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Look, I’m not saying Pretty Little Liars is deep or witty or saying anything beyond, “Our cast is gorgeous and our mystery is elaborate.” This show is, in fact, the very definition of an indulgent guilty pleasure. But, wow, does this junior version of Desperate Housewives deliver on the cliffhangers — better than Desperate Housewives ever did after its phenomenal first season. Watching Pretty Little Liars is like watching someone juggle fire or spin plates; you keep watching thinking it’s got to eventually fall apart, but so far, the juggling continues, and the plates stay in the air. Which is a complicated way of saying that Monday’s season finale did what so many greater shows fail to do: It delivered satisfying answers to a host of questions while still leaving plenty more hanging, and packing a doozy of a cliffhanger. [We'll save any spoilerish stuff for after the jump here, so DO NOT CLICK THROUGH UNLESS YOU ALREADY WATCHED.]
We got to see Jenna’s eyes (!) and the secret romantic ties driving her continued (but still a little hazy) involvement in the titular Liars‘ ongoing torment. At last, we got to see that (presumably) Ian killed Allison, because of his creepy penchant for taping all of the young neighborhood girls. We got a fight scene in a belltower that resulted in his seeming death. And we got that cliffhanger: Ian’s body vanished, and the girls had gotten yet another text from the enigmatic “A.” Now I’ll definitely have to watch next season — which at least will be a little more tolerable now that Ezra’s no longer Aria’s teacher. That was getting way too old — and now that he’s working with his pretty ex, we can be tortured with a love triangle instead! Yes, I’m looking forward to every guilty, pleasurey, cliffhangery minute of it.
What about you, Pop Watchers? Did you like the Pretty Little Liars finale? Will the cliffhanger keep you watching?
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Im 11 i watch pretty little liars and i am a little confused!!!! Is Jenna blind or not? Is Ally dead or not? I read the books and shes not but i am so confused!!
I’m 12 and yes Jenna is Blind but you know that blind people have their eyes open they just dont blink plus I dont think the Jenna Thing was a hoax. And The whole ALI/Courtney.SPOILER ALERT FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT READ WANTED! Okay well ali was sane but her sis courtney wasn’t. so when courtney was transferring to another Koukou palace she came home for a few days but she went into Ali’s room and her mom thought that ali was courtney who had been outside then snatched ali and ALI went away to The Radly. Well anyways courtney befriended the PPL. So then When Ali had her chance she killed courtney. You get it now?
Blind people blink, lol.
Jenna is blind. I’m pretty sure Allison is dead because I think they found her body.
Well Jenna is blind but allison is not SPOILER ALERT DO NOT GO ON IF YOU HAVENT READ THE BOOKS Allison has a sister named courtney and courtney took allison’s lifestyle so ali came back and killed her sister courtney Hope this helped
so who is -A
yes, But apparently the body they found was alionss twin sister who nobody knew about, meaning alison is still alive,
please reply. if Alisson has a twin sister, Courtney, and changed places with her. Thus Courtney tuck position of Alisson. When do live the real Alisson! why did not the real Alisson something when Courtney died? hvist the parents something about this Courtney, who was on the wrong house or something? forest has heard that her Courtney ran away from there. Missing not her in a way? she was mad, and how bytett the place? does not have such a birth certificate on the false alisson thus Courtney? wonder that the parents hvist that the mother gave birth to twins.
alison is alive and she’s A. Courtney her twin is the body they found. Ali went kuoko from staying in the koukou home and killed her twin.
how do the girls know officer garrett?
He went to their school. But he was a couple grades older than them
i am alive
I LOVED IT!!!!!! I could not stop sceming at every little part I finally had to go up to my room. My parents WERE ANNOYED!!!!!!! Anyways Loved Perfect amount of Cliffhangers,suspense leaving me for ore. I cant wait till June 14th!
I got alittle confused through out the whole hour. I loved the ending but now it got me thinking, is Ian alive and ran off? or Did A take Ians’ body and hid it from everyone because A is not done with the girls?
In the book A hid the body so I think that FOR ONCE they might go with the books
I knew it! That’s the first thing I thought, cuz there was no way he could have lived through that. Where did A come from? He/she came out of nowhere. Also, who was the other driver that crashed into Spencer and her sister? Was it that guy at the end who walked up to the crowd?
I have no idea about Ian. I’m really hoping that jerk is dead. But I swear, if Aria and Ezra break up over the return of the fiancee, I will be so upset. Ughhhh.
I love this show so much that I don’t even mind that after an entire season I still have no idea who A is or if Ian really is Ali’s killer! Can’t WAIT for June!
hey! Even i saw pretty little liars the second season. Do you have any clue whens the next season gonna begin?? The second season just ended yesterday in india.
india sucks
OMG!! I was screaming the entire time! I was shocked about Jenna and the police officer!! And I really liked caleb and Hanna let him go. I am so mad at Mona!! But who is a?????? What has Ian got to do with this all??
Ian has a great deal to do with all of this first off h is a suspect but he did not kill courtney in case you didn’t know courtney was friends with aria spencer emily and hanna and allison took courtneys place then she came back for revenge and killed her sister courtney
A is Mona, Ian and ali
Please respond to me!! And who took ians body?? Who was the hooded figure that helped Spencer? Is Ian really dead? Did Melissa lose her baby?
A took Ian’s body and A was the hooded figure that helped Spencer. But who A is is still a mystery. Yes I’m pretty sure Ian is really dead and I’m assuming Melissa did lose her baby because now that Ian is dead that story line is over.
I don’t think it’s over. Melissa still has Spencer’s behind over the Russian paper.
And Ali’s brother Jason must know something, after all he and Ian partied that whole summer.
I think A is Jason and he was working with Jenna to try and find out what happened. I don’t think Jason wants to believe that Ian killed his sister, or was stalking her.
What if the tapes WEREN’T Ian’s, but Officer Garrett’s?
Ali is a twin…one of which is dead-so the real Ali is alive. Ian’s body is later found in a suitcase in an abandoned house deeper south (according to the books) Does Melisa keep the baby on board?
But the producers have said they aren’t following the books and they’ve already proven that
No kidding. Almost everything that has been happening lately has nothing to do with the books.
I don’t even think that she’s pregnant! Remember how in the hospital Spencer tells her mom that the doctors don’t know if the baby was hurt/ok hecause the pregnancy isn’t too far along yet?
She was like 3 weeks pregnant…u can only tell if ur like 1 n a half months if ur babys okay
Who was that that showed up in the end? Cuz my mom thinks it’s Noel (the one that liked aria) but I don’t think it is
He looked really familar. I’m going to have to watch the show with Noel to see if it was him.
it was DEFINITELY NOEL!!
The official recap will save you the trouble.
it was Noel
When Spencer and Melissa got hit by the car I thought that maybe Caleb and the other guy was in the other car.So it would kind of be like Caleb never got to say “I love you” to Hanna
I don’t think it was Lucas and Caleb. Spencer would’ve known it was them since she was in the accident. I think it was either a freak accident, or it was A planning on trying to hit Melissa, since I think she killed Ali over jealousy of her and Ians’ relationship.
hey! Do you have any clue whens the next season gonna begin?? The second season just ended yestrday in india.
It was Noel at the end…
Can’t wait till June!! Best guilty pleasure
Is anyone else completely freaked out by seeing Jenna without her glasses?
Me!!! She looks like one of the vampires from Buffy the Vampire Slayer after the transformation.
Loved it. And I am old enough to be their father.
I’m 16 and did anyone notice that Caleb and Lucas were never shown again in that episode? What if they ran into spencer and Melissa? Also why was Noel at the end of the episode?
caelb and lucas did come up beacuse lucas droped off caleb at a hotel
hey.. Do you have any clue whens the next season gonna begin? The second season just ended yestrday in india.