Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 76 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT To Any Port or Foreign Shore
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 10.22.2013
LATER
Ezra drops everybody off at one of their houses, but then they spot Redcoat again, and as a storm starts up they all chase her, still in their wack outfits, and she finally stops. Who is the blonde girl in the Red Coat?
HOLY SHIT IT IS ALISON. IT ACTUALLY IS. She looks so lovely, with her hair blowing around in the breeze, being all not-dead and shit. "Did you miss me?" she asks, and then nearly breaks down in tears. Among them all, only Aria really seems happy to see her.
Liars: "Okay was that actually you and is this really happening? And are you actually psychic with The Grunwald because what the fu..."
Alison: "It's still not safe. I want to come home, but you guys have to help me."
Spencer: "Who are you even afraid of? You, of all people?"
But before she can answer any questions -- and just as Caleb and Miranda are running across his Ravenswood tombstone after all, noting how many dead kids that graveyard actually contains -- she sees headlights: Aria forgot her phone in Ezra's car. Ali disappears into the night, of course, but the ladies seem to overlook the creepy fucking looks Ezra's giving all over the place... Or his injured hand, shoved conspicuously in his pocket.
All they have for now is the last clue, which is apparently what she said to Hanna when she got run over by that car that one time: That they all secretly know what happened and why, and also, "You think the truth is some shining disco ball of purity? Then go ahead and try it. Be honest, see what it gets you. Telling the truth to the wrong person at the wrong time is how I got where I am. Take it from me: You're always better off with a really good lie."
COME JANUARY
The hashtag is #EzrAisEverywhere, which is encouraging -- especially since "everywhere," in this case, seems to include "inside Hanna's teeth, leaving little messages in there." The Liars close ranks to protect Alison from her deadly foe that she doesn't even seem to know who it is, and Ezra starts working Mona. I love it, I love everything about it. I can't believe she's alive, I can't believe Ezra came after them so hard, I can't believe Aria's gonna get it. Everything is working out so well!
JACOB CLIFTON is a freelance writer and critic based in Austin, Texas. He currently recaps The Good Wife, Homeland, Hostages, Ravenswood, and Masters Of Sex for TWoP. Jacob can be found online at jacobclifton.com, Twitter, and Facebook, as well as a regular column for Tor.com, Geek Love.