Bullpen Landline Phone

Shrill ring erupts in the shadowed bullpen's late-night hush, cleaving Josh's cocky sixteen-coin-flip triumph. Bonnie seizes his arm, drags him across cluttered desks to snatch the receiver—fingers vise-tight on cool plastic as Situation Room watch commander's gravel voice relays Coast Guard Commander Cale's refugee ship frenzy. Tension detonates; Sam, Toby, C.J., Donna cluster close, playful respite incinerated in crisis blaze. Later echoes pulse in Leo's daylight office storm, Margaret lunging to dial Josephine amid Toby's scorching.