S02E04 · SCENE 21/19 · 17:34
The Fire · Parking lot outside Dunder Mifflin
Dwight reveals Ryan started the fire

Dwight emerges from the building and reveals Ryan started the fire.

17:34→18:06
in the episode · 0m 32s · S02E04
Dwight reveals Ryan started the fire

What happens

17:34–18:06

Dwight emerges coughing. He announces that Ryan started the fire by leaving a cheese pita in the toaster oven. Dwight and Michael mock Ryan, dubbing him The Fire Guy. Dwight sings Ryan Started the Fire.

WhereParking lot outside Dunder Mifflin
DriverDwight
Positionact2 · reveal
ThreadDwight's jealousy

Key lines

from this scene
17:35

‫I better tell somebody. ‫Excuse me, sir?

17:45

‫- Everybody was scared out of their wits, man. ‫- Everyone, okay, I have an announcement.

17:58

‫because some smart, sexy temp ‫left his cheese pita ‫on "oven" instead of timing it ‫for the toaster thing.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
humiliation0.8
humiliating0.7
absurd0.3
comeuppance0.2
coined phraserapid back and forth

Beats

17:51Dwight announces Ryan started fire
18:41Dwight sings Ryan Started the Fire

Scene in the episode

17:34–18:06
A · Michael mentors Ryan
B · Fire evacuation games
C · Dwight's jealousy

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Stanley Hudson184 episodes · drives 16 scenes
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