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Pretty Little Liars – Songs of Innocence

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Pretty Little Liars - Songs of Innocence

After a brief stint in the hospital the Liars return home to rooms the mirror image of their prison cells and to families who, despite their need to help, have no idea what their children endured. Each reacts differently to their return. Aria (Lucy Hale) becomes obsessed with putting Andrew (Brandon Jones) behind bars, even going so far as to lie to the prosecutor to help her make her case. Hanna (Ashley Benson) strips her room down to the bare walls, removing all traces that remind her of captivity. Emily (Shay Mitchell) steals her father’s gun to take out some frustration on the gun range. And Spencer (Troian Bellisario), denied the drugs to help her sleep by her overprotective mother who is afraid of reawakening her daughter’s pill addiction, struggles to get even a single night sleep which will likely cause the very thing her mother was trying to prevent.

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Pretty Little Liars – The Complete Fifth Season

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  • Title: Pretty Little Liars – Season Five
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Pretty Little Liars - The Complete Fifth SeasonThe Fifth Season of Pretty Little Liars saw the return of Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse) to Rosedale, the (apparent) death of a major character, a Christmas ball, Alison arrested for murder and Hanna (Ashley Benson) framed as an accessory, and the discovery of A’s storage locker, all leading up to the Liars‘ abduction in the season finale.

Highlights of the season include the show’s 100th episode, trouble in New York in the season premiere, an amusing dinner party at the Marin household, dance lessons, Alison’s return to Rosedale High, an investigation into Shana‘s (Aeriel Miranda) death, Hanna searching for solace at the bottom of a bottle, Ella Montgomery‘s (Holly Marie Combs) almost wedding, a confrontation between Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Melissa (Torrey DeVitto), the end of Paily, more snooping at Radley, another funeral, the introduction of a new love interest for Emily (Shay Mitchell), the odd behavior of Aria‘s (Lucy Hale) little brother, Spencer’s adventures in England, and Alison’s trial and verdict.

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Pretty Little Liars – Game On, Charles

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“Who is Charles DiLaurentis?”

Pretty Little Liars - Game On, Charles

Picking up directly following the events of last season’s finale, the Liars‘ first escape attempt fails leaving them at the mercy of A for another three weeks (with each Liar separately facing unseen punishment from their captor) before the group is brought back together for another attempt. Weeks without their loved ones has made Ezra (Ian Harding), Toby (Keegan Allen), Caleb (Tyler Blackburn), and Alison (Sasha Pieterse) desperate enough to attempt to use Alison as bait to find their missing friends. Although the episode ends with a victory over A and an end to their Liars‘ imprisonment, each is left with the scars of their time held hostage and unanswered questions about Charles DiLaurentis (who they believe is the true identity of their adversary).

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Pretty Little Liars – Welcome to the Dollhouse

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Pretty Little Liars - Welcome to the Dollhouse

As expected, the Pretty Little Liars season finale “Big A Reveal” wasn’t what fans were expecting, but that doesn’t mean serious ground wasn’t made in the final episode of the show’s Fifth Season. There were three reveals to discuss. The first, that someone connected to the DiLarentis family named Charles is likely A raises more questions than it answers (and could quite easily be nothing more than the show’s latest red herring). The second involves the surprise return of another character from the dead. It’s the third, however, which is the important reveal as Peter (Nolan North) and Veronica Hastings (Lesley Fera) and Linda Tanner (Roma Maffia) all learn of the existence of A and get a good look at the horror the Liars‘ nemesis has put the girls through. Although the season ends on a cliffhanger with the fate of Mona (Janel Parrish) and all the Liars in doubt, the army against A has grown considerably over the course of a single episode.

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