Bitch, my hair looks FLAWLESS.
Ali gets back to the barn to find that Spencer is awake! Sleeping Pills – 0, Spencer – 1. Turns out that when Spencer attacked Ali, she actually just “attacked” her and didn’t harm her in any way. Ali found her pills and was actually super kind about it, telling her not to take any more and to never take them with alcohol. That’s pretty understanding of Ali for dealing with someone who just kind of tried to attack her. She tells her to go back to the barn.
just a girl and a shovel, nothin’ to see here.
Spencer walks off, dragging the shovel. Aw, poor baby Spence.
‘memba him?!
We gloss over the Byron visit. We can cross him off the A list now, too.
You are SO grounded.
Ali walks back to her house after her long night of running all over town threatening people, and finds Jessica in the window looking so. pissed.
This is the exact face I make when I step on a Lego.
And then Jessica gets to watch her daughter get hit in the back of the head with a rock!
This is kind of what my foot feels like when I step on a Lego, too.
So whoever A is came up behind her pretty fast, I’m assuming. Or too fast for Jessica to warn Ali.
Spencer, you are NOT the murderer!
Present day Spence has a little breakdown when she realizes she didn’t hurt Ali. And thank goodness. That was a tiring storyline to hold up.
I like the root action there. That’s a nice touch.
Turns out Jessica buried Ali alive. Ali was twitching and Jessica didn’t notice? What the hell?
Times when I’d look more freaked out: 1. burying my daughter.
Why did she just watch her daughter get murdered and then she BURIES THE BODY? Who IS this woman?
It’s okay, Ali, everyone cries the first time their Diva Cup leaks.
Ali says that she was trying to yell and get her mother’s attention but that she wasn’t able to move at all. Basically everyone’s worst fear in the entire world.
BRAAAAAAINZ
Ali gets out of the grave from Grunwald, and Mona finds her on the side of the road.
Uh, Mona, you missed a little spot on the left there.
Mona tends to her wounds, not very well I might add, in the creeptastic hotel in the woods where we we first found A’s lair. Mona’s plants the idea in Ali’s head that she should fake her death and disappear.
Mona is two seconds from just snapping Ali’s neck here.
Well, in order for that to work out, they need a body, but Mona doesn’t bring this up.
Might have curled into a ball at the creepiness of this scene.
While Ali sleeps soundly, Mona is in her lair humming and brushing a doll’s hair. So Mona was this obsessed with Ali while she was alive? I still don’t think we can count Mona out of the A-game here, to be perfectly honest. I don’t think we can trust her at all.
Elphie, now that we’re friends, I’ve decided to make you my new project.
Ali gives her some makeover advice before she leaves in some random car that kind of looks like Ezra’s? Anyone else think that?
Oh hey Ali, that A disguise looks really good on you… Waaaaaaaait a second.
Present day Ali acknowledges that Mona played her. Not quite sure how Ali found out about that lair and doesn’t still think Mona is A? Oh and also she’s the one who pushed Ian in the church bell tower that night. Makes perfect sense now.
SIKE!
The police bust into Ali’s Philly fauxhideout, or wherever Noel Kahn picked them up, and find nothing.
Love Emily’s scared face here and how Aria is just totally confused at the stage direction.
Instead, the Liars are all in an undisclosed location. But you know who does find them there?
Guns? So that’s new.
A! Of COURSE A found them! A has two guns and chases them up to the roof, so I’m assuming they’re pretty far from where the police are busting into the Philly hideout. A has them cornered on the roof when Ezra pops in to saaaaave the daaaaay.
Ezra’s creepy face is back for one last final huzzah!
He says he knows who A is. Just so we’re super clear Ezra is not A. Hanna picks up A’s gun and apparently doesn’t think to just shoot A in the foot.
I mean, I’m not into violence or guns or gun violence, but Hanna looks so tough here — it’s awesome.
A hops over the roof and runs away. They joke about how that’s definitely not Ali’s mom. I would have to agree. But what’s Ezra staring at?
I can’t even pretend to muster up any fucks to give about this.
Oh, just the sky, because he’s dying from a gunshot to the stomach. Of course he’s dying, he knows who A is! They start to scream for help and we realize they’re on a rooftop in New York City.
NEW YOOOOORK, CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MAAADE OF, THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN’T DOOO.
What?
You’d think A would learn shallow graves are not the way to go.
I guess A is a fast driver, because next thing we know, Jessica DiLaurentis is being buried in a shallow grave. Any bets on if she’s being buried alive?
ALRIGHT. Lizz talked a little bit about what answers we got/what potential open ends this still leaves for us, but I want to add on that Noel Kahn and Mona are still very much able to be the bad guys in this situation. Think it’s pretty interesting that Noel wasn’t at the cafe when A busted in with two guns. Why would Ali trust him? Also, A seemed a little too big to be Mona, but she could definitely still be in cahoots.
I’m betting that they’re going with the same ending as the books. That theory makes sense when you think about Jessica’s “murder” because she would know. Alternatively, what if it was Jason? It has to be someone she needs to protect for some reason and Jason wasn’t mentioned in this episode AT ALL.
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I liked this episode i’m glad we finally got some “answers” even if we still don’t know who A is, but we at least know what Ali was up to. I agree that this show glosses over too much on the whole sex with teenage girls thing, which i’m still hoping it’s addressed some time in future seasons, because it’s a pretty big and constant issue on the show older man being inappropriate and controlling the lives of teenage girls.
I didn’t like that Ezra got shot and him being all “I’m here to save you girls I know who A is” cause that gives way to people thinking he’s a hero or something which he isn’t in my opinion he’s still a creep and was highly inappropriate not just with Alison but and mostly with Aria.
I still have no idea who A is, and i haven’t read the books so idk what those are about, I find it strange that Toby and Page weren’t there but maybe they wanted just to focus on Ali and the girls, also Mona could still be A and be working with Wren.
Judging from the physique of the person who jumped to the next roof, A was a tall athletic person. Based on that + who Ali’s mom would protect, I think it’s Ali’s brother. He was in the creepy video club, right? I forget most things about the creepy video club. Obviously the person who jumped was a stunt actor so it’s probs irrelevant what they looked/walked like. I still think Paige is A. I don’t think Mona is A because Mona doing all these A-type things but for her own social-climbing needs is so much more fascinating and nefarious than actually being A.
I was so happy to have Ali’s “final” night laid out in a clear way, but then extremely annoyed when Hanna didn’t shoot A right in the spine.
Also, really enjoyed Ali’s grip of Emily’s arm when they were all reunited. You’re looking like a possessive gf, Ali. I like it.
I SO agree on the Breakfast at Tiffany’s front. Nevertheless, Tender is the Night is, in my opinion, the shit. Something I’m wondering about – did they actually mention until this series that Spencer was on pills at the time? I swear I don’t remember that. I liked the show way more back when it was Mona – I feel like I’m hanging around just to get answers, and see the outfits and shiny shiny hair, but every time I get one answer, they throw up something new that doesn’t make sense. Why is there still no Red Coat explanation? We also don’t know who tried to kill Jenna, or why…we don’t know much about Melissa, or Ian, or Jason’s involvement in the NAT club, or Cece, or Mona…maybe Mona killed the other blonde to make her whole plan work? Oh, also, Lucas – what happened to him? He was nice, then he was creepy, then he was creepier, and then he disappeared. I both want to know what’s happening and don’t, because I feel like I can just see them ending it really badly. Also did anyone notice Ali said “she” of A? They decided it was a guy because of the Board Shorts thing…wait is Ezra actually Board Shorts? And how much did Wilden know? Oh, and that thing with Noel Kahn and his brother that time… Oh dear, I think I may have just made myself more annoyed at this show with the number of loose ends. I feel like my cat could write a more sensible show…
Oh, also Wren. I’m English, and I know that my people are always evil on US shows – maybe Wren is the architect of it all, and his name is a deliberate pun on Christopher Wren… *Hangs head in shame at awful pun*