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im confused what was toby talking about when...Spoiler


before toby kills himself and he pulls jonathan aside what is he telling him im very lost about people not expecting things im lost lol can anyone help?
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I have been thinking of that, too. I think it can be that Toby means that Jonathan isn't "really" sick - just depressed - and that he can do great things in his life. Toby himself is out of help and this is his way to tell Jonathan that there's hope for him. It's a good bye, really. Toby letting Jonathan know he's going but that Jonathan will stay and live a great life. Well, that's what I think.

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thank-you that makes much more sence to me know lol

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and by saying 'doing things that people expect you to do' i guess he meant that he is gonna kill himself too. i mean people expect him to not kill himself...after all that threapy, and he was looking good i mean much better..but he done the unexpected! i don't know it could be...

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But I don't think Toby clearly decided to make his final choice until he sees Jonathan and Rachel dancing, underscoring that he's never going to have the girl he wants, perhaps symbolizing that Jonathan will make it in life while he, in his own perception, never can. That scene always pokes at me because it starts off so frivolous but there's really a lot there. Even the way it ends, with Toby dancing with someone else for a second as he moves into the kitchen, then shifting into a darker mode, obviously messed up from the intimacy he's just seen.

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