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.

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

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "New Guys, New Lies" (S06E14)

Spencer and Caleb slept together....

Spencer slips out of bed and finally sees the text from new A. She rushes to Radley where the others have been waiting. They talk about possible suspects and they all seem to agree that Sara Harvey is this new A. After all, she did spend 2 years helping Charlotte torture them and she could have learned a lot about cyber stalking. Ali is supposedly out of town with Dr. Rollins (Charlotte's former doctor), which seems a little suspicious. Hanna actually does something they have never done before, and she replies to A! Shocking, I know. She asks if they know them, and A replies "yes".

Lorenzo holds a press conference, and announces that they know what the murder weapon is that was used on Charlotte, and that they will find it. After the conference, the girls receive a picture of a 9 iron golf club from new A along with a message that says "I found what they're looking for. Tell me who it belongs too." Well this is new. This A is being helpful...in a threatening/creepy way...?

Aria goes straight to Ezra's and finds out from Sabrina in the Brew that he is gone. She said he'll probably be back in a few days. Aria tries to get Sabrina to give her the keys to his apartment but Sabrina refuses. Aria enlists Emily's help and convinces her (against Emily's will) to distract Sabrina. Aria sneaks in and gets the keys, then searches Ezra's apartment. She finds his golf clubs and his 9 iron is there. She breathes a sigh of relief, until she hears her dad's voice on the answering machine. He tells Ezra "I have to talk to you about...what you think you saw last night." Uh oh. Aria heads back downstairs and pulls Emily away from the nice conversation she was having with Sabrina and tells her what just happened.

Spencer and Caleb have a semi awkward encounter at the Hastings Campaign headquarters. Spencer is given a stack of files to go through on the opponent and their family. Caleb talks to Toby and tells him about him and Spencer. Toby clearly seems upset but says it's ok. We also find out that Toby's new girlfriend is the perfect daughter of Spencer's mother's opponent. Her name is Yvonne Phillips. Her mother also employs Mona. Weird right? While Spencer is reading the files. she finds out that Toby is planning on proposing to Yvonne and he has a ring for her. Well that sucks. As she's sitting outside, she notices a dark town car, taking pictures of her. As soon as she sees them, they take off. Well this is weird.

Hanna tells Emily about Spencer and Caleb and Emily questions if she wants to marry Jordan as they don't have a date set yet. Hanna says that she has never lied to Jordan, until the night she erased the footage at The Radley. She says she has to confess first, and if he still wants to marry her, then they'll set a date. Hanna confesses to her mom, and Ashley is really upset. She tells her that there is backup footage at the security company's "farm." She also tells Hanna it's impossible to get. Hanna then confesses to Jordan, who isn't mad at her, but loves how loyal she is. He calls in a lawyer and as Hanna is talking to her, she gets another text from new A, warning her not to tell the cops about new A.

Hanna tells Spencer what happened and she says "My brain is telling me to be honest, but my PTSD is telling me to shut the hell up."Hanna goes with Jordan and the lawyer to see Lorenzo, but it turns out she doesn't have to speak to him at all because the tape from the "farm" is gone. We find out that Ashley got a hold of it. There is nothing she wouldn't do for Hanna.

Spencer runs into Yvonne and Toby and things are actually calm and sweet. Spencer realizes that Toby hasn't proposed yet and they agree that it was easier to be friends, when she lived in D.C., and Spencer assures him that she'll be going back after the election. We find Aria and Emily at Aria's house being watched by a super creepy postman. They try to figure out what to do about Aria's dad, so she calls him and tells him "it can't wait" but he still hangs up on her. This is not looking good. Aria remembers her parents fighting a little while back because Ella had gone to visit Charlotte. She said that she wanted to understand why and now she does. Byron is furious and says "Charlotte DiLaurentis will walk around the streets of Rosewood over my dead body." Uh oh. Aria tells Emily and Emily asks where he keeps his golf clubs. Aria says in his car which is still there. She checks, and he is missing his 9 iron.

Caleb and Spencer work on tracking new A's cell phone signal which according to Caleb has been suspiciously easy to track. They wind up at a storage unit and find a garbage can where new A threw away the hoodies last week. A cell phone is on top and it gets a text saying, "I don't lurk in the shadows. I hide in plain sight."

Everyone meets at The Radley for Spencer and Yvonne's chat to encourage young voters to actually vote. While they're doing their thing, the rest of the group is trying to figure out new A.Hanna finds out that Ezra and Byron do not have rooms at the Hotel and even though Sara has been gone for days, she left a "Do Not Disturb" sign on her door. Hanna thinks she's building a lair, which I agree with.They look at the photo again and recognize the carpet from somewhere. Then Aria gets a call from Byron who says he needs to talk to her alone and he has something to tel her. Oh no.

The creepy postman walks by in a bellhop uniform and gets in a car, then takes off his/her face. Yup you read that right.

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Charlotte's Web" (S06E12)

After the funeral, Aria decides to head back to Boston, claiming that her boss is making her go back. Before she leaves the hotel, Hanna asks her why she left the night Charlotte was murdered and Aria plays dumb. Hanna says she saw her leave around 3 AM and tried to wait up but Aria didn't come back. Aria lied and said she was getting something from her car. The girls are a little suspicious.
Before Aria leaves, she stops to see Ezra and tells him that they didn't see each other the night Charlotte died then she leaves.

Hanna is surprised by her fiance Jordan (who is really hot and has an accent) and she seems genuinely happy. Spencer feels like she is going to ruin her mother's senatorial campaign when someone online tries to connect Spencer to Charlotte's murder. Ali sees Sara Harvey leave the police station and Lorenzo tells her that she isn't a suspect because her hands are so severely burned that she couldn't have killed Charlotte. He reveals her neck was broken before she was thrown from the tower. He asks Ali if she thinks any of her friends have anything to do with Charlotte's death and she says no. They find out that Charlotte's finger nails where cleaned and she was given the flowers to make it look like a suicide.

Spencer freaks out to Caleb because in college she wrote about a criminal case in which the bride was killed in the same way. She's afraid this will come out and someone will try to frame her for Charlotte's death. Caleb insists that won't happen. Emily's mom tries to get her to go to the cemetery with her to see her dad's grave, but she refuses to go and says Ali really needs her.

Aria is back at work and we finally meet Liam. After a meeting, her boss wants to know why Aria didn't get through to Ezra and why he is thinking about giving their advance back. She's not happy and assigns Liam to be in charge. Aria and Liam try to fight it, but they can't.

Ali invites the girls to her house for dinner and they agree to come. Emily is at Hollis Medical Center getting blood work done and we find out she has some kind of medical issue, possibly cancer. She finds out she is supposed to do treatment in one place, and that she should stay in Rosewood for a month. She agrees and then tries to leave, but her credit card is denied. The woman who runs the Brew recognizes her and covers her fee. She asks her not to mention that she saw her to anyone, especially not her mom.

Later Emily and her mom are at the Brew and her mom sees an alert pop up for Hollis Medical Center, she questions Emily who says she is applying for a job. Emily sees Aria sneaking up the stairs. Aria tries to talk to Ezra about the book and he says he has a draft of it. She asks if he went home after she went to the hotel and he says yes, but she thinks he's lying.

Jordan and Caleb finally meet and everything is calm. Ali says grace and asks God to bring the person responsible for her sister's death forward and stares Hanna down while they eat. Hanna tells the girls about Aria and they end up watching the security footage. The know Charlotte was killed around 4 AM and they see Aria meet Ezra at the hotel lobby. They leave and Aria returns alone around 4:30 AM. They decide they need to talk to Aria. They find her at her house and confront her. Aria tells them that Ezra came to see her because she couldn't sleep that night so they went for a walk to find an open pizza place. When they were about to head back, they saw Charlotte and Aria was scared but Ezra seemed angry. He sent her back to the hotel and claimed he returned home but Aria thinks he is lying. Now the girls think Ezra did it, and Spencer tells them about her paper that she had Ezra look over. No one knows what to do.

Hanna erases the security footage for Aria. Spencer helps Caleb settle into the barn and tells him she's glad he's staying to help with her mom's campaign. Emily is crying/confessing to her father's headstone when she looks over and sees Sara Harvey. Emily takes off running.

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Of Late I Think of Rosewood" (S06E11)

Wow a lot can happen in 5 years. I almost don't know where to start.

Ali is teaching English at Rosewood High.
Aria is working for a publishing company, dating a coworker (Liam), and her company is Ezra's publisher.
Hanna travels around the world for her work in the fashion industry and she is engaged to, wait for it, NOT Caleb but a guy named Jordan.
Spencer works in Washington D.C., she basically works for a lobbyist and no she and Toby are not together.
Emily is...working at a bar. Apparently she lost her father in the 5 year time span.

Ali has sent out the distress signal to all of the girls, who are already being court mandated to return to Rosewood, because Charlotte/CeCe/A is up for release from the mental institution she's in. Ali thinks she can live a happy life and she begs the girls to lie to the Judge and say they would still feel safe if Charlotte was released. They all agree that none of them would feel safe, but they aren't sure what to do.

Spencer goes to visit Toby and Spencer's mom is running for government so Spencer joins her at a rally where she runs into Mona who asks her if she still has nightmares because she does. Spencer tries to shrug it off. Emily spends some time with her mom. Aria finds out from her dad that Ezra is back in town and living above The Brew. Apparently he went with Nicole to work with Habitat for Humanity and while they were working in South America, Nicole was kidnapped by rebels and presumed dead. Aria visits Ezra who is clearly a mess and he insists she's alive. Hanna visits her mom at her new hotel - The Radley aka Radley Sanitarium. Yup, you read that right. Ms. Marin revamped the sanitarium into a stylish hotel.

The girls all meet before the judge and every one lies, except for Aria. Aria tells a chilling story to further her point that she would not feel safe with Charlotte free. Every Liar lied once again because Ali asked to, except Aria.

The girls all meet at the hotel for drinks and find out that Charlotte has been released. Spencer confesses that the reason she lied was because she didn't think the Judge would set her free no matter what they said. The girls get drunk and end up staying at the hotel with Hanna.

Charlotte comes home to Ali who is waiting for her with beautiful flowers. In the morning, Ali calls Hanna asking if any of them have seen Charlotte, saying that she is missing. The girls agree that they haven't seen her. Charlotte's body is found outside of the church with Ali's flowers in her hand, and it appears as though she jumped from the bell tower. Toby and Lorenzo who is now a detective find her. Ali is devastated and Charlotte's doctor, Dr. Rollins blames himself and apologizes. He asks Emily to stay with Ali. Caleb surprises Hanna at her hotel room, asking her how she is doing with everything that is happening. He mentions Spencer and Hanna is obviously surprised because she didn't know that they had become close.

The girls attend the funeral and who walks in? Sara Harvey of course, in her Black Widow veil. The girls can'y believe she is there and Spencer suspects it is because she wants to make sure Charlotte is really dead. Emily still feels a little guilty about what they did to Sara that night and the girls have to remind her it wasn't their fault. As the girls leave, Lorenzo lets them know that Charlotte was killed before she fell from the tower and her death has been ruled a murder. He asks them all to stay in town.

This is going to be crazy. I can't believe A is dead. I want to know who killed her and I really hope it wasn't one of the Liars.

PLL #5YearsForward & Shadowhunters Premiers!

Tuesday January 12th is going to be a big day, well evening. 

ABC Family will officially and forevermore be known as Freeform. 

Pretty Little Liars 5 Years Forward will premier at 8 pm EST. 

Shadowhunters will premier at 9 pm EST. 

I'm beyond excited for both of these premiers, but lets start with Pretty Little Liars. Although we know a few things about what will be going on and where the girls are at in their lives, I'm really excited to actually see it. I can't imagine the fact that Hanna is engaged to someone who is not Caleb and who is Ali married to?! I can't believe that Alison was the first one to get married! I'm curious to see what the girls have to say about Charlotte/A being set free. I wonder if Spencer's bangs will grow on me...I want to know what Aria is up to and Ezra as well. 

I'm very curious about who the new "big bad" is this season. The girls seem very scared, but I have a hard time imaging the stakes being any higher then they were/have been the last 5 1/2 years. I mean the girls have watched how many people die and have narrowly avoided their own deaths how many times? Now what's going to happen? I'm also curious to find out where the Liars parents are, because last we saw the moms, they were all trapped in the basement of the DiLaurentis' house. I can't wait to see the girls acting like girls my age or the actress' ages for that matter. 

Now on to Shadowhunters, I am so excited for this show I can hardly contain myself. The promo's for this show were so enticing that I bought the book and I am completely sucked in.Halfway through The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, I ordered the rest of the series. I'm so pumped. I know the show is going to stick to the books, but they also keep teasing surprises which I'm curious and excited about. I think the only issue I have from the promos is Isabelle Lightwood's clothing. She is a complete badass woman and I think she will be great for girls to look up too, however they have dressed her in very skimpy clothing unnecessarily. She's stunning, don't get me wrong but I would have liked them to cover her up a little more. Maybe they do in the show, I don't really know but we'll see. 

I know in the show everything starts on Clary's 18th birthday, but in the books Clary is 15 and turns 16 later in the week while she is at the Institute (her and Jace in the greenhouse is one of my favorite scenes, so I'm disappointed that it won't be included). Clary also goes off to college to be an art student, so I'm curious as to how that will fit in with her shadow hunter duties. I'm very excited for this show (have I mentioned that yet?!) and I think the cast looks amazing. 

Tune in to Freeform tomorrow night at 8 for the beginning of what is sure to be one memorable night!

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 - "She's No Angel" (S06E05)

 Spencer has a very very freaky nightmare about a girl who is like an exorcist ballerina in a creepy room. She wakes up trying to remember the room and asks Aria who refuses to think about their time in the dollhouse. Spencer continues eating her pot cookie, before heading to school.

Hanna finds Mona in her kitchen and is concerned about her fragile state. Mona is afraid that Ali is going to go after her and she's afraid of what is going to happen with the police as she committed a crime by faking her death. The girls stop at the New Brew where they run into Lesli, who completely freaks out on Mona and threatens her. Hanna meets up with Spencer at school and realizes she's high and calls her out on it.

Aria is at her dad' office at Hollis when Clark, the guy from the photo lab, came by and invited her to go to a junk yard and take pictures with him. After a little convincing, Aria agrees to go. At the junk yard she's arranging dolls for pictures and Clark comments on the creepiness of them. He takes her picture and she freaks out a little. He reveals that he knows who she is and what happened to her as he recognized her from the news, but he didn't want to say anything when they first met because he didn't want to freak her out. Aria keeps arranging dolls and he takes pictures somewhere else, and in a mirror Aria sees a hooded figure walking by. She freaks out and goes after it, but it disappears and knocks over a shelf. Clark comes running and Aria laughs it off saying it was her fault.

Ali won't leave her house. She steps outside and complains to her dad that one of the officers who is out there watching over the house was trash talking her. Her dad rebuffs her and says she should come to the office with him, she refuses and he says she needs to own up to what she's done and leaves. Lorenzo comes to talk to Ali about being a youth leader for the church and tells her he recommended her for the job and the other members didn't really fight him on it. They grow closer until her dad walks in, and accuses Ali of having him over because she thinks one of the other officers were talking bad about her. Lorenzo is confused and then her dad makes him leave. Ali is mortified.

Emily witnesses the end of a phone call between Sara and her mom where it's infered that her mom is drunk. She's trying to make Sara come back home and she doesn't want to. Emily suggests looking into being emancipated. Em takes her to see Caleb so they can find out more about the process and Caleb says Sara needs a job so she can prove to the courts that she can support herself. He then offers her a job working minimum wage for his web design company. The girls go out and see a Social Worker who tells Sara that they'll start the process and she can stay with the Fields'. Em goes with Sara to get a tattoo to celebrate her new found freedom.

Spencer ends up going to an addiction meeting high and her former sober coach Dean is there. He winds up bringing her home and reminding her to call him if she can't fall asleep or if she needs to talk. After their heart to heart, she gives him her pot cookie and she gets out of the car. She sees Mona and goes to talk to her, and asks if she remembers the room from her dream in the dollhouse. Mona has no idea or so she says.

Lorenzo returns and talks with Ali on the porch. He defends her dad and reminds her that he is just worried about her. He also tells her that he asked the officers to switch shifts and a woman is out there now who he insists is nice and Ali will like more. Ali is very touched and the two share their first kiss. Mr. D interupts and Lorenzo leaves. Ali is mad at her dad and leaves to see her friends.

Aria checks over the negatives of Clark's photos and sees he got a shot of A's figure walking by. She freaks out and calls Emily who says to get a copy. Aria lies a little and steals the negatives of his photos. At home she examines them further and realizes something shocking- A is a woman. She sends a copy of the pic of a hooded figure with a woman's figure to her friends. Sara convinces Emily to get a tattoo and sees the text from Aria while Em is under the needle.

Hanna meets Lesli at the Brew and she apologizes for her earlier outburst. She also suggests that Hanna and the girls let the police do their jobs and not get involved. 

Spencer and Hanna break into Radley to look for Charles' file. Spencer is annoyed that Mona bailed after promising to be their tour guide. She freezes when she sees the creepy ballerina's face on an old poster. As the girls walk down the hall, Spencer realizes they're walking into the room from her nightmare and she realizes she saw it at Radley and not in the dollhouse. They search and finally find Charles' file which confirms that he is actually dead and he was an organ donor. They find a creepy doll that looks like a person in the dirty bathtub which was really freaky and as they're leaving they hear something. They find Mona who is trying to sneak away with a file. They grab it and find out it's Lesli's file. She and Mona met in Radley! They find out that Lesli was also Bethany's roommate  and she was there long enough to know Charles.

Sara confronts Emily about hiding this from her and Emily comes clean that A is still out there and threatened to hurt Sara if the girls told anyone. She shared that they didn't tell Sara, because they didn't want to scare her. A hooded figure comes towards them in the alley and the girls run.

All of the Liars meet up and discuss that A is a woman and Lesli was in Radley. They know think that Lesli is A and they start devising a plan to catch her in the act.

Mona, meanwhile, calls Lesli and tells her that the girls know that she was in Radley and Lesli completely flips out on Mona. Uh-oh.








//Original air date 6/30/15

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Game On, Charles " (S06E01)

This episode was insane.

It begins by showing an unknown blonde girl drawing with chalk on the wall of what looks like a dungeon in the doll house wearing the infamous yellow tank top. She hears the Liars making their escape and we find them outside. A/Charles leaves them outside for days without food or water and even in the pouring rain. The girls are doing everything they can to stay positive and support one another, but it's clear they are afraid.

The girls are finally invited back inside. In the hallway they are all knocked out. Aria and the other girls awake on tables in what looks like a morgue. They are all naked and covered only by a sheet. They fear that Charles is making them appear dead to send a message to their families so they stop looking for them. Mona comes in dressed as a candy striper and acting like Ali again. She gives each of the girls something to take for their headaches. She shares that she is scared Charles will throw her in the hole for trying to escape. A message plays asking them to return to their rooms and Mona refuses. A bell dings 3 times and she folds saying they have to go "or else." They stand outside of their rooms and enter one by one- each one screaming when they enter. They don't come out for 3 weeks and when they do they are visibly shaken. Aria even has the pink stripes in her hair like she had when Ali went missing. They wonder where Mona is.  We find out she is in the hole and terrified.

Ali holds a press conference and we find out that all charges against her for Mona's murder have been dropped and Andrew is the prime suspect but he has vanished. Ali begs for Andrew to come forward and for her friends to be freed.When she returns to the house, we find out she is working with the police in hopes of drawing Andrew out of hiding.She gets a call from an unknown number and it's playing a song. They track the call and find out the caller is in the house so the police go to find them. They return and Ali is gone, and there is a broken wine bottle. We find out that Caleb and Ezra called, and she is working with them and Toby to find the girls. Toby distracts the police by leading them too the Campbell Apple Farm.

Ali is contacted by A so the guys let her go into the woods after Caleb gives her a pair of boots with a tracker in them. Ali is lead to a car, she gets in it and the GPS tells her where to go. The guys follow and aren't far behind. She is told to pull over on the side of the road and to check the trunk. She finds a card telling her to change clothes or the girls will die. When Caleb and Ezra arrive, they find the car and Ali's clothes along with her boots pointing them in the right direction. Ali wanders through the woods in the infamous yellow top.

The girls are finally out of their rooms and are clearly very shaken but they band together. They are taken to Ali's room and they realize that Ali A is probably bringing the real Alison. They are putting away things in Ali's room and see news articles in the box and wonder if they are even real. Hanna finds out her mom was hospitalized because she was so worried about Hanna. Aria is putting clothes away and at the back of the closet she sees a message from Mona carved into the wall saying A is going to kill her. Aria gets Spencer to help her and shows her the message. They start plotting to get out.

The night when the generator switches off the girls all run to Charles' secret room and Spencer shows them the video. The girls look around and end up setting the room on fire. Charles is watching and sees Ali in the woods and the fire in the room. He panics. They pull the curtains down and see A/Charles standing behind a plexi-glass wall watching (he's of course in a mask still). They run and find Mona in the hole and work together to get her out.

The boys find Ali in the woods and get ready to leave until Ali hears something. She turns around and they see smoke coming from the ground which leads them to the door. They call the police and break into the dollhouse as the girls are running out. Everyone embraces and it is a tearjerker. Haleb, Ezria, Spoby, and Emison are so sweet. The police explore the dollhouse and find the girl we see at the beginning of the episode and find out she is Sarah Harvey, the girl who went missing around the same time Ali did and Emily met with her friends. She had been there this entire time.

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

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

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "To Plea Or Not To Plea" (S05E23)

Ali is offered a plea deal and her defense attorney thinks she should take it. Her attorney doesn't think she would do well in a trial by a jury even if Ali is telling the truth, because she has lied so much in the past. The plea will get her 15 years in prison as opposed to life, but part of the plea deal is that she has to name her accomplice, who the police depict as Hanna.

Aria and Emily find out from Jason the terms of Ali's plea deal and he lets them know that she is really shaken and considering it. Aria and Emily hope Ali doesn't take it, especially because they know both Ali and Hanna are being framed. Emily says that if Mike testifies for Ali, they would have to believe that she didn't have anything to do with Mona's murder, but Aria disagrees. She points out that if Mike says anything, he'll also be arrested. Emily offers to go talk to Ali and reassure her. A note falls out of Aria's locker and Emily picks it up and asks why Andrew is wishing her luck on a test and asking her dinner. Aria confesses that he's been helping her study and they kissed the other night after he took care of her. She brushes Emily off and goes to take her test. Emily finds out that Ali isn't taking visitors.

Mrs. Hastings stops by and lets Ms. Marin know the terms of Ali's plea deal. She lets Ashley know that the police are building a case against Hanna based on Tanner and Toby running into Hanna and Caleb at the storage unit where they found the barrel of acid/remains. Ashley is in shock. Mrs. H. also lets her know that Hanna has been to see Ali twice. Ashley is furious. Hanna over hears the conversation and sneaks out of the house. She goes to Caleb and hysterically fills him in.

Emily and Aria decide to wait to tell Spencer until after her interview at St. Andrews. In London, Spencer is invited by Colin to go see Hamlet at the theater and after a little prodding, she accepts. She has nothing to wear so Melissa loans her a dress. They bond over sharing clothes and the secrets they kept from one another and promise to never keep secrets from one another again. Melissa says that getting out of Rosewood was the best thing that ever happened to her and she thinks it would be good for Spencer as well.


In prison, Ali returns to her cell only to find it is a complete mess and her things are everywhere. She starts picking up and when she flips the mattress back down onto the bed, she sees "take the plea" written on the wall.

Aria and Ezra have a talk and decide that it would be best if Aria goes to college single and they should break up as it would be easier to do it now rather than later. They love each other and hope to get back together someday. 

Emily fills Ezra in on what's going on and how they're running out of time. She hopes he knows the name Varjack, but he's got nothing. He asks Emily about Mona's attorney. He questions if Mona actually hired the attorney or if someone else did. He pays a visit to James Nealon, the attorney, and pretends to be interested in franchising the New Brew before questioning him about Mona. Nealon asks him to leave and he meets Emily and Aria outside. They see Nealon leaving his office in a hurry and on his phone. They hop in a car and follow him to a gated in property. His car drives through the gate and Aria receives a text from Andrew calling her beautiful and congratulating her on her test. Ezra sees it and asks who Andrew is. Emily runs out of the car and gets inside the gate. Aria and Ezra follow, but don't make it in in time. Emily offers to follow the car while the other two look for a way over the fence. She takes off and Ezra and Aria begin walking. Aria mentions that Andrew has been tutoring her and they split up to cover more ground. Emily finds a pizza receipt with the name Varjack on it in the garbage. It also has a phone number on it. She sees Nealon on his phone inside the house, taking money from a safe and putting it in a bag. He drives off and Emily follows, telling Ezra and Aria what she found.

Back in London, Spencer buys Colin a beer after the show (her first time buying alcohol legally) and they talk before playing a game of darts. They run through the rain on their way home and share a passionate kiss before heading off to their separate beds. So are Spence and Toby officially done?

While Ali is working on her laundry, everyone leaves the room and locks her in. She tries to escape, but she can't. She screams at something and the next day she calls her lawyer. Mrs. H. shows up instead of Rebecca and she notices Ali has a bandage on her arm and abrasions on the other. She can see how shaken Ali is. Ali informs her that she is taking the plea and getting transferred to another prison.

Toby tells Caleb that there is an arrest warrant out for Hanna and the police should be on their way to take her in. Hanna panics and Caleb convinces her that it's time to tell Tanner about A. Hanna refuses at first, since all of the truth would come out- including the Aria killing Shana in self dense incident. Caleb reasons with her and they head to the police station. As they are waiting for Tanner, Hanna's phone is remotely wiped clean and she no longer has any evidence of A. She is taken back to see Tanner.

Caleb calls in Aria and Emily who bring Ezra with them. They call Spencer to let her know what is happening, and she packs to come home immediately. Melissa catches her and tries to stop her and tell her to wait until after her interview, but then the trth comes out- Mrs. H. doesn't have a contact at St. Andrews and Wren has been trying desperately to get Spencer in for an interview. Mrs. H. told Melissa to keep Spencer there because of the terms of Ali's plea bargain. They were afraid that Ali was going to name Spencer as her accomplice. Spencer is furious with her sister and leaves.

Caleb convinces Emily and Aria that if they show Tanner the messages on their phones from A, then she would have to believe Hanna. The girls agree and they pull their phones out, only to see that they are being wiped. They get a text from A that says they should start with a clean slate.

Hanna is arrested because her blood was found on Mona's clothes and she is put in jail. Ali sees her as she is walking to her cell and ends up turning down the plea deal.

Aria and Ezra talk and decide that Aria should start off college single. The also decide that it would be best for them to breakup now rather than later. They hope that one day they can be together again, as they still love each other.





Original air date 3/3/15

Pretty Little Liars Recap - "Bloody Hell " (S05E22)

The girls (minus Hanna) went to visit Ali in prison and apologize. They told her what Mike had told them. As they were leaving, Aria asked Ali not to tell her defense attorney about Mike and she promised that they would find A. Ali started to protest but Aria reminded her that they had been going after A's henchmen and not A. Ali promised Aria she would hold off as long as she could because she didn't want to hurt Mike.

Aria continues to worry about her brother and misses a study session with Andrew. He asks her to a movie and she clarifies that it can't be a date because she is still "sort of" with Ezra. They agree to go as friends and Andrew says it's a movie about "a dark figure in the shadows who sends messages and knows everyone's secrets." Creepy!

Mrs. Hastings is angry at Spencer for visiting Alison. She hands her a plane ticket to London so she can go for an interview at Oxford University. It's made clear that Spencer has no choice but to go. Meanwhile, Emily finds out that the pageant is much more of a time commitment than she previously thought, but she is committed to winning it for Hanna. Hanna and Aria go over to the Hastings to see Spencer, and Aria asks for a minute of Mrs. Hasting's time and legal advice. Mrs. H. warns her that they aren't under lawyer client privileged so she might be forced to share what Aria says even if she doesn't want to. Aria hands her a dollar and asks her to be her lawyer for an hour. Mrs. H. agrees and listens to Aria, telling her that the person in question (Mike of course) could face some serious penalties for withholding valuable information in a police investigation.

Aria begs Hanna to go with her to see Cyrus aka Hank Mahoney who is in the hospital. She explains how she tracked him down and how important it is for them to see him. Hanna agrees to go with her and Emily tries to make arrangements for her pageant schedule.

Mrs. H. pays Ali a visit in an effort to find out why the girls saw her. Alison swears to her that she is innocent and wants a trial by jury so she can have a chance to tell her side because "for once it's the truth." Mrs. H. warns her that is probably not a wise idea since everyone is aware of all of her lies and it would be hard to convince the jury that she is telling the truth. Ali asks for advice and Mrs. H. says she doesn't know what to say and Ali says, "what would you say to Spencer? she was almost in this chair." That really hits Mrs. H., who tells her that she is going to have to have a good coach. Ali asks her to do it and Mrs. H. leaves without giving an answer.

Spencer arrives in London and is greeted by Wren's flatmate who informs her that Wren and Melissa are gone for the weekend at Wren's bosses home. He talks on as she is mindlessly preoccupied with her phone. Hanna and Aria go to the hospital claiming to be Hank's cousins and the nurse makes them gown up before seeing him in the burn unit. He is severely burned and he insists to them it wasn't an accident. He writes down "Varjack" on a gauze wrapper before the nurse makes the girls leave.

Spencer is in an interview with Oxford that she is completely nailing, until the professor notices her bag is leaking a red substance all over his chair. She freaks out and looks in her bag, finding a brokwn vile of blood. She grabs her bag and apologizes profusely before running out of the office. She calls Aria and freaks out about what happened and Aria tells her that Cyrus was attacked and left them a note that said "carjacked." Spencer says she wants to come home but she is scared to because she doesn't know if a put anything else in her luggage and that she was lucky TSA didn't find the vile. Aria tries to reassure her but has to hang up to keep Hanna from getting into the fight with a nurse. In the elevator they realize he wrote "Varjack" and wonder if he was referring to Paul Varjack, the character from Breakfast at Tiffanys noting that Ali loved the movie and even posed as Holly's likeness for her fake passport photo. They wonder if A is using the name to taunt Ali. They also realize that he misspelled the name which means he hadn't seen it written so he must have spoken to A. The camera shows a burn victim get up from their bed and approach Cyrus which means he is probably dead thanks to A.

Spencer continues to flip out in London and Wren's flatmate is concerned and totally calms her down again. Meanwhile, Emily is working hard in the dance studio on her routine when Talia interrupts. She tells Emily that she and Eric had a long talk and they are breaking up. She is going to stay in a motel for a while until Emily offers for her to stay at the house. They dance together until Talia breaks down and Emily slow dances with her. Then her pageant coach walks in and tells Emily she might want to drop out because of her friends. Em and Talia immediately assume she is talking about their gay relationship, but the coach insists she means Em's friendship with Ali. She claims that the sponsors of the show are afraid that their relationship will taint the show. Talia threatens legal action and suggests that they either let Em compete or their sponsors send Emily a check for school.

Hanna find out her mom and Pastor Ted are engaged and this leads her to visit Ali. She apologizes for what she said and Ali tells her it's ok. She apologizes for how she treated them as well. She insists she thought she was helping them by telling them what to wear, eat, date, etc., but now that she is in their position and no one is listening to her she realizes how terrible it feels and she's sorry. She asks to start over and Hanna says she isn't sure, but that can try. Also on the Ali front, she wrote "Mona" in dust on a table and when she returned she saw someone had written "told everything" underneath it. She also recieved a mini doll in an orange jumpsuit with a note from A that said "Now that you're over the barrel how would you like to be in one."
Mrs. H. calls Spencer after looking over Ali's case file and leaves her a message telling her to stay in London.

Aria is at home and looking for Mike's schedule because she assumes he is at a game. She sees it on his dart board so she climbs up to get it, using his bench press for support. Andrew is calling for her downstairs and she says she's coming. The screws in the bench press give way (because A tampered with them), and Aria falls to the floor, hurting her head and ankle. Andrew rushes in to help her and notices the wrong bolts were on the screws. He says that if Mike had gone to use it, it would have crushed his skull. This really shakes Aria up and she begins to cry quietly as Andrew examines her foot. He tells her that "for a petite girl you bring on a lot of chaos," and that he "likes problems and doesn't mind them." He's clearly vying for her. He mentions that she should see a doctor for her foot and he looks up to see her crying. He sits next to her and offers his shoulder for her to cry on. He assures her that she'll be ok. They look at each other and he leans in, and THEY KISS!

Original air date 2/24/15