Previously: Aria hooked up with her teacher in the car, Hanna felt guilty about her mom having to prostitute herself to the cop, Spencer hooked up with her sister's fiancé, Det. Wilden was all uppity about MURDER, Hanna's son-of-a-preacher-man boyfriend wouldn't have sex with her, Maya flirted with Emily and Emily reacted by making out with her Neanderthal boyfriend in the school parking lot.
The foursome are in the woods, and totally not dressed for it. I mean, I know that when I go trekking into the woods poofy butterfly dresses and sparkly little flats are totally my choice for proper walking attire. Oh, and they have big giant purses with them. Emily's mom convinced her that they should do something together to remember their dearly departed friend. They complain that the gnats are attacking them as they head to "The Shed." Spencer tries to tell Hanna that her lipgloss and hair products are to blame for the bug attack, but they are all wearing gobs of makeup and have clearly done their hair. Even Emily, who is actually dressed the most appropriately in shorts and a tank with a thin button down shirt over it, still has her shiny, shampoo-commercial hair and Cover Girl fresh skin. Oh, and how many belts can Aria possibly wear? Today she's got two and an enormous bracelet... talk about over-accessorized. I think I'm going to start keeping count.
Anyway, just when they think they're lost, the anal-retentive Spencer spots a familiar tree and tells them there are exactly 136 steps left to the shed. Yeah, they all think she's a nutjob, too. They wonder if she's been out there since Alison died, and she claims she hasn't, but looks totally guilty about it. Hanna says it isn't weird that Spencer has this bizarre memory, because it was their go-to place after school in eighth grade. Regardless of whether she's been there or not, Spencer thinks that "The Shed" is not the appropriate place to build the shrine that Emily is so gung-ho about. Emily says it's just a place where they can remember Alison, and Spencer thinks it makes them look suspicious if they hide their shrine in the woods. Aria looks bored. Hanna stomps off.
The other girls are confused why Hanna doesn't have two cents to throw into this conversation, since it isn't like Hanna is exactly known for keeping her thoughts to herself. When they call her on it, she says that she doesn't want to build the shrine at all, until they know for sure that Alison is really dead. Um, what? Didn't they have a funeral for her? The rest of the girls look just as confused as I do at this point. Spencer reasons that they found her body, so she's dead... just in case Hanna maybe forgot about that little fact, but Hanna doesn't buy it. OK, then. Hanna says she's not totally cuckoo for cocoa puffs because when they left the funeral, they all got text messages from her. And before they (mostly Spencer) can really argue that those texts could be from anyone, Hanna says they've all gotten horrible notes about things that only Ali could know. Or a stalker, like that Toby guy in the tree who liked to watch the girls change or whatever. Just saying.
Aria tries to change the subject by saying that the conversation is giving her hives, but it is just a mosquito bite. Did she forget about mosquitoes during her time in Iceland? They wonder if Spencer has gotten any more text messages, but before she can really answer the question, they hear the sounds of some twigs breaking. They don't know what it is, but they all get text messages. "Heads up, BFFs. It's open season on liars and I'm hunting... - A" And I know I've mentioned before how weird these text messages look on the screen, but really, it is starting to bother me. It's not the cute bubble threads that iPhones or droids have, but blood red comic strip style talk bubbles coming out of a little outline of a person. Can we not just use actual text looking messages? Why this ugly, stylized and unrealistic looking thing? It's kind of like when I watch a show, and they're supposed to be playing like Xbox, and there are like old school, 8-bit Mario Bros. sounding noises coming out of the TV. It's really jarring and takes me out of the moment. So instead of the ominous thoughts I should be having about "A" threatening to shoot them down like wild animals in the woods, I'm now wondering why "A" needs to send her messages so they look like they've come from a demonic Ziggy.
Hanna walks into her kitchen (presumably the morning, time is so confusing on this show) and is greeted by Det. Wilden who is wearing nothing but a towel. Thank you, show. I needed that. Anyway, Hanna looks less than pleased with his reappearance, but he can't be bothered to deal with her disdainful looks as he's pondering the magic of spreadable butter. It is quite the novel concept, but frankly, he can sit and ponder anything his little heart desires if all he wants to wear is that low-slung white towel. Melrose Mom comes in and shuffles him off to get dressed. Damn her. Hanna wants to know if Wilden is living there and why she has to repeatedly sleep with him over one pair of last season's stolen sunglasses. Basically, Melrose Mom says that she needs to keep having sex with the hot detective until the charges are officially dropped. She doesn't mention how the sex is, though, and given his physique in the towel, it isn't exactly like she has to let Chief Wiggum rub all over her. Things could be worse.
Hanna just doesn't want him to be her new daddy and have to buy him Father's Day cards. But Melrose Mom gets all pissy and says that she's the one that deserves a card. Does Hallmark sell a card for oversexed single moms who pimp themselves out in order to protect their teenage daughter's reputations? Or is that more of a niche market? The camera zooms away as Hanna stomps off, and we see that Det. Wilden didn't go to get dressed and is still standing in the hallway wearing naught but a towel listening in on this whole mother-daughter exchange. Thanks, editors, not for clueing us into Wilden's scheme, but for finding a way to show him shirtless again.
Aria is avidly reading through her To Kill a Mockingbird assignment and Chad Dad seems mighty impressed with his daughter's love of this classic tale. Holly Marie Mom makes a comment about the father worship and how that relates to Aria and her dad (presumably that worshipping was done before she found him making out with a colleague in a car). Aria does not take this time to explain that the only reason she's got such a sudden fascination with literature is because of her very hot, young English teacher and dispatches her mother to get her another bagel. Right, like I'm supposed to believe that Aria eats. And not one, but two bagels? Chad Dad asks if Aria likes the new teacher -- um, yeah? -- and then he recommends the biography of Harper Lee, as he thinks it could inspire her to write a novel or something... since she does want to be a writer.
Their non-confrontational father-daughter chat is interrupted by a pretty, young (very young) looking blonde (flashbacks show us that this is the same girl who Chad Dad had a hot and heavy car-based makeout session with). He introduces her as Meredith, a teacher in his department. How the hell young are these professors at Hollis? I mean, there's Mr. Fitz, who was at Hollis and is now teaching at Rosewood, and now Meredith, who looks like she should still be in college, and is somehow a professor at this college? He also introduces Aria as his daughter, just in case Meredith thought that he'd moved on to an even younger model (like that's really possible). Anyway, there's some awkward banter about how Chad Dad hasn't returned her call, and she needs some sort of referral by Monday. He looks panicked that Holly Marie Mom is going to walk back at any moment (and probably rightfully so), and Aria just looks altogether pissed that her breakfast is being interrupted by her dad's side piece.
Chad Dad asks for an email to send the referral to, at which point Meredith pulls out a binder that has the address in it, and he writes it down on a napkin, while she converses with Aria about how this small town must seem so dull after being abroad for a year. OK, how rude is this lady? Like, I get she's excited that her sex buddy is back in town, but interrupting breakfast and not realizing that Aria's friend just died, making Rosewood far from dull, is rude. Also, Chad Dad is writing this on a napkin. That's not going to look at all suspicious when Holly Marie Mom goes to do his laundry later. Meredith smiles her gigantic smile at him as she walks away. Aria wonders aloud why she can't graduate already (told you she looked young), and now she's a teaching assistant. Oh, OK then. That makes more sense than her being a full-on professor. Sorta. He explains that her office is across the hall, and he can't pretend that she doesn't exist. Can we? This whole storyline bores me to tears. The only thing it's good for is to show how the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when it comes to inappropriate relationships.
Melissa is avoiding talking about Wren while her mother is crossing out random days on a calendar with a big red X. Melissa apparently was supposed to go to some club event with her mother, but doesn't want to have to explain to every member why she's not getting married now. Spencer walks into the kitchen, and Melissa hops up from her computer, puts on her bitch face and pushes past her younger sister to dump out some wedding magazines in the trash. What a spoiled bitch. She can't even be bothered to recycle. Spencer wants to know where her dad is, and when she finds out that he's already left for the office, she wants to know why he didn't wake her up to go running in the morning. Her mom (who is wearing far too dark makeup for this hour of the day) gets all defensive on his behalf and says he's busy and had to help Melissa dispose of things that Wren left behind. Melissa cattily chimes in, "Unfortunately, you weren't one of them." God, she's the effing worst.
Spencer wants to know how many times she has to apologize, but she gets ignored. Melissa wants to know about important things, like who is going to pull the announcement from the paper and cancel the engagement dinner. She can't possibly deal with that herself, since she could barely change her Facebook status. Spencer tries to take her breakfast to her room, but her mother insists she eats at the table. Not to instill a sense of family, but because she just had her bedspread dry-cleaned. Spencer says she doesn't exactly feel welcome, and Melissa starts in on Spence about how she's never welcome. Spencer explains, seemingly yet again, that Wren kissed her, not the other way around. Of course mom takes Melissa's side. God, I hate both of them. Spencer says that maybe Melissa should try and figure out why Wren cheated on her to begin with. Oh, I can think of a few reasons. Spencer is tired of being accused of being a homewrecker (even if that home was technically one that she spent the summer decorating) and tosses her muffin in the trash on top of the magazines. So wasteful.
Mona is trying on some lipstick and telling Hanna that they should have gotten a few more tubes, but she says that they should have gotten more. Hanna claims she only has two hands. Oh, shoplifting humor. It just never gets old. Except that it already has. Stealing gets pushed aside when Hanna spots Sean and goes over to see him and his friend Noel, who are laughing about something. She greets Sean with a chaste kiss, and Noel tells them about some big no-parent party happening the day. When the boys walk away, Mona says that she needs to find a boyfriend before the party so she doesn't have to sit and guard the bushes while Hanna and Sean have sex. Then Mona starts in pestering Hanna about why she and Sean haven't consummated their relationship yet. She says that if she doesn't sleep with him soon, she might lose him. Hanna's been throwing herself at Sean, and he's the one who isn't biting, so I'm not sure that Mona has a freaking clue what she's talking about.
Maya sees Emily locking up her bike, and says that she was going to offer her a ride, but that our sporty little Emily moves pretty quickly on two wheels. Em says she didn't see Maya, but their chat is disrupted as Ben comes over and accosts her. She protests, and he says that he can wait one more day until Noel's party. Maya wants to know if this cabin party involves any pagan rituals and Ben not-so-subtly says that last year there was some howling. Emily decides to invite Maya, and Ben doesn't seem too pleased about being cockblocked. Big change from, like, two days ago, when he was all over the girls sleeping together.
Aria is walking in the hallway when Mr. Fitz walks by and they share some flirty looks. He goes into his room, and Aria goes to talk to Spencer, who is overloaded with massive textbooks. Aria sees one for Russian history and wonders exactly how many AP classes it takes before a person's brain explodes. Maybe that's a better question for the Tootsie Pop owl. She says that she's drowning in Russian history and she's got a paper due on Monday and has only written her name so far. Aria realizes that something is up with her friend, and she thinks it's that she's freaked out about the woods. Spence says that it's more than that and asks if Aria's family wants to adopt her. I'm sure they wouldn't mind. They've got a son they never pay any attention to or acknowledge, so Spence could probably live there without them even noticing. Though her room might be considerably smaller.
Adoption talk is put aside when Spence and Aria hear the familiar click of Jenna's cane and see her being escorted through the hallway by a pissed-off-looking guy with a cleft chin, enormous lips and floppy Justin Bieber hair. As they continue past Emily and Maya, Emily flashes back to the night of "The Jenna Thing" and we see Chin Dimple carrying Jenna out of the house while the five stink bombing girls were running quickly away. When Maya asks who Chin Dimple is, Em tells her that's Toby Cavanaugh, a guy who used to go to Rosewood, but got shipped off to reform school. Why? Oh, because he got blamed for setting the fire that blinded Jenna. Maya wants to know if she should be scared of Toby, and Emily assures her that's not the case. Well, unless you like to leave your windows open and you have trees for him to sit in. Maya walks off as Emily joins her other friends in dishing about the fact that Toby is back. Hanna thinks he must be back to help Jenna send some terrorizing e-mails. Or be the one sending the e-mails from "A." It's a theory. Wilden interrupts their speculation, pulling Hanna aside and saying that he just asked the principal if he could talk to her alone. He's wearing a suit now, but still looks not bad. I'd prefer the towel. The three remaining girls wonder why Hanna was picked to talk to the detective solo, and they think it must because she's the easiest to crack. Jenna walks by and comments on their whispering and says it makes her think that Alison is still around.
In an office, Wilden shows a picture of Hanna and Alison from a yearbook, that shows how much Hanna changed to look like Alison between 9th and 10th grade. Wilden wonders if Ali saw Hanna as her competition. Hanna says that's ridiculous and we flashback to the cafeteria when a still "chubby" Hanna is being prompted by Ali to go ask Sean to go to Noel's party with her. Jenna comes over to help Hanna plead her case and Sean agrees to go. Wilden shows a picture of some guy in the yearbook, but Hanna is all dazed and not paying attention. She wants to know why Wilden can't leave her weight loss alone, and if he thinks Hanna really offed her friend in order to become the new Queen Bee. Hey, it could happen. Just look at Heathers. Wilden doesn't consider Hanna a suspect, he just thinks she could help him piece together what really happened that summer. He says that he thinks looking into the past could really help inform what is happening in the present. So she brings up his party-boy past and his love of keg stands. You go, Hanna. Learning to Google people, or whatever. Even Wilden credits her investigative talents. She also says that her 10th grade picture isn't in the yearbook, but her make-up picture is in her living room and she doesn't think that wearing a towel to find out information about her is exactly good detecting.
By the lockers, the other three girls start posting on Hanna's facebook wall in order to talk to her, since she won't answer text messages. She walks over and they look relieved, but want to know what Wilden wanted to talk to her about for an entire hour. She basically brushes them off, saying he was taking calls while she sat there, and then says that they can rehash over lunch, since she has to pee before class.
The girls disperse, leaving Aria to see Mr. Fitz heading into his classroom alone. She enters after him and closes the door, asking if he has plans for the upcoming weekend. He thinks they should stick to discussing homework. She ignores him and says that she's helping her mom with a gallery opening, and she'll be there, so he should come. He doesn't exactly like the idea of being around her under her parents' watchful eye. Mr. Fitz, you should know that her parents, especially her mom, are totally oblivious. She suggests they could meet up after the opening, and she'd be willing to lie and say she went to Noel's party. He says she should go to the party so that she doesn't become some sort of social outcast, but she says she has already lost interest in her peers. To prove this she puts her hand down on the desk to his, so just their pinkies are touching. It's interesting, and I kind of hate the blue nailpolish that she's wearing so that we know she's still the same edgy girl that had pink streaks, who now sports a more glammed-up look. He stares at their fingers together, and just then another teacher walks in to talk to him. He fumbles and makes some quick talk about the homework assignment, and she heads off all flustered.
On a stoop somewhere, Wren sits down for a cup of coffee with Spencer. She is there of her own accord, and not because Melissa made her. She wants to know if he's staying at this apartment, and he says that he's crashing on a friends sofa, and when she asks for help, he says they've only got one sofa, but there's a ping-pong table free. This gets a smile out of her, but I'm less than impressed by his humor. Spencer wants him to tell her family that she's not really to blame, that he's the one that instigated their kiss, but he says he tried already, but her parents have totally written him off as a louse and won't listen to anything he has to say. He thinks that she'd be better off doing something to distract her family, by winning another shiny trophy or bringing home an A. He does apologize for getting her into this mess, but he's only really sorry that he fell for the wrong sister. She gets all panicked and heads off to work on her paper. She does look flattered by Wren's attention though, and appreciates that someone in the world realizes how much her family sucks ass.
In the locker room, Emily is fresh from the pool, and is completely alone, when she hears some strange noises. It's Ben. He snuck in and looks pleased to see her in only a swimsuit. When she tries to get dressed he basically tells her not to bother, she makes excuses why she needs to go, and he wants to know why she's giving him mixed signals. She says she just has a lot on her mind, and so he offers to help her relax by kissing her. She tries to push him away, and he's not taking no for an answer. He keeps pushing her against the lockers and forcing her to go further then she wants to, and just in the nick of time, Toby and his Chin Dimple come in to pull the date-raping Ben off of her. Toby gets in some good punches and pushes Ben against the lockers, and Ben makes some comments about how maybe she's been cheating on him with Toby and she tells him they're done and runs out of the locker room. Why was Toby in the girls' locker room? Is he really the one leaving the "A" messages? Hmm... She should just be glad he was there, because Ben's a total dick.
Aria walks up to the art gallery, and gets all panicked when she sees that Meredith is talking to her mother. Holly Marie Mom makes introductions and doesn't once blink an eye at the fact that the two have already met. Meredith is supposedly looking for some place that has alternative artwork, and as Holly Marie Mom takes the groceries that Aria bought to the back room, she obliviously says that she looks forward to seeing Meredith that night. Wait, I thought the opening was the day? Have we skipped ahead? Whatever. As soon as Holly Marie Mom walks out of the room, Aria bluntly informs Meredith that she's not welcome at the opening because she's a cheating whore. Meredith plays totally dumb, and then just smiles like the Cheshire cat when Aria says she saw the way that Mere looked at her dad the day, so to quit it, because he's a married man. So I guess it is the day. I sometimes wish there were little Law & Order-style timestamps on this show to help me figure these things out.
In Melrose Mom's kitchen, she wants to know how Hanna is getting home from the party. Wilden says that he could pick her up in the squad car, and he wouldn't even use the cuffs. Not sure if that is supposed to sound sexual or not, but it sure is weird. And then Melrose Mom asks if he's heard from the store, and he says that he's still waiting to hear back. Booty call time is a-ticking, Wilden. He then spots Hanna's purse with that horribly ugly Hanna bracelet sticking out of it. He wants to know why it looks familiar, and Melrose Mom says it was a gift from Ali. Wilden lies that she mentioned it while they were talking at her school that day (but wouldn't that have been yesterday?) and MM wants to know why he was at the school in the first place. Melrose Mom isn't thrilled that her kid was questioned a second time, and tells him that he's going to need a search warrant to go through her purse. Because while her daughter may be a thief, she's not a murderer. Then she makes him leave... sounds like someone is going to be getting saddled with a shoplifting record soon.
At Noel's infamous party, Hanna and her hot little red dress are being ignored by Sean, who is playing foosball. Maya and Emily show up, and Em is wearing the least attractive outfit ever; Maya sees Ben and is impressed when she thinks that Emily bruised up his face. Hanna spots Em and waves her over, but Ben stops her first. He seems to think she changed her mind about the party and maybe him, but she assures him that she's not there for him.
Spencer is not at the party. She's staring at her computer, which has a document open that only has her name and the title of her paper written on it. Understandable, as the Russian Revolution is a pretty tough topic to tackle. Her sister's laptop is sitting there unmanned and not at all password-protected, so she grabs it and easily finds the paper that her sister wrote for the same class six years prior. She uses a jump drive to steal the paper and turn it into her own, completely verbatim, and doesn't even bother to alter it at all. Has her sister really had the same Macbook with all of her old high school papers on it for more than six years? Aren't these people rich? Wouldn't she have upgraded at some point? She's just about to send the email with the paper attached to her teacher when her mom and sister walk in griping about their evening at the club. She offers them some of the pasta that she made, but in true bitchy fashion Melissa says she doesn't need to be depressed and fat. The mom says Melissa raises a good point. Hateful. Once the mom goes off to change, Melissa tells Spencer that Wren called and tried to explain that Spencer wasn't to blame and says that she even went to see him in order to clear her name. Melissa calls this totally pathetic. I'd say spending what seems like a Saturday night with a bunch of old ladies at a tennis club with your mother is pathetic, but no one asked me. After Melissa clomps off, Spencer sends the email to her teacher. I guess she feels like her sister owes her.
Back at the party, Hanna is tired of being ignored by Sean, and even Mona has found herself a man to fall all over her. Hanna goes outside to find Aria, Spencer and Emily chatting about how Toby attacked Ben in the locker room. How did Spencer and Aria get here so quickly? Did the gallery opening already happen? Did Meredith show up? These are things I need to know. Aria is more confused about why Toby was in the locker room, and while I was concerned about that a few paragraphs ago, I'm now wondering how they've broken the laws of time and space to get to this party, unless it is a two-day rave. In which case, I understand why Hanna was so upset that Sean was still playing foosball. Spencer says that they shouldn't be surprised, as Toby was a peeping Tom, though Emily says that they never actually saw him do it. Spencer wants to know what Toby's motive was in saving Emily, was it so he could have her for himself? Aria just wants to know if Emily was going to tell them about Ben nearly raping her, if they hadn't asked why she wasn't talking to him. Spencer gets all mom again and says that Toby is dangerous and Emily says this is ridiculous, as he's the one who took the fall for them after "The Jenna Thing." Hanna wants them to talk about it the day at "The Shed." Hanna wanders off to see Sean who has finally quit playing foosball. Aria leaves to go to the gallery to help her mother, but I thought this party was after the gallery opening. And Maya pops up to ask if they've checked out the photo booth at this party. How rich are these kids, exactly? Spencer is left alone as the cute little super chummy girls take off to get their pictures taken. As she drinks, she sees Toby come out of the shadows and move towards her.
Flashback time! There are fire trucks, so it is presumably after "The Jenna Thing" happened, and Spencer sees Alison telling Toby that "she'll make sure everybody knows." Ali yells at Spencer for not staying with the other girls, and when they are all together Aria is just worried about Jenna. Fat Hanna wants to tell the cops that it was an accident, but Alison says that they are keeping this a total secret. Ali then tells Hanna that she's fat and a wannabe and if she wants to stay friends with the rest of these girls that she'll keep her mouth shut. Aria tells Ali to stop it, and Spencer looks horrified. Ali claims that she's freaked out and that she wouldn't have done it, if she'd known someone was in there. They all head off, and Spencer turns and sees Toby being escorted off in a squad car. In present day, Toby stares at Spencer with a knowing glare.
Hanna brings Sean up to an attic/barn sort of area. They are completely alone, and she starts throwing herself at him. In the photo booth, Maya primps her hair because she's planning on replacing her driver's license picture (in which she looks like Snooki) with this new better picture. Not sure that's exactly how that sort of thing works, but Emily wants to see the photo and offers to show Maya her own awful license in exchange. Maya doesn't believe that Emily could have taken a bad picture, since she's "crazy/beautiful." Is this going to turn out like that stupid movie? I hope not. Emily changes the subject to picture-taking, and they do cute stupid pictures, and end with one that's a kiss. The pictures slide out and a shadowy figure takes them. When the girls stumble out of the booth, they can't find their photos, but Maya chalks it up to a lack of paper, and then they go get pizza. Back upstairs, Hanna and Sean are getting hot and heavy as she roots around in her purse for a condom. He asks what she's looking for, and then gets freaked out. She doesn't understand and thinks that upstairs in a spider-filled room is totally a special place for their first time, even with the pounding party music still in earshot. Sean says it isn't about where, and she immediately jumps to the conclusion that it is all about her... because she used to be fat. He says he liked that girl, but doesn't like the new, desperate Hanna. He tries to explain that he still wants to wait and offers her his jacket, but she rebuffs him and just cries in the corner.
At the gallery opening, Aria is serving drinks, and Holly Marie Mom is playing hostess alongside Chad Dad when Meredith walks in. Aria tells Meredith that they talked about this, and Meredith blows her off saying this isn't high school and she can't tell her what to do. Real mature, Meredith.
At the party, Hanna gets a text. "Heads up, hon. Hefty Hanna never gets the guy. -- A" At least this text doesn't look as ridiculous as the ones that Aria gets. This prompts Hanna to rifle through Sean's jacket and grab his keys, before she storms out and takes his car (that has a stupid spoiler on it) and drive away.
Aria knocks on the door of Mr. Fitz's apartment, and tries to invite herself in. He doesn't think that's a good idea. I wonder if his entire script is highlighted with variations of the line "I don't think this is a good idea". She says she didn't know where else to go, and he offers to drive her home. She's teary-eyed and says that it is the last place she wants to be. He asks what happens, and she doesn't want to talk, but he just holds her... in the hallway where anyone could see them. And why with the no talking? How will I know if Meredith totally threw herself at Chad Dad in the middle of the party? I want details here, Aria. I don't think you are concerned enough about my needs.
Hanna has crashed Sean's ugly car into some trees on the side of the road and walks off, leaving it there. Maya drops Emily off (even though they live across the street from each other) and Emily spots Toby sitting on his porch fiddling around with what look like car parts. Yes, it is the middle of the night. Yes it would make more sense for him to do this in the driveway. Perhaps they never replaced the garage? Emily thanks Toby for his help with Ben, even though she's not sure why he helped her. Toby says nothing, but smiles as she walks away and this makes his chin dimple even more than normal. Is he supposed to be the Boo Radley of this story? Saving people, putting himself in danger and doing nice things for the neighbor kids without them knowing? Anyway, Jenna apparently heard the exchange and wants to know why Emily is so appreciative of Toby. He just says it's not what she thinks. What does she think? Is it that he took the blame for them blinding his stepsister?
The day, at the weird tree that's 136 steps from "The Shed" and not actually at "The Shed," Spencer says that she knew that Ali had something on Toby and that's why she shuffled them across the street the night of "The Jenna Thing." The info Ali had seemed way bigger than some possible peeping. They want to know why Spencer didn't fess up before, and she was basically scared of Ali. She thought that night would just go away. I would like to note that the girls are dressed much more appropriately today: there are sneakers and shorts and jeans and, well, Hanna's wearing Uggs, and they all still look ridiculous for a woodsy hike, but still, this is a marked improvement. Emily feels that since there are four girls and one freaky text stalker, that if they just share their secrets instead of keeping everything available for later blackmail, that they will be better off. Aria suggests that instead of putting the shrine out in the woods at "The Shed," that they should see if they can donate a bench or something so that the murderer can see it every day. Hanna sighs like she hates the idea, but then says she just had a rough night. More mysterious footsteps in the woods interrupt their conversation. They go running towards them and look down to see Alison's ugly friendship bracelet lying on the ground.
Out of the woods, we see a printer hard at work spitting out pages and a gloved hand takes out the pages and tapes them to a wall. When we zoom out, we see that the entire wall covered in the photo booth shots of Maya and Emily kissing.
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