10 Secret Subplots You Learn From Watching The Office Deleted Scenes
4. Creed Faked His Own Death
There is no Office character more unpredictable or mysterious than Creed Bratton, with the shady criminal making many dubious claims over the course of the show.
But one of the best and most weirdly plausible of all his tall tales was cut from the season three episode "Product Recall." In the kitchen, a newspaper reporter recognises Creed and even claims to have written his obituary.
Creed then congratulates the baffled reporter on a job well done, before a cutaway has Creed reveal that he faked his own death a decade prior for "tax reasons," and has been claiming benefits as his own widow ever since.
In a masterclass of long-term storytelling, this pays off in the show's series finale, when it's revealed that Creed was arrested for his multitude of criminal behaviours which came to light after the documentary aired.