S09E17 · SCENE 1/14 · 00:00
The Farm · Dunder Mifflin office
Dwight mourns Aunt Shirley

Dwight announces his aunt's death and uses Schrute funeral customs to invite or distance coworkers.

00:00→02:31
in the episode · 2m 31s · S09E17
Dwight mourns Aunt Shirley

What happens

00:00–02:31

Dwight enters the office in mourning attire, explains his aunt Shirley died, and uses pails of red and black dirt to invite or exclude coworkers from the funeral. Jim gets black dirt, Pam gets red dirt, and Dwight expresses grief while others awkwardly respond.

WhereDunder Mifflin office
DriverDwight
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadSchrute funeral

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00:53

with a dusting of black, slightly acidic soil.

01:03

It looks pretty black.

01:13

Yep. Acidic all right.

01:41

Twelve years. Time is a son of a bitch.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
deadpan0.7
social rule violation0.6
scheme0.4
awkward0.3
monologue

Beats

00:13Dwight explains mourning attire
00:37Dwight offers condolences to Jim

Scene in the episode

00:00–02:31
A · Schrute funeral
B · Packer's revenge
C · Office drug chaos

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Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
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