The original cold open for this episode has been replaced in all subsequent versions. The original scene featured the office gang putting on a Halloween haunted house in the warehouse for some children. At the end of the scene, Michael scares the children by simulating a suicide by hanging. Viewers complained that the scene was too dark. NBC president Jeff Zucker's wife, Caryn, who worked in suicide prevention, urged her husband to have the scene removed. The scene is available to watch on NBC's web site and YouTube. The new cold open sets up the episode's plot in which Michael accompanies Jim on a sales trip.