S09E21 · SCENE 20/24 · 27:45
Livin' the Dream · Toby's office
Andy burns his boats

Andy decides to burn his bridges to commit to his dream.

27:45→30:14
in the episode · 2m 29s · S09E21
Andy burns his boats

What happens

27:45–30:14

Andy realizes he needs to burn his fallbacks to succeed. He asks Toby to falsify his records as fired for theft, and when Toby refuses, Andy gropes him to create a reason for firing.

WhereToby's office
DriverAndy
Positionact3 · escalation
ThreadAndy's dream pursuit

Key lines

from this scene
28:36

was by burning all of his own boats so they could never return home.

28:42

Huge dick move, but very effective.

28:48

I need to be that same kind of dick to myself.

30:02

Okay, all right. Groped you good. Off to Hollywood!

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
absurd0.8
scheme0.7
humiliation0.3
awkward0.2
argument

Beats

28:55Andy says he needs to burn boats.

Scene in the episode

27:45–30:14
A · Andy's dream pursuit
B · Dwight's black belt
C · Jim's return home
D · Angela's eviction

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Toby Flenderson147 episodes · drives 23 scenes

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