Once Upon A Time Recap - "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (S04E13)

The episode started back in the Forbidden Forrest "many years ago" in Maleficent's castle. Ursala enters and wants to know why she is there, and Maleficent would like to know the same thing. Before she can attack her unwelcome guest, 2 dogs come running at them. The dogs are followed by Cruella de Vil who would also like to know why she is there. Cruella sends her dogs away with her spell and Maleficent nearly attacks her until Rumpelstiltskin appears and informs them that he summoned them all there. He informs them that if they all work together, they too can get their happy endings and what their hearts desire.


Flash forward to Storybrooke. It's was really weird/refreshing to see Storybrooke in a normal setting. Regina is back as Mayor. She walks Henry to his bus stop. Snow White is teaching Henry's class. Emma sits in on Granny babysitting Neal, before heading to work. She meets Hook on her way and she leaves him at the library with Belle. The two of them are working on a way to free the fairies from the Sorcerer's hat. Hook gets frustrated and he and Belle talk about how they were both used by the Dark One. Hook tells Belle that as bad as Rumple is/was, he did really love her.

Rumple is now staying with Ursala in her New York apartment. The two bicker about his lack of delivering on promises. He replies to a mysterious email before they leave. They show up at a nice house where a man and all of his possessions are being taken by the FBI. Cruella is there and angrily takes one of her fur coats. Rumple and Ursala approach her and entice her with a plan to get everything she wants. She opens the garage and they leave in her car and go to...a fast food drive thru which thoroughly annoys Rumple (it's hilarious).

Emma talks with Regina and finds the storybook page that Robin had given her of them together. Emma asks Regina about it and she shares that it wasn't in the book and they thought it was a sign of hope when it appeared to him- before he left with his family. Hook and Belle rush in saying they know how to save the fairies. Belle says that one of the professors she reached out to (which is later revealed to be Rumple) had decoded one of the books for her. They take the hat and Regina casts a spell with the dagger. The fairies are freed as well as a monster that escapes them- it is a Chernabog.

Rumple leads the women into a cavern where a door is covered in blood beetles. Cruella puts them under her spell and they pass. They then come to a room filled with dragon's fire which Maleficent puts out. Ursala uses her tentacles to retrieve what Rumple is after and he informs them that he got what he wanted and now he is leaving them there to die. He leaves and the Chernabog prepares to attack them. The women hide and are afraid to see who he is going to attack first. Maleficent suggests that while it is attacking one, the other two escape and come back for the other. The three step out and the Chernabog goes after Maleficent (apparently she has the heart with the greatest capacity for darkness). She fears Ursala and Cruella have left her to die, but they rescue her.

A party is thrown at Granny's to celebrate the fairies' return. Hook doesn't want to attend because he is partly responsible  for their imprisonment in the hat. Emma reminds him that he only did it because Rumple had his heart and forced him too. They arrive at the party and Henry pushes Regina to ask the Blue Fairy about the Author/Sorcerer and they show her the blank book. Emma joins the conversation and says they found them at the Sorcerer's mansion and there are a ton there. Regina tells Blue what they are trying to do, and Blue says she isn't crazy. She also shares that the Author and the Sorcerer are two very different people. The way she says it indicates that she is afraid of the Author. She has no idea who either of them are. A loud noise is heard as the building shakes. They all go outside and see the Chernabog.

The realize it came from the hat and Belle tells them that they can't put him back in the hat because once you are in it, you can never be in it again. Regina and Emma blast it with their magic and temporarily disable it. Belle heads to the library to see what she can find. Snow gets everyone to safety. And Emma and Regina work on a plan.

Rumple, Ursala, and Cruella arrive outside of Storybrooke where Rumple tells them that the town is unseen because it is under a spell. He comes clean about everything and the women are furious. They want to know how they are going to be welcomed into the town with him there after he was kicked out. He gives them his cell phone and says they are going alone. He shares his plan with them and tells them he will wait there and if they are going to include him to get him that night- otherwise he will know they have chosen to live happily ever after in Storybrooke. They call Regina from the phone and she immediately recognizes Ursala's voice. Ursala says that Rumple found her in the city and reunited her and Cruella, but they ditched him after finding out about Storybrooke because they wanted a chance to have their happy endings. Emma and Regina discuss whether or not to trust them. The women hear the Chernabog, and share that they have battled it before and it goes after the person who has the potential for the darkest heart. Emma suggests they use the Snow Queen's scroll to help the women into the town. They decide that if the monster is magic, what would happen to it if it where to be in a land without magic. They decide to lead it to the town line and lure it over.

Emma tells her mom they have a plan but Snow is worried. Emma and Regina lure the beast to the town line, but Regina is afraid that Emma will get hurt because the beast is after her. She poofs to the edge of the line as the beast attacks the top of Emma's car. As she reaches the line, she slams on the breaks and the beast is thrown over the line and disappears. Snow and Charming appear and see Ursala and Cruella on the outside of the town. They tell Emma that they don't think it is a good idea to let them in and Regina comes tot heir defense. She says it wouldn't be fair for her to deny someone else their chance at a happy ending when she is working on getting her own. Emma agrees and they toss the scroll over the line. Ursala and Cruella open it and the town is revealed to them. They thank Regina and drive in.

Emma sits with Hook at Granny's and he asks where her parents are. She says she isn't sure because they were supposed to meet her there. She and Hook look on as Henry searches his story book for clues about who the Author is. Meanwhile, Snow and Charming meet up with Cruella and Ursala. They demand that the ladies keep their mouths shut about their past encounter in the Enchanted Forrest and if they tell Emma about it Snow threatens to rip their hearts out.

Later that night, Ursala and Cruella return for Rumple, tossing him the scroll as well. He has his magic back and lost his limp.Rumple aslo informs them that the Chernabog wasn't after Regina, it was after Emma... :O

Marvel's Agent Carter Recap - "SNAFU" (S01E07)

 The episode begins with Peggy being interrogated by agents Sousa and Thompson at different times. Both men are trying to wear her down while Chief Dooley and the Russian doctor watch from the other side of the glass. Agent Sousa accuses Peggy of being one of Howard Stark's women and Agent Thompson demands to know what is going on. He tells her that it doesn't add up what the evidence is saying and what he witnessed in Russia. She keeps insisting that is because they are looking in the wrong place. Sousa tells her about all of the evidence they have against her and she is telling them that they are wrong and a trained killer is out there.


Jarvis shows up at the SSR and asks Rose to let him in. She plays dumb and insists she doesn't know what he's talking about. He asks her to page Chief Dooley and let him know that he has Howard Stark's signed confession. Peggy is taken into the conference room in handcuffs where Jarvis is waiting with Chief, Thompson and Sousa. They all want to know what is going on. Jarvis tells them that he has Howard's confession and they will receive the signed page that night when Howard arrives. In exchange, Mr. Stark demands Jarvis and Agent Carter's freedom. Dooley says they are to stay put and when Howard arrives with the signed document then they will be free to go but Peggy is fired. Dooley returns to his office where the doctor is waiting and Agent Sousa tells the men on the floor to keep an eye on Carter.

Jarvis informs Peggy that Howard is not coming and that he panicked when she didn't show so he wrote the confession himself. Peggy is furious because of course Howard will not be showing up, but she insists that she isn't mad at Jarvis- just at the situation.

Chief Dooley calls his wife and they make plans to have dinner together. He is hopeful that things will start moving in the right direction with his family again and he'll be able to stay at home again. Dr. Ivchenko continues to stand by the open window and talks to the Chief about his family. He looks outside and sends Morse code signals to Dottie who is across the street. She has just returned from buying a baby carriage. Peggy looks across the room and sees the doctor. She grabs a notepad and writes down what he is saying. She and Jarvis translate the code and realize that it is a timetable and that Leviathan is coming.

 To gain back their trust, she tells Chief Dooley, Thompson, and Sousa everything. She tells them the truth about everything that has happened and why she conducted her own investigation. She calls them out on their shoty police work and bad investigation. She reminds them of how narrow minded they have been towards Stark and that is why she had to privately conduct her own investigation. They want to know how it was possible for her to run her own investigation right in front of their eyes without raising any suspicion. She tells them it's because she was invisible to them- that none of them see her unless she's filing,bringing them coffee, or bringing them their lunch. She accuses Dooley of seeing her as an abandoned kitten dropped of on his doorstep that he needs to protect. Thompson of seeing her as nothing more than a secretary. And Sousa of seeing her as a girl on a pedestal with questionable taste in men. She got away with it because she isn't seen. She tells them about Captain America's blood and how she stole it. She reveals that she isn't sure why she did it once she found out what it really was. She thinks that maybe she was trying to give herself a second chance at keeping him safe.


Dooley, Thompson, and Sousa meet in the hall and Sousa says he believes her. Thompson and Dooley accuse him of going soft, and Dooley instructs them to check the building across the street just in case. They take a team over and Dooley asks Dr. Ivchenko to close the window. The doctor questions him and Dooley plays it off, but he sees the men heading across the street. He hypnotizes Dooley and takes control of his mind. He has him lock Peggy and Jarvis in an interrogation room, handcuffing them to the table. He thenhas Dooley take him to the lab and get all of the scientists out. They look for Stark's invention number 17 and the doctor also takes a mysterious vest. He has Dooley walk him out and put on the vest.

Meanwhile, the agents dispurse in the building and Thompson tells Sousa that if he sees this woman, shoot to kill. After seeing what the little girl did to them in Russia, he's afraid to see one all grown up. Sousa runs into Dottie as she tries to escape. They fight and he shoots at her but she gets into the stairwell. The agents try to get her, but she kills one in her escape. The doctor picks her up and they drive away. Sousa finds the dead dentist and sees where she and the doctor have been communicating. He finds her messages, including one with that says to kill Peggy.

Jarvis and Peggy break the mirror to try and get out, but they realize they're still handcuffed to the table. Thompson hears the noise and comes in, letting them go. They rush to find Chief Dooley, who is in his office with the vest on. Jarvis immediately voices concern over Dooley wearing the vest, informing everyone that it is impossible to get off once it has been activated. They carefully get Dooley out of his office and he is angry with himself for trusting the doctor and letting him get in his head. The vest continues to heat up and gets closer to com-busting. The scientists and Jarvis can't find a way to get him out of it and Dooley accepts it. He asks Thompson to tell his wife he's sorry he missed dinner and he makes Peggy promise to catch Ivchenko. She promises and he replies with "attagirl" before taking off and shooting at a window. He jumps out just as the vest explodes. Sousa sees the explosion and rushes over only to find out that Dooley is dead.

Dottie takes the baby carriage into the movie theater and leaves it once the show starts. A gas can starts leaking from the the carriage. The people in the theater start coughing and then violently attacking one another until they are all dead.

Marvel's Agent Carter Recap - "A Sin to Err" (S01E06)

Dr. Ivchenko, the prisoner who was rescued in “The Iron Ceiling,” tells the sad tale of how he and others were forcefully recruited by Leviathan in Russia back in 1944.Peggy questions him about the girls who were being trained at the boarding school. She thinks that one of them killed Agent Krzeminski. and Chief Dooley gives her permission to follow up on her hunch.

Peggy asks Jarvisfor a list of all the ladies Howard Stark has "entertained" over the past six months. She learns that he gives a lovelybracelet to all his women, so the process of elimination begins from the jeweler’s client list. Despite Jarvis’s suspicions, Ginger Rogers is ruled out as a suspect. Peggy looks for a specific one of Stark’s women—someone with scars on her wrists from being handcuffed. Poor Jarvis endures slaps and kicks from many of the scorned women who don’t pan out.

Dottie sets up shop in an office across the street from the SSR offices after brutally disposing of the sleazy dentist who worked there. Across the street, Dr. Ivchenko deduces that Dooley is having problems with his marriage. He gazes out the window of the chief’s office. Dottie has the doc lined up in the scope of her rifle. She’s not going to shoot him though. She instead sends him a message via flashing lights. Dr. Ivchenko covertly responds using Morse code. His orders for Dottie are, "Give him more time to find the item and to kill Peggy Carter."

Agent Thompson blows off Agent Yauch’s concern about the chief spending too much time with the Russian doctor. Dr. Ivchenko attempts to hypnotize Chief Dooley who snaps out of it when Agent Sousa interrupts. Sousa chatted with Sheldon McFee, the milk truck driver who was caught transporting explosives in “Bridge and Tunnel.”  and he has identified Peggy as the person who beat him up.

A woman named Ida left a cleaned-out apartment with a bed that indicates handcuffs were used on the post. Peggy believes she’s the one they are looking for. She meets up with Jarvis to touch base. While doing so, she notices that she’s being surrounded by SSR agents. Peggy goes into full takedown mode to make an escape. Unfortunately, Thompson is waiting outside for her. Peggy has no choice but to take him down, too. Sousa shows up moments later, but he can’t shoot her. Later, Chief Dooley brands Peggy Carter a fugitive.

Dr. Ivachenko uses his time with Agent Yauch, who is ordered to babysit him, to manipulate him. He hypnotizes Yauch to tell him where Howard Stark’s inventions are being kept. He also learns all the exit routes. He then convinces Yauch to leave the office, have a drink and step into the path of a moving vehicle and kill himself.

After her encounter with Thompson and Sousa, Peggy races to her apartment to get Captain Steve Rogers’s blood. Thompson, Sousa and a team of agents are in hot pursuit.When Peggy hears them approaching her room, she climbs out onto the ledge of the building to avoid capture. She carefully edges her way over to the next apartment where Angie sees her. When the SSR agents come into her room asking her if she's seen Peggy, Angie covers for her by breaking down in tears over the thought of her grandmother telling them that Peggy told her she was going to visit her ill grandmother. The SSR agents vacate the apartment awkwardly.

Angie had mentioned plans to give up acting earlier but is now reconsidering. She helps Peggy in off the ledge and confesses that she knew she didn’t work at the phone company. She looks forward to learning what all this is about someday, but for now she says goodbye to her friend. Peggy gives Angie a goodbye hug and she steps into the hall where another familiar face awaits.

Dottie steps up to Peggy and she plants an unexpected kiss on her. Peggy becomes woozy after the kiss and she realizes that Dottie had used her lipstick. She realizes that Dottie is not who she seems and is probably the woman she has been searching for as she falls unconscious. Dottie pulls out a switchblade, about to kill Peggy, but before she can act, the SSR arrives. They arrest Peggy and bring her in for questioning. Chief Dooley instructs Thompson and Sousa not go easy on her just because she's a girl.









Original air date 2/10/15

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Chasing Life Recap - "The Big Leagues" (S01E16)

The episode starts with April getting asked out by a high school student, Julian, in the hospital waiting room. He says he recognizes her from her article in the Post and said shared that he has testicular cancer and asked her to do a story on him for her column. He also tells her that when he found out about his cancer, he made a promise to himself that he would ask out any girl he thought was pretty.

April and her mom see the doctor who lets her know that she is still in remission. April asks her (after her mom steps out) if she is ok to have sex and the doctor gives her the green light. April tells Beth who hilariously dumps a huge box of condoms into April's purse. April arrives at work and notices that a few of the condoms are sticking out so she grips her bag tightly as Danny and Dominic step into the elevator with her. Her phone begins ringing and they tease her about why she won't answer it.

That night, Leo has dinner with the Carver ladies and April practically rushes them all out. Once they're alone, April and Leo sleep together.Which leads to an awkward morning when they are caught by Sarah sneaking out. Sarah is casual about it, but April is embarrassed and ducks out to go to work. Leo stays and has breakfast with Sarah, talking to her about his life and how unsure he is about his future now that he knows he has one. He's scared of what is to come because he has nothing to fall back on and he is tired of just being Bruce Hendrie's son.

At work, April makes a bet with the sports writer that she can get the inside scoop from baseball player Richie Miranda about his contract negotiations. They shake on it and the loser has to bring the winner tacos for a week. April finds out that a popular girl said yes to Julian and he asks her to come to his dance and interview him so he doesn't embarrass himself in front of her. April agrees and then finds out the dance is the same night as the event she is trying to meet Richie at. She thinks she can make both. Leo heads to one of his father's job sites and is embarrassed to have to ask about money. He finds out a guy he went to high school with is working for his dad.

Meanwhile, Greer is acting up at school and dyed the tips of her hair purple. At first Brenna and Ford think it's cool. Greer meets them at Alchemy where Brenna is working with Kieran and invites them to go on a trip to her vacation home. She insists that Kieran give her a tattoo and he refuses since she is underage which is illegal. Greer flips out and she over hears Kieran tell Brenna she's acting like a psycho. Greer locks herself in the bathroom and Ford leaves. Brenna talks Greer down and they have a sleepover with Kieran at the shop. She shares that she has depression and she is on medication for that and anxiety. She also says she doesn't like taking the medication so she took herself off of it. Greer opens up about feeling like she has this dark side that she has to hide and be ashamed of that no one knows about. Brenna then shares that after her dad died, she slept with a senior from their school and got pregnant and the guy gave her a check to have it taken care of. She also says that she told 1 person, Ford, who drove with her to Connecticut where it can be done without a parent's permission. Brenna shares that she and Ford have been close ever since. Kieran shares that he got a tramp stamp.

April and Leo go to the club first and he goes to have a drink. He gets upset when someone refers to him as Bruce Hendrie's son and asks about his cancer. Leo drinks and April sees the sports reporter get turned down for the VIP room. April tries to get back there but ultimately lies (makes them think she's pregnant) and as soon as Richie sees her, he recognizes her. They sit and she shares about what happened and basically thanks him for saving her life. He gets pulled away before she can ask him about his contract negotiations. April gets a text from Julian asking where she is and she decides to give the Richie story one more shot before leaving. She walks back into the VIP lounge and sees Richie and Leo snorting cocaine.

April and Leo have it out, coming to the conclusion that cancer was the only thing they had in common. April wrestles with whether or not to tell the story. She runs into Dominic and mentions what happened, leaving out Leo's part in it, and says she doesn't know what to do. He gives her credit, saying that her job is tough and she has a hard choice to make and her respects her for doing it. Ultimately April shares the story in the paper (excluding Leo's role) and it makes the television news. Everyone in her office is celebrating her accomplishment and her boss is very pleased.
















Original air date 2/16/15

Once Upon A Time - Review

Once Upon A Time is about Emma Swan who is brought to the small town of Storybrooke, Maine on her 28th birthday by her 10 year old son, Henry, whom she had given up for adoption when he was born. She is shocked that Henry found her and concerned about the fact that he went to Boston by himself. She decides to take him back to his town and on the way she notices a story book he is holding on to. He informs her that she is in the story book. Henry tries to convince her that she is the Savior and everyone in the town is actually a character in his storybook and that they were brought to this land because of curse enacted by the Evil Queen in an attempt to get revenge on Snow White. He tells her that she is the daughter of Snow White and the Prince and that only she can break the curse and set them all free. Henry insists that no one knows who they are and time is frozen in the town. Of course she immediately thinks he is crazy.

She takes him to his house where she meets the town Sheriff and his mother Regina Mills, who is also the mayor. Regina is grateful to Emma for bringing him home, but Henry is upset and insists that his mother is the Evil Queen. Emma prepares to leave, but she wants to make sure Henry is ok. After seeing another side to Regina, she decides to stick around for a while and get to know Henry better. This infuriates Regina who is the only one in town who knows Emma is the Savior- or so it seems.

While all of this is going on, flashbacks are occurring to the Enchanted Forrest where storybook characters Snow White, the Prince, the Evil Queen, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Rumpelstiltskin, Belle, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, the Mad Hatter, King Midas, and more live. In these flashbacks, you see how they lived their lives and all of the events that led up to the curse being enacted.

Main Cast (through season 4):

• Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan
• Ginnifer Godwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard
• Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina Mills
• Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills
• Josh Dallas as the Pauper/Prince "Charming" James/David Nolan
• Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Beast/Crocodile/Mr. Gold
• Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Wolf/ Ruby
• Emile de Ravin as Belle/Lacey
• Colin O'Donahgue as Captain Killian "Hook" Jones
• Michael Socha as Will Scarlet/Knave of Hearts/White King

Recurring Cast & Guests (through season 4):

• Raphael Sparge as Dr. Archie Hopper/Jiminy Cricket
• Jaime Dornan as Sheriff Graham Humbert/Huntsman
• Eion Bailey as August Booth/Pinocchio
• Michael Raymond James as Neal Cassidy/Baelfire
• Sarah Bolger as Princess Aurora
• Julian Morris as Prince Phillip
• Jaime Chung as Mulan
• Sean Maguire as Robin Hood
• Lee Arenberg as Leroy/Grumpy
• Gabe Khouth as Tom Clark/Sneezy
• David Paul Grove as Doc
• Faustino Di Bauda as Walter/Sleepy
• Mig Macario as Bashful
• Mike Coleman as Happy
• Jeffrey Kaiser as Dopey
• Beverley Elliott as Granny/Widow Lucas
• Keegan Connor Tracy as Mother Superior/Blue Fairy
• David Anders as Dr. Whale/Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• Tony Amendola as Marco/Geppetto
• Sebastian Stan as Jefferson/Mad Hatter
• Rose McGowan and  Barbara Hershey as Cora Mills/Queen of Hearts
• Rebecca Mader as Zelena/Wicked Witch of the West
• Georgina Haig as Elsa
• Scott Michael Foster as Kristoff
• Elizabeth Lail as Anna
• Rose McIver as Tinkerbell
• Brighton Sharbino and Elizabeth Mitchell as Ingrid/Snow Queen
• Joanna García Swisher as Ariel
• Gil McKinney as Prince Eric
• Stephen Lord as Malcolm
• Robbie Kay as Peter Pan/Pied Piper
• Christie Laing as Maid Marian
• Sonequa Martin-Green as Tamara
• Jessy Schram as Ashley Boyd/Cinderella
• Tim Phillipps as Sean Herman/Prince Thomas
• Chris Gauthier as William Smee
• Anastasia Griffith as Kathryn Nolan/Princess Abigail
• Alan Dale as Albert Spencer/King George
• Giancarlo Esposito as Sidney Glass/Genie of Agrabah/Magic Mirror
• Zak Santiago and Tony Perez as King Henry
• Benjamin Stockham as Owen Flynn
• Ethan Embry as Greg Mendell (Owen's older alias)
• Kristin Bauer van Straten as Maleficent
• Merrin Dungey as Ursula
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Ursula's voice
• Victoria Smurfit as Cruella De Vil
• Alex Zahara as King Midas
• Quinn Lord as Nicholas Zimmer/Hansel
• Karley Scott Collins as Ava Zimmer/Gretel
• Nicholas Lea as Michael Tillman/Woodcutter
• Eric Lange and Richard Schiff as King Leopold
• Eric Keenleyside as Moe French/Sir Maurice
• Amy Acker as Sister Astrid/Nova
• Noah Bean as Daniel
• Rachel Shelley as Milah
• Jorge Garcia as Anton
• Eva Bourne and Rena Sofer as Queen Eva
• Freya Tingley as Wendy Darling
• William Ainschough and Matt Kane as John Darling
• Benjamin Cook and James Immekus as Michael Darling
• Christopher Gorham as Walsh/Wizard of Oz/Flying Monkey
• Alexandra Metz as Rapunzel
• Sunny Mabrey as Glinda/Good Witch of the South
• Matreya Scarrwener as Dorothy Gayle
• Tyler Jacob Moore as Prince Hans
• Robin Weigert as Bo Peep
• Ava Marie Telek and Pascale Hutton as Queen Gerda
• Nicole Munoz as Lilith "Lily"
• Timothy Webber as The Apprentice
• Bailey Herbert and Sally Pressman as Helga

Overall review: a MUST watch (pay close attention as it all intertwines)

Tune in Sunday nights at 8 PM EST on ABC

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

Pretty Little Liars Recap: "Pretty Isn't The Point" (S05E21)

The girls search Mike's room for clues and they find a necklace in his gym back that has Morse code on it saying "I'm with you". They are suspicious and assume the necklace is for Ali. 

Hanna hires a pageant coach to ensure that she wins the pageant. Quickly learning that you have to be more than a pretty face to win the grand prize, Hanna turns to Emily for help when she claims that dancing is her talent. 

Emily meets Talia's husband Eric when he comes to work looking for her. She realizes that Talia told him that she was just a one time thing and he believed that he would be with Talia forever. While she's waiting for Hanna, she asks Ashley for advice on what to do. Caleb meets the girls in the dance room and informs them that Hanna's stepsister Kate has signed up for the pageant as well which completely infuriates Hanna. 

 

When she performs her dance with Emily for her coach, she gets infuriated at Kate and ruins her chance. The coach tells Hanna she isn't pageant material and she shouldn't go through with it. Hanna disappears into the hallway and overhears her coach invite Emily to join because she thinks Emily would win. Hanna gets upset and runs away. Emily goes after her but is stopped by Talia. She tells Talia that she and Eric talked and she can't do this with her. She goes after Hanna and tells her that she didn't accept the offer, but that she's going to and she is going to win for Hanna and give her the money for college because that is "what you do when you love someone."

 

Mike interrupts a study session between Aria and Andrew by yelling at his sister accusing her of snooping in his room. Andrew excuses himself and steps outside before Mike flips out on Aria telling her that if she goes in there again she'd regret it. He flips the table before leaving the room and Andrew rushes in seeing a shaken up Aria. She asks Andrew to help keep tabs on Mike and he agrees. Andrew follows Mike into the woods behind Mona's house and sees him leave something in a tree. He tries to find what it was, but he thinks he hears Mike coming back so he leaves.

 

Andrew meets up with Aria at the cupcake shop and tells her what happened. He offers to go back and find out what Mike left and she insists on going. He offers to go with her but Aria declines insiting that she will be fine on her own. He's clearly worried about her staying at the house alone with Mike, but she insists that it will be ok because her dad will be back that night.

 

 

 Spencer finds out that Jonny vandalized Hollis and hadn't been hired to paint the mural. She flips out on him and informs him that she had been arrested for murder and even though the charges were dropped she can't afford to mess up again if she wants to go to college. She reaches out to Melissa, asking if Wren could help her get into Oxford University. Jonny and Spencer make up and go to the college where Toby sees them talking. He's not happy about it and leaves. While Spencer and Jonny are walking down the street, he sees some of his art work from the mural in a gallery window. The gallery owner says that someone brought them by from the school so he owns them and Jonny has no claim to them. When Jonny finds out that one is sold, he decides to get them back. Spencer is determined to help and since he won't let her get her mom involved, she decides to drive his getaway car. She picks the lock for him and brings him cutters for the chains holding up the paintings. While he's getting the last one down, he trips the alarm and the two speed off. While at a gas station, Toby shows up to arrest Jonny. He and Spencer have a heated argument where he tells her to walk away because Tanner is still watching her. She leaves and calls her mom who posts Jonny's bail and kicks him out of the barn. When he returns to the house he tells Spencer what happened and she's upset about him having to leave. After she gives him some packing tape, he kisses her.

Aria goes into the woods behind Mona's house and finds the tree Andrew had told her about. She finds a package in the spot he mentioned and pulls a vile of blood from it. Mike shows up and yells at her causing her to drop the vile and run. She gets in her car and races home, running the house hoping her dad was there. Mike comes in after her and she threatens to call the police if he got any closer to her. Mike tells her the truth about Mona's death. He informs her, that he walked in on Mona taking her own blood and she showed him all of the viles of her own blood that she had been storing. Her plan came from A and she had to fake her death, frame Alison, and then she planned to double cross A when she found out who he/she/they were- then she'd set the record straight and come back and then Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily would be safe and free and Mona would be their hero. Mike was against it and they argued about it but he eventually agreed to keep quiet. Mike was concerned that A had double crossed Mona though because she hadn't shown up to any of their meetings and he visited Ali to see if she knew anything about A or the plan. He broke down crying that the blood was all he had left of Mona and that she had given it to him. Aria held her brother before meeting with her friends to share what he told her.

The girls decide that they need to talk to Ali, and try to figure out what's going on.

















Aired on 2/17/15