Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Tick Tock Bitches" (S07E01)

Holy....Wow.

So we start back at the Lost Woods Motel where Hanna has been taken. The girls receive a text thanking them for Hanna and it's signed A.D. So who the hell is AD aside from the obvious Alison DiLaurentis?!

They are running to the police station-everyone is obviously freaking out-when they see Mrs. D's twin walking to the station. Toby goes in and asks her what he can do for her. She introduces herself as Mary Drake and says she owns the Lost Woods Motel and it was broken into. So this is Mary Drake aka Charlotte's biological mom and Ali's aunt.

They try to figure out who has Hanna and the girls get a text saying the bells toll for Hanna. The church bell tolls and they run for the bell tower and see Hanna's body hanging from the ceiling. They pull her down and think she's dead until Caleb notices that it's not Hanna, it's a mask. They pull off the mask and a creepy doll is looking back at them. Emily finds a pull string and the doll tells them that they have 24 hours to hand in Charlotte's killer to A.D. or Hanna will die.

The group meets at Spencer's house and all write down who they think killed Charlotte. All most all of them think it was Ali. Mona and Spencer were both a suggestion. Aria and Ezra share that it might have been Ali they saw the night of the murder. They say that she was wearing a red jacket and it was hard to tell which one of them it was but they were driving Ali's car.

Emily agrees to go see Ali, Ezra and Aria are going to check out Ali's house, Caleb and Mona will follow Mary Drake, and Spencer and Toby will investigate Mary Drake.

Toby and Spencer find out that she has traveled a lot and has books in other languages including a book about cyber war. Emily runs into Elliot at the hospital and doesn't give him too much information but begs to see Ali. He tells her that Ali's mental health has seriously declined and he wonders what she did to be so consumed with shame and guilt. Ali starts freaking out from her room and Em watches as the nurses and Elliot hold her down and tranquilize her. At the DiLaurentis house, Ezra and Aria find a hope chest at the end of the master bed but it's locked. Elliot comes home and they hide. He turns on the British news and comes to the bedroom getting a key from a lamp and unlocking it. He takes out a backpack and stuffs things in it and then gets a bag. He moves to the kitchen and pulls out a saw and puts it in the bag full of surgical tools. Ezra and Aria sneak out the window. Caleb and Mona keep an eye on Mary Drake and notice she's loading her van with things like bleach and charcoal.

Everyone gets a picture of Hanna and she looks terrified. They all want to find her. Hanna is sprayed with water by her torturer and then shocked repeatedly. It's so scary. Meanwhile, Caleb and Mona follow Mary Drake to the Hasting's house. Caleb texts Spencer to warn her. Spencer doesn't see the text and answers the door for Mary who introduces herself and asks if Spencer is Spencer or Melissa. She mentions that she used to know the Hastings and she met Spencer before but she wouldn't remember. Spencer invites her in for tea and they talk a little. Spencer finds out that Mary was born first and thought Jessica was jealous of her so she turned the town against her which is why Mary left. She and Jessica hated each other. She commends Spencer on being friends with an ex because she could never do that and she insists she has no children. She leaves and warns Spencer to lock her door because no one is safe. Creepy!!!!!

Hanna dreams about Spencer coming to her in her sleep. Dream Spencer tells Hanna to be strong and she will need her strength to get through this. Hanna tells her that she thinks she's going to die there and she should have listened to Spencer. Spence holds her and tells her that if there is a way in then there is a way out. Hanna asks Spence to stay with her and Spence tells her she always will. She holds Hanna and sings to her as Hanna goes "back to sleep." It was heart wrenching.

Emily goes to visit Ali again and is allowed in. She tells Aria she is there and she sits with Ali who is sleeping. She begs Ali to wake up and tell her what happened. She asks Ali if she killed Charlotte and Ali wakes up freaking out and asking God for forgiveness. Emily leaves really upset, but tells Aria she didn't get to see Ali.

Caleb and Mona follow Mary again and wait for her to do something. She's on the phone and all Mona can pick up from the conversation is that Mary is talking to a guy who is either British or Aussie. Caleb tracks the call to a bar by Hollis and Aria goes to scope it out, but finds nothing. She goes back to Ezra's apartment and tells him she doesn't care what they are right now, but she wants to stay the night there. Meanwhile, Emily uses her key to get into the DiLaurentis house and finds Elliot passed out on the couch. She goes to the bedroom and finds Ali's broken music box. She reminisces in the room and sees the boxes Ali was packing for Goodwill. She opens one searches through it, finding a red jacket. The same one Ezra and Aria had seen on Ali or Charlotte the night of the murder.

Spencer tells the rest of the crew that Mary Drake has been in and out of Radley. She was admitted as a teenager when a kid she was babysitting died. She was released at age 18 and was in and out. Emily comes in and tells them that she went to see Ali again and she had lied to Aria. She tells them what happened and that she looked at the boxes Ali had packed and found the jacket which she shows them. Caleb says they have to bring it to AD because they're almost out of time. Emily says she isn't sure they should do that because she loves Hanna and Ali but doesn't know if it's right to hand Ali over to AD. Caleb leaves with the jacket before anyone can stop him. He leaves it outside the Lost Woods and texts AD that Ali did it and the proof is there.

Hanna wakes up and remembers what "Spencer" told her. She finds a way out. Her torturer comes back to find an empty shack and someone bags the jacket. Hanna runs through the woods and finally finds a road. A car drives by and comes back and guess who is driving?! Mary Drake.

Caleb returns and asks if anyone has heard anything, but no one has. They're waiting in silence to find out what happened to Hanna. Em is worried and wants to go see Ali, but Aria and Spencer remind her that she's in a safe place and the mental institution she's in is well guarded.

Elliot goes in to visit Ali and drugs her with something while telling her that he knows she killed Charlotte and karma is a bitch just like her.

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Pretty Little Liars - Hours before coming fAce to face

So we're a few hours away from the summer finale of Pretty Little Liars and tonight is the night, after 6 LONG years- we finally are going to see A/Charles and find out everything we've wanted to know- mainly why A has targeted Alison and the girls and who the heck is Red Coat. I have so many fixed feelings about tonight. On the one hand I am way excited about all of the answers, but on the other hand I feel kind of...sad. It's like the end of an era. I mean for the last 6 years, every Tuesday I have watched as 4 young girls who have become my best friends be tortured and put through hell by some mystery person and now we'll finally know who is responsible. After years of guessing (Ian, Toby, Ezra, Melissa, Ali, Noel...to name a few), we'll know and that's crazy. I'm excited, but a little sad because it's very possible that the greatest TV mystery of our time (and in a LONG time) is coming to an end. I mean PLL has kept a very steady following and intense popularity for 6 years without giving much away. We have gone through so many twists and turns in finding out who A is, that the fact that the audience still cares and is still interested in the day and age of instant gratification is astounding. PLL is an excellent show on every level. They have nailed it in every way.

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (S05E26)

Holy crap.


We start off with the girls (minus Ali)  in the transport van being taken to a different prison because the police want to keep the group separated. The girls promise one another that they'll be there for each other and then the van crashes. There are shots and the back doors open and there is A, standing right in front of them- creepy black mask and all. A shoots a gas into the van and when the girls wake up they are locked in creepy replicas of their rooms. It's SERIOUSLY creepy. Aria opens her door and finds a cement wall. Spencer breaks her window and also finds a cement wall.

A recording plays over the speakers, saying welcome and asking them to exit their rooms and follow the lighted pathway. The doors open and the girls see each other. They reunite in the hall and follow the path. The door opens and a blonde girl is playing the piano and wearing the infamous yellow top Ali was wearing when she was "killed". The woman looks at them and she's wearing one of the creepy Ali masks. She stops playing and takes off the mask to reveal- MONA! Yes that's right, Mona is still alive. The girls temporary joy quickly vanishes when Mona begins acting like Ali. She tells them that she is Alison and invites them to have tea. The girls realize the room they are in is a replica of the DiLaurentis' living room.

They are literally in a life size dollhouse. It's freaking creepy. They're A's real life dolls.

Needless to say, the girls are even more creeped out as Mona continues with her Ali skit. She offers Hanna a tea cookie and promises her that it won't make her gain back all of the wait. The girls say that they're glad she is alive, and Mona agrees saying thank goodness for Ms. Grunwald. Then there is a loud chime and Mona/Ali says that it's game time. She leads them to an equally creepy game room where Mystery Date is waiting on the table. When they sit at the table, a doorbell sound rings and Mona/Ali gets up and goes to a plastic mailbox. She hands black envelopes to each girl and they are invitations to a black opera prom. They are playing the game to see who is their date. Mona opens the doors on the board game to reveal Ezra, Caleb, and Toby. Their pictures were taken at the Christmas ball. Hanna flips out and starts yelling at the surveillance camera saying that they aren't going to play and challenging A, reminding them that there are 5 of them and only 1 of it. Then loud sirens blare and a recording telling the girls to return to their rooms plays. Mona/Ali says it will stop when they're all in their rooms so they run, covering their ears until their doors are slammed shut and the sirens stop.

Mona/Ali opens Hanna's door with a little light and tells her to hurry up because they only have 3 minutes. They 5 girls meet in the hall and Mona tells them what has been going on. She's been trapped there and forced to be Ali. She says that she finally gave up and pretends to be Ali so that she won't be punished by A. The girls are relieved to know that she knows she's Mona and not Ali. Mona tells them that every night at the same time, the generators shut down for 3 minutes to reboot and that is all the time they have. She shares that she has tried every direction and she knows which one leads out, but she hasn't been able to make it in time. She also points to a door down one of the halls and says she hasn't been able to get in that room.A will punish her by not feeding her and blaring the siren for days, so it's imperative that they make it back to their rooms in time. Mona asks Hanna how her mom is, and Hanna shares that she was with her a lot in the beginning but once the trial starts not as much. They hear the generator rebooting, so they run to their rooms and hop into their beds where A is creepily
watching them sleep from his lair.

Toby informs the Hastings that the girls are gone. He shares that Detective Tanner thinks they escaped, but he thinks they were taken. Toby, Caleb, and Ezra work on trying to find where the van was when it was attacked so they can prove to Tanner that the girls are in danger.

The Hastings agree that the girls had to of been kidnapped and they pay Alison a visit. Ali is confused as to why they are there, and Mr. Hastings tells her that she had better tell them everything she knows and where the girls are. Ali is shocked and confused. She doesn't know what they're talking about it, and she insists that's the truth. She is worried for them and finally tells the Hastings that she knows who took them- A. They're confused, as they thought Mona was A, but Ali shares that they have all been being tormented by someone else.

 While Spencer is laying in bed, she sees the blocks that were in a room and she realizes they spell 'Charles'. A bright yellow light shines through the windows in Mona/Ali's room so she gets up. She finds a present on her dresser and asks A if it's for her. 1 ding means 'yes' apparently. She opens it and finds a gas mask and a note which says that she is his favorite. She asks if she should wear it, as she pretends to be grateful. There is 1 ding. She puts it on and is confused.

Toby tells Tanner that the girls have been kidnapped and she is looking for them in all the wrong places. He accuses her of assuming they escaped and not doing her job. Her gives her papers that Caleb printed showing where the van was. Tanner puts out a call for Caleb's arrest saying Toby has just given her evidence of Caleb committing a federal crime.

The girls enter a room with different stations set up and are instructed to find their station. Aria is in charge of music- she notices that the songs on the list are all from about 7 years ago and Spencer mentions that was when Melissa and Jason went to prom. Spencer and Emily are supposed to work on decorations. Mona/Ali is in charge of voting for prom queen. Hanna is in charge of food, to which she responds with "bite me. Lol. Mona/Ali asks the other girls to help her fill out the ballots so they gather around the table, blocking out the camera and Mona writes on one, asking if they got a gas mask. No one else did and they know they have to do something.

The Hastings show up at the apartment and Toby answers the door. The tell him they know about A, and he lets them in where Caleb and Ezra are working on the computer. They agree that Caleb needs to leave and not get caught there because Toby would be harboring a fugitive. Caleb leaves and the Hastings ask about A. Ezra points to boxes and says everything they need to know about A is in those boxes and more. They get ready to open one, and Ezra cautions them that A not only kept all of the girls secrets but their families secrets as well. The Hastings agree that its time for them to not have secrets anymore. They call Melissa to talk to her about A, and Andrew is in the New Brew listening to the phone call on his laptop.

Emily and Spencer start a fight when Spencer thanks A for the new decorations she had asked for. They fight and Aria and Hanna try to break it up while Mona secretly starts wiring the camera to make it cause the lights to burst. The girls stop and continue working on their assignments.

Caleb is arrested and being questioned by Tanner with both Hastings as his lawyers. He argues with her and insists he doesn't know where the girls are but he knows they are in trouble.The Hastings turn it back on Tanner and ask how 4 teenage girls would have been able to orchestrate their escape.Tanner finally lets Caleb use the police computer and he finds the van. Tanner calls it in as a kidnapping and they go to the scene.

As the girls return to their rooms, they find prom dresses waiting for them. They return to the "prom" to find a bunch of mannequins in prom dresses and masks while "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield is playing. They make their way down the stairs and wait until Mona/Ali arrives wearing the prom queen's tiara and her Ali mask. Spencer calls out for Charles to show himself, since this is his prom he should be prom king and get his picture taken with Ali. A creepy man in a tux and full face masks steps out from behind the mannequins and Aria takes the camera. She takes a picture and the lights burst. The girls run as fast as they can.

The police find the van on the Campbell's farms (as in Andrew Campbell) and Mrs. Hastings says that they used to all bring the kids there to go apple picking. They check the van and they search for the hostages.

Spencer makes her way into the room Mona could never get in and it's a very very creepy room. It is filled with pictures and it's very homy. Spencer plays a video on a projector and it is Mrs. D. holding baby Alison and there are 2 little boys. Mrs. D tells them to kiss their sister. Spencer is shocked and then A/Charles appears next to her. She turns to him and the girls scream for her. She looks away and Charles is gone as the girls come in. Mona looks around and she shares that she never though A had a soul. They look around before running off.

Toby and Tanner enter the building and they find A's lair. They look around at all of the television screens which aren't on yet. They turn them on and see past videos of the girls in the dollhouse. Tanner is shocked and I think she feels guilty about not believing them.

The girls run outside to a fence which they think they can climb until the power starts and they realize it's an electric fence. They are trapped. As the camera pans out we see that the dollhouse is in a small clearing deep deep in the woods. This does not look good, but at least we have a name for A now!









Original air date 3/24/15