Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 8 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Do It To So-And-So
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 01.15.2013
Aria: "Soooo."
I like how even though it's taken her a couple episodes, Aria's fully come around to assuming that her father is trying to kill her. What's amazing is that it's actually a realistic timeline for this show. Two weeks of trying to ignore the awful truth, one week of tirelessly bitching at anybody who points out that it is obvious, and then boom: Instant Spencertown.
HASTINGS
Spencer: "...And that's fifteen former Soviet Union countries, in alphabetical order."
Toby: "Nailed it. I love helping you study for Aca Deca. And looking adorable, which I totally do right now. I want to come with you and watch you take down Mona."
Spencer: "Leave this to the people who are not high school dropouts."
Toby: "Just saying, you're pretty focused on this. Like in a way where it's not about college applications..."
Spencer: "There are 42 clubs at Rosewood High. I know that, because I have either joined or destroyed every one of them. And yet Mona picked this one. It's a thing."
Toby: "Hold on, I have to take a super creepy phone call. Good luck at your deal, where I certainly won't be lurking without your knowledge."
LUCAS HAS A BEDROOM
It is full of an entire comic book store's worth of comic book store crap, much like my own house, but the difference is that I didn't steal money from a werewolf to finance it. And even if I did, no one werewolf could afford all of this. There are some statues in there I would feel guilty about receiving for my actual birthday, is how expensive this stuff is. Jesus H, Lucas. One more reason you should stop being pretend and a teenager and start being my actual, age-appropriate boyfriend.
Hanna: "Listen. We need to talk about Mona. And we need to talk slow, because Jacob is going out of his mind right now in this room, and can't really concentrate."
Lucas: "As usual, I can't talk about Mona but won't let it stop me talking about Mona."
Hanna: "So she was blackmailing you?"
Lucas: "She is still blackmailing me. It all started when she texted me at the Masquerade Ball, to go distract Jenna..."
Time out. Because that was also Melissa that had that happen, including the Black Swan dress: That whole secret meeting of Jenna and Lucas and Melissa was a smokescreen, with the Black Swan at the center. Which means everything except Red Jacket/Queen of Hearts has now been explained, in terms of weird things that were going on that night, and the Liars don't even know about Red Jacket anyway, so the whole Ball can now just go away forever. The show usually does more to cover up its red herrings, I'm just saying. On the other hand, it's the show's prerogative to never explain anything, so it's sort of a sweet gesture.