Review - Pretty Little Liars S04E15

This week's episode had the Liars decoding Alison's diary but little did they know that the A -Team is closer than they think. In a race against time, the Liars must find Alison before A does. 

 Aria has been playing house with Ezra while Jake's away. WHY ARIA?! Ezra gave her a key to a cabin where they can meet up in secret. 

Emily either dreamed about Alison or she was there in her bedroom. You never really know but objects like the diary had been moved. Is it just me or is Emily's story like just getting more boring?

The Liars eventually find that Ali's diary or 'creative non-fiction' journal captures stories of their shared past including a tale about 'The Cradle Snatcher'. Apparently, Aria's little brother Mike got lucky with Hanna years ago and she was too ashamed to share. 

It's all about reading between the lines and that's exactly what Aria did. The clue leads them to a bed and breakfast that the Montgomery's use to holiday at. Unfortunately, the car fails to help the Liars reach their location and they end up stranded in the woods (This seems to happen way too much). Aria tells her friends that an uncle owns a cabin nearby (Ezra's secret cabin* more like it) which was not the brightest idea and the diary is stolen. 

Hanna has been depressed since Caleb's last visit before he returned to Ravenswood. I sense a new love for Hanna on the horizon with Travis whom we met back in 'Bring Down the Hoe' episode. He saves the day which only makes him a greater candidate to win Hanna's heart after Caleb ditched her a ghost.

 Toby uncovers the truth about his mother's death with the help of Mr Hastings. According to the real records, Mrs Cavanaugh fell from the roof by accident but then again can you really trust facts given in Pretty Little Liars right?

Is Ezra really A or is he just helping A to protect Aria? Since the writers unveiled his involvement in Ravenswood, the constant focus on his creepiness begs me to question the whole situation. 

Next Tuesday: Jake returns which can only mean one thing, move over Ezra and make room for the other guy. The Liars try to beat A to Alison's hiding spot and will we finally find out why she was so afraid to return home?

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E12

The biggest ever to be revealed on Pretty Little Liars had fans everywhere screaming at their Television screen.

Starting with magic eight balls, then a tiny coffin with a Mona doll and a trick box with a saw, it was clear A was up to some of her/his own magic tricks this week. A has threatened to make Mona disappear for good. The Liars are afraid to have another find another body and so they have made it their mission to find Mona before A. Toby manages to track down Mona thanks to Shana.

Wren is no where to be in site yet Shana had been in his place packing up the rest of his stuff and sending them to Melissa Hastings address. What's with that? Did Melissa have your own plans to possibly protect Spencer and Wren was in on it? You just can't trust anyone anymore.

The A clues lead the liars to Ravenswood where a magic show is being held, Aria found herself in the show while Emily was the one caught in the disappearing act. This is when the episode really took off and we were all left in suspense as the Liars rescue Emily. Two red coats appear, Spencer chases after one and Aria fights the other. Those tips from Jake must have helped. Aria discovers one of the red coats to be Cece Drake who falls to her death only to disappear seconds later. Spencer followed the red coat to what seems to be the new A lair.

Allison is alive and is red coat from what the story is telling us but we had a feeling right? The creepy ex-sororiety mother Mrs Grunwell explains to the girls that Allison is hiding from A who had been stalking and harrassing her in the past. When Allison was buried alive, Mrs Grunwell knew Ali was in trouble came just in time to pull her out of the ground she was buried in and take her back to Ravenswood. That's where she was last seen.

The episode came to the end with another black hoodie revealed. Well from what we can tell so far, Ezr 'A' appears at A's new lair dressed in a hoodie and is obviously angry about something. Are the Liars hit on A's trail or Ezra in this case and thats why he is chucking a tantrum?

All this time Wilden has been portrayed as that creepy older guy who has a thing for younger girls but what if Ezra was seeing Ali. Just think about it, Ezra was in the first episode at the funeral so he must of had some connection to Ali and he most likey saw Aria as an opportunity to get closer to the girls. He clearly has a thing for young girls and might be "board shorts".

You never know Aria could be in on it too. So many thoughts.

Also we saw Caleb get on the bus to help out Hanna in Ravenswood but will most likely not be returning anytime soon as the spinoff begins in October.

What did you think of the summer finale? 

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E11

For ages now, we have waited patiently and screamed at the TV screen from the on-stress Pretty Little Liars has brought upon us. If you caught this week's episode another member of the 'A' team or red coat was revealed-we are still trying to figure it out.

The girls have been hot on A's trial for a while now, hence, all the chaos A has been causing to slow them down. A has been busy girl, if in fact it is a girl.

Emily is living with Mrs DiLaurentis while her house is getting rebuilt since the car incident and has come across sleeping bag in Mrs Di's house. Obviously someone has been squatting down there and watching through little peep holes. Aria, Emily and Spencer visited the spot to search for clues, only to hear someone enter the house and Aria nearly loses an eye.

Hanna on the other hand, still has her mother to worry about and with Mrs Hasting forced to drop the case, no one has been able to fill her shoes. A new develop came along this week as Hanna was approached by Travis who claims he was a witness and saw Ashley drive away before the gun shots that killed Wilden.

Remember the photo of Wilden with his arms around Allison and Cece on the boat? Emily has a flashback of Ali telling her about how she helps out friends by breaking up with their boyfriend for them and one actually pulled a gun on her. What if Cece was the one dating Wilden and she killed him because he would not leave her alone?

The episode focused a little too much on their relationships, Aria and Jake are in a happy place but sad Ezra keeps trying to get in contact with Aria to talk about his son Malcolm. At the country western dance, Jake tells Ezra to back off but Aria ends up going to Ezra's place anyway to have a chat. They really need to learn to let go.

It's awkward between Emily and Paige since they called the quits on their relationship but later share a cute dance. While Spencer is worried about Toby getting set up 'A' as he continues to search for answers about his mother's death.

It was great to see girls all at the country western dance escaping from reality even for a brief moment, Aria even showed off pretty skilled line-dancing with Jake but of course nothing can stay happy for long. Also what was with Jake knowing Aria's shoe size? It was kind of creepy, knowing the luck these girls have, he's probably part of the 'A' team.

Cece is back in town and is seen with the red coat then later in a black hoodie. Either way we know she's not trustworthy. Is Cece red coat or have the writers pointed all the evidence at her to distact us? Next week is the summer finale aka #WorldWarA and it's going to be one exciting ride.

Check out the promo for next week:

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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Review - Pretty Little Liars - S04E09

This week it’s Emily’s birthday and Paige has a surprise party prepared. Although, as many Pretty Little Liars fans may already know, it does not go as planned.

The future of Emily and Paige’s relationship looks like it will be cut short as the girls come to face the reality that Emily will not be attending Standford University.

Aria finally shows her feelings towards Jake after seeing him flirt with another girl. As for Ezra, he seems to be jealous of Aria’s new guy and it won’t be long before Ezra will likely make a move. However, for now Ezra is busy preparing himself for a custody battle with Maggie after she announced she was accepted into a graduate school in Seattle.

After Mona confessed to the murder of Wilden, Ashley was given house arrest instead of jail. She returned to Radley. Mona must be a great friend to do such a thing for Hanna. What is Mona’s plan? Is she still evil?

Ted is reunited with Ashley and they get some quality one on one time. Ashley really owes Ted since he paid her bail.

Jenna is afraid of someone. Sharna explains that Cece Drake is to blame. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that everything is pointing towards her now. Where has Cece been up to since we last saw her?

The episode ends with the discovery of Jenna’s body in the lake. Is Jenna dead? We will just have to wait and see.

It seems red coat and ‘A’ could be two different people. Is red coat Allison looking over the girls?

Our favourite doctor, Wren will return in the upcoming episode and Mona is put to the test about her confession.

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E06

Last week, Hanna was caught in the act of attempting to bury a gun found in Ashley’s wardrobe. Now Hanna is under investigation with the police and has drawn more attention towards her family. Got to feel bad for Hanna, the girl tries to fix problems but A is always waiting with something worse in mind. Ashley is on edge with the investigation because they have not heard anything and Hanna attempts to process her father’s sudden involvement in their lives once again. Unfortunately, the Marins will definitely need a lawyer after Ashley is arrested for the murder of detective Wilden.

Mona is back and outs Spencer for lying to the rest of the girls about the RV (that Toby traded for info). Naturally, Spencer and Toby find themselves in a mysterious town called Ravenswood to look for Grunwald (the old sorority House mother) who Spencer believes use to call ‘A’ and we get the first introduction to the PLL spinoff series. The place is completely creepy and the townspeople definitely are hiding some huge secrets. The only thing that came of the time spent with Toby and Spencer was keeping the secret search for answers of his mum are coming between the girls.

Emily fell for A’s tricks and now she is also on Tanner’s radar after leaving a DVD (of Jenna and Sharna with Wilden). Little did Emily know is A had switched the DVD with a new one and to Em’s horror ‘A’ is the footage wearing a mask with Emily’s face hold a sign that says ‘Guilty’.

Aria helps the jerk Connor with an English essay, only to have it back fire and is instead slut-shamed at school by him. Even Mike believed the rumour about his sister and was quick to judge her as usual. As strong as Aria’s character is, you get to see her hurt and Ezra who should just leave the girl alone, came to comfort her only to be rejected. Mike actually turns around and apologizes. Although, in a misguided attempt to stand up for his sister, Mike smashes Connor’s car and runs off.

On a side note, Sharna has become a student at Rosewood High and replaces Emily on the swim team. Sharna seems to be everywhere this week at the coffee shop, school and even Ravenswood. Is she helping ‘A’ or got her own plans?

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E05

Following the last few episode that have lacked the action and excitement until usually around 35 minutes in. Don't get me wrong, Pretty Little Liars is a great show but the endless mysteries and new evidence is gettign frustating.

This week Hanna is still convinced Ashley killed Wilden especially when she goes snooping her mother's locked closet only to find a gun that could possibly be the murder weapon. Hanna reaches out to her friends to help her but of course they are busy trying to solve the whole A thing and Hanna takes matters into her own hands. Unfortunately, Spencer and Emily get there at the last minute before they could prevent Hanna's completely blonde moment that has resulted in her arrest.

Whilst this was all going on, Spencer and Emily work on getting into collage. They visit Cicero College but Spencer spends majority of her mocking the place. Emily on the hand, is desperate to get into college after injuring herself couple weeks ago and has screwed up her chances for Standfors. Em instead flirts a little too much (ahh... did anyone else forget she was gay?) and Spencer is playing Nancy Drew. She ends up discovering the phone in a sorority connected to the number the bird was repeating. Best scene is probably when Spencer approaches a geek on campus and makes Game Of Thrones references to try to relate him.

Aria is determined to get her mother to still go away but Mike convinces Ella to stay. Yes thats right, Mike is finally back. Where has he been all this time? Is Aria's little borther also part of the A team?

Just to quote 'A'-"Looks Like Hanna and Mother could share a lawyer now."

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E04

This week’s episode called ‘Face Time’ saw the return of Emily’s father who was called home after Family Services were notified of Emily’s bruises.

Where ever A is, she must really be enjoying the drama. Emily’s family is becoming the centre of attention throughout the town for their new reputation as the dysfunctional family. Unfortunately, for Emily even though she protests that her parents are not hurting her, A seems to be one step ahead.

As for the Hastings family, Spencer announced that she didn’t get accepted into UPenn but Melissa (the so called perfect daughter) has offered to help her sister out. For ages now, we have questioned whether Melissa was involved with A and to what extent. When the girls discovered the mould of Melissa’s face last week, it was just more proof that she was connected. To test this theory, Spencer and Aria decide to return the mould to Melissa in her suitcase and watch for her reaction from an outside window. Just as they expected, Melissa was smart and knew she would lead them to some answers.

Later, Aria and Spencer watch as Melissa retrieves a sack filled with copies of her face moulds and begins destroying them. Spencer approaches her sister and Melissa shares must needed information. According to the frustrated Melissa, she has been involved in past ‘A’ activities to protect Spencer and detective Wilden was the one who started the fire in the lodge. At least we now know Melissa and Wilden were both on the Halloween train but working for different people? They didn’t even know about Mona being there.

You would think the girls would have learnt by now not to lie but no. Spencer is still withholding the fact that Toby was the one who moved Mona’s “lair” and is secretly on the hunt for information on his mother’s death. Toby is lead to a Doctor Palmer who was the doctor who worked with Ms Cavanaugh the day she died but the Doctor’s memory is sketchy. However, he mentions a blonde girl who used to visit. Was it Alison?

Aria finally tells Jake the truth about her last relationship (with Ezra) and claims it’s over. Jake on the other hand, doesn’t believe the Aria and Ezra story is over just yet. “You have to figure out if you’re hurt or injured,” he says.

Wilden’s safe deposit box at the bank is opened and inside is thousands of dollars. Not to mention a gun and passports. “Normal people don’t keep that stuff in safe deposit do they?” she asks the detective. Hanna is determined to keep her mother from going to jail but the conversation backfires. Instead, Hanna’s so-called investigation has created more suspicion towards her family, especially for Ashley.

On a side note, Emily’s swimming carer could be possibly over depending on whether she has to get surgery for her shoulder injury. What happens to the whole Stanford dream?

The episode ends with Hanna expressing her biggest fear… “I think my mum killed Wilden and A knows it.” Personally, I think Ashley is not the killer because it’s way too obvious. What do you guys think?

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E03

Melissa is back and the girls have found a mask with Alison’s face on it. The mask leads Hanna, Emily and Aria to a cabin where a strange man creates props for horror films. He explains that Aly wanted to make masks for all of her friends but no one had ever received one.

Caleb finally makes his first appearance for Pretty Little Liars season 4 this week. Concerned for Hanna, he visits Mr Marin (her father) to ask him to support Hanna with the Wilden ‘situation’. Mr Marin shares with Caleb that he was visited by Ashley on the day and coincidently, his gun has gone missing.

A is slowly pushing each girl’s family to the edge by targeting their mothers instead. Emily’s mother, Pam had family services called on her due to a little incident she had with Emily in front of the high school. Not to mention, Emily’s injuries are severely suss and it had the doctor asking a lot more questions about Emily’s life.

Ashley is still behaving weird and omitting the truth, she lied about not attending a show in New York with her colleagues. To Hanna’s dismay she also discovers a map of everyone who is connected to Wilden in the police office which included lines drawn to her friends and mother.

A sends a text to Aria saying “Cleaning up Rosewood, one mean mommy at a time. Dig we must.” As a result of all the drama lately and A targeting their mothers. Aria decides to encourage her own mother Ella (played by Holly Marie Combs) to take a holiday with the guy she has been dating.

As for Toby and Spencer they have been playing detective to figure out what really happened to Toby’s mother the day she died and by visiting Radley. The files about Toby’s mother and the window made the pair suspicious of whether it was a suicide or not.

The girls manage to find a mask with Melissa’s face which is just more evidence proving that she is very much involved. Besides that, this week’s episode was not overly exciting but I guess its slowly building the drama for something tragic occur once again. Toby says A preys on you when you’re at your weakest. What do you think A will do next?

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E02

The girls of Pretty Little Liars still have many questions. Why was Hannah’s mother’s (Ashley) phone in Wilden’s casket? Where has Melissa been all this time?

Mona is still trying to win the girls trust but as Aria says “This is Mona; she started lying when she was a foetus”. Mona takes them to the RV only to find its missing…of course. The other former member of the A team Toby is struggling to stay honest as well as A taps into one of his major weaknesses his mother. To find answers Toby has yet again been doing favours for A and although, we are supposed to have empathy for the poor guy, its hard to trust him.

Hannah is conflicted after she discovers her mother’s expensive heels covered in mud. While the police have come out with the news that murderer was wearing heels. Is murderer Ashley or red coat?

Spencer has finally received news from the University of Pennsylvania, a place she has been dreaming of attending as part of her family tradition but is not accepted. She reaches out to Ezra who offers to help Spencer write some essays and apply for other places. However, with A on the loose she is making it incredibly hard for any of the girls to build a future.

On a positive note, we are finally seeing Aria move on from Ezra. After Mona is attacked, Aria feels its about time she learnt to defend herself since she is a small girl after all. The audience is introduced to a possible love interest the attractive fighting instructor Jake played by Keven Santos. As Aria practices with Jake you can clearly see the chemistry and Aria impulsively kisses him during a session. Awkward! Jake later informs Aria he is interested but will there a future for them?

One of the minor developments of the storyline was the talking bird Tippy. According to Spencer the repetition of sounds Tippy was making was a phone number, possibly one Alison called often. This episode was not the most exciting moment of the season but these events are leading into some serious drama. Next week we will see the return of Melissa and more details on Ashley’s involvement in Wilden’s death may just be revealed.

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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REVIEW - Pretty Little Liars - S04E01

Beginning straight from where Pretty Little Liars left off last season, Hanna, Aria, Spencer, Emily and Mona open Wildon’s car boot, only to find a dead pig? What was that supposed to mean? The only thing we know for sure is A is back and more manipulative than ever before.

Mona helps out Hanna by tampering with evidence to save Hannah’s mother and later hands over the memory chip with the footage. What is this girl’s angle?

Mona also spilled some goss on her secret life as a minion for A, like how she made Lucas and Toby do some of her dirty work for her. Mona was the one who placed Wilden’s car in Hannah’s garage, Shanna is in love with Jenna and they both are afraid of Melissa. For some time, Mona assumed Cece was red coat/Alison and she didn’t kill Ian. Not to mention, Mona takes the girls to her “lair” to gain their trust.

Strangely, Alison’s mother has returned to Rosewood and is moving back into her old house. In one particular scene, Spencer stares out the window only to realize Alison’s mother staring back from her own window. Ahh creepy much?

At school the vice Principal has been keeping a close eye on Aria since she claimed nothing was going on between her and Ezra. Aria is called to the vice Principal’s office and she panics. Luckily, everything was just in Aria’s head.

Paige proposes to Emily that they move away together to California and attend Standford University. Hesitant at first to move across the country, Emily accepts. While on another note, Toby is being caught in a new game with A to find out answers about his mother and a flashback is shown of Toby with Alison which shows they had a “thing”.

In true Pretty Little Liars fashion, the writers have the girls attending another funeral and their mission is to find Wildon’s body because something is in the casket. Spencer and Mona are sent the same message which leads them to the body and a phone rings from inside the casket.

Its also important to mention there was a mysterious woman with a black veil who attended the funeral and later is seen with a mask on playing with dolls that represent each girl. Was the woman with veil the new A?

With such a long wait, it was good to see PLL fans get some answers but at the same time, there are so many more questions.

Review by Jessica Tisdell

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Pretty Little Liars Mid Season Finale

Last night was the highly anticipated mid season finale for the ABC Family hit show Pretty Little Liars. Hit may just be an understatement, apart from dealing up a whole lot of drama the show broke new ground last night and became the Most Social tv series episode in history according to SocialGuide.com

On Twitter it was counted that 709,000 tweets with an average of 36,000 per minute, an all day total of 1.9 million tweets. Generating 1.6 million comments across Facebook and the ABC website and scored a cool 1.2 million viewers.

The show is in its third season and continues to deliver amazing stories and drama week after week. Continued ratings, social media presence and racier storylines as the girls get older are enough to maintain interest in this dramaedy.

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