Location
The Neighborhood Store
A compact retail store that serves as a personal anchor for characters.
1 events
1 rich involvements
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
S1E9
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The Short List
Goldfish Mix-Up — A Small, Tender Beat
The Store is referenced off-screen as the place Danny bought the goldfish and where the clerk named it 'Gail'; it anchors the gift in a quotidian, communal world outside the West Wing and emphasizes the ordinary source of the absurd present.
Atmosphere
Not directly observed in scene — implied as mundane, fluorescent, and casual in tone.
Functional Role
Source location for the prop/gift; provides a humanizing counterpoint to the political setting.
Symbolic Significance
Represents the ordinary life beyond the White House that characters briefly touch for comfort.
Access Restrictions
Public neighborhood retail; open to anyone.
Imagined: small glass aquarium, clerk interaction, and casual retail noise.
The store's intimacy contrasts with institutional formality.
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