Hi everyone, I'm sincerely apologize for not updating this train of thought that I unintentionally derailed. I thought I would be able to work on this story, and other stories over my summer break, since I got off school in early May, but I was wrong. Life has been chaotic for me. I spent a week on Folly Beach, an island making up a small part of Charleston, South Carolina; my family and I also explored other parts of Charleston as well. Then I spent a week in Harlan County, Kentucky on a service trip volunteering with Appalachia Service Project. My college semester is wrapped up, so now I can focus on my stories.
Next thing, I'm asking for some help from my followers and other readers who read this prompt. Like other authors on fanfiction, leaving a comment on either Season 3 Thoughts or Words increases my motivation to write. Hearing other fans opinions on characters and plot stories from the past 3 seasons is helpful in portraying them correctly in stories. With this said, I'm requesting a follower of my stories or fellow reader to be a beta person for my stories. I would also appreciate if someone looked at my profile because I think I said something wrong. I can't influence an actor or actress on their personal life, and I feel that my comment in my real-life ships might be a little childish. I'm not perfect and would like some aid provided to improve the prompts. Grammar, character writing and certain words changes for example would helpful in where changes is required. Well I have rambled too long like Felicity, Barry, Abby from NCIS, or some other character, now onto my thoughts on Toby.
This is a warning to those fans of Toby, I will be bashing him. I will hear your opinions on his characteristics and take them in stride. I used to enjoy Tobias Curtis stuff but he has become a pain in the rear during the last season. He may be a good psychiatrist, but is ABSOLUTELY a terrible friend. Here is my explanation.
As a Waige fan, I became confused and irritated by the 180/360 Toby pulled this last season. He is part of the reason Walter began increasing his EQ, but the shrink decided to support his friend no longer. Not only does he halt helping Walter grow his EQ, but he is also controlling the actions of Paige. Just look at the change in behavior of the beloved shrink through Scorpion's episodes. This list also analyzes Toby's character development.
1x01: Toby makes a comment on wanting to date Paige. Seriously Toby? I really hope now that was just a remark making Walter jealous. I doubt that, and Toby has been later this season going after Happy. So, what is it Toby?
1x06: One subtle remark, "Silver tongue, devil you" towards Walter after he comments on Paige's dress for the gala. Come on Toby, Walter is tongue-tied. I bet you would say more than just "yes" if Happy was in the dress, and you were going to the gala as a couple instead of Paige and Walter. Did anyone else catch the Yoda language in this quote as well? Very clever Scorpion writers, very clever. I don't know where Toby's opinion is at this moment. I initially thought that he is being slightly supportive about Walter. However, while re-watching this scene, and replaying it in my head, I'm picking up with the connotation of Toby's voice he is saying "Good luck Mr. No-EQ". What do you guys think here?
1x16: Toby begins teasing Walter about his feelings for Paige after Walter makes reservations for Paige and himself at Escala.
1x19: Toby uses a whiteboard to explain Walter's feelings for Paige. The shrink then also comments on Walter's actions in protecting Paige and giving her special treatment.
1x20: Once again, Toby uses the leftover drawing Walter didn't erase from the previous episode as a further explanation for Walter's growing feelings for Paige. Toby is then able to persuade Walter to go to Paige's condominium so Walt can state his feelings for Scorpion's liaison. This is the last positive thing from Toby we see with him supporting Waige. From now on, we begin seeing Toby not portraying himself as a better employee of Scorpion.
2x01: This is not the official turn, but Toby begins acting different. He agrees that Walter and Paige should be professional and not explore a relationship. However, Toby then makes an unprofessional comment, in my opinion, to Happy.
2x02: Toby makes another unprofessional to Happy, this time I believe a double entendre after the team is dropped into a sand bank in Cuba.
2x14: Toby didn't really help Walter through the speed dating.
2x16: Toby messing up the grocery order when he knew Walter hates hazelnut cream. Then
2x17: Alright, Toby is a complete hypocrite. He states that Walter and Paige should be professional, but he's been in a relationship with Happy for some time now. I loved how Dr. Rizzuto forced this secret out during the therapy session: the behaviorist just got busted! Toby deserved the treatment he got from Walter. He went behind his friend and boss's back by engaging in a relationship with Happy; and yet he said that Paige and Walter shouldn't be in a relationship in the very first episode of this season. Once again, Toby is acting reckless by using the team's credit card making unnecessary purchase, ruining a part of Walter's life.
2x21: Toby begins saying Walter should move on from Paige because she is growing closer to Tim. Except Toby also says "Oh, that's right. That's my mistake. I keep forgetting, [because] of the way you look, feel and talk about her". Come on Toby! You say Walt needs to move on, yet you say in a subtle way that being in a relationship with Paige would be a good thing since Walt already looks, feels and talks about her like Waige is in a relationship.
2x22: Once again telling, Walter should move on from Paige, but last episode, in my interpretation, is that he is indirectly saying "Walt, you keep on talking about Paige, ask her out".
2x23: Really Toby? Making Walter's new car the company car? I bet you bullied your co-workers to agree on this. Almost every single member of Team Scorpion owns a car, so why can't you take YOUR car Toby? Also, Toby, you have more happiness, so why are you ruining more of Walter's private life?
2x24: Toby calls out Walter for being a JA. He is also able to get Walter to chase after Paige who left less than an hour before with Tim. I'm sensing eyes on me and people thinking "Isn't that a good thing?". It is a good thing, but here comes the complete change.
3x01/3x02: Toby gives some catchy pickup lines to Walter since Walter is getting nervous. However, once Cabe shows up, he indirectly states he regrets helping Walter go after Paige
3x03: Toby gets more obsessive on who Happy's husband. He ignores Walt's warning that he won't like who Happy is married to. Toby also then coerces Paige out of asking Walter what he remembers from the rocket.
3x04: Toby acts like a teenager once he finds out Walter is Happy's husband.
3x05: After finding out Happy is pregnant, Toby commences with micro-managing the pregnancy. Gives Happy his jacket, orders food for Happy which she doesn't want; and all this is happening, his hate for Walter increases more. Toby comments on Walter
3x06: I'm really ticked off at Toby. Walter has had Toby's back while Toby was gambling, getting Toby from being killed by bosses, and he is helping Toby get married to Happy, specifically saying "I'm doing this for you". Except Toby along the lines says: "Well, it isn't your job to comfort your job, that's Tim. [sic] you are playing with fire". Oh yeah, Toby is definitely on Team Tim!
3x10: Toby's comment on Walter trying new tactics on winning Paige's heart again. Well Toby, Walter is looking for support somewhere else because the people Walt thought he could trust have gone behind is back. I really questioned what the Scorpion writers have done with developing Toby because you can see the 180/360 turn from Season 1 and Season 2 Toby to a person who longer supports a "friend".
3x11: This episode showed Toby is still sabotaging Walter's life. Before, Toby would pull aside Walter when he was doing something involving Paige. This time, he chooses to announce that Walter photoshopping Paige's screen photo on her new laptop, covering Tim up. Toby is looking and wanting a confrontation between the ex-SEAL and Walter; while he cozies up with Happy, enjoying Christmas plus making good Christmas memories for his fiancée. I get why Walter did that because he has never considered Tim a member of Team Scorpion because he, Tim, forced himself onto the cyclone. Tim never asked permission for joining Team Scorpion, jumped through the red tape at DHS and won almost won everyone in the cyclone.
3x14: Let's just say, I have some animosity for this episode. This episode just shows the hypocrisy in Toby plus Happy for caring about Walter's EQ. Their philosophy, Quntis, involving personal relationship is a two-and-done deal. They give Walter some suggestions on moving forward towards a relationship with Paige, but then they neglect their friend when the going gets tough.
Based on what Toby argues after hearing about Walter's problem at the fro-yo shop, he is siding with the employee at the shop. This leads to finding out about Walter's EQ DEFCON chart. This shows Toby and Happy are hypocrites when having EQ. They claim to care about Walter's EQ and humanity is becoming nuclear, but they do not provide aid in stopping 197's meltdown in front of a crowd. They also support Paige's "sink-or-swim" philosophy, when Toby says it will unlikely work in the previous episode. Also, while on the case, Toby and Happy could not control Walter arguing with the Sandhogs; showing slightly that they only care for themselves now.
3x18: Toby is micromanaging the prescription medicine Happy is taking after the seed case from the previous episode. Happy doesn't care about taking her meds since right now she is concerned for saving Ada!
Also, I'm glad Walter stood up for finding new ways to be a better friend than going to Toby. Toby never really was there for Walter when Walter was struggling with his EQ; and Walter going to a "supermarket checkout rag" for help is better than an Harvard psychiatrist who only cares for his own relationship now.
3x22: Where do I start? I got irritated when I saw that Toby had a parody painting of "Moby Dick"; and he had his hat painted on and then called it "Toby Dick". Oh, my goodness, talk about someone being narcissistic! Toby made have stated that Walter has a superior complex in S2E17, but this painting shows that Toby has a stronger superior complex than Team Scorpion's leader. Also, I'm glad Cabe and Sylvester chose not to help Toby and Happy move Toby's items into Happy's apartment.
Next, Toby doesn't take responsibility for the handling of the rocket disaster. He's the one that probably, especially Paige, from telling Walt. Then Toby says "You are the one brain I can't crack, 197. I don't think I want to". Obviously, you don't want to crack into what happens into Walter's head, Toby, because you gave up cracking Walter's low EQ a very long time ago. Toby's painting should have a new title called "Toby is always a Dick" because Toby seriously he has been a dick to Walter this whole season!
3x23: Comments on not seeing the bride is bad for marriage; well you saw Happy before the wedding Doc, I would place at least $5 that your marriage will fail. I'll come back to the comment. Changing topics, there is more hypocrisy flowing from the beloved shrink. He and Happy catch Waige kissing in the closet at Kovelksy's, when trying to get some; and catching them in the act, Toby switches his mind again that Walter and Paige are good for each other. Then once he learns about the case to Tahiti, he only begins thinking about a honeymoon. Once on a case Toby, act professional.
3x24: As a new husband, he is upset that Happy didn't tell him everything about her. As my friends from the Peanut gang say, "Good grief!"
3x25: I find it funny that Toby messed part of his behavioral analyzation of the team and stating this with Lord of the Flies. He stated that Cabe and Scotty would be the ones to break apart the Team Scorpion because they're both the more physical men. Except, it is Toby who starts the crack in Team Scorpion's unity against Walter. I'm still frustrated that Toby went digging into more of Happy's secrets when she didn't want that history to be brought up. Seriously Toby? You are desperate to know everything about your new wife, as Collins would say. People don't like having certain things brought back from their past, and Happy didn't want her one-time hit singing career known. This further shows Toby is a micro-manager. Marriage is supposed to be a balancing act, and right now Toby wants the scale in favor of him!
4x01: Oh, please Toby, Collins being released and the end of the world, these reasons are not why you're not happy. Those might be some reasons, but they are ostensible to the ultimate reason you are not happy working on this case. You're not happy because you did not get your honeymoon. Also, stop using that stupid word; the sound of it is IDIOTC. I know I'll never say that word because saying "I'll kick you in the groin" or "Another comment like that and you can say hasta la vista to your reproductive system" sound more threatening. It is like Toby is trying to make another impact outside of Scorpion. Also, PANNS SCABOBI is a dumb acronym. At the time of this episode, because of PANNS SCABOBI, it would force Happy to side with Toby even if there is a better idea for solving the case given by Walter for somebody else.
4x02: I hate the advice Toby gives to Sly about Sylvester's obituary. I don't want to further analyze this part because I have an idea for a single story here on FFN.
4x03: I want to start with the puns Toby tried. Like the rest of the team, I didn't laugh; Toby could take a few hints from everyone on the cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Second, I didn't like Toby forcing Happy to help with the operation on the doe. He knows she can't handle blood, yet he asks for her help, while there are other people standing by who can help. Next, I didn't like Toby getting pissed at Walter for shooting the plastic. Accidents happen, alright Toby! You are treating that fawn like it was your child with Happy; trying to be there for another baby unlike your parents were there for you.
4x04: After this episode, I lost most of my respect for Toby with 1 simple statement. Paul Grellong & Nicholas Wootton, writers for this episode, need to work on fact-checking the background on characters. Toby says "1982, that move alone can cause pregnancy". How is that statement accurate? 1) In S2E03 we learn that Toby is 33 years old. This episode aired in 2015 which means Toby was born in 1982, so he could not know when that dance move was created. 2) I doubt that dance move can cause pregnancy. Is there any scientific study on this?
4x05: I'm with Cabe and Walter, what is with the acronyms? PANNS SCABOBI didn't work out and STORK is way too obvious. For a person who says he doesn't believe in God, Toby has partially bought the idea of a stork carrying a new born child. I also think FUN will be failing once Happy is pregnant. Quintis is 0/2 on successful acronyms in their marriage so far, and I think their newest acronym will make them 0/3. Also, I didn't like Toby's dialogue. 1) He still told Cabe about their "sexy time" when he did not want to hear it. Toby, that is bedroom talk, save that discussion for the bedroom. Even I didn't want to hear that, and I'm a gifted person, based on a psychological definition. 2) I'm irritated that Toby said "You need to get knocked up" to Happy. Toby, no one NEEDS to get knocked up. People WANT to get knocked up. There is a big difference between need and want. A person may want a pineapple, but what they really need is an orange.
Next, I don't like how Toby has this downgrading of someone being a doctor, that is not a medical doctor. This time Toby downgrades Sly right after he passes the bar exam. I have a strong bet that Toby would make only 1 exception on accepting a non-medical degree doctor: this one person is obviously Happy. If Happy chose to earn her doctorate in engineering, Toby would accept this accomplishment without questioning the type of doctorate because Toby has been thinking more with his reproductive system.
Because of his character change, I cannot fully support Quintis. Toby got out of trouble with the pit bosses because of Walter, which may have been some bad EQ moments for Toby; and he can't support Walter, who has a lower EQ than him grow his EQ. If there was a live discussion of the cast members and writers I would ask this question to Nick Santora, Nicholas Wootton, and Eddie about Toby's character: Katherine said along the lines of "Season 3 seems to be Paige's bitchy season". Unfortunately, what wasn't said by anyone was that this season would be Toby's complete turnaround season. No matter what Walter did, Toby would scrutinize Walter for his actions. My question is, what made Toby do a complete 180 or 360 turn(s) and no longer supports Walter? I don't believe it was because of Walter's low EQ. I don't believe that Walt is not ready for a relationship with Paige. I don't believe it is because of his marriage to Happy.
Also, let's talk about Toby's erratic opinions on weddings. He seems to enjoy the idea of going through the traditions of wedding planning. He is the one to propose to Happy, tradition. Happy and Toby talk about the size of their wedding during 3x08, another tradition. The engaged couple also talk about their struggle with managing their money, another tradition. Except, a big except, Toby breaks his traditional streak with a VERY BIG TRADITION, the best-man. He chooses then to have Paige has his best-woman for the wedding. I think Toby favors women over men. Seriously, the criteria Toby reads off for his best-man/best-woman fit the qualities Walter has. I think there is a Freudian term which would describe Toby's favoritism of women over men. It is in my mind, even though I don't want this marriage to fail, I think Toby will be the demise of his marriage to Happy. I think he will return to gambling and Happy will not like this. Look at what Toby says, I'm guessing only a few months breaking his gambling habit: "Man we're all sweaty out here and Sly gets to gamble and have a fancy dinner. Love to trade places with that guy!"
Now with Season 4 rolling, we already have key plot device starting: Happy and Toby trying pregnant. After hearing this idea, and reading the article on cartermatt, I cringed. It is my opinion that having Quintis become parents is too soon. We are only four seasons into the series and we are having talks of pregnancies already!
Here is what I want from Toby this season, or any upcoming season. A big part of me wants Toby making a major mistake on a case and the team has to face the consequences later. This could me making a false profile of a person; they nail the wrong guy and the real criminal behind that case is still on the loose. Or Toby prescribes the wrong medication to a victim. I'll probably think of something else that I want out of Tobias Curtis after I post this new chapter.
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