Posted by Dustin on 01.03.2012 at 7:18 pm

So “Pretty Little Liars” FINALLY returned, it’s been so long! I’m glad they included a recap at the beginning, as I hadn’t tuned into the marathon leading up to the premier.

Sadly I never did finish the books, and the reveal of “A” has been promised by the end of this season. I do know enough about the books thought that other “As” pop-up and have kept the series going.

The show picked up a month after the girl’s arrest after the whole thing with their doctor and their being framed to be found with the shovel that supposedly killed Alison. They weren’t in jail, but had been given community service. I guess I missed out on why. I mean they weren’t in jail because clearly the cops didn’t have the evidence to pin the crime on them, so what was the service for? I remember Emily mentioning Spencer’s mom got them a “plea bargain” or something. Again, I kept thinking you go to jail or you go free . . . what was the community service for?

The girls had all turned on Emily, who had been ousted from the group. Emily had gotten the all clear to swim again, but the coach said because of her legal problems, it was up to the principal as to whether she would be allowed back on the team.

Ezra and Aria were still split-up, thanks to his ex threatening Aria. Ezra however learned what she had been up to and why Aria dumped him, so he finally decided to tell Aria’s parents the truth. That didn’t go over well at all, which clearly we were not expecting it to. Ezra did tell off his ex at the end. I just hope Aria turns her in with the plagiarism evidence she had on her. As “ew” as their relationship is, that ex needs to be taken down.

In the end, we found out that the girls had all been setting up “A.” They had not turned on Emily, they just made everyone, even their family members and their boyfriends think they had. They knew they couldn’t trust anyone with this, it had to look real. “A” took the bait and lured Emily into giving him/her the evidence he/she believed the girls had. It was a trap “A” fell into. Unfortunately “A” got away from them. I was screaming at the TV for the girls, who had cornered “A” and were armed with shovels and sticks, to beat the crap out of them! They didn’t, and “A” got away. However in their escape . . . they dropped their phone! Ooooooh! Juicy! Not that we expect “A” to be stupid enough to have a phone that can be traced to them. But here is hoping the girls will find a way to track “A” through it.

Other side-stories were explored. Hannah’s boyfriend Caleb returned, which seemed to upset her constant love-sick puppy Lucas. I thought he got himself a girlfriend? Now he was back to following her around. After the Halloween episode and this episode, he definitely could be “A.”

We also learned that Hannah’s dad did get married after all, and he, his new wife and the evil step-sister are all moving to Rosewood. Something tells me this will set up the new “A” storyline for next year.