Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 55 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Day For Night
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 21 | Aired on 02.25.2014
HASTINGS
Spencer comes home to Toby and the rare sighting of both parents, ready to intervene yet again. I wonder what Jessica did? Would that make it better or worse if they knew that part? Either way she goes upstairs without a word, and curls into a ball to cry. Lotta thoughts to think about. The immediate danger, downstairs. The fact that they're right and she cannot kick this one. The fact that there are parts of her life she doesn't know about, and maybe she was the killer this whole time. That is all very heavy stuff, even for Spencer. But I would think it's the last one: No matter how many pills you take, some memories won't come. And if they're right, that's probably for the best. Until they do.
MONTGOMERY
Aria's packing a bag and heading out! Blow this popstand, Jack!
Emily: "What is this happening now? You're just going to keep driving until you figure it out?"
Aria: "That's what's happening."
Emily: "We should talk. Or I should come with you. Or..."
Aria: "Or nothing. Just get outta my way, you're making me claustrophobic."
Emily: "Ah. Ironic. Well, given the day I've had I would be a real asshole to do anything but let you go."
Aria: "Thank you, and goodbye. I am going somewhere and I will know what it is when I get there, and what it is called is, full on bonkers."
And out on the street, Paige thinks really hard before finding the nearest cop car and dropping Ali's envelope inside with a note: "I know for a fact that Alison DiLaurentis is still alive. Start looking for her." Which, to be fair, is probably the smartest way to go from here. In for a penny, yeah, but also: If Alison is safe, the whole thing ends, and A isn't between them anymore, and Alison isn't between them anymore, and Paige and Emily can trust each other again. A strong finish for a very ugly race.
A-TAG
Wearing gloves and hoodie, A flips through the dirty marked-up pages of Ezra's manuscript. He opens a pot-bellied stove and stokes the coals, but doesn't throw them in.
NEXT WEEK
Holbrook and Tanner presumably get started on this new thing, sending Hanna off on a new path. Emily digs into the Mona and Ezra situation or situations, and apparently this ends up being heartbreaking in some way. Aria meets a college fella, younger and more hardy than the last one; Spencer also apparently makes a new friend (who is not pills).