Will Spencer take the blame on All American?
Caution: There are major spoilers in this post from All American Season 3, Episode 8.
At the end of All American Season 3, Episode 8, Liv crashed the car. Will Spencer do as she asked and take the blame for the accident?
It’s not surprising that Liv asked Spencer to take the blame. She wouldn’t pass the sobriety test, but she knows Spencer will. However, she’s asking Spencer to take the blame for something that he didn’t do, putting him in an impossible situation.
If he says no, that’s the end of him and Liv because she’ll accuse him of not being a good friend or boyfriend. If he says yes, he could put his entire future on the line. We all know what cops are like when they pull a Black man over. There’s no way this is going down well, despite nobody else getting hurt.
And it’s eventually going to come out that Spencer wasn’t the one driving. Now he’d get in trouble for lying, and that would likely be a bigger charge than accidentally crashing the car.
Liv needs professional help on All American Season 3
The writers have done well in hiding Liv’s alcoholism. Nobody really suspects a thing. Laura did temporarily, but everything for drugs came back negative—and she only checked because Liv asked her to. What Laura didn’t check for was alcohol.
This was the perfect time for Liv to admit that she’s an alcoholic, but she wasn’t ready then. She’s still not ready to admit it. The only reason it’s come out is because she crashed the car. She’ll be in a world of trouble if she’s caught driving under the influence.
It looks like the truth will come out sooner than anyone wants. In the promo for All American Season 3, Episode 9, Billy is angry at Spencer for covering “for her.” We can assume that he’s found out Liv was under the influence.
However, is it just that Spencer is covering for Liv’s drinking problem rather than the crash? After all, Spencer will have to say that he drove because Liv wasn’t sober enough. That then brings up the fact that she’s drinking but it doesn’t bring out the whole truth.
It’s become a messy situation for the group of friends on All American, and we have to wait a while for new answers. Fortunately, not as long as I thought the break might be.
All American Season 3 returns with all-new episodes on April 12 at 8/7c on The CW.