toby dated regina in switched at birth.
who does toby date in switched at birth?
regina
during season three toby begins to date a carlton teacher named lily. the two date for the first half of season four, but break up after lily develops a crush on a teacher at umkc. it was revealed during the mid-season premiere of season four that lily is expecting toby's baby. after lily finds out she is having a baby, she discovers the baby has down syndrome. after many bumps in the road they decide to keep the baby. lily gives birth in the last episode and the child is named carlton after the school at which toby and lily met.
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michael frequently threatened to fire toby, which he could not do because toby is not considered a local branch employee, having been hired by the corporate office and then assigned to scranton. the majority of michael's techniques that are questionable bring toby by his own obligation to confront michael about how corporate would like him to do his job. ultimately toby and michael represent the conflict between employees and upper management. while toby is mainly a passive victim to michael's abuse who tries his best to remain calm, toby himself has shown on a few occasions in the series that he enjoys seeing michael in misery such as when he injures his foot and collapses and struggles in the restroom (where michael is disgusted by the idea of toby helping him instead of ryan, and toby gets to mock michael's wimpiness and notes with disdain "you only grilled your foot") and when toby viciously beats michael in a game of poker, in which he says he will chase the feeling of taking michael's money. toby has also laughed at michael's misfortune on occasion such as in "the deposition" when toby learns that michael thinks ryan is hot and also in "koi pond" when he learns michael has fallen into two fountains. toby once even instructed pam on how to hit michael harder after he gave her the opportunity to do so for dating and dumping her mother, showing that he enjoys seeing michael suffer to a degree. toby has on occasion stood up to michael such as in "classy christmas" when michael tries to accuse toby of destroying holly's beloved woody doll, to which toby immediately responds that the vandalism is something that michael would do, to which everyone agrees. toby seems to have a strong ability to absorb michael's abuse as seen in "goodbye toby" where he is given a potential opportunity to complain about michael's antics and after michael threatens to kill him (though he does so in a situation where holly and pam would be able to listen to toby's issues if he wanted to present them, as they either don't know how awful michael has been to him or, in pam's case, know it very well), toby claims that everything in the office is fine, and later shrugs to the camera that he has survived michael's abuse long enough and that disclosing it is pointless. toby has never attempted in any way to get michael punished for his harsh treatment of him (despite having the power to do so) and has never gotten angry with him for unknown reasons. this stands in direct contrast to other members of the office who get angered at michael for his stupidity and rudeness such as jim, pam, and (notably) stanley. toby also somewhat seems to be in denial that michael hates him as seen in "new guys" in which after shooting down his impulsive idea, andy says to toby: "now i know why michael hated you so much", to which toby responds "no, he didn't", possibly signifying that toby does not view michael's abuse as hatred. michael himself has even shown shock at toby's passive attitude to his abusive actions, notably seen in "frame toby" when after he and dwight attempt to frame toby for being a marijuana user in order to get him fired, michael actually feels true guilt and attempts to stop it though is absolutely shocked after the situation is resolved when toby expresses anger for them wasting the cop's time, all the while completely ignoring the fact that he potentially could have been arrested and fired from his job, possibly showing that michael also hates toby for allowing himself to be abused and not standing up for himself.
toby flenderson