Theory - Toby - 4x19

Okay so I rewatched 4x19 and I think I might’ve figured something out. I apologize if my english is bad as it’s not my main language, but there you go :

On Spencer’s bedside table there’s a book, Laura, by Vera Caspary. I did some research and i found some interesting things.

“Laura is narrated in the first person by several alternating characters.These individual stories all revolve around the apparent murder of the title character, a successful New York advertiser killed in the doorway of her apartment with a shotgun blast that obliterated her face.

Detective Mark McPherson, assigned to the case, begins investigating the two men who were closest to Laura: her former lover, a narcissistic middle-aged writer named Waldo Lydecker, and her fiance, the philandering Shelby Carpenter. (…) When Laura turns out to be very much alive, however, she becomes the prime suspect.”

Now idk about you but it screams Ali to me. Ali was definitely successful, supposedly killed in front of her own house. The only difference would be that she was hurt by a shovel and not a gun, but let’s forget about this for now. Just like Laura, Ali was found alive.

Then we have a middle aged writer who would stand for Ezra, who she had a fling with. But then, what really stroke me is : Shelby Carpenter, her fiance. We all know know that Toby is a carpenter, but maybe they had something way more serious that we think ? This would explain why in this episode Toby was so interested in Alison, almost torturing Spencer to find out if she was alive or not and teaming up with Ezra.

He took Spencer to an interrogation room and was ruthless to her even accusing her of helping Ali faking her death or getting away with Ali’s murder, as if he was trying to put the blame on her to set himself free. The whole interrogation-cop thing reminded me of Wilden who wasnt clean himself and was connected to Ali but the fact that he was a cop helped to make him look innocent.

I thought that the Ezra/Toby scene was really interesting as we never (i think?) saw these two together in PLL. They were both drinking Board Short Ale. Now dont get me wrong, i dont think Toby is BS but i think he’s more involved in Ali’s death than we think he is.

Here’s what they say :

Ezra : We have something in common. We both know what happens when a man lets a skirt get to him.

Toby : He makes mistakes. Walks into trouble with his eyes wide open and ends up in trouble all by himself.

It sounds like they’re both talking about Ali and that’s why Ezra asks to Toby to ask Spencer where Ali could possibly be found. It’s like Toby thinks that if Alison’s alive she could reveal that he tried to kill her and he’d end up in some serious trouble.

We already thought once that Toby was A and then he wasn’t, but Marlene didn’t confirm he was A. She only said he was evil.

If she never lied then maybe Toby doesnt always have good intentions and could be linked to Ali’s “death” somehow. Let’s not forget they have a long history together, she put him in juvie, threatened him and exposed his thing with Jenna. He would definitely have a motive to try to kill her.

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What do u guys think??