Let’s begin this episode with a heart stopping, confusing scene of Spencer in a heated make out session with Toby who transforms into the black- hooded “A” mid-kiss. Oh, it’s just a dream. The drama only gets better in the first five minutes when Emily receives a box from Nate with Maya’s old things. Receiving your dead ex-girlfriend’s items from a past potential murderer is just double the creepiness.
All the girls struggle with boyfriend problems in their own way. Hanna is still trying to figure out what Caleb is doing and why Mona’s name is involved. When Hanna overhears Paige on the phone with Caleb, she figures out that it’s the two of them plotting against Mona and that Caleb is the culprit who put the cow brain in Mona’s locker.
On the other hand, Spencer is trying to handle her own betrayal without telling the girls that her beloved Toby is a part of the “A” team. In one of Ali’s old notebooks they find notes written back and forth between Ali and a mysterious person. This only makes the situation between Spencer and Toby worse when they read that Ali attempted to hook up with Toby.
Then we get to Aria, who harbors the secret of Ezra’s child, the child that he doesn’t even know about. However, Ezra figures it out soon enough thanks to an emotionally distraught Spencer. After receiving a fake text from Aria saying that Ezra broke up with her, Spencer rushes to her friend’s defense only to realize with horror that Ezra knew nothing of his child nor had he broken up with
Aria. “A” strikes again. Emily has a talk with Ali’s old friend and discovers a slightly disturbing secret: Ali might have gotten knocked up. Emily goes straight to Aria and they decide that they should take this information to the police. Yet, Emily decides to hand over the notebook itself rather than bluntly stating Ali may have been pregnant. As if that weren’t enough, Emily and Hanna find out the detective that
now holds the notebook was also in Cape May, where Ali possibly conceived the unborn child.
Oh, and if you’re wondering how Hanna ended up at the station with Emily, it’s because she was caught in a bar on ladies night with a drink in her hand. No, she isn’t venturing into a new sexuality, she’s just following Paige to places she shouldn’t be for reasons that don’t make sense. Rather than catching Caleb in a bad act, she finds Paige with a girl who is definitely not her girlfriend. Have we ever been able to trust Paige?
Spencer is rapidly falling in a downward spiral, and we watch first hand as she deterio- rates in her car on her way to meet an unknown person. Spencer, darling, no matter how much makeup you attempt to put on you still look like you’re drowning in tragedy. We all think (and hope, let’s be honest) that it’s Toby who Spencer is meeting up with, but of course it’s not. Spencer shocks us again when she meets up with a private detective to figure out just what Toby’s role is in the “A” team.
This week’s heartbreak award passes on from Spencer to Aria, who stands in the street while Ezra loads up his car and drives away to see
his son for the first time. Maybe it’s the tears in his eyes, but something makes me think he doesn’t have plans of coming back. At least we can all count on one person returning next Tuesday, and every Tuesday: -"A".
