Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Pretty Little Liars Recap "The Melody Lingers On" (S05E24)

What a stressful episode! Ali's trial begins this week and Mrs. Hastings advises that none of the girls attend. She tells Spencer she isn't allowed to go and advises Aria and Emily follow her lead. Ashley decides she is going to Ali's trial despite Pastor Ted and Hanna telling her not too.

Aria has a weird encounter with Andrew where he basically makes it sound like he's glad Mona is dead which makes Aria uncomfortable, but she shrugs it off. Emily gets a phone call from Ali and they apologize to one another, and Ali asks Emily if it's raining- which it is. Then it flashes to Ali getting ready for her trial.

In the Prosecution's opening statements reveal that Ali's entire story about being kidnapped was a lie (he also mentions that Mona met a cruel and ANONYMOUS end) and the girls knew about it. Needless to say, this takes everyone by surprise. After court adjourns for the day, Emily and Aria call Spencer and tell her about what happened. As they tell her, Mr. DiLaurentis yells at them and accuses them of making Ali lie to the police. Jason stands up for them and says she lied to them too. The girls wonder who else but Cyrus and Mona knew that Ali was lying.

Ali reveals to Hanna that the number in the ad is real even though the password isn't. She says that she saw one after her mother died and responded with one of her own. Then another one appeared, and she texted the number. She thought the person was Mona because the messages stopped when Mona died. Hanna realizes she was texting and never even mentioned it to them.

Caleb visits Hanna and she insists he get out and save himself. She tells him she'll be ok if she knows he's safe. She insists that no one would ever believe their story because it is so insane and she doesn't even believe it and she's living it. The liars and Caleb send a message from a burner phone to Varjack's number. Later on, Aria gets a phone call and Caleb answers it. It's a French song from Edith Piaf and it's creepy. They play it for Hanna who recognizes it from Mona. Aria volunteers to talk to Mrs. Vanderwaal after they decide that Mona probably left more clues in her room that the police didn't find. Emily takes her and Spencer stays behind with Caleb who hilariously compares the group of liars to a group of Vikings, noting how they ferociously take care of one another.  Spencer comments on how great of boyfriend Caleb is and is glad that Toby warned them.

Spencer is told off by Mr. D. and ignored by Jason. She wants to apologize because she knows Ali is innocent. Spencer tries to apologize one more time to Jason and explains that she is only comfortable when she is certain and she bases her moral compass on being certain and she alludes that A had that figured out, that's why she's framed. She tells her mom she is going to the trial anyways and Mrs. H. forbids her. Spencer says she'd rather have people talk about her in front of her than behind her back and she goes with the girls to support Ali.

Jason takes the stand and begins changing his story saying he doesn't think Ali did it so the prosecutor suggests he is changing his story because of his affair with Ashley Marin. He denies it and afterward Ashley tells Ted to leave. She loves him but doesn't think them being together is practical and doesn't believe in clean slates. He isn't going without a fight.

The girls head to Mona's house and are about to leave when they hear the song coming from Mona's room through an open window. They sneak in the house and head upstairs finding Mona's room torn apart and her dolls beheaded. They find a note from A and decide it's a trick. They don't think A found anything in Mona's room so they try to think like Mona. Spencer finds a riddle in Mona's mirror. Andrew sees their car outside Mona's house where he is lurking creepily and as they leave, a tool and broken window are shown.

Andrew runs into Aria at the New Brew and apologizes for his earlier comments about Mona. Aria acts fine, until he kisses her cheek and she offers to text him later. The girls are desperate to solve Mona's riddle. Meanwhile, Hanna and Ashley have a heart to heart and Hanna reassures her that she will be ok, and maybe she'll right a book in prison.

Emily decides to listen to the secrets messages and hears the song play. Also, A starts shredding documents, including a social security card for "Paul Varjack." A dumps the shredded paper into Tippy's cage. (yes Tippy the bird is back!)





Original air date 3/10/15

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