taking this one to the grave

Tray is home so we got to watch the mid-season finale together. I was wrong it was not Eddie Lamb who gets killed, although Tray says he’s already dead, I doubt it, he’ll show up later on. At least after this I will have a break for a while.

For some reason this takes place during Thanksgiving, which makes the Halloween episode in a two months out of place. Also Emily was already celebrating Christmas. She also gets back with Paige and distracts Ali while the other Liars infiltrate Radley.

Aria had a small roll this week, she bakes pumpkin pie with Ezra and spills some paint. Same with Hanna, the big news for her is that even though she does not know they are called S.A.T.s she did really well on them so if she can survive A she will go to a good college (although I don’t think her grades are that good, and she did not participate in any extracurricular activities, maybe A messed with her SATs as some twisted prank.)

Her friend Mona was not as lucky, after redeeming herself by helping the liars Mona is the one who ends up dead. Killed by a blonde A, most likely Ali but it could be CeeCee or even Noel in a wig. A takes her body but there is so much blood left in the house that the police declare her dead.

Talking about Police, Officer Toby is back. It seemed like he just left for Police Academy (in Harrisburg) a couple weeks ago, but that was in the summer and now its Thanksgiving, anyway we now know why the cops in Rosewood are not the best; it takes longer to become a barber than it does to become a cop there. It was odd that Tanner was not in this episode and that Holbrook was in it so much (remember when he and Hanna would read the same books?)

Spencer is arrested for the murder of Bethany. The polygraph that Ali took was the nail in the coffin for Spencer. FYI in real life they only ask yes/no questions for a polygraph. Shortly before Spencer is arrested the liars get info that Ali knew Bethany because Ali’s mom was having an affair with Bethany’s dad (they could even be half-siblings like Spencer and Jason). Luckily for Spencer her parents are the best/only lawyers in town so she should have the charges dropped soon.

Mona also finds proof that Ali is A but is killed before she can give that info to the Liars, it doesn’t really matter they already know she is A. what a great mid-season finale!

Well that is all I have to say about that.

no one here can love or understand me

I’m back! I would like to publicly thank Tray (my sister) for taking over and writing the recaps for the past three weeks while I was out of the country. I think she did a great job and should continue doing it. If you enjoyed her recaps leave comments and encourage her to keep the recaps coming.

I bet this episode would make a lot more sense if I watched “Ravenswood” since half of it was about why Caleb is acting so different and continues to drink. It seems like “Ravenswood” had a lot of ghosts and supernatural stuff like fireflies and this episode tied up everything so we will not have any more talk about “Ravenswood”.  They even got a plug in for the new “Ouija” movie (based off the board game, what it worked for “battleship” but what’s next “connect four”?)

Besides Caleb big things happened. The liars were about to out Ali that she was not kidnapped, until they got the message that “we’re all in this together” from A or Ali or Ali is A, they were not sure. It was weird that it was not a text but rather on some old TVs in a store front, what if they missed or ignored it? Texts are easier to send and we know they will read them, but TVs in a store front are more interesting for the viewers like you. They should have checked who owns that store. End result is the same, they don’t tell.

Ali is not present in this episode at all. Apparently her dad took her somewhere while Cyrus is on the loose. Seems like a good idea. Emily has Ezra research who Cyrus is and what is his connection to Ali. He finds out some aliases of Cyrus and that he was arrested for petty crimes but never convicted and no connection to Ali, yet; so basically nothing. Talking about Emily, she wants to get back together with Paige but knows it will be hard, what she does not know it Paige has a new friend, so it will be even harder for Emily.

Aria is upset cause Mike is back with Mona. Her dad tells her that he does not like it either but if they say something it will just bring them closer and they will never get rid of Mona, so just keep an eye on the situation. Mona goes with them to the movie (it was “Strangers on a Train” it’s about two people who meet on a train ride, each of them has someone they want to murder so they swap victims so there is no motive linking them to the murder, it was reinterpreted as a comedy “throw mama from the train”, it’s another Hitchcock film, the writers love Hitchcock) anyway Aria says something to Mona and she cries and we feel bad for Mona, also what’s the deal with Mona and Ice cream cones first she has one on her shirt and then she has them as earrings?

The big reveal this week is Melissa’s secrete. We have been waiting all season for this. She leaves it in a video and if we are to believe her, the night Ali went missing she saw Spencer beat who she thought was Ali but was really Bethany and then buried   her thinking she was protecting her little sister (she claims that she thought they were dead before she buried her but the autopsy showed otherwise) Melissa is now back in London.

Tanner hassles the liars and Arias dad throughout the episode. She’s on to them and since someone gets murdered next week it could be her (we know it won’t be any of the main characters). I think it will be Eddie Lamb he knows way too much and we haven’t seen him since he left Radley. Well, we will find out next week.

Well that is all I have to say about that.

a dark ali

This will be my last week writing this blog as Michael has returned from Unicon17. He didn't come in last place in the marathon so I'd say that is an accomplishment.

As one of our readers pointed out to me, the most important part of this episode was at the end where there is a view of the Farm Show Complex (being used for the PA State Dog Show). And since that was at the end, the rest of the episode is fairly irrelevant but if you care to know more keep on reading.

The liars start out trying to convince Ali that this Cyrus character is a ploy by A but Ali seems to think she knows better (probably because she does). Most of the liars are against her but Emily sticks by her side, especially after she tells her the story of how Cyrus stole her bag and cut her.

Hannah has stopped being an alcoholic and started being a health freak. She seems to be a woman of extremes. She tries her hardest to ignore anything having to do with Ali but fails after her choir tryouts where she runs into Mona. Mona is trying to show off her decent voice when suddenly she faints. Hannah runs to her rescue reminding viewers of the friendship they once had and when Mona comes to, she asks Hannah for her bag. Obviously Hannah takes a peek inside and sees the mug shot of mysterious Cyrus. So even though Hannah was trying to keep her mind off Ali, she follows Mona to find her spying outside the police station with some professional hacking material. Mona reveals that Ali gives her anxiety and that's why she fainted which is somewhat of a bonding moment for the long lost friends.

Spencer is busy leading the charge against Ali trying to convince the liars to turn against her. She takes the evidence she got from Noel Kahn (who was absent in this episode) to her secret hiding space only to discover all of her other secret stuff was gone. As she is frantically looking for it (as if A had taken it out of the secret hiding place but forgot to take it with him/her when he/she left), MelissA walks in. As Emily is rooting for Ali, she points out to Spencer that maybe she should be looking more in the direction of her own sister, prompting Spencer to search through her things. Obviously MelissA catches her because she always seems to show up right when you don't want her to. She tells her that they should be honest with each other but then won't tell her the big secret she is hiding and offers for Spencer to run away with her. At the tale end we catch MelissA confessing on video but obviously cut off before we hear the confession.

Emily spends the whole episode on Ali's side until Ali defies the Liar's wishes and fingers Cyrus. After that all the Liars are in agreement that they need to disconnect themselves from Ali.

Aria is trying to put her mom's heart back together while she tries to figure out her own heart. She clearly loves Ezra but after what happened to her mother, Aria will not accept any mistakes. She begs Ezra not to talk to Ali because it will put him in danger and then he runs into Ali and is too tempted not to. Aria sees the interaction and feels as though she can no longer trust him. Her mom quickly puts herself back together with a shopping trip and the now happier Ella reminds Aria that Zach was an asshole but that doesn't mean everyone is.

Hopefully next week we find out MelissA's secret and see more scenes of Harrisburg. And luckily you will have Mikey back because I'm kind of tired to actually having to pay attention the show when I watch.

March of crimes

Mikey is still unicycling in Montreal so you are stuck with me (Traci) again. At the begining of this episode it appeared as though the Liars were falling apart, but by the end it seems they are back together and pitted against Alli who is becoming increasingly sketchy.

Hannah's drinking continues and gets so bad that her mom finds out. But really who drinks out of a flask? Especially in high school? Hannah is loathing Alli staying with her and avoiding at all costs. She even claims that "even the doorknob smells like Alli." Luckily Spencer points out the bad scripting herself by asking, "Who smells a doorknob?"


Ezra is gone for a second week in a row and now Ella's man is also out of the picture. Even though Aria freaked out at Hannah last week for telling her about Jake she gets pretty skeptical. When she starts questioning Ella about it we find out it's not the first time he's been a creeper. Caleb also finds out and sucker punches Jake only to find out that A got involved in this situation (obviously). The party is ruined and the wedding is off. Ella is crushed and luckily her ex-husband (who we haven't seen in ages) is right there to break her fall.


Spencer heads to the eye doctor to take care of that eye injury and gets her pupils dilated. Do they still do that anymore? My doctor doesn't. While her vision is temporarily impaired she thinks she sees 2 A's (but really one of them is Sydney). She freaks out and makes Emily come, even though she is in the middle of breaking into Noel Kahn's car (which we will get back to). After Spencer gets a note from A in the doctors office, Emily arrives to point out that one of the Jennas is actually Sydney. They are both shocked and appalled that they are friends. While we already knew this, I am still confused as to why Sydney wears blind people sunglasses and only wears them when she is with Jenna. Sydney tries to explain it to Emily but Emily isn't having it.


Emily has her interview with the Coach so she can officially take on the job of Assistant Coach and so that she can notice the super secret binders with locker number assignments (why is that so confidential??) She goes into Noel's locker and gets his car keys. In his car he finds pictures of Alli when she was on the run and the tape recording of Alli that Emily had heard Noel listening to.


Spencer tries to hide the photos and tape in her family's creepy cabin and run's into Noel creepily hiding under some sheets. How did he find her? They fight over the photos and Noel claims he needs them as protection because Alli throws away people once she's done with them. While we are still meant to be skeptical of Noel, that definitely seems to make sense.


As Alli and Mrs. Marin return from the party that never happened, they get a call from the police. Apparently they found the guy that broke into the house and ostensibly captured Alli. Once they get to the station we see a guy committing to Alli's story who we've never met before. Who sent him there? And why would someone commit to years in prison? Maybe he's A? Or maybe Alli sent him to back her story? Who knows really?