1. Aria loses it…In this episode, Aria is majorly struggling because Ezra has been using her this whole time. She goes to his apartment, knocks and then lets herself in with her spare key. Do angry people looking to make an entrance usually knock? She finds Ezra’s collection of dirt on the girls, and then breaks every fragile object in the place. (She really should’ve gone for the typewriter. It’s old, easy to break, symbolic and he loves it. What a missed opportunity!)
2. A fancy literary agency in NYC…Aria finds a note from Ezra’s book agent. She calls the office and learns that Ezra is there, discussing a publication date. She is so angry that she decides to drive to the principal’s house, in the hopes of exposing her relationship with Ezra. She wants him to go to jail, but Hanna talks her out of it.
3. Hanna plays the field…Hanna tells Travis she shouldn’t have kissed him and learns his dad is going to court. She talks about it with Detective Holbrook, who ends up helping Travis’ dad get only probation. Hanna flirts with Travis. Understandably—that boy can really rock the cowboy look and the classic blue suit. Later, she flirts with Holbrook and kisses him in public. She claims she doesn’t know why she did it, but obviously it’s because he’s hot. Guess both Marin women have a thing for attractive members of the Rosewood PD.
4. Spencer struggles with withdrawal…Spencer’s parents want her to go to rehab, but she convinces them to let her quit on her own. She takes stuff from Ezra’s apartment and decides that Mrs. D and her dad think she killed Ali. Oh, and the ever–generous A left some pills in her locker, which she proceeds to take.
5. Paige takes matters into her own hands…Paige follows Emily on her way to drop off money for Ali. Emily tells her that Ali is alive, and Paige threatens to tell the cops and Ali’s family. Emily agrees to drop contact with Ali and things between the girls get awkward (although I feel like their relationship is permanently awkward). Paige claims she’s doing this to protect Emily, and it’s unclear whether she is threatened by the love Emily clearly still feels for her no–longer–deceased friend. Either way, Paige goes against her promise and drops an anonymous note into a police car, revealing that Ali is alive. She always rubbed me the wrong way, and I’d like to say that she is the worst of all the significant others in the show, but Ezra still takes the cake on that one (for now).
Check out our other Pretty Little Liars Season 4 recaps!
"Free Fall" (Aired on 02.18.2014)
"Hot for Teacher" (Aired on 02.04.2014)
"Bite Your Tongue" (Aired on 01.28.2014)
"Close Encounters" (Aired on 01.21.2014)
"Grave New World" (Halloween Special)
