Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 66 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Piste Off, Or: The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 20 | Aired on 02.18.2014
Bringing us back to the Aristotelian unities, then, we have one more juxtaposition of our pretty little addicts: Spencer's screwed because of her drug addiction even though that's not how it shook out, she is not smart enough to escape being the smart one, while Aria's relief that Ezra isn't A is no relief at all: She stares holes in the ceiling for a while and then grabs his first gift -- the copy of Winesburg Ohio that he inscribed for her specifically about how she is the bestest and most grown-up person in all of Rosewood, note; the most special evidence of her whole life of being a special person -- and throws that shit against the wall.
A-TAG
At least somebody understands the value of Ezra Fitz's prose! Begloved and behoodied, A gathers up the pages of the manuscript one by one. Put that shit on eBay once he goes to jail, homie. More lasagna than a whole coffee shop could hold.
Or else Ezra is A -- I will not let that go until we absolutely know for sure -- and this is just him being Ezra. Or maybe he's not A but it's still Ezra and he just happens to be wearing gloves because it's cold. Or maybe this is just somebody very nice who is like, "That tiny man's hard work should not go to waste" and he'll find it in a fresh manila envelope tomorrow and realize that not all is lost. I mean, if he's telling the truth and he only works on the book when Aria dumps him, then the timing of this ski-lift trainwreck couldn't have been more fortuitous.
NEXT WEEK
Everybody watches Aria and Spencer circle the drain; Paige does something wildcard like in the old days.
JACOB CLIFTON is a freelance writer and critic based in Austin, Texas. He currently recaps The Good Wife, True Detective, The Blacklist, and Pretty Little Liars for TWoP. Jacob can be found online at jacobclifton.com, Twitter, and Facebook, and a regular column for Tor.com, Geek Love.