Just when it seems like A’s radar couldn’t possibly hone in on anyone else, he/she picks someone new to terrorize – Mona. This week, it’s like Mona has a target painted on her back. For the sake of everyone’s sanity, let’s just hope that target accessorizes well with skinny jeans.
It goes without saying that Hanna has a lot going on these days: trying to keep Caleb from hacking his way into a jail cell, protecting the secret in the lasagna box, outsmarting A… But is that really a hall pass for being a bad friend?
My sympathy levels have never been very high for Mona. Her obsession with fashion and popularity seem to outweigh… oh, I don’t know… her ability to be a normal human being.
But as much as it pains me to admit, I feel sorry for Mona. When Hanna tells Mona she won’t be able to help her accessorize her new outfit, Mona’s face falls like a sugar-deprived 5-year-old. But then she gets a text message and genuinely looks worried. Could it be that she’s the newest victim of A’s text message warfare?
Yes! Turns out A took a photo of Hanna’s mom and Detective Suave about to get it on through the window. And now he/she’s baiting Mona to release that photo to the police department. Translation: bad things for Hanna.
If Hanna’s mom slept with the detective to help convince him that Hanna had nothing to do with the stolen page of the autopsy report and the police find out, Hanna is destined to be wearing orange again. This time behind bars, not picking up trash on the side of the road, and Hanna’s only task will be trying not to drop the soap.
Does that happen to women in jail…? Never mind, I probably don’t want to know.
Mona is in an equally compromising position: if she doesn’t go to the police with the photo, A threatens to go tattling about the necklace Mona stole from the department store. What’s a girl to do?
This week, hell froze over and Spencer and Melissa are uniting for the first time. I guess all it takes for peace between siblings is an illegitimate sibling. However, when you’ve got as many skeletons in your closet as Melissa seems to have, you can’t afford to burn any bridges. Especially not when you’re breaking dates with your sister to get into cars with strangers (Garrett). And not when cute-as-a-button doctors with British accents see you at the gynecologist with abovementioned strangers in cars.
While we’re on the subject of adorable doctors, I get the feeling Spencer isn’t as hung up on Toby as she thinks. Maybe getting “snockered” on wine helped chase away those feelings a little, but still. Even sober, Spencer and Wren make a cute couple. He hasn’t made her a chair yet, but I’m willing to be impressed.
After getting ditched by her sister at the bar (Bar? Aren’t these kids like 17?) and shooting some coffee, she meets up with Wren, who’s also at the bar. They end up back at his place, drunk on wine, and Spencer passes out on his couch after an intense make out session. Toby who?
My heart goes out to Emily, who is struggling with her feelings for Maya. But there comes a time where you need to cut your losses and sever the relationship ties – now is that time, Emily.
Maya is MIA after the argument she and Emily had at the party. And Emily is worried sick that she’s lost Maya forever – a good thing if you ask me. But just when Emily’s love life is looking bleak, Paige from the swim team comes along and makes it clear that she’s still into Emily. She’s just come out to her parents and is ready to mingle.
Okay, okay. So I know I asked for a Shane/Danny, soft butch hybrid, but Paige is a great start. Emily thinks so, too. There are some major fourth-of-July fireworks between them! However, Paige gets a little too eager and makes a move on Emily – one that Emily painfully denies.
Reminds me of when I used to play the Sims way back when and I’d force the girls to make out. Or even better, when I’d throw them into the hot tub together and coerce them to cuddle or have tickle wars (and to think there was ever any doubt in my mind).
I think Emily will come around though. Especially since the police show up at her door to interrogate her about Maya. My guess: Maya puffed the Magic Dragon one too many times and landed herself in jail. Or maybe she has a secret grow house somewhere. Moral of the story: Maya is a goner. I repeat – cut and sever, Emily. Cut and sever.
So remember how A tipped off Aria’s dad about her whereabouts with Ezra? Ezra gets cold feet again and decides it isn’t safe for him to continue seeing Aria. Besides, he got offered the job in New Orleans.
Heartbroken, Aria breaks down and confesses to her mom that her dad baited Ezra so that he’d accept the job and move away. Then, Aria runs off to Ezra’s, where her mom follows and has a sit-down conversation with Aria and Ezra about their relationship. Yeah, like that’s not awkward for everyone involved.
In other news, Mona returns the necklace to the department store instead of leaving Hanna and her mom without a paddle. And the girls discover Melissa was in the video on A’s phone, recorded just before Ali died.
3 more episodes until A’s identity is revealed! Are you excited? I am.
