Or adding atmosphere: this is the sort of story where people get sweaters from the closet. Which doesn't add conflict, but it adds story.
But not much.
I agree that getting the sweater has to have some kind of narrative significance, but it doesn't have to be a conflict. For example:
* it tells us that the weather's getting colder (setting) * it tells us that the sweater-wearer is cautious and detail-oriented (character) * it sets up a later incident in which the sweater's presence on the wearer, or absence from the closet, is significant (plot)
However, that being said, I would guess that in this particular Gilmore Girls episode it performed no function other than filling fifteen seconds of screen time.
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But not much.
I agree that getting the sweater has to have some kind of narrative significance, but it doesn't have to be a conflict. For example:
* it tells us that the weather's getting colder (setting)
* it tells us that the sweater-wearer is cautious and detail-oriented (character)
* it sets up a later incident in which the sweater's presence on the wearer, or absence from the closet, is significant (plot)
However, that being said, I would guess that in this particular Gilmore Girls episode it performed no function other than filling fifteen seconds of screen time.