Pretty Little Liars Recap: “A” is for “Ambivalence.”

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By Hypnotoad | Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 2:35 pm | 38 Comments
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Breaking news!  Garrett Reynolds has pled not guilty to the murder of Alison DiLaurentis!  I know because it’s on TV in Spencer’s house and all the girls are watching it!  Did Garrett become a cop just to destroy evidence? Probably.  They’re talking about “page 5″ and Spencer knows that Jenna gave the page to the police because her mom said so.  Don’t hire Spencer’s mom as your lawyer if you don’t want her blabbing about your biz all over town, people.  And then Melissa shows up and is all, Ian didn’t kill Alison . . . And “I know how Jenna went blind and so does Garrett.  If he killed Alison, it’s because she deserved it.”

“Meh.  Whaddaya gonna do?”

Melissa sure is acting strange, but I’m digging it.  As soon as Melissa leaves, everyone gets a text from “A,” saying that if they don’t give back what they have, one of them will die.  And then Spencer answers the door — it was a messenger with invitations to the Rosewood Junior Society Masquerade Ball.  Oh, good.  We haven’t had a dance in about 2 episodes.  I was beginning to wonder.  “A” wants them to be there at midnight.  And then Spencer’s all, Hide and seek was my favorite game with Melissa because I always won.  Oy.  Buckle up, kids.  I think this  is gonna be a bumpy one.

Got a secret.  Can you keep it?  Here’s a secret:  This song is dumb.  There.  I said it.

Before school (of course), Aria, Hanna, and Emily are talking about how Melissa is totes “A.”  But maybe Jenna is too.  Spencer comes up and says that they are going to look through the bag of Alison’s stuff, find some clues, and smoke “A” out like the smoking . . . thing . . . she is.  Mona arrives and wants everyone to go shopping for costumes with her, but everyone has excuses.

So now that Ezra’s gone, Aria thinks it’s cool to have all the girls over at his place.  Aria says that she and Ezra might be over this time.  Like, over, over.  Like, We’re so over, we need a new word for over.  God, this is a wordy episode.  It’s gonna be a bitch to recap.  Hanna’s sick of lying to everyone she cares about and then Aria tells her to get off Ezra’s bed because it’s “sacred ground.”  Barf.  Luckily, they don’t discuss it any further.  Thank god.  Spencer finds a pen with the name “Dougherty’s Landing” on it and thanks to the internet, they find out that it’s an airstrip outside of town and there’s also a resort close by, which matches up to a postcard found in Alison’s bag.  Since Duncan flew Alison to an airstrip, maybe she stayed in the resort.  Okay — why are they just now getting to this crap when they’ve had the bag for days/weeks?

Later that windy, dark night, they’re on their way to the resort, when something runs out in front of Spencer’s car, scaring everyone.  Fine, me included.  They pull up to the Lost Woods Resort, where Norman Bates Lite checks them in for the night.

“We have 12 vacancies.  Twelve cabins, twelve vacancies.  Would you like to reserve a wake-up stabbing?”

Spencer signs the ledger as “Mary Smith” and then asks about room 1 and says their friend “Vivian Darkbloom” stayed in that room and said it kicked ass.  Norman Bates Lite says he doesn’t talk about the people who stay at the Lost Woods Resort.  Mostly because he stabs all of them in the shower while dressed as his dead mother and that doesn’t make for polite conversation.  Oh, you guys, I really want to watch “Psycho” now.  I heart that movie.  Hanna trips and falls down in a puddle outside.  I don’t know if that’s supposed to mean anything, but it was pretty funny.

They enter the room and Emily says she’s not sure what they’re looking for.

A new decorator, perhaps?

It’s like Grandma’s House of Dusty Crap From the 50s, and the blankets are probably The Itchiest Blankets Ever From the 60s.  I miss staying at my grandma’s house . . . The girls wonder if Alison was alone or with someone when she was there.  Aria and Spencer decide to go to the office to snoop around.  The office is complete with taxidermied (taxidermed? taxidermized?) animals and what’s probably a portrait of Norman Bates Lite’s mother.  And back in the room, Hanna’s about to take a shower.  Come on, PLL — if it’s this effing blatant, at least make a sarcastic or flippant comment about it.  Oh, wait, I think I see the famous Alfred Hitchcock cameo!

Blink and you’ll miss it.

Emily gets a phone call and is all, “Maya?!  Can you hear me?”  She goes outside, but she can’t get a signal.  More “Psycho” references as the cool Hitchcock Blonde (Hanna) takes a shower.  Aria and Spencer find the guest register and find out that Alison/Vivian checked into the lodge the day before she went missing.  And then a person in a black hoodie runs outside!  And then the hooded person is outside the shower!  And then Hanna gets out of the shower to find the room’s door open!

Well, that’s enough suspense for now, kids, because it’s the next morning and Spencer is telling the others that Alison stayed at the lodge twice — the first time was when she was supposed to meet “A” in Brookhaven.  And then the hooded person removes a photo and watches the girls from a peephole.  This has passed homage and entered the realm of blatant rip-off, people.

Exhibit “A.”  (Haha — get it?)

Exhibit B.

Aria and Spencer (or “Team Sparia” as Spencer cutely calls them) go to put back the guest register.  In broad daylight.  That’s a great idea.  Hanna comes back in all bummed because Caleb can’t take her to the ball (his mom is coming in town.  Or he’s finally going to Mastercuts.  I don’t know) and she wanted him to be Romeo to her Juliet.  Hanna’s wanted to be Juliet ever since some other chick beat her for the role in a sixth grade play.  Sixth graders performing Shakespeare?  That is some legitimate theatre.  Emily says that she’ll go to the ball with Hanna (awwww), but she’s “not dressing like a dude.”  She’s such a Portia.  Spencer and Aria run in and say they have to leave because Norman Bates Lite is back and he’ll find out they touched his stuff and everyone grabs their bags and runs because it’s so exciting supposedly!

When did a robot move to Rosewood?  Oh, it’s just Toby.  I thought it was a sophisticated cyborg who’d been programmed for everything but love . . . and any other emotion, for that matter.  He’s throwing some burned stuff away.  Spencer asks him about the fire and Jenna, who seems fine, according to Toby.  Spencer says that if Jenna can forgive her (um, you should look into that, Spence) then Toby should be able to.

“Forgive:  To give up resentment or claim requital for — SYSTEM ERROR 404. SHUTTING DOWN.”

Oh no!  The Tobot has crashed!  Someone bring in the backup Tobot 2.0. Toby says he has work to do.  Oh, cyborgs are cold, y’all.  Spencer says that Toby doesn’t have to be the guy that won’t let anybody in.  Burn!  Toby gets a call as Spencer drives off and he’s all, “Dr. Sullivan?”  What?  This is a strange turn of events . . .

Jenna’s putting on some whore red lipstick in a car, looking at herself in the mirror.  She’s in a park and meets someone, taking off her sunglasses to reveal her miracle eyes.  She says she wondered about this moment, about meeting the person again.  She hands him/her a costume or a blanket or something and is all, They’ll be at the ball; you know what you have to do.

Time for the ball.  What the hell kind of party budget does this town have?  There are like, real trees at the dance.  Maybe if they focused less on having a dance every other day, they could, like, solve murders and junk.  Our gals arrive at the masquerade ball, wearing eye masks.  This is what bugs me about masquerade balls on TV shows (besides the fact that out of the hundreds of people I know, no one has ever actually gone to a masquerade ball):  People always wear stupid eye masks that really don’t hide who they are at all.  It’d be so easy to tell who they are.  They decide to split up and look around for “A” or Melissa or Jenna or cupcakes.  Caleb’s at the dance, it turns out.  But how did he know it was Hanna?!  I mean, you can’t see her cheekbones!  Turns out Mona set the whole thing up and Hanna’s all, I love you, Mona and Mona loves her too.

Spencer tells Mona that even though she hides behind a facade of “superficial bitch” she’s a great friend to Hanna.  Well, sure, NOW.  Last season?  Not so much.  They talk about Alison and Spencer says she’s sorry for not sticking up for Mona when Alison treated her like shit.  Then Mona says she went to Brookhaven for her costume and says she saw Alison there last year.  Who wants a flashback?  You do.  Past Dorky Mona sees Alison at the shop and Alison tells Mona that she’s watching someone from a window and “it’s not a game.”  Mona says she’ll keep her mouth shut if she can be popular.  Alison writes her phone number down on the part of the Lodge postcard.  Annnnnnnd we’re back to the ball.  Spencer asks if Mona saw who Alison was watching and then realizes that Alison checked into the Lodge not to get away from “A,” but to follow her.  Or him.  Whatever.

Aria wonders away into some dark corridor (this is the most poorly lit and confusing dance ever) and then someone in a mask follows her and it turns out to be Jenna.  The music says we’re supposed to be surprised and thrilled, but no, music.  Just . . . just no.

Where the eff is Aria?  Is there a hall of mirrors at this dance?  Oh, and then Ezra shows up in an eye mask and says he can’t stay away from her.  Well, I have a court order that says different, Ezra.  Spencer calls Emily and says she’s on her way back to the Lodge.  Room 2, she says, is never available because (wait for it, wait for it) room 2 is rented, which means (I guess) that “A” is staying in room 2 and Alison rented room 1 to spy on “A.”  Emily tells her not to go alone, but it’s cool — Spencer’s with Mona.

“I’m gonna have to stop for some beef jerky and b.q. CornNuts, just FYI.  And we’ll be listening to Nickelback the entire way there.”

That’s just mean, Mona.  It’s 10:00, meaning Spencer has two hours to get back.  Emily thinks she sees Jenna.  Back at the Bates Motel (why even bother at this point?), Spencer is drinking tea with Norman Bates Lite and Mona waves to her, signaling that she’s got the key to room 2.  So they unlock the door and *GASP!*

“Wow.  That is A LOT of Twilight posters.”

But first, let’s return to the dance so we can focus on things that matter.  Which includes anything but Ezra and Aria, but here we go anyway.  They’re dancing and Ezra’s all, “This is our first dance.  I want to see you.”  Ugh.  They dramatically take off their masks as some song by Lady Antebellum or similar plays.  Maybe it’s the fact that this episode is almost over and I’m giddy, but Ezra looks kind of handsome in this lighting.  Blah blah blah statutory kiss blah.  It’s 10:45 and Paige (NOT Samara.  I figured it out.) taps Emily on the shoulder.

Back at the Bates Motel, Mona and Spencer enter room 2, which is COVERED with photos and clippings of Alison and doll masks and shit.  Okay, this?  Was kind of creepy.  Spencer tells Mona that it’s “A’s” lair.

Paige tells Emily that she’s sorry for kissing her and they had a special connection, but she messed it up.  Emily says it was okay that Paige wasn’t ready and Paige (who is looking very, very pretty, by the way) says that she wants to be honest and she cares about Emily and will be there for her.  Emily says that what she needs now is a friend.  Dammit, Emily, just date Paige.  Sure, she tried to drown you, but even knowing that, she’s 1000% better than Maya (who I hope is dead.  Sorry, folks, but I do.  I hope Maya’s dead and can never return).

Back at “A’s” room, Spencer and Mona are going through stuff and Spencer sees some Bratz dolls that represent she and her friends.

Apparently “A” couldn’t find a doll of indiscriminate racial origin and had to settle on the black one to represent Emily.

I think Emily’s latina, right?  He dad looks kind of Asian, though, so I’m not sure.  Maybe she’s Native American.  Not that it matters to me!  I don’t care about the color of someone’s skin.  I only care that they worship Jesus.  Anyway, let’s get back to what’s important:  Finishing this recap so I can have a break from this show.  Spencer and Mona find some drawings of “A’s” costume that “A” just conveniently left lying around.  It’s a swan costume.  Well, they’ve already ripped “Psycho” to shreds, so let’s get started on “Black Swan.”  You know, considering it was so easy to find “A’s” hiding place and break into his/her room, I think “A” wants to get caught.

At the ball, Hanna wonders who the girl is in the swan costume.  Back at the Bates Motel, Mona offers Spencer some gum!!  OHMIGOD!!  Then Spencer finds Alison’s diary with a gum wrapper in it as a bookmark, she tells Mona that Melissa was the black swan for some party, then she tells Mona that she does want some gum (because she’s suspicious of anyone who chews spearmint gum) and Mona goes to her car to get some more.

Back at the ball, the other girls are trying to figure out who the girl in the swan costume is.  They don’t know, but she’s talking with Lucas (Yay!) and Jenna.

Bates Motel time again.  Mona comes back in with the gum.

Oh, and Mona is “A.”

DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT.  Well, I can’t say I was surprised, but I am disappointed.  It’d be nice if Mona comes back as a regular next season, but I’d rather her be superficial bitch Mona than crazy “A” Mona.  Also, if you’ve read the books, how pissed are you right now?  Because this is pretty much the same.  And the people at PLL lied to us because they said they were going in a “different direction.”  If by “different” you mean “being lazy and copying the book,” then yeah.  “Different.”  Anyway, Mona is A and she punches Spencer really hard.

At the ball, Black Swan runs out of the building but the girls can’t catch up with her.  Hanna finds one of her feathers on the floor.  Spencer comes to — Mona’s driving them somewhere really really fast.  The other girls try to call Spencer, but Hanna’s phone is a p.o.s.  And Emily finds out that Hanna’s phone is set to record every time it’s turned on.  Okay.  Sure.  Fine.  We’ll go with that.

Spencer realizes that Mona just made up the flashback to Brookhaven — Alison actually spied Mona.  Ooh, a false protagonist/antagonist, where have I seen that before?  Oh, right, “Stage Fright.”  Another Hitchcock movie.  Mona says that she admires Spencer, so she’s giving her a choice:  She can “join the A-Team, or [she] can disappear.”  And then Spencer covertly Skypes Aria on her phone (or something, I don’t have a fancy phone) and the other girls figure out that Mona is A (I’m not putting “A” in quotes anymore now that I know who she is.  It’s kind of freeing.)    Spencer says that Mona almost killed Hanna — how could she do that?  Mona says it’s easier to forgive an enemy than it is to forgive a friend.  I don’t know what she means by that, but fine.  Spencer wonders how Mona could be everywhere and Mona says “You bitches underestimated me.”  I’ll say.  Spencer mentions Look Out Point (oh, is that next to the Kissing Rock?) and Aria says she knows a shortcut (of course).

More Mona driving fast down the road.  Mona tells Spencer that this ENTIRE A thing has been about Aria, Emily, and Spencer stealing Hanna as a friend.  Seriously?  There’s no other motive?  Lame.  Jenna, Melissa, Garrett — they all have much better motives.  Oh, hold on, I think I just saw something:

Mona says that she has Spencer’s dad’s gun and then Spencer pulls the parking brake, causing them to, you know, park the car quickly and violently.  Then Spencer gets out of the car, the other girls pull up, Mona screams and runs after Spencer, tackling her and fighting with her, and then Mona trips.  Spencer tries to save her from falling off Look Out Point, but Mona falls anyway.  God, Mona, it’s called Look Out Point for a reason — look out, bitch!  The ambulance and cops arrive and here comes Dr. Sullivan.  Mona threatened Dr. Sullivan’s son, so she had to split, but now she’s back.  Hanna is crying, then all the other girls are crying, then someone yells, “She’s alive!” and we see Mona on the ground . . .

And then we see Mona in a mental institution, just like Norman Bates, and Dr. Sullivan gives us a diagnosis, just like the dude at the end of “Psycho.”  Dr. Sullivan says Mona was “living in a perpetual state of hyper-reality.”  She got adrenaline rushes and this, combined with her intelligence, made Mona “seem all-knowing.”  Sure, doc.  Sure.  Dr. Sullivan says that with therapy and the right medications, Mona might be okay.  And then, because whoever wrote this episode wants to beat us over the head with the fact that this episode is JUST LIKE PSYCHO, Mona gives a voice-over, so we can hear what’s going on in her head, and maybe she has multiple personalities or something.

Dr. Sullivan says that one of the girls’ friends helped her out.  That friend was Toby, who’s at the hospital.  Toby tells Spencer that “pretending not to love [her] was the hardest thing [he's] ever done.”  Harder than emoting, Tobot?  I’m not so sure.  They kiss.  The girls all head home and they agree to all stay at Emily’s house.  But when they get there, there’s an ambulance and police and junk.  Pam’s okay, you guys.  But she tells Emily that the police found a body, and . . . they think it’s Maya!  Hahahahahaha!  LOVE.  LOVE.  IT.  Emily’s crying and junk, which, whatever, I guess it’s sad for her.  But not for me!!

Back at the institution, Mona has a visitor, but we don’t see him/her.  Mona:  “I did everything you asked me to.”  Oh, geez.

If you haven’t seen “Psycho,” you really should.  It’s still an amazing piece of cinema.  They probably have it at your library for free, so go get on that shit.

Well, that’s it.  This finale kind of sucked, right?  To be honest, this was going to be the crux of the decision of whether I keep recapping or not.  If the episode was great, I’d stay.  If it sucked, I’d stop recapping.  It was mostly suck.  So.  What’s my decision?

I’ll let you know in my recap of next season’s premiere.  See you in June, my little cupcakes.

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Hypnotoad is a 2009 graduate of the MFA Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a staple of the Chicago Quickies reading series, has been published in various Art Institute publications, and served as an actor/playwright for the Curious Theatre Branch's Rhinoceros Festival. His works have been online at Fiction At Work and is included in their short story collection. A victim of the crappy economy, he is now living back in Kansas. With his parents. His days now consist of perusing Yahoo Hot Jobs, and sporadically posting horrible ideas on his blog. Good times.

38 Comments

  1. 1
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    That first screengrab of Melissa pretty much sums up my feelings about this episode.

  2. 2
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    Oh, oops — sorry about the “set playback position” thing in the middle of the Bratz doll screengrab. It’s too late to change it, so . . . my bad.

  3. 3
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    Yessssss.

  4. 4
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    If Aria and Ezra were over for good, why the fuck was the gang out out in his apartment?!?!?

  5. 5
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Hypno – this episode might have sucked, but you know you love to make fun!!!! It’s hilarious. Don’t leave us!!!!

    I think Emily is Latino.

    Why did Toby have to pretend that he wasn’t in love with Spencer????? He still could’ve called Dr. Sullivan if e was dating Spencer?

    Aria and Ezra is season three?? Gag.

  6. 6
    keebler elf
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    im guessing they killed maya since it was 12 & someone was supposed to leave in a body bag at that time.
    some people got confused on whether mona was A or not because of the last scene but the producer tweeted & said she was. but its obvious theres other people involved. i think it makes sense to reveal only one part of the “A team” because after that there wouldn’t have been much to go on in the next season.
    other than that i thought the episode was okay…

  7. 7
    keebler elf
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    but i was so hoping hanna would run over mona with her car!!

  8. 8
    Lurker
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 6:02 pm

    So is the other part of the A team going to try and pin Maya’s death on the liars? I kind of liked this episode, but I kind of hated it too! ugh … maybe I should just read the books.

  9. 9
    ms. g
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    Ok soooo. I really wanted some stuff in the book to happen. Technically they did go in a “different” direction. But bitches be trippin, if they had revealed it how it was in the book our wonderful recapper (smooches Hypno and thank you) wouldn’t get so mad how blatant you ripped off Psycho. Annnd in my opinion way better then this shit but Mona would be dead. But she might as well be anyway. I think as much as they want to surprise everyone it’s getting dumb and not believable. I mean how much freakin time do these kids have? It’s all so baffling to me. I don’t blame you for not wanting to recap this show anymore. Grrr…..

  10. 10
    no cars go
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    i just have to throw out how i honestly loved these recaps this season. your screen grab captions are the best. “and we’ll be listening to Nickelback the entire way there” scared me more than anything in the actual episode.

  11. 11
    ChaCha
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    I’m with you, Hypno, re love love loving Psycho. It’s my favorite Hitchcock film, and I like all his movies (even the dogs). So I kinda enjoyed the “homage” to Hitch in this episode, but it was also kinda lame. Brian de Palma rips off, er, pays homage to Hitchcock so much better.

  12. 12
    Liz
    Posted March 22, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    Ok, this is gonna be a long rant so brace yourselves.

    1) Seriously, why are there like 8 billion events in this town? Isn’t it so small it only has one church and one restaurant? Are these mandated town events? Wtf.

    2) WTF “deserved to die”?? How is no one deeply disturbed by anyone seriously saying Alison deserved to be murdered. That is creepy as bleep, yo.

    3) Mona may really be A, but if A is being told what to do by someone else she isn’t really A. That’s like saying God is god except for the part where there’s someone in charge of god. Then God loses his/her god-ness. That got confusing but whatever, I’m sticking to my analogy. Also, Mona was fun so I’m bummed so will no longer be around.

    4) I actually didn’t mind the Psycho references, I thought they were a fun touch.

    5) OMG Tobot! Love it.

    6) I kinda thought Emily was Native American because her dad looks Native American to me. But her mom looks kinda Latina. So I gave up and looked up the actress and she is multiracial: part Filipina, Scottish, and Irish. So there ya have it. Except not really ‘cause who knows what her character’s supposed to be. Though really it probably doesn’t matter much.

    7) Mona’s motive was ridiculous. The friends didn’t get tight or start leaving Mona out until A came along. So you caused your own motive. That’s effing stupid.

    8) Was I supposed to be thinking of Vivian with that red coated person in the last scene?

    9) Why were none of their parents at the police station with them? Worst parents ever. Why couldn’t Emily’s mom like call her and warn her instead of just letting her walk into that?

    10) I’m glad Maya’s dead. I don’t see how they can pin it on the Liars, especially when Emily was freaking out trying to find her and leaving her messages saying she wanted to talk and stuff. I actually thought they were trying to say she committed suicide, though keebler elf’s idea makes sense.

    11) I wish Ezra would die.

    I don’t think Toby meant he like, had to pretend for any reason, just that he was pretending ‘cause he was hurt and whatnot.

    We love you Hypno! And your awesome, awesome recaps. :)

  13. 13
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 6:29 am

    We need an A-Team diagram. The leader at the top – the person that visited Mona is mental ward. Mona, Jenna, Garrett, and Lucas – minions. Then the black swan chick would be in there somewhere. And we might as well include Melissa, Ian, and Jason too.

  14. 14
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 7:26 am

    Maybe the Black Swan is Melissa and she’s just been faking her pregnancy.

    I don’t know. And at this point, I have a hard time caring.

    I’m really glad this season is over, you guys. I need a break from this show.

  15. 15
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 7:31 am

    Aria’s comment about Ezra’s bed being sacred territory almost made me hurl.

    For the love of Gasm please don’t bring this storyline back. Why couldn’t she have the hots for the fight club guy?!?!!?

  16. 16
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 7:45 am

    I don’t think Melissa is the Black Swan, since Spencer brought it up to Mona. I do think – either the black swan is friends w/ Melissa and borrowed her costume or knew Melissa was the black swan at one point and dressed like that to make Melissa look guilty.

  17. 17
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Oh, I was just kidding. Kind of, at least.

    I’m just glad Maya’s dead. I don’t understand how anyone could think she was good for Emily (or any human being, for that matter). She toked up in front of Emily within, what, 3 minutes of meeting her? That’s kind of rude. She kept trying to force Emily out of the closet, which is even more rude. She was just so extremely selfish and bitchy. I really, really hope she’s dead.

  18. 18
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 8:35 am

    Maya hate here as well.

  19. 19
    NikkiHughes
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 9:28 am

    • “So now that Ezra’s gone, Aria thinks it’s cool to have all the girls over at his place. “ – I was wondering what the hell was going on. He moved and left his place there?….The girls decided to have a slumber party at his apt?….what is happening?
    • “Later that windy, dark night, they’re on their way to the resort, when something runs out in front of Spencer’s car, scaring everyone. Fine, me included.” – I totally jumped at this part. I saw that it was a deer, but that was scary!
    • “Hanna trips and falls down in a puddle outside. I don’t know if that’s supposed to mean anything, but it was pretty funny.” – I too thought this meant something, like she dropped something out of her bag or something….so for it to JUST be that she fell, well that’s pretty damn funny.
    • “She’s such a Portia.” – HAHAHAHAA
    • “…, taking off her sunglasses to reveal her miracle eyes.” – This made me say Look, LOOK with your SPECIAL EYES!! :P
    • “Maybe it’s the fact that this episode is almost over and I’m giddy, but Ezra looks kind of handsome in this lighting.” – Ok, I have to admit, I’ve always thought that dude was cute. :O Also, I cannot believe you didn’t see this, but when they kissed, this flashed on the screen: #EzriaGoesPublic bwaahaahaa (Also, I read that next season, Ezra’s parents will be on the show, so Ezria lives on for sure!)
    • ”They think it’s Maya! Hahahahahaha! LOVE. LOVE. IT. Emily’s crying and junk, which, whatever, I guess it’s sad for her. But not for me!!” – When they said they “think” it’s Maya, I got really nervous that it was a mis-direction, but I read that the director/producer/whoever runs this thing, did confirm that they killed her off, so YAY! And when Emily started crying, I actually go teary-eyed, cause that was some really superb crying-acting.
    • “I’ll let you know in my recap of next season’s premiere. See you in June, my little cupcakes.” – WHOO HOOO! <3

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    Liz
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 10:20 am

    I read this theory on the internets too. I think it’s definitely a possibility. Although, didn’t Wren say something about Melissa and Garrett coming to the hospital for preggo stuff?

  21. 21
    NotWithoutMyTV notwithoutmytv
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 10:42 am

    the pic of Fonzie ski-jumping over that shark is the most awesome thing that’s happened to me all week.

  22. 22
    kittkatt
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    @NikkiHughes…bwahaha on that “see with your special eyes” comment.

    Also, a couple of time during the ball I noticed a girl in a red dress with Ali tendencies.
    http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m16rjztIWr1qhtlte.jpg
    Coming down the stairs at first and again during the Mona, Hannah, Caleb scene where she walked behind them and turned her mask kinda sideways so they couldn’t see her. Anyone else notice this?

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    kittkatt
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Here’s another one
    http://tvrecappersanonymous.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/creepy-red.jpg
    bear with me, it’s hard to find pics of it online, and to tell the truth I’m just too damn lazy to find the episode online and take screen grabs on my own.

  24. 24
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    I so knew Mona was A. But I dont’ think that she is actually A, I think she is doing some of A’s dirty work, like you know, then texting. Cause if Mona really was A she would have spilled the beans on Jason and Spencer being brother and sister. She also would have known about room 2 being A’s lair/layer-whatev! I still think Lucas is in on this some how too. Alison was such a B to him.

    *yes some one said that the Actress that plays Alison is only like 16. I thought I saw her on a rerun of the OC. But I also thought it was Ashley Benson/Hanna.

    *Did anyone catch the ladies on the View last week? I hate the View, so I refused to watch it everyday last week…guess I will have to go watch online somewhere…

    I am with Plock, and wish Hanna would have hit Mona with her car. Would have been total payback for Hanna getting hit at Mona’s birthday party.

    *If Melissa is faking being pregnant, then I still say that Jenna could SEE. THE. WHOLE. TIME!!!

    Oh, and Lucas was on?? How did I miss this?

    *Also, one last thing…Could it be that Alison is really not dead, and she is A…just guess…

    Hypno see you in June :)

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    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    Who has read the books? I know that Mona was revealed to be the first/one of the “A’s,” but was this any different than what happened? I’m assuming that, for the rest of the series, we can expect things to be just like the book. The important things, I guess.

    So now that Mona’s “A” — and I’m glad Janel Parrish (Mona) will be a regular next year, but she won’t be the same and that sucks. Like Edie Britt (DH), she was one of the best things about the show. I hope she gets “rehabilitated” and then re-joins the gang as a superficial but-not-insane bitch.

    Maybe Mona lied to Spencer. Maybe she’s not ACTUALLY “A” but was just blackmailed into pretending she was. I suppose it’s possible that Mona didn’t know anything about what was going on until very recently, and then either the Real “A” blackmailed her into taking the fall or offered her a ton of money to pretend to be “A.” Maybe Mona wasn’t even the one living at Room 2, which would make sense since wouldn’t her parents wonder where the hell she was all the time?

    These past 2 seasons were CHOCK F**KING FULL of red herrings and for them to say, “Hey, Mona is ‘A’ because she’s jealous of the PLL gang’s relationship with Hanna” is so g.d. frustrating. Some of those red herrings better end up to be real f**king herrings or I won’t be back for part 2 of season 3′s part two winter premiere season 3 part 2 fall season premiere second half extravaganza.

    Which brings up another point: JUST. RUN. 23. EPISODES. IN. A. ROW, ABCFAMILY! Ridiculous.

  26. 26
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    They found Alison’s body, though, and had a proper funeral. So I don’t think that’s the case.

    But she probably has an evil(er) twin or someone got plastic surgery to look just like her or some crap like that. After this episode, I wouldn’t put it past them.

  27. 27
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    And we saw Lucas VERY briefly at the ball, talking with Jenna and (I think) the Black Swan.

  28. 28
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    That’s very interesting . . . I wonder what’s going on. They did find Alison’s body . . .

  29. 29
    keebler elf
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    i havent read the books but i know mona dies in them

  30. 30
    keebler elf
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    it could be hanna’s stepsister

  31. 31
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    Oooh, excellent point!

  32. 32
    kittkatt
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    Ok in the book the whole Mona over the ledge stuff was kinda the same but Mona died. As for my Ali in the red dress theory its based on the books. I won’t mention anything else about it in case they do follow the books and people want to be surprised.

  33. 33
    kittkatt
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    Also I was extremely pissed about the Mona as A storyline considering the producers have adamantly denied in the past that the show A and the book A were going to be different and that they were heading in an entirely different directions. LIES!!!!

  34. 34
    kittkatt
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Also in the books (the second or third one I think) emotionless Toby commits suicide.

  35. 35
    ms. g
    Posted March 23, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    I read the books too and they way A is revealed I think is better. And you never really think it’s Mona. But how it goes is Mona has a b-day party kind of like this Jr. Ball and she has girls in her court. But she had kicked Hanna out, then she gets a note and dress to come to the party but the dress is a few sizes too small. Anyway Hanna gets humiliated at this ball. A sends her a text but dun dun dun forget’s to block the number Hanna recognizes the number annnd then get’s run-over so she forgets that part. While at a welcome back party thrown by Spencer and Mona, Hanna remembers and calls to warn Spencer and this dramatic chase scene happens with the cops.
    There were no characters that come and go on a whim. No plots you never see again or they come up again just so the writers can end it cause they forgot what they wrote. The way this show is written was so good, then they had to go and get all coo coo trying to be different from the book. But that’s lame. The books were good why mess that stuff up? So what if people read it. I started watching it then read the books to see how it played out. All those extra non-nonsensical characters and stories were for naught. IMO. Sorry /rant

  36. 36
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted April 2, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    So the guy who plays Caleb is a singer, apparently. His new “single” “dropped” today, but I will not be picking it up. Hear his generic yearning-white-boy ballad now:

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/find-a-way-single/id515365163

  37. 37
    _kayaxx
    Posted July 1, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Did anyone notice that aria’s doll is in a black hoodie and black pants… A wears the exact same outfit. Aria is -A!!!!!

  38. 38
    Audriella
    Posted July 18, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    I was legit sitting in my room watching TV, then i thought of pretty little liars then the season 2 ending and i got up and ran to my laptop, googled it and came across everyone realizing the majority of the finale is a rip of psycho, lol. I was like GOOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE SEEING THIS !!!
    Season 1&&2 are on netflix and i promised myself i was going to watch it until the season 2 finale then the season premiere of season 3, so i did and instantly became #TeamPLL
    ( More of #TeamEza && #TeamToby but ^___^ ]
    Anyways when i saw the finale i was like…this is just like psycho but maybe its just me, but i knew it was so i was just like LMFAO IT IS LIKE PSYCHO and i started laughing and talking to myself about it :)
    But i love PLL so it was a little ripoffish but i’ll still be a fan♥

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