While it’s been years since “The Office” aired on NBC, fans of the show are still invested in it like it’s being aired in real time. Thanks to Netflix, new viewers are being brought into the Dunder Mifflin family and are able to point out some “missed clues” on the show. Like, for example, who the real “Scranton Strangler” is. One Twitter user, @spencermcclure_ has a pretty clear conspiracy theory surrounding the HR manager, Toby Flenderson, and the “Scranton Strangler.” In fact, he’s convinced they’re one in the same. His long, long, long Twitter thread is well thought out and pretty damn solid.
‼️Conspiracy Theory‼️
For my fans of The Office… Toby Flenderson is the Scranton Strangler. And I’ll tell you why… pic.twitter.com/DYuUb1q3NY— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Motive (Pt. 1):
Toby works in a low paying job, where all of his coworkers are tremendously rude to him. Michael being the worst of the bunch. pic.twitter.com/alzExQXf7w— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Motive (Pt. 2):
Toby had a failed marriage, was divorced, and struggles to form a relationship with his daughter. He developed a crush on Pam, and felt optimistic after she split with Roy and even asked her out. However, he was forced to watch her fall in love with Jim. pic.twitter.com/iwemPnDTq3— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Motive (Pt. 3):
Finally, Toby was fed up. He decided to move to Costa Rica for work, which resulted in him being hospitalized after a zip lining accident and was stuck there for months. This was the breaking point for him. pic.twitter.com/c9wDOSnBZC— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
This is where things get good… The Scranton Strangler was introduced in Season 6, when Pam and Jim have their baby. An obviously frustrating day for Toby.
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Toby was seen at the start of the episode trying to get in the elevator, but was blocked off by Michael. Once everyone arrived at the hospital, he was the only one missing… pic.twitter.com/U96ocaHmAC
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
The very next day, Andy brought in a present for Cece. A copy of the newspaper that reads “Scranton Strangler strikes again” pic.twitter.com/HXciMS5tLB
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Later in the series, the crew was at a church for Cece’s Christening. Toby had a noticeably difficult time going into the church, suggesting a guilty conscious. When he eventually went in he started asking God why he was always so mean to him. pic.twitter.com/MjHJmVNPZk
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Fast forward some more to “The Viewing” episode. This is when the chase down between the police and the Scranton Strangler happened. Everyone was there watching. That is, except Toby… pic.twitter.com/VwOTNX7go6
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
But wait a minute… We’ve seen that car before. Not just anywhere, but in the Dunder Miflin parking lot itself… pic.twitter.com/mitnc7IP2y
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Wrapping things up, Toby got summoned for Jury Duty to be on the Scranton Strangler cade. He came across as very confident that they got it right, that the real Scranton Strangler was behind bars pic.twitter.com/xCeVRHpfnJ
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
However, he went back on that later on in the show as he confesses in Michael’s last Dundies that he feels guilty that he put an innocent man behind bars… pic.twitter.com/3a218L2M46
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Consumed with guilt, Toby goes to visit the man he deemed guilty. The seen of the interaction was never shown, but instead had Toby leaving in a neck brace. Viewers assumed that this meant it was really the strangler, yet I disagree pic.twitter.com/SUEOCG1RJ6
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Toby either faked the attack, or he confessed to the man in prison that he was the real Scranton Strangler, and the man attacked him out of anger for his false imprisonment.
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
Toby is the real Scranton Strangler. Change my mind. This is the end of the thread. I hope you enjoyed, or else i’m sorry for wasting your time ?
— Spencer McClure (@spencermcclure_) March 11, 2018
People were blown away by this idea.
— Scott Behnke (@Shadow_Mind704) March 14, 2018
— ced (@cedfields) March 13, 2018
It makes perfect sense.
— eclarke (@EClarke1) March 13, 2018
Damn toby ???
— Munty (@MadFMunty) March 13, 2018
But, one person was convinced it was Creed and not Toby.
I still think it was Creed. Example 1: Halloween ep he shows up with blood splattered all over him, saying he didn't even know it was Halloween.
— Maxwell Kaiser (@HahahaMaxwell) March 12, 2018
Example 2: When Michael tries to frame Toby and the police come, Creed hides out in the conference room and tells the camera crew, "just pretend we're talking until the cops leave."
— Maxwell Kaiser (@HahahaMaxwell) March 12, 2018
Example 3: In the Murder in Savannah episode, when Michael tells Creed he was a suspect in a murder, Creed immediately hauls ass out of there.
— Maxwell Kaiser (@HahahaMaxwell) March 12, 2018
Example 4: All the illegal stuff he does. Making fake IDs for kids, he explains he has an alternate identity that always takes the heat for his actions, clearly he is comfortable in the criminal element.
Guys. It was Creed.
— Maxwell Kaiser (@HahahaMaxwell) March 12, 2018
What do you think, my fellow Office junkies?