Posted by Dustin on 08.12.2010 at 1:17 pm

So this past tuesday was the summer finale of “Pretty Little Liars,” and it looks like the second half of the season won’t air till next January. What! That’s so far off! By then I’ll at least have gotten through all the books. After this episode I have a ne suspect for “A,” and it isn’t the obvious one.

The whole show dealt with many of the girls biggest secrets getting exposed. “A” told the school that Hannah had liposuction to lose her weight. She didn’t, but she did become bulimic (which I can’t recall if it’s been said on the show or not). Apparently “A” sent Emily’s mother photos of her and Maya, but Emily just couldn’t bring herself to tell her army father the truth when he returned from war. Hannah, spying on Mona’s party (which she was disinvited from) learned Aria has been dating Mr. Fitz. Then there is Spencer and the return of Melissa’s boyfriend Ian, who was the first of Melissa’s boyfriends she fooled around with. She kept that secret though, and made up with Melissa.

Toby returned to tell Emily his secret. The date Allison died was also the date he broke it off with Jenna. Jenna was in love with him, she still is, but what they were doing was wrong and he had Allison to thank for making him see that. He told her so, then gave her a sweater of his as she seemed cold. Unfortunately she wore the sweater when she died, then it was found . . . and now Toby looks like the killer. He swore to Emily he was not.

One of Alison’s secrets came out too. The older man she was seeing was Ian! The last moments Alison was ever seen was on a tape Ian made of him and Allison (wearing Toby’s sweater) at Kissing Rock. Ian looks like the prime suspect for “A,” but is he?

The show ended with Hannah seeing “A” leaving a message and knowing who “A” was. BEfore she could tell the girls though, “A” ran her over outside of Mona’s party and sent the others a message “She knew too much.”

So who do I now think “A” is? I think it’s Spencer’s sister Melissa. She pinged my radar awhile ago, but now she’s really suspicious. She mentioned to Spencer that “Alison’s games and secrets were probably what got her killed.” When Spencer suggested a truce between her and her sister, Melissa said “it was getting tired hating her all the time.” Spencer thought the didn’t like each other, she didn’t know they hated each other. Finally we saw “A” watching the tape Ian made of him and Allison, so Melissa knew Ian had been cheating on her . . . probably with Spencer as well. I think Melissa is “A.” Now that I have a long time to finish the books . . . I’ll find out if I’m right before it airs on TV.