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.