Spencer and Olivia is a relationship on All American, portrayed by Daniel Ezra and Samantha Logan.
Since their first meeting, there was an instant connection between Spencer and Olivia, who immediately developed a close bond. Although it seemed they liked each other from the very beginning, they quickly backed off when Jordan came out claiming that Spencer was Billy's son. Then, Spencer soon started dating Olivia's best friend Layla, definitively shutting down the possibility for them to be together for the time being. They instead became really close friends, always being there for each other and becoming one another’s confidant and supporter. The turning point in their relationship came in "Roll the Dice" when Spencer finally realized he was in love with Olivia (whose feelings for him instead seemed to have remained in the back of her mind all along) and they shared their first kiss. From then on, they had some obstacles to overcome in order to get together (such as both being involved with other people at the time and Olivia's relapse), but eventually they found their way. They faced several other step backs even after they officially started dating, but they ultimately managed to settle into a committed, loving and happy relationship, which culminated in their marriage in the finale of season six.
Relationship arc[]
Season One[]
Spencer and Olivia first met in science class the day he moved to Beverly Hills High School. The two hit it off immediately and instantly connected. Olivia quickly developed a crush on him, and he seemed to like her as well. They tried to pursue their feelings when they were dared to skinny dip in a hot tub during a party, but they were stopped by Jordan, who had a hunch that Spencer might be his and Olivia's brother. When Spencer talked to Olivia the next night, she brushed him off saying it was just a dare, which led him to believe that she didn't actually like him. The day of the Homecoming dance, he stared in awe of her walking down the stairs. At the dance, Chris mentioned to Spencer that he knew Olivia still liked him, but Spencer tried to deny it, saying he thought Olivia liked him when he first moved to Beverly Hills, but then lost interest. Later, at the park clean up that Spencer and Kia arranged, Olivia approached him and said she was sorry about being distant lately, and that she just missed her friend, to which he agreed. In the meantime however, Spencer started dating Layla, definitively shutting down the possibility for him and Olivia to be together for the time being.
Season Two[]
After finding out about her mother's affair with Billy, Spencer moved out of the Bakers' house to give Laura space and not be a constant reminder of what happened. However, Laura soon went to talk to him and welcomed him back with open arms: when he returned to the Bakers' house, Olivia ran to hug him, glad he came back home. Then, he told her about his dad wanting him to go play for him at South Crenshaw High the next fall: she was honest, saying that she didn't want him to leave. At South Crenshaw High twenty-five-year high school reunion, Spencer confided in Olivia about having a fight with Layla and how she was showing signs of depression. Concerned about her, they both went to find Layla at the hotel room she was staying at to try to help her, who suddenly arrived and, after discovering they entered without her permission, she began spiraling and got angry at both of them, even calling off her relationship with Spencer. Later in the season, Olivia started dating Asher, who however didn't show up at her cotillion, forcing her to bring Spencer as her date: the two showed an undeniable chemistry during the dance and killed it. Unfortunately, the night ended tragically when Spencer got shot by one of Tyrone's affiliates while he was walking Olivia home, leaving her in despair. After he was brought to the hospital, Olivia never left him and their bond further strengthened through this whole experience. At the end of the season, Spencer and Olivia decided to spend their summer together after being left alone in Los Angeles, though unfortunately Olivia started relapsing without asking for anyone's help after her sponsor stopped answering her calls.
Season Three[]
During the summer they spent together Spencer and Olivia's bond became stronger than ever until they both went to Vegas where Coop would hold a concert during her tour: this trip marked a turning point in their relationship. In truth, Olivia had initially decided to stay at home but was convinced to join the rest of the group by Spencer: she arrived without anyone knowing it but Jordan and Simone, who asked Spencer and Olivia to be their witnesses after they had just impulsively decided to get married in Vegas, much to both Spencer and Olivia's shock. After some initial hesitation and attempts to make Jordan and Simone change their mind, they both agreed. Before the ceremony, Spencer and Olivia went do some shopping together: in a store, they met a psychic who told them she was seeing a "forever love" and that Spencer needed clarity about his feelings, leaving them both confused. However, everything started making sense during Jordan and Simone's wedding while the two were pronouncing their vows, which made both Spencer and Olivia flashback to the momentous moments of their relationship and realize that everything Jordan and Simone were saying applied to them too, meaning that they were in love with each other. After the wedding, Olivia rushed to the hotel to make her baggage and leave due to the implications of what she just realized, considering that both she and Spencer were still involved respectively with Asher and Layla (who had asked him to come to Vegas because she wanted to rekindle their romance), but Spencer tried to stop her by kissing her and finally confessing he was in love with her. However, Olivia was not ready to face their feelings and the consequences of them getting together yet and stormed off, leaving Spencer heartbroken. Once the summer was over and they both started senior year, things were very awkward between them, so they both agreed to give each other space and not to talk about what happened in Vegas. As a consequence, Spencer decided to rekindle things with Layla and Olivia kept dating Asher. However, it was clear that by then everything had changed and neither of them was able to suppress their feelings for the other anymore, which led to things quickly falling apart: the truth about what happened in Vegas soon came out and both Spencer and Layla and Olivia and Asher broke up. Then, Jordan encouraged Olivia to stop caring about the consequences and go after what she really wanted all along, namely Spencer, prompting her to finally tell Spencer she reciprocated his feelings while she was driving him home one night. However, by then she had been relapsing for months with her addiction being out of control once again: they had an accident and she was driving while she was drunk, so she was forced to tell Spencer about her relapse and begged him not to tell anyone else while also asking him to take responsibility for the accident, much to his contrariety and concern about her. Feeling Olivia needed help, Spencer went against her will and told the Bakers about her relapse, leading to a fight between them in which Olivia became angry at Spencer for outing her, claiming she had everything under control, to which Spencer responded that although he loved her, he couldn't become her go-to place whenever she entered a bad place, and she should accept her own responsibilities: this made Olivia finally stop denying the fact that she relapsed and realize she needed help. In order to do so, however, Olivia told Spencer that she should focus exclusively on her recovery and thus couldn't be with anyone for the time being, but Spencer was willing to wait for her. At the end of the season, after Olivia had started getting better, Jordan gave her another pep talk, in which she encouraged her to enter a relationship with Spencer, pointing out that being with someone understanding and caring like Spencer who would never let her risk her recovery was not dangerous and could let her handle both things at the same time: this prompted Spencer and Olivia to finally become a couple.
Season Four[]
After finding their way to be together, Spencer and Olivia started navigating their relationship during the last months of senior year despite never forgetting their own respective priorities (her recovery and his playing football), but eventually they found happiness together. Some time after becoming a couple, they had their first time, which was a big deal for both of them because their love for each other was bigger than what they experienced before and they were both nervous for that reason. They also attended senior prom together, during which Olivia revealed to Spencer that he was always it for her, to which he thanked her for waiting for him and being patient with him. Then, they both graduated from high school and looked forward to the future which was expecting them. They both decided to attend Golden Angeles University, where Olivia started studying journalism and Spencer entered its football team along with Jordan. However, their new respective committments and duties ended up putting a rift between them, causing them to eventually begin distancing from each other and spending less and less time together. This all reached its climax when Olivia started an investigation into Spencer's team at GAU which threatened to severely affect it by pulling a lot of skeletons out of the closet while Spencer began feeling increasingly estranged from Olivia's life due to thinking that her commitment to her studies and journalism was what made her truly happy, leaving no room for him anymore. After several arguments which made the two of them realize that their dreams and passions were pushing them more and more in different directions, the season ended with their relationship destiny uncertain.
Season Five[]
After taking a break of several weeks from their relationship, Spencer ultimately decided to break up with Olivia due to thinking she would be happier without him and by focusing solely on her career despite her attempts to convince him otherwise. The aftermath of their break-up was very hard for both of them, unable to move on from each other due to still being in love with one another: in order to cope with that, Spencer entered a rebound relationship with a girl named Alicia, while Olivia threw herself into journalism. However, after things calmed down a bit and the two managed to go back being on friendly terms with each other, Olivia realized that, even focusing on her dreams, she was miserable without Spencer, so she came clean to him about it and told him she wanted to get back together, which caught him off guard. Their relationship drama then took a back seat because they were both hit by the devastating news of Billy's sudden death, which clearly overshadowed everything else and left both Olivia and Spencer severely traumatized and having a very hard time handle their grief: in fact, she risked another relapse into her addiction while he started isolating himself from everyone else, feeling depressed and angry due to his belief that all his beloved ones always left him. However, in this dramatic occurrence, both Olivia and Spencer showed up for each other and helped one another find their way out of the bad place they were in: he managed to make her understand the reason behind her need to drink again when she was at her lowest and she realized how much he needed his village to be there for him especially during this hard time despite his claims that he wanted to be left alone. In between all this, they agreed that they would talk about the possibility of rekindling their relationship once they both would be in a good place. From then on, they started getting increasingly closer again, until Olivia realized that if she wanted to make things work with Spencer, she needed to find herself first, which led her to accept an offer for a three-month study period in London. Spencer found himself conflicted about whether to tell Olivia that he still loved her and wanted to get back together with her before her departure in order to make it easier for her, but eventually decided to do it, rushing to the airport and declaring her love to Olivia: the two finally reunited right before she got on the plane, with Spencer promising Olivia to wait for her return.
Season Six[]
Fifteen months after Olivia's depature, both she and Spencer were about to start their junior year of college. Olivia's time in London expanded from the original three months to over one year, during which she and Spencer stayed together at distance. At her return, both were nervous to see each other again after the time spent apart, fearing to no longer feel the same for each other, but right after meeting again they both immediately realized that their love for one another hadn't changed a bit. They then started reconnecting as new versions of themselves and decided to take things more slowly than the first time after realizing that going too fast was what ended up tearing them apart. During this process, they decided to focus more on them as a couple (despite not losing sight on their personal goals) by starting to include each other in their future plans, improving their communication, carving out more time to spend together and doing a couple bucket list. Thanks to all this, they gradually settled into and adult, stable and mature relationship, eventually leading Spencer to ask Olivia to move in with him, which she happily accepted. As time went on, they both also managed to achieve their personal dreams: Spencer got drafted to play in the NFL for the New York Bobcats while Olivia became a successful author, albeit a novelist and not a journalist, after publishing a book based on his father's life to honor his legacy. Months kept passing and, right after winning his first NFL Championship and being named Super Bowl MVP, Spencer proposed to Olivia, who happily accepted. Then, after an incident threatened to ruin their wedding, the two finally got married in a beautiful ceremony put together thanks to the help of all their village while getting ready to move to New York together.