"Your family has the worst apples"
Another pretty good episode of PLL, though they rarely have a dull one. PLL has success in not only dishing out a surprise or twist every 5 minutes and still being able to do real relatable stories such as parents, romance, sexuality etc. and this episode was no exception.
Aria is now enrolled in a pottery class where Ezra (aka Mr. Fitz) is now teaching. The two embrace and kiss wihle on campus which is seen by his ex girlfriend Jackie unbeknownst to them. The story shifts to Aria being in class with Jenna and disguising her name as "Anita" to keep Jenna from realizing the situation, despite Ezra's suggestion that she make things right with Jenna. The two share an emotional scene alone while admiring Jenna's work. Jenna confides in "Anita" her sadness over her blindness. Aria gets emotional as well and Jenna soon realizes it's her. A furious Jenna realizes she has just confided in Aria of all people.
Emily is desperate to stay in Rosewood. She goes as far as to make a fake letter from the University offering her a full scholarship if she stays, however once her mother shows remorse for her early reactions to Emily's sexual orientation, Emily tears the letter up and throws it away. Emily is later shocked when the letter arrives anyway and her mother happily rushes to tell her father. Emily digs through her trash to see a letter from "A" who has decided to keep Emily around to continue the game of cat and mouse.
Hanna seems to want to keep her father at arm's length and is suspcious of her parents getting rather chummy with each other. Her father also confides in her that he is having problems with his soon to be wife Isabelle over the wedding. Hanna catches up with Lucas and finds out that Caleb has been staying with him. Hanna works on the yearbook with Lucas and helps set him up with a girl on the staff. Hanna then makes a shocking choice when she deletes a text message from Isabelle to her father that could help save their relationship and get their marriage back on track.
Spencer is suspcious as to what Melissa might be hiding. Her fears are exacerbated when she finds out Toby is working for Jason whom she has grown to fear. Spencer begins to suspect someone is living in Jason's house after a few glances shadows in the window and some bloody rags falling out of the trash. Spencer also has a flashback to seeing Alison in tears after being so angry and upset with Jason and threatening to get him kicked out of their grandmother's will, which she claimed was his biggest fear. Spencer finds Melissa's ring she lost and pawns it to help buy Toby the truck he needs for his job. She plans on buying the ring back on the following Monday. Toby and Spencer finally say the L word to each other and their romance continues. The girls follow Melissa as she goes to meet someone down the street. They are shocked to see none other than Melissa's ex boyfriend Wren! This raises so many other questions as does every other PLL ending.
"A"'s scene involves the purchase of Melissa's ring from the pawn shop under the impression that Spencer stole it.
Why would Wren be talking to Melissa? Will Emily stay in Rosewood now? Will Jenna get revenge on Aria? Did Hanna ruin her father's new romance? Will the pawn shop owner possibly describe "A" to Spencer when she comes back for the ring?
We would give this episode a B. It was not action packed and PLL has had better episodes. But the actual real, heartfelt, relatable scenes were great. We have gone past the initial introduction part of the series and now we care about these girls and can enjoy watching them go through their personal lives whether they are melodramatic or not.
What did everyone else think of the episode?
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