If you spent seven years of your life watching Pretty Little Liars, you know the frustration. We watched Ezra and Aria walk down the aisle. We saw Hanna and Caleb reconcile for the thousandth time. We even got a proposal for Emily and Alison. But when it came to the intellectual powerhouse of the group, Spencer Hastings, the series finale left things... blurry. It felt like a robbery. Honestly, it was.
While the other Liars were picking out china patterns, Spencer was busy dealing with a secret British twin she didn't know existed. It’s hard to plan a wedding when your doppelgänger is locking you in an underground bunker. So, the big question remains for every Spoby shipper: Does Toby and Spencer get married, or were they just left in a "it’s complicated" limbo forever?
The answer isn't in the finale. You won't find it in the final frames of PLL. You actually have to look at the short-lived spinoff and some very specific producer tweets to get the truth.
The Finale Ambiguity: Why We Never Saw the Wedding
In the Pretty Little Liars series finale, "Till DeAth Do Us Part," things were messy for Toby and Spencer. Remember, Toby had just lost his fiancée, Yvonne, in a tragic (and slightly convenient for the plot) car accident. He was grieving. Spencer was, well, being Spencer.
They had that one intense scene where Toby realizes he’s talking to the "real" Spencer and not her evil twin, Alex Drake. It was a massive moment. He knew her heartbeat. He knew her soul. But they didn't run to a chapel.
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Troian Bellisario, who played Spencer, actually went on record with TVLine saying she liked the ambiguity. She felt Spencer had been through way too much trauma to just jump into a marriage. For her, it was more "truthful" to have them just starting to find their way back to each other. It was a slow burn that never actually reached the flame on screen.
The Perfectionists Bombshell
If you didn't watch Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, you missed the biggest Spoby update in history. In the second episode of the spinoff, Mona Vanderwaal is on the phone with Hanna Marin.
It’s a quick throwaway line. A "blink and you'll miss it" moment. Mona asks Hanna: "What do you mean, Spencer and Toby eloped?!"
Yeah. That’s it. No white dress, no Hastings-level gala, no Rosewood drama. They just did it. They ran off and got married in secret. While fans were busy arguing on Reddit about whether Toby "settled" for Spencer after Yvonne died, the writers decided to confirm their endgame status through a phone call in a completely different show.
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Does Toby and Spencer Get Married? The Real Evidence
Let’s look at the facts we have from the expanded PLL universe:
- The Elopement: Confirmed in The Perfectionists (2019). They are officially husband and wife.
- The Timing: It happened sometime between the PLL finale and the start of the spinoff.
- The Style: Eloping fits them. After years of their families interfering and "A" literally trying to kill them, a private ceremony makes a lot of sense for Spencer.
- The Creator's Word: I. Marlene King has stated multiple times on Instagram and in interviews with Entertainment Weekly that Spoby was always "endgame." She even joked about doing a triple wedding in the finale but thought it would be "too much."
Honestly, the elopement feels more "Spencer" than a big wedding anyway. Can you imagine her trying to manage a seating chart with her family history? Her father has a secret kid with the neighbor, her sister buried a girl alive, and her mother is actually her aunt. A courthouse or a secret cliffside in France sounds much more peaceful.
Why Fans Are Still Divided
Even though it's "canon," some people hate how it went down. Some fans feel like Toby only went back to Spencer because he had no other options left. Yvonne was dead. Alex Drake was a psycho. Spencer was the only one left standing.
There's also the "Twin Trauma." Toby slept with Alex Drake thinking she was Spencer. That’s a lot to pack into a marriage counselor’s office. Some viewers find it hard to believe they could just move past that and get hitched. But in the world of Rosewood, "I accidentally slept with your evil twin" is basically just a Tuesday.
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What This Means for the Spoby Legacy
So, does Toby and Spencer get married? Yes. They are married. They are living their lives somewhere, presumably reading high-brow literature and building birdhouses.
If you're looking for more closure, here is what you can do to fill the Spoby-sized hole in your heart:
- Rewatch Episode 2 of The Perfectionists: Hear the confirmation for yourself. It’s the closest we get to a wedding invitation.
- Check Keegan Allen’s Instagram: He and Troian Bellisario are still friends in real life and occasionally post reunions that feel very Spoby-coded.
- Read the Books: If you want a totally different ending, Sara Shepard’s book series handles the couples very differently. Warning: Spoby isn't the same there.
The reality is that Pretty Little Liars was always about the bond between the girls, but for many of us, the Spencer and Toby relationship was the heart of the show's intellectual tension. Knowing they ended up together—even if we didn't get to see the "I dos"—is enough for most of us to finally close the book on Rosewood.
Next steps for fans: Go back and watch the "Spoby" scenes in Season 3 and Season 7 with the knowledge that they eventually elope. It changes the context of their "goodbye" scenes significantly.