Hey all you people. Hey all you people wont you listen to meeeee.
I have an important conspiracy theory!!!
STOP WHAY YOU'RE DOING AND READ THIS YO.
I'm watching the office for the nine zillionth time when I make a connection. A connection I have never... ever noticed before.
We've never seen Toby's ex wife, right? We've seen his daughter but never his wife. But we know he was married. I just find it odd we never see her... but then I got to thinking, maybe we do. Maybe we see her in almost every episode.
The reason I pose this theory to you, the jury, is that we know Toby Flenderson had secrets. It's been confirmed that Toby was the Scranton Strangler, right? Certainly, he never brings this up, but it is heavily implied. So if he carried a secret this large, it wouldn't be a suprise if Toby had other skeletons in his closet.
Let me present into evidence, exhibit A. Meridith Palmer. Twice divorced mother of two. Sexually promiscuous and a known alcoholic. We see one of her children, her son, Jake, twice in the series. But we never see her daughter, whom she refers at as "Wendy" and "The Good One." We never see her ex husbands, we only are made aware of their existence. Meridith also clearly doesn't like it when men touch her neck, as she states, in episode 6x16, "Yeah, I have this thing about men cutting or threatening to cut my throat. Don't try to cut my throat." This implies that she's had some form of traumatic past with things involving the throat. And what is Toby known for?
This could imply that Meridith could potentially have been a survivor of one of Toby's neck hating rendezvous.
Although Meridith stated that her daughter's name was Wendy, and Toby's daughter is Sophia, Meridith is known to be an alcoholic which after a certain amount of time, can cause memory loss issues. Her daughter is in her ex-husband's custody, so she may not see her often. She could easily say the wrong name, especially if she and Toby could have a secret child.
The child in question? Sophia, perhaps AKA Wendy.
Sophia herself would not have been a secret, but Toby and Meridith's broken marriage would be.
See, Meridith herself is known for keeping secrets. Secrets involving deals and lies and getting things in return for her service. Good secrets, too, like going back to college and getting her masters. This shows a sophistication to Meridith that we did not at first get to see. It would make sense that Meridith would keep some parts of her life private.
This part of her life? A marriage and child with Toby Flenderson. A marriage that fell apart, and they kept secret. We couldn't really put that past either of them. In order to really show you why I'm convinced that this is the case, I present to you, Exhibit B.
Toby's love interests. Toby is shown to like two women in the office. Pam and Nellie. Can you name something they have in common?
Aside from Erin, if we are thinking of women with this specific feature, in the Office of Dunder Mifflin Scranton, who do you think of?
And before you say!!! Toby's kid was blonde! Let me point out that
Meridith's son is dirty blonde. Just for fun, let's throw in the fact that out of all the kids in the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" these two chose to sit together.
Coincidence? I think NOT!!!
But wait!!! More similarities?
WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF MERIDITH'S HAIR??
Toby doesn't believe in office relationships. In one episode, Toby states "Office Relationships never work out."
Could he have been speaking from personal experience?
And yes, I'm aware that there is an episode where Meridith asks Toby if they ever had a deal to hook up on the last day of work... but this does not rule out the idea that they could've once been married.
I hope you've enjoyed my theory, and that you give it some that.
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