This is a list of characters from South of Nowhere, the American television program created by Thomas W. Lynch.
Ohio to Los Angeles, California. Season 1 focused on the issue of her own sexual orientation and relationship with her new friend Ashley Davies. Spencer was for a short time attracted to Ashley's ex-boyfriend Aiden Dennison while maintaining an awkward, semi-romantic relationship with Ashley. In the season 1 finale, Spencer came to the conclusion that she wasn't straight, and that she was in love with Ashley. In the same episode Ashley and Spencer share a kiss.
In the season 2 premiere, it is revealed that they had spent the night with one other. During most of Season 2, Spencer dealt with her new romantic relationship with Ashley which was plagued with her jealousy over Ashley's semi-relationship with Aiden. When Spencer's mother, Paula, walked in on them in a compromising position, Ashley was somewhat violently thrown out of the house and Spencer was kept away from Ashley. Her mother attempted to bring in a therapist to "fix" her, but her father, Arthur, wouldn't stand for it. Spencer couldn't deal with the situation at home any longer, and when Ashley came by to run away with her, she leaped at the chance. After returning home, Spencer begins to patch things up with her mother, and she and Ashley are out of the closet, but not truly free. To compound things, a love triangle develops between Ashley, Spencer, and Aiden as his feelings for Ashley return that she had been returning. Season 2 ends with Spencer pleading for Ashley to decide between herself and Aiden who just before expressed his feelings towards Ashley. Just before Ashley is able to say her choice the prom drive by shooting takes place.
At the beginning of season 3 we learn that Spencer wasn't hurt but her brother Clay was killed in the shooting. Spencer ends up breaking up with Ashley after she returns from Europe. Her reasoning for the break up were due to Ashley's lack of support and communication for the three months following the prom shooting and Clay's death. Ashley begins to date Aiden once again, while Spencer and Ashley try to maintain their fragile friendship. Spencer meets Carmen a fellow gay student of King High while talking to Chelsea at school. After a session of painting and getting to know one another at Chelsea's art studio, the two girls kiss and begin dating. Just as Spencer's relationship with Carmen was beginning to get off the ground, the two get into a fight at Chelsea's studio after a night at Ego. The fight ended with Carmen pushing Spencer in to a wall. In the episode Fighting Crime Spencer official ends the relationship leaving Carmen with no reason to stay in town when her family moves to San Diego. In the same episode Spencer accompanies Ashley to a meeting with Ethan Marks about a record deal to produce a tribute album to Ashley's father. Spencer's relationship with her mother is further strained in Saturday Night is for Fighting when Spencer goes to a movie with Patrick, a boy who Paula had tried to set Spencer up with in season 2. After Spencer returns from hanging out with Patrick her mother greets her at the door, happy that Spencer is seeing a guy. Her mother's happiness is short-lived after Spencer pours her heart out wishing her mother would accept her for who she is. In the following episode Gay Pride, they begin to heal their relationship after Ashley convinces Paula to go with her to Pride, which shows Spencer that she's willing to fix their problems. In the same episode, Ashley's ability to get Paula to go to Pride shows Spencer that Ashley has grown up. At the end of the episode, Spencer shows up at Ashley's new loft in a trench coat, which she drops to reveal that she has nothing on underneath. They then share a kiss and begin to restart their relationship.