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Cartons of Chinese Food

Steaming cartons of Chinese food crowd the Roosevelt Room table, lids flipped back as Josh spears noodles, Donna jabs at fried rice, and Ed with Larry dig in between savage swipes at the speech draft's limp jokes. Forks clatter against styrofoam amid late-night grease sheen, fueling the team's raw brainstorm frenzy where re-election fire meets casual chow-down grit.

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3 moments

S2E18 · 17 People

Speech Team Roasts Humorless Draft; Flowers Ignite Donna's Past

Cartons of Chinese food litter the table, fueling informal late-night huddle as Josh, Donna, Ed, Larry dig in while dissecting speech flops; embodies gritty camaraderie, grounding high-stakes revisions in casual mess, contrasting Oval tensions with staff resilience.

Before: Steaming and freshly opened

After: Half-eaten, scattered amid papers

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S2E18 · 17 People

Flowers Ignite Revelation of Donna's Josh-Tangled Past

Cartons litter the table establishing casual late-night grind, grounding banter and critique as backdrop to flowers revelation, with group's focus briefly disrupted before resuming via food-motivated group split.

Before: Scattered and partially consumed

After: Unchanged, fueling continued session

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S2E18 · 17 People

Sam Rallies Team into Republican Joke Pairs

Cartons of Chinese food clutter the table as casual backdrop to the brainstorm pivot, sustaining late-night energy while Ainsley's ploy highlights group dynamics; they ground the frenzy in gritty camaraderie amid zinger breakthroughs.

Before: Scattered and open on Roosevelt Room table

After: Unchanged, fueling divided groups

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