# The Office (12/6/12) - "Dwight Christmas" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268 "2012-12-07T03:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/21 "2012-12-08T06:18:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So is there going to be a payoff for all the times they’ve mentioned the “Scranton Strangler”? I certainly hope so. This dawned on me last week. Where are they going with it? It seems like everyone is going to get a happy future life except Andy. So in order to get the Scranton Strangler theories going I propose teh following possiblities: Mose - too obvious and no joke Packer - one last visit for the creep Michael Scott - no chance Creed - possilibity but not good payoff The asian surgeon working in the warehouse - amusing if he is doing it to expand the gang’s territory or something like that and my final and ultimate guess: Ryan - we haven’t seen him, the killings stopped and we know he is a ruthless psychopath too. So I expect Toby to out him in the next couple of episodes. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/22 "2012-12-08T15:28:10Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > This dawned on me last week. Where are they going with it? > It seems like everyone is going to get a happy future life except Andy. So in order to get the Scranton Strangler theories going I propose teh following possiblities: > Mose - too obvious and no joke > Packer - one last visit for the creep > Michael Scott - no chance > Creed - possilibity but not good payoff > The asian surgeon working in the warehouse - amusing if he is doing it to expand the gang’s territory or something like that > > and my final and ultimate guess: > Ryan - we haven’t seen him, the killings stopped and we know he is a ruthless psychopath too. So I expect Toby to out him in the next couple of episodes. Don’t forget Gabe, or The Senator. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/23 "2012-12-08T15:31:04Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Don’t forget Gabe, or The Senator. I have a feeling it’s Gabe. But who knows. Packer I never thought about until **Disheavel** listed him. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/24 "2012-12-08T16:44:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So is there going to be a payoff for all the times they’ve mentioned the “Scranton Strangler”? I certainly hope so. I think the point of that is it is the only thing Toby thinks ever happened to him that is worth talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/25 "2012-12-10T05:11:49Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I think the point of that is it is the only thing Toby thinks ever happened to him that is worth talking about. I just think it was too overboard last episode and it has been escalating to that point for quite some time. **Dewey Finn** is on to something, unfortunately the previews are going to tell us all that the case will be solved next week. I think we can rule out the Senator due to his already having enough of a story line this year. But Gabe is an interesting choice! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/26 "2012-12-10T06:42:45Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Don’t forget Gabe, or The Senator. David Wallace? (Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration?) ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/27 "2012-12-10T14:46:45Z")
I thought the Strangler would either be Robert California or Gabe. I’m surprised the story is still going. Since both those characters are gone, I suppose they will just make it Creed. Obviously he is a murderer or a secret agent under deep cover. Erin was also a suspect of mine. For a long time she didn’t seem to know how to have normal human interactions. I could see her being a bit confused and embarrassed that she ends up in so many strangling. What’s funny is Donna Noble kisses him just to shut him up, but Toby totally goes for it. High five Toby! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/28 "2012-12-10T18:41:55Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Erin was also a suspect of mine. For a long time she didn’t seem to know how to have normal human interactions. I could see her being a bit confused and embarrassed that she ends up in so many strangling. I love this idea. “I was hugging him to show him how much I loved him! Then he kind of went limp and pretended to be asleep. …maybe I’m just a bad hugger. I think I need more practice.” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/29 "2012-12-10T19:16:07Z")
Maybe Toby is the Strangler… He was the only juror that knew the guy was innocent, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/30 "2012-12-10T19:24:22Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > I love this idea. “I was hugging him to show him how much I loved him! Then he kind of went limp and pretended to be asleep. …maybe I’m just a bad hugger. I think I need more practice.” So Erin is kind of like Lenny from _Of Mice and Men_. ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/31 "2012-12-14T03:45:08Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > I know this is a dumb question but I admit I am confused. > > That _was_ the series finale, right? > > I mean Wikipedia (and other sources) say that the 9th season is the last season. But are they planning on doing some special or something (like the UK series did)? I restate my question. A week has gone by and I have not received an answer. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/32 "2012-12-14T03:58:58Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > I restate my question. A week has gone by and I have not received an answer. It was answered in literally the next post: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15774439&postcount=19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15774439&postcount=19) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268/33 "2012-12-14T04:01:14Z")
> [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](#): > > I restate my question. A week has gone by and I have not received an answer. The post right after yours answered your question dude. That was episode 9 out of 22. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-12-6-12-dwight-christmas/643268.md?page=1)