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Toby's Crumpled Legal Pad Sheets

Toby's fingers claw at fresh sheets ripped from yellow legal pads, scribbling wild theories on Hoynes' polling ploys and ticket whispers before fury overtakes him—he crumples the pages into tight, defeated balls and hurls them into the wastebasket, where they avalanche over prior failures, the overflowing bin pulsing with ink-smeared evidence of his nocturnal unraveling.

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S2E18 · 17 People

Toby's Obsessive Ball Ritual and Leo Confrontation

Toby rips fresh yellow legal pad sheets, scribbles theories on Hoynes, then crumples them in defeat two nights after TV report, hurling into wastebasket as visceral evidence of investigative dead-ends fueling his turmoil toward Leo confrontation.

Before: Fresh, untouched pads on desk

After: Crumpled balls overflowing wastebasket

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S2E18 · 17 People

Toby's Obsessive Nights Propel Suspicion Toward Leo

Toby rips fresh yellow legal pad sheets, scribbles theories on Hoynes then crumples them in defeat, hurling into wastebasket as visceral markers of his futile, spiraling investigations, visually amplifying nocturnal frustration and discarded paranoia.

Before: Fresh, untouched pads on desk

After: Crumpled and piled in overflowing wastebasket

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S2E18 · 17 People

Toby Presses Leo on Rumors of Dropping Hoynes

Crumpled legal pad sheets materialize from Toby's failed drafts two nights post-TV interruption, viciously wadded and heaved into overflowing wastebasket—tangible debris of unraveling theories on Hoynes, amplifying visual frenzy propelling his office exodus.

Before: Freshly scribbled on pads in Toby's office

After: Compacted in overflowing wastebasket

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