Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 34 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Suzy Clueless & The Secret Of Killingworth
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 15 | Aired on 01.14.2014
HASTINGS
When Spencer makes it back home for another round, Peter's busily lying to his wife on the phone about how he was in a mediation all day, meaning that he has now lied about his whereabouts to everybody that wasn't in the house, with a variety of lies.
Peter: "Did you really attack Mrs. DiLaurentis in the..."
Spencer: "Did you really just tell my mother a completely separate lie than you told my boyfriend? What the fuck is going on with you?"
Peter: "Let's stick to the topic, which is be nice to Mrs. DiLaurentis. As long as you're under my roof, you will not harm my chances once our divorces -- I mean, her divorce -- is final. Do you hear me?"
Spencer: "Oh, I fuckin' heard you. Did you forget that my boyfriend is a small business owner with his own home? And it's above a coffee shop? Meaning my two favorite things in the universe, one story apart?"
Peter: "I did forget that part, you are correc... Spencer?"
But she is gone. A gone girl. I like the insane literality of that, like, "As long as I'm not sleeping here I will feel free to attack Jessica DiLaurentis all over town whenever I want, and you can't get mad, because that was the agreement."
HASTINGS
Ezra calls from the road, in the rain, to just gloat all over the place and pretend to care about Aria and also care about Aria. Asking about Hanna and shit. They say how much they love each other, and then Aria lies to Emily about it being him on the phone, and Emily sympathizes about how hard it to lie to people that you love, and it's so sad because Aria agrees fervently: It's just that Emily's the loved one she's lying to.
CAVANAUGH
Spencer: "Hey, you want the good news or the bad news first?"
Toby: "I guess I want the..."
Spencer: "Trick question, you have never received good news in your entire life. Thing number one is, I live here now."
Toby: "That's good news, isn't it?"
Spencer: "Accounts differ. Thing number two is, your mother's death was meaningless -- there is no point, no narrative, no explanation, no comfort -- and you're going to need to accept that existential horror as quickly as possible, just like we all did with Alison (right before she turned out not to be dead)."
HASTINGS
Aria: "Wait, came in through the window like in your dream, or...?"