Object

Abbey's Wine Glass

Abbey clutches the slender-stemmed glass brimming with deep crimson wine in the Residence's taut silence, fingers whitening around fragile crystal as fury surges; she lifts it to parted lips for deliberate sips, liquid vanishing amid lacerating accusations hurled at Bartlet, each swallow amplifying betrayal's bitter edge while TV replays echo his defiant press pledge.

2 appearances

Purpose

Consuming wine during intense personal confrontation

Significance

Fuels Abbey's wine-laced fury, crystallizing marital fracture as she rebukes Bartlet's unconsulted re-election vow, personal toll exploding amid MS fallout and Landingham's fresh grave.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S3E1 · Manchester Part I

Abbey's Furious Rebuke to Bartlet's Re-election Defiance

Abbey clutches and sips from the wine glass throughout, its stem a tense prop whitening under her grip, punctuating barbs with deliberate swallows that underscore betrayal's bitterness; it symbolizes her poised yet fracturing composure amid TV-fueled confrontation.

Before: Held firmly in Abbey's seated hand, brimming with crimson wine

After: Still in her possession, partially consumed, gripped amid unresolved tension

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S3E1 · Manchester Part I

Abbey's Icy Betrayal Rebuke and Bartlet's Defiant Deflection

Abbey grips slender-stemmed glass of crimson wine while seated, sipping pointedly during barbs to steel her accusations and underscore controlled rage; prop externalizes emotional volatility, punctuating betrayal's bitterness as TV drones, transforming domestic prop into symbol of fracturing presidential marriage.

Before: Held in Abbey's hand, brimming with wine in Residence chair

After: Still held by Abbey, partially consumed via sips during exchange

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