Talk:The Lady Killer/@comment-7241299-20120830004611/@comment-3575890-20120830133543

^^ What part of character development doesn't make sense to you? Toby was built up over three seasons to be the moral compass of Rosewood. Marlene King herself referred to Toby as that. He was genuinely good and honest and all of that has gone to shit in the fraction of a second. That is what I would call retconning.

I agree that Toby has had motive all along, which is why it is likely (and looks to be, judging from interviews) that he joined the A Team way back, but this does not mean he is all bad. He loves Spencer (according to Bryan); so there must be some inner conflict here (you could even see the guilt clear as day on his face after having sex with Spencer) and probably a ton of backstory we have yet to learn of. I can't judge until I know more, but I don't think it's as cut and dry as him being the quintessential bad guy.

I remember Marlene once saying all but 2 things were Mona's doing so it seems Toby hasn't done much to the girls, unless of course, MK has long since forgotten that tidbit. Honestly, she's so back and forth with everything she says.. I will agree about Keegan. I'm excited to see a new side of Toby. Okay, I doubt you can speak on behalf of the majority of the fandom. I'm not even necessarily speculating he's a double agent (though I'm not ruling it out either); I'm saying there is likely a medium here that doesn't paint Toby as a total sociopath. I just don't want him to be relegated to a one-dimensional villain. As you said; Mona is at least a multi-layered and complex character.