Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Playtime" (S07E11)

Pretty Little Liars is back for the final season!

We open with Spencer being rushed to the hospital followed by the Liars. As she is rushed into the emergency room they try and piece together what just happened and where Jenna and Mary Drake disappeared to. As they talk they see Toby being rushed in on a gurney.

Flash forward to a week later and we learn that both Toby and Spencer survived their respective injuries, but poor Yvonne is in a medically induced coma. Aria visits with Toby to see how he's doing before heading to Ezra's apartment. She packs a bag and as she is leaving, he finally arrives. He asks where she's going then basically asks her to stay. They talk a little about Nicole, but Ezra doesn't say much. Aria gets a text from Spencer and goes to see her.

Meanwhile, Hanna wakes up next to Caleb and wants to start looking for Jenna. He hands Hanna her sketchbook and tries to remind her of her passion. He encourages her to continue pursing fashion even though it almost broke them up before. He wants her to find herself again. Emily and Paige both get hired at the high school, Emily as the swim coach and Paige as an athletic department head. They both now work with Alison who shows up late for work. When Emily asks if she's ok, she says yes and she was late because she went to the doctor. She starts pushing Emily away already.

Aria arrives at Spencer's and the Liars are waiting for her with a big gift box sent from AD. They are upset to realize that Noel Kahn was not AD and they were wrong. They open the box to find a giant interactive board game set up like Rosewood with each of the girls as a game piece. It's so creepy! Spencer thinks AD wants them to play, but Hanna thinks AD want to play with them. They all agree not to play the game.

Hanna asks Aria what's going on with her and Ezra and Aria tells her about their conversation. Hanna assures her that Ezra will tell Nicole about them and things will work out between Ezra and Aria. She suggests Aria works on planning the wedding so that when Ezra is ready, everything is set. Mona runs into Hanna while she is sketching and looks through her book. She comes up with a way to get Hanna's name out there in the fashion world.

Spencer meets with Detective Fury and he tells her that they don't think Dr. Rollins is actually in France anymore. He shows her a gun and Spencer insists it's the one she saw Jenna holding. Fury tells her that it doesn't match the bullet that they pulled out of her shoulder. Spencer doesn't understand, and he suggests that someone else may have been there and took the shot at Spencer. Spencer heads home and awaits the arrivial of her mother. When Veronica arrives she apologizes for not making it home sooner and says Mr. H is on his way. She asks what happened and Spencer gives her the run down of what went down with Jenna, Noel, and Mary Drake. She tells her that Mary Drake claimed to be her birth mother. Veronica doesn't deny it, just reminds Spencer that Mary is crazy. Finally Veronica breaks down and tells her that Jessica DiLaurentis had come to visit her and told her about her twin sister who was in Radley. They said she was pregnant and while they didn't know the father of Charles/Charlotte, they knew the father of this baby. Apparently Mr. Hastings thought he had run into Jessica, when it was actually Mary Drake, they slept together and she got pregnant. Veronica agreed to take the baby. She waited outside and Spencer was brought to her. Spencer can't believe it. She doesn't understand why her mother stayed with her father with everything he has done to her. She disappears into the barn.

Hanna takes Aria to look at wedding venues. At their favorite one they run into Holden. Remember him from high school? Yeah. Hanna gets a call from Mona and disappears. Holden offers to show Aria around his sister's place. He asks how she's doing and who she is getting married to. When he finds out it's Mr. Fitz, he is supportive. He asks Aria what they want for their wedding, and she can't answer. Holden and Aria run into Ezra on the street. He tells her that Nicole's parents called and he's going to New York. Aria looks visibly saddened about this, but says goodbye.

At Rosewood High, tension brews between Paige and Ali when they resort trading insults during a committee meeting. Emily tries to intervene, but is unsuccessful. These three working together is going to be nothing if not interesting. Emily confronts Ali about it afterwards and she blames it on her pregnancy and her ruined life. Em reminds her that nothing is going well for anyone and Ali brings up that she's pregnant with her scheming sham of a husband who used her, robbed her, medicated her, and is now gone. Emily tried to remind her that she's not alone. Ali questions if she should tell the others.

Meanwhile, Spencer drinks some wine to drown her sorrows and decides to play the game. She picks up the phone attached to the side and places it on the "home" section. The creepy game lights up and asks her to pick "truth or dare." Spencer picks "dare" and is told to visit Toby. She visits him and they sit and talk in the hospital. He can't believe a deer caused his accident and wonders if they'll ever really get out of Rosewood. After she meets with Toby, she returns home and the fame spits out an envelope. She reads a letter from Mary written while she was in Radley to her newborn daughter. She wishes her daughter well and is sorry she was born in a madhouse. Spencer falls asleep with the letter and Veronica is saddened when she sees it.

Hanna meets Mona who introduces her to a Senator's daughter who is interested in her clothes. The woman comes to Hanna's and tries on some outfits before telling Hanna that she'd email the boss lady her top choices to wear. When she leaves, Hanna is furious that Mona is selling herself as the boss. Mona comes over and the girls talk it out. Mona tells Hanna that it was a misunderstanding and she will fix it, she promises that she knows Hanna is running the show.

The girls meet at Spencer's and she confesses that she started playing the game. Everyone is pissed. She apologizes and says she wasn't thinking. The girls try to decide what to do and Hanna goes to destroy the game, but before she does a video starts playing on the phone screen. It's a video of them where they buried Rollins' body. It says "can't stop playing now." They realize that they're trapped and must finish the game or the video will go to the police and the accidental murder and ensuing cover up of Archer/Elliot will be discovered.

We finally see Jenna who looks a little scared until she is handed a book by a stranger. She begins reading the book in Braille and slowly smiles as she says "endgame." This is not good.

Shadowhunters - Recap "Day of Wrath" (S02E04)

Clary races to the City of Bones to visit with Jace. She makes her way down into the City and is greeted by one of the Silent Brothers. He takes her to Jace who is surprised to see Clary. She says she will do whatever it takes to free him, but Jace tells her that he deserves to be there. He also asks Clary not to visit him again and she is forced to leave. Clary returns to the Institute in time to go out in the field with Alec to investigate a demon attack.

Aldertree brings in Raphael to "discuss" Camille and ends up securing him to a chair and using UV light laser beams to cut into his skin. Poor Raphael. He goes to Magnus who is appalled to see what Aldertree did to him and works on restoring his skin. Simon joins them and they decide to find Camille.

Clary and Alec find a mundane with a hole in their chest and end up finding a young woman who is terrified and confused with blood covering her hand. She has no memory of what's happened to her and Alec and Clary put 2 and 2 together. They bring the body back to the Institute where Izzy is going to do an autopsy, but it appears that the demon needs a living host. Meanwhile Jocelyn shares the news that the Clave is requestign she transfer to Idris. She tells Clary first and asks her to go with her. Clary says she needs to think about it. When Jocelyn tells Luke he says he will go with her and she insists he can't give up his life again for her, then they FINALLY kiss! He says he would go anywhere with her.

Soon the Shadowhunters realize the demon is in the Institute and they go on lock down hunting for it. Raj is taken over by the smoke demon and he viciously goes after Lydia. He is cruel to her and ruthlessly attacks her. Lydia does her best to fight him off, but becomes seriously injured. Alec comes upon them and shoots at Raj, watching the smoke demon leave him and go into the vents. Meanwhile, Izzy and Clary are underground tracking the demon and Izzy asks if Clary is going to Idris. She says she isn't sure yet and Izzy wants her to stay.

Magnus, Simon, and Raphael finally discover what is in the box they took from Camille: her grave dirt. Raphael tells them that a vampire's grave dirt can be used to summon them and the only one who can open her box is Simon, because he has her blood in his veins (thanks to her being his sire). Simon opens the box and there is the dirt. They ask Magnus to use the dirt to summon her, but he is very conflicted about it. He explains to Simon later on that he and Camille are like Simon and Clary. Camille has been there for him through everything and he knows she has gone too far, but it hurts him to think of turning her in. He shares that she saved him from killing himself at one time and Simon begins to see why this decision is so hard for Magnus: he must choose between his best friend/former lover and his vampire foster sons.

Jace is interrogated by Aldertree with the Soul Sword (a sword blessed by the Angel that forces them to tell the truth). Aldertree asks Jace if he can pledge his full allegiance to the Clave and with difficulty Jace admits that he cannot pledge his full allegiance. Aldertree continues to question him, asking him questions about Valentine, and then goes a step further by asking Jace if he has brotherly feelings for Clary. Jace is clearly tortured by this question, but the truth is forced out when he says no. Aldertree looks all too pleased. Jace is returned to his cell and only has nightmares thanks to the Silent Brothers. His neighbor in the cell over is none other than Hodge who says Jace was right to take his hand.

Clary comes upon Alec who is sitting in the hallway looking confused with a bloody hand. She runs past him into her room only to find her mother dead on the floor. That's right you guys, Jocelyn Fray/Fairchild is dead. Clary falls to the ground in grief and Alec peaks in to see what he's done. He can't believe it. Clary leaves and he cleans himself up until he comes across Isabelle who is now possessed. She comes after him and he tries to fight her off without hurting her. Clary stabs her in the shoulder to get the demon out of her and when it is released Clary kills it. Alec takes Izzy to the infirmary and Simon shows up. He is confused about what is going on.

Valentine attacks the City of Bones and kills some of the Silent Brothers will getting the Soul Sword. Hodge helps Jace get out of his cell and is killed for it by a Circle member. Jace fights them as they make their way to the portal where Valentin stands with the sword. He tells Jace to come with him and for the members to kill Aldertree. Aldertree yells at Jace to get the sword, but Jace can't let him die. He fights off the Circle members and saves Aldertree, but loses the sword. Aldertree brings him back to the Institute where he walks in on the aftermath of the demon attack, which they realize was sent by Valentine, so they would be distracted and he could get the Soul Sword. Jace sees Simon comforting Clary and you can tell it pains him that he can't comfort her right now. He leaves to check on Izzy while Alec is overcome by guilt.

Magnus summons Camille and traps her in a cage. She's not worried and reminds Magnus that he knows she will always be there for him and that's why he would never actually turn her into the Clave- especially not for 1 or 2 vampires. Magnus tells her that this is hurting him and he appreciates who she was, but that's not who she is anymore and she has gone too far. He must protect his family and with that he portals her off to the Clave.


//Original air date: January 23, 2017

Shadowhunters - Recap "A Parabati Lost" (S02E03)

Alec is not doing well. The tracking spell has not worked in Alec is trapped in some sort of coma. Magnus is working to keep him alive, but he is unable to bring him back. He and Izzy are very tense. Everyone is looking for Clary and Jace in an effort to bring Jace close to Alec and wake him up, but of course all of this must be done without the Clave noticing.

Jace wakes up on a beach with a dead body which he recognizes as Gretel, the werewolf he refused to kill. A mundane jogging on the beach runs into Jace, who can't find his steele, and is understandably horrified when she sees Gretel's dead body. She calls the police and Jace runs. Luke is the officer who arrives on the scene and is upset to see Gretel's body. Alaric wants revenge on Jace and Luke wants to find out what really happened, but he guarantees that if Jace is responsible then he will be killed. Jace continues to run, stopping at a bar, and asking the bartender if he can use their phone. The woman calls him out on being a Shadowhunter, and eventually agrees to let him use it.

Clary returns to the Institute after an unsuccessful search for Jace. She is interrogated by Aldertree, but she insists she remembers nothing after Dot opened the portal. Izzy runs into Clary and lets her know what is going on with Alec. She gets a phone call from Jace which Clary listens in on and Izzy lets him know how dire Alec's situation is. They form a plan to get Alec and Jace together at Magnus' without Aldertree knowing.

Jace attempts to leave the bar and Maia stops him, asking him to help them find Gretel. Jace is in a hurry and refuses so Maia calls for backup from another wolf in the bar. This wolf recognizes him as one of the ones who kidnapped Gretel and a fight ensues. Jace is thrown out the window and tries to run. He doesn't get far before collapsing in front of many concerned mundanes who end up calling an ambulance for him. Maia angrily watches the ambulance take him away. Luke informs Maia and the rest of the pack that they are not to kill Jace until they know for sure that he killed Gretel. Maia is not happy with this order at all, she wants justice for her friend's death.

Meanwhile, Simon has been avoiding his mom for a while now and the guilt is really getting to him. Raphael insists that this is only getting in the way of his search for Camille and tells him that it's best to let go of his family and realize that they're going to die and he'll continue to live forever, never changing. Simon ignores Raphael and returns to his mom's house, and is alarmed when he can't find her. He finds alcohol in her room and fears she has fallen off the wagon. He calls Clary asking her to help him find his mom. Izzy gives Clary her blessing to go and says she'll let her know what happens with Alec and Jace.

Aldertree refuses Izzy's request to move Alec out of the Institute for treatment and even leaves Raj to watch them. Aldertree is desperate to lure Jace out of hiding even if it costs Alec his life. Raj tries to force Magnus to leave, so Magnus uses his magic to knock him out. He then uses Raj as a body double for Alec and portals the real Alec to his apartment.

Jace wakes up in the hospital and tries to escape, but he runs into Maia who phases in the middle of the hospital. She chases him until Jace is pulled through a door which is marked shut by none other than Jocelyn. She guides him to the roof and offers to help him and wants to apologize, but he refuses to listen and runs off on his own towards Magnus'.

Aldertree checks on Alec and notices something is up with Izzy. He discovers the shape-shifting rune and the two end up striking a deal. He tells her that Luke's pack believes Jace killed one of their own and they're hunting him. She knows he would be safe under the protection of the Clave. She asks Aldertree for a portal to Jace so he can save Alec and promises to turn Jace in afterward. Aldertree agrees and sends her on her way.

Clary uses a tracking rune to find Mrs. Lewis. They find her at a restaurant and Clary encourages Simon to come clean with his mom and tell her that he is a vampire. She thinks his mom will still love him if she knows the truth. Clary leaves to go see Luke and Simon goes into the restaurant only to find his mom having dinner with Raphael. He has told Elaine (Mrs. Lewis) that he's Simon's band manager and that the band is doing really well and touring which is why Simon hasn't been around. When Elaine steps away Raphael threatens her life if Simon fails to find Camille.

Clary and Luke are informed by Alaric that Maia is tracking Jace and ready to kill. They rush to get there before it's too late. Jace is cornered by Maia and another wolf and he pleads with them to allow him to get to Alec. He swears he didn't kill Gretel and he apologizes for what happened to her. He begs them to allow him to save his brother. Luke demands they stand down and Clary affirms Jace's story, but the pack is ready to attack. Izzy arrives just in time and uses her whip to stop the attack. Luke goes into Alpha mode, forcing the others to submit to him. Clary, Izzy, and Jace run off to Magnus' where they find Alec who is in very bad shape.

Jace goes to his brother and begs him not to leave him. He begins reciting their Parabati oath until Alec goes limp and drops the stone. Jace holds him tightly as he succumbs to his emotions until Alec quietly recites the last line of the oath. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief. The happy moment is short lived though when Aldertree and his officers come in and arrest Jace.

//Original air date: January 16, 2017

Shadowhunters - Recap "A Door Into the Dark" (S02E02)

Jocelyn obviously doesn't succeed in her attempt to kill Jace/Jonathan and she's not happy. Clary is of course extremely upset and confused. Jocelyn insists that she just doesn't understand. She tells Clary that Valentine experimented on her when she was pregnant with Jonathan and injected him with demon blood. She shares a memory from when he was a baby and she was picking flowers with him. She handed her son a flower and his eyes went black and the flower withered. It was creepy to watch and it clearly scared Jocelyn.

Simon is summoned to see Aldertree who wants information. Simon jokingly says that the information he wants is above his paygrade and that will not bode well for him. After he leaves the Institute, he goes back to the Jade Wolf where the pack greets him. They make it clear that they dislike him and want him gone. Poor Simon. He is greeted in his shipping container by Raphael. He is furious with Simon for saying anything to Aldertree. He demands that Simon use his sire bond to find Camille and bring her back otherwise, Raphael will have to pay for her crimes. Apparently the Clave burns off a vampire's body parts one by one as punishment. This is not good.

Aldertree and Lydia summon a meeting in the Institute and everyone but Clary is invited. Lydia is discussing the strange disappearences of various boxers, karate instructors,..etc. around the city and how the Clave believes Valentine is responsible. It is believed that he has figured out that these people have a better chance of making the change to a Shadowhunter when they are in this peak physical condition. She stumbles upon it at the end of the meeting and Alec makes it clear that she isn't wanted around there. He also tells her that everything that has happened has been her fault. She asks Lydia about why she wasn't included and before Lydia can talk to her Aldertree intervenes and reams Lydia. Jocelyn tries to make it clear that she had nothing to do with Clary not being included.

Alec and Izzy are sent on a mission to a secret fight club to set up a trap for any of Valentine's Circle members who might appear to kidnap a well trained fighter. Izzy gets into it with a big creepy guy who is too big for his britches and naturally she kicks his a$$. When a Circle member does appear, he tries to take this guy, but it's just Izzy using a disguise rune. Alec angrily questions the Circle member who slits his own throat instead of answering the questions. Alec is extremely frustrated about getting no closer to Jace.

Simon finds Magnus and asks for his help. He needs to find Camille and he doesn't know how. Magnus says he will help but only for a price- a lock of Simon's hair. Magnus takes Simon to Camille's home in Agra. He tells Simon to find Camille while he finds his things that Camille never returned to him. Simon wonders around until he gets locked in a room with a serpent statue. He rubs the statute and it opens. Before Simon can take the box, a snake comes slithering on the floor. Simon is terrified and he cowers. The snake hisses fire at him before Simon figures out how to control it and make it go away. Magnus comes in and says he gave the snake to Camille as a pet and whatever is in the box must be important if it's being guarded. He also hides away a dagger he took before they return to New York.

Clary runs away from the Institute and there is a stunning shot of her walking down a New York street going the opposite direction of the dark mundane crowd as her vibrant red hair lights up the screen. It was a beatiful visul. Clary goes to the Art School and works on her sketches, trying to pretend like she is normal again. Jocelyn is worried and finds Luke. She asks him to talk to Clary for her because she'll actually listen to him. They find Clary and try to talk about what has been going on and she won't listen. She runs outside and is kidnapped in the street by...wait for it...DOT! That's right, our sweet warlock Dot is back and bad now? She pulls Clary through a portal right before Jocelyn and Luke's eyes. Uh oh.

Jace meets some of Valentine's new recruits and wonders why they're there. One talks about how horrible Downworlders are and how they need to be destroyed. He tells Jace that his father was murdered by a werewolf and he wants revenge. Valentine suggests Jace lead the hunt for this wolf as his expertise would be invaluable to his new help. Jace refuses to be apart of it because that is not his job. He reminds Valentine that his job is to bring them to the Clave and protect the mundanes from demons; the Clave is supposed to handle these matters and even though the Law is hard it is the Law.

Jocelyn returns to the Institute and seeks out Alec & Isabelle. Luke has given her a stone that can connect Parabati even when they're around water, but it is extremely dangerous to use. Izzy refuses to let Alec do it, but eventually he wins out. He wants Jace and Jocelyn knows if they find Jace they will find Clary. They're both clearly desperate.

Clary is brought to Valentine's ship of horrors and cannot believe what she is seeing. All of these messed up Downworlders in cages and very angry. She doesn't understand. Dot tells her that she wants to show her the future and she grabs Clary's head. Clary sees a terrifying vision of fire and destruction.

Clary joins Jace on the deck of the boat and Jace is freaked out. Clary proves that it is actually her and not Valentine in disguise and she tells Jace that he has to go lead this hunt. She tells him about her vision and how she was wrong. Jace isn't sure he is hearing her right. Valentine appears and welcomes his daughter, inviting her to lead the hunt since Jace won't. Jace changes his mind and says he will go. When Clary wakes up she is in a cage in the same room with the Downworlders. She is scared and confused and Dot appears. Dot admits to controlling her because Valentine ordered her too. Clary doesn't understand why Dot is working for him and Dot explains that he experimented on her and she has to do as she's told- she can't go against him or he'll torture her. She wonders why Clary stopped looking for her and Clary tearfully tells her they thought she was dead. She tells Dot that she was like an older sister to her and they can escape together and Magnus can protect her.

Simon tries getting into the box and so does Magnus but neither are successful. Magnus sets out the mysterious dagger and assures Simon that they will find a way. He then tells Simon that when he first discovered his powers, he had no one there to help him and he promised himself that if he ever met someone in that situation that he would help them as best he could. It's an interesting duo and very cool to see Magnus essentially take Simon under his wing.

Valentine, his new buddy, and Jace are interogatting a shewolf from Luke's pack (the one who was really mean to Simon) about killing a mundane. She denies it and Valentine tells Jace to kill her. Jace can't go it. Clary appears and Valentine thinks that she is going to convince Jace to kill the wolf. Clary grabs him and tells him to run, and they do. They run straight towards a few of Valentine's messed up Shadowhunters. Valentine yells for Jace to come back, but Jace kills them. Dot appears and opens a portal which Clary and Jace jump through. It doesn't look like Dot makes it through as well. Valentine then grabs the sword and kills the shewolf himself.

Alec is in seriously bad shape as a result of this stone and it is looking like this could actually kill him. Jocelyn and Izzy just watch in terror unable to help him.

Bonus: Izzy and Clary share a sweet moment where Izzy tells her that Alec is just upset and not to worry because she will always be there for Clary. Seriously obsessed with this friendship.


//Original air date:

Shadowhunters - Recap "The Guilty Blood" (S02E01)

What. A. Premiere.

We start off on Valentine's ship of doom where we find that a lot of his test subjects did not survive the transition to becoming a shadowhunter. Jace is on the ship and Clary arrives to break him out. Valentine appears and Jace kills him. He and Clary make a run for it, stumbling upon a terrifying chamber with equipment and tons of locked up Downworlders. Valentine appears again and Jace (who is clearly confused) kills him again. Clary is then revealed to be the real Valentine in disguise and he was testing Jace. He's obviously not happy about the fact that Jace has tried to kill him. He chains Jace up and tortures him.

Clary spends some time with Jocelyn who finds out Simon is now a vampire and that her son, Jonathan, is actually alive. Clary doesn't understand why Jocelyn isn't more excited about this, and she's clearly getting upset about being lied to all of her life. Jocelyn promises no more lies. Meanwhile, at the Institute the Clave has sent someone new to take over as they no longer believe Lydia can do the job. Her replacement is Aldertree and we hate him. He declares that they will find Jace alive or dead and anyone who doesn't help will be de-runed.

Valentine tries to bond with Jace bringing up memories from the past like how much Jace loves spaghetti. Jace is rejecting Valentine's advances. Valentine tells Jace that he's different and shares with him that there is a reason why he is so different from the other Shadowhunters. He shares a vision of when Jocelyn was pregnant with Jace, and Valentine injected the fetus with pure demon blood. Jace is completely repulsed by this as he realizes why he is so fast and so powerful: he has demon blood in his veins. Valentine argued that he did this in an effort to create a perfect Shadowhunter who would have an advantage against the demons.

Aldertree makes Luke and Simon leave, saying they're not welcome at the Institute. Luke lets Simon stay at the Jade Wolf because the sun will be up soon and he doesn't have anywhere to go. When Luke leaves the other werewolves force Simon into a shipping container and lock him in there. They're clearly upset about having a vampire in their midst. Clary and Izzy train together while Aldertree watches them, knowing he needs to keep a close eye on them. It's amazing to see how far Clary has come. Alec is losing his mind over what is going on with Jace and he goes against Lydia. Maryse follows him and chastises him telling him that Jace is a cancer and needs to be cut out. He reminds her that Jace is her son and part of their family and she says he's not.Alec leaves.

Clary sneaks out of  the Institute disguised as Aldertree and goes to Luke for help. She hears Simon and goes to let him out. She opens the door and Jocelyn appears. She asks Clary for her cell phone and stele. She takes them and locks Clary and Simon in the container. She casts a tracking spell on Jace's gloves and is successful. Jace has gotten off the Valentine's boat so he can be tracked now. Simon and Clary try to escape and it's during this time that Simon nearly confesses his love for Clary. The door breaks down and they make their getaway to find Jace. They arrive in time to witness Jocelyn shoot an arrow at Jace. Valentine appears out of nowhere and takes the arrow before pulling Jace through a portal.

Poor Jace. His adoptive mom thinks of him as a horrible cancer to be killed and his biological mother tried to kill him.


//Original premiere date 1/2/17

Pretty Little Liars is Coming to an End

Well is everyone else just as depressed as I am?! Pretty Little Liars has been a Tuesday night staple for me since it premiered June 8, 2010. I had just finished my freshman year of college and had gone from having close friends to no one I could trust. My boyfriend, whom I was convinced I was going to marry, wasn't doing great health wise, and he lived in Nevada, so I was kind of lonely. I remember seeing previews for this show, and thought I would give it a chance. After spending my first hour in Rosewood something changed- I had friends. Obviously I'm not talking about real live breathing friends as this show is fake and so are the characters in it (no matter how great they are). However, I felt like I belonged. I felt a connection to these characters and I desperately needed that.

You see ,my 2 best friends both lived in Iowa by this point (don't ask why, I don't get it either). My friend from high school that went to college with me had completely betrayed my trust and our friendship ended. My 1st college roommate ended up moving home to California after not doing so well mentally during the first semester. My 2nd college roommate basically went MIA after our last day of school (only to randomly show up on Facebook 3 years later). So between this and the fact that my only real friend lived in Canada, I was desperate to find some sort of connection- even if it was fake or pretend. I mean in reality, isn't that why we get so attached to shows? The show itself and the plot is great, but we connect with the characters and we care. I care about these girls and I care what happens to them- that is why I have continued watching and I will continue watching until it ends next year. I have always loved shows where they have strong female friendships. I mean at any point these girls could have gone their separate ways or fought or ratted each other out, but they haven't. They have been to hell and back together and they stand by one another without question. I think part of the reason I love them so much is because I want friends like that and I want to be that kind of friend.

I will miss Aria, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Ali when they finally leave my life. I hope these girls actually get happy endings- they really deserve it after everything they have been through. I love them and I love their screwed up crazy lives. I am so sad that there won't be a Halloween episode though, I mean those were tradition! I am glad that they have gone as long as they did and after all, all great things must come to an end.

Thanks to Marlene King and her team for this incredible show with these incredible characters.

RIP (almost) Pretty Little Liars, you will be missed Bitches.

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 Recap - "Do Not Disturb" (S06E15)

The girls are now completely convinced that Sara Harvey is the new "A" and they try to come up with a plan. Aria finds out her parents are engaged again, they wanted to keep the fact that they were back together a secret until they were for sure. Aria is surprised about the news, as she was expecting her dad to confess to murdering Charlotte. She's happy for them though.

Ali goes with Emily to the hospital for her egg donation procedure. She promises to stay with Emily until she wakes up. While under the anesthesia, Emily sees Sara come in dressed as a nurse and inject something into her IV. Emily panics and is completely freaking out until Ali calms her down and insists no one has been in the room. Emily isn't so convinced. A nurse comes in and informs Emily that the couple who planned on using her eggs got pregnant so they won't be needing them. Em asks if she can donate them anyways and they start the paper work.

Hanna and Caleb meet and discuss a plan for what to do about this new "A". They have to find the security tapes first and Hanna suspects her mother had something to do with their disappearance. We see a flashback to when they were together in New York towards the end of their relationship.

Hanna goes to New York to meet with her boss who has basically replaced her. Her boss treats her terribly and threatens to fire Hanna. Hanna has had enough and quits. She tells her boss she should treat people better. Hanna ends up leaving town with Jordan, asking him to just keep driving away from New York and Rosewood.

Spencer and Aria unite at the hotel to spy on Sara. They book the room next door and climb across the balconies and break into her empty room. They look around and find a map of Radley. It turns out, Sara's room was Charlotte's room when it was a Sanitarium. That freaks the girls out. Aria disappears in the closet and Spencer goes to look for her but discovers an enormous hole in the wall and a ladder leading down into darkness.

On the bright side, Caleb manages to send new "A" a computer virus which pisses him/her off.



Original air date 2/9/16

Shadowhunters Recap - "Of Men and Angels" (S01E06)

Magnus is working feverishly on a potion to save Luke, but he is missing ingredients. He asks Simon or Jace to go get them. They both insist on going and being the hero for Clary. Magnus asks Jace to send Alec over as he will be able to help. Jace admits they still haven't talked. Both guys go, and Clary is worried. She sits with Luke and tries to help Magnus with the potion.

Alec is at The Institute when his father and younger brother Max arrive. He and Izzy are delighted to see their brother. Alec gets a call from Jace asking him to go see Magnus and to help with Luke. Alec's not so sure he wants too. He talks with his mother and is concerned as he can tell she is upset about something that happened in Idris. They have a talk and Alec agrees to do whatever he can to help.

Jace and Simon argue. Jace tells Simon that he's only going to ever be Clary's friend and that is it. Jace makes it clear that he wants Clary. Simon gets angry and they begin to fight. Simon pulls a blade on Jace and Jace is shocked. Simon puts it away and apologizes for losing it. Jace asks what happened with the vampires and Simon won't talk about it. Jace is becoming concerned.

Luke isn't doing any better and is dreaming of Jocelyn. She tells him that Clary has to know the truth. Luke makes Magnus promise to tell her if he doesn't make it. Magnus does and then knocks him out with magic. Magnus encourages Clary to draw again. She wants to know what Luke meant, so Magnus tells her. Jocelyn and Luke were Circle members with Valentine and they believed in his message. Jocelyn married Valentine and Luke fought along side him. However, Valentine started to lose it and wanted to kill all downworlders because they are part demon so he began slaughtering them and making excuses to the Clave. Jocelyn and Luke didn't agree with this. Valentine eventually got the Mortal Cup so that he could make more shadowhunters, but Luke tried to stop him. He nearly killed Luke until Jocelyn intervened and she took off with the cup.

Clary can't believe Luke and her mother were involved in something so terrible, but Magnus insists Jocelyn only stayed to protect other shadowhunters. Clary is shocked about their involvement with The Circle.

Izzy's father brings her a present from Idris, a cookbook. She makes a joke and he remarks that this was always his favorite part of traveling, seeing her face when he gave her his gift. She wants to know what's going on with her mother and he explains that the Lightwood name has been tarnished thanks to all of their unauthorized missions and now they're trying to rebuild the family honor. Izzy insists she can help, she just needs to talk to her mother. She confronts Maryse who tells her that she has tarnished her own reputation so they have to marry Alec to a family who is still honorable. Izzy's involvement with the Seelies won't do them any good in finding her a suitable mate, so she will have to speak to the Clave on behalf of the Seelies. Izzy is furious after being degraded by her mother.

Izzy and Alec argue about what is going to happen and Alec has had enough. He leaves to go see Magnus. Meanwhile, Jace and Simon reach their destination and Jace forces Simon to stay outside. While he's alone he sees Camille. When he approaches "her" he sees his own corpse on the ground. Jace comes running out yelling that they have to go. He's being chased by a creature, so he grabs Simon and runs.

Alec arrives as Magnus is trying to save Luke using his magic. He's running out of power, so he asks Alec to help him. Alec takes his hand and allows him to borrow his power. Magnus channels Alec's power as Jace and Simon run in. Clary grabs the ingredients and finishes the potion, feeding it to Luke. Magnus nearly collapses from weakness and Alec holds him. Alec is cleaning up the apartment when Clary thanks him for coming and for helping. She hopes he and Jace are ok, and Alec remarks that he didn't come for Jace. Clary tells him she's glad he did it for himself. Jace walks in and the boys hug. Clary thanks Jace for always having her back and the two share a tender moment until Simon walks in on them to let Clary know that Luke is asking for her. Clary hugs Simon and thanks him before going to see Luke.

Luke tells Clary more about what happened and how he and Jocelyn fell in love which is what drove Valentine over the edge. He makes it clear, that although they were in love, they never slept together. Valentine was sure they were having an affair and he was determined to win her back. Valentine began injecting himself with blood from downworlders and according to Luke, he was never the same after that. Valentine asked Luke to back him up on a mission as they were Parabatai, but when they went to attack, Valentine locked him in a room with werewolves which is how Luke became one. Valentine betrayed their Parabatai bond. When he tried to stop Valentine from taking the Mortal Cup, Valentine told him it would have been more honorable for him to kill himself.

Alec works on cleaning the couch and Magnus remarks that magic can take care of that. Alec points out that he's already exerted himself enough for the day. Magnus asks him to have a drink with him as he hands Alec a glass. Alec gets a call from The Institute and says he has to go. Magnus asks him to have one more drink and then decide if he really wants to go. Alec drinks with him. Meanwhile, Simon gets ready to leave, and Jace tries to stop him. Simon leaves and Jace is clearly concerned about him although he won't admit it.

Clary shows Luke the box and asks who it belongs too. Luke doesn't want to tell her, but she insists. He says it belonged to her brother Jonathan Christopher. He was her older brother, but Valentine killed him. He burned him in the family manor, when he faked his own death. Clary is shocked and can't believe that he was such a horrible person. She places the box on her sketch pad, and she's upset. The box disappears into the page and appears as a sketch. Clary and Luke can't believe it. He says this gift is rare and Clary asks if it can be hereditary. Luke says it's possible and Clary says she knows where her mother hid the Mortal Cup.


Original air date 02/16/18.