, caller-ID activated displaying 202-456-1414, now oracle of political summons

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