welcome to the dollhouse

I’ll say it. “I liked this episode”. It was pretty good. It brought back the show to its roots where A controlled the Liars, it had a major twist (Mona is alive), and a big revel who A is. Now we just need to know who Charles is. Well, let’s get to the recap.

We start off with the Liars being taken to jail in the back of a transport vehicle. Hanna assures the rest that prison is the worst, and spencer reassures them that it will be ok because no matter what they have each other. Boom, they are in an accident and A kidnaps them.

They each wake up separately in what appears to be their own bedroom but everything is slightly off. They are locked in a prison/dollhouse/nightmare. The doors open and they are instructed over the PA system to go down the hall, there is someone else there, it looks like Ali but its, surprise, Mona. Mona has been there since her “murder” and A has forced her to become Ali. A has them play “mystery date” and invites them to senior prom but the Liars act up and A turns on an ear bleeding siren that does not stop until they each go back to their cell.

At night we find out that Mona does know that she is Mona and not Ali, she just needs to play along. Also the power goes out each night, but there is not enough time to escape before it goes back on.

A has the Liars put on the senior prom and assigns each of them to a committee.  Spencer tells A that they need better decorations and when A supplies said decorations, Spencer uses them to MacGyver a device that will blow the power so they can escape. She also figures out that A has a name, Charles.

At prom they get Charles to come out of the shadows and they set off the device, it works and they are able to escape at least from the prom. Spencer sees an old home movie at an apple orchard of Charles, Ali’s mom, another boy Charles age and baby girl. I’m going to guess that Charles is Ali’s brother; Ali is the baby in the video and the other boy is Jason. It could even be that Charles and Jason are twins meaning that Charles is Spencer’s half-brother. Anyway, they are able to get outside but there is an electric fence preventing them from going any further and woods for miles and miles so no one to help them.

While this is going on the boyfriends are trying to save them. Toby is even helping and talks to Spencer’s parents about it. Tanner is not helpful and thinks that they are planning something big. Caleb hacks into a bunch of stuff and after he is taken into custody and the Hastings (the only lawyers in town) represents him, he is able to locate the transport vehicle. Oh, I forgot to mention that the Hastings now know about A, have called Melissa about, have talked to Ali about it and are helping the boyfriends.

The transport vehicle is at an abandoned apple orchard, where the Hasting use to take the girls, and the same one from Charles’ movie. The cops fan out searching and Toby finds something, it’s A’s lair.  They are able to get video of the Liars being held but there is no one to be found. As mentioned earlier the Liars are in the middle of nowhere, trapped by A/Charles stuck until next season.

·        What was with the gasmask? Will it come up next season

·        Andrew was listening to the Hastings call, why, is he working for Charles/A

·        There were no bathrooms in the prison/dollhouse

·        Now that they know Mona is alive they will have to release Ali and give her a huge settlement

·        I hope all of next season takes place in the prison/dollhouse

 

Well that is all I have to say about that