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This episode was a little better, not much. We find out more about Charles and what happened to Aria and Spencer in the dollhouse, but nothing really happens.

Ali’s dad finally spills the beans about Charles.  He is her brother, 15 months older than Jason. He, for political correctness, had issues and after an incident where he almost burned/drown baby Ali he was sent to Radley. He lived there the rest of his life till he committed suicide and his ashes scattered at the lake, or at least that’s what they are told, most of the liars believe he is still alive. They also sneak into a warehouse and get his Radley file which does not have much info but lead them to Ali’s aunt who is dead. It reminds Jason of when he went up to said aunt’s house and his mom kept making excuses for him to leave and he thinks he heard someone else there; could it have been Charles or was his mom just having an affair? They go check out the house and find an old headstone labeled Charles, this is enough to convince Ali and Jason that Charles is dead, but Hanna still believed he is alive.

Speaking of Hanna, she is feeling smothered by Caleb. He is around her 24/7 and even places a GPS tracker on her car. He just wants to protect her but she needs her space. Although he does not freak out as much as Aria’s dad. Hanna also is seeing Dr. Sullivan though we don’t see the sessions.

Now that Andrew is out Tanner wants to talk to the Liars. Aria’s dad tells her that they need some more time first. He is very worried about Aria and wants to be with her all the time and know where she is when he cannot. Aria just wants to move on and forget about the dollhouse. She finally goes to develop the pictures she has been taking for the last 3 episodes. She gets locked in the darkroom by A, there is note and all. While there she has flashbacks where Charles/A made her his doll and cut her hair and forced her to dye it herself. She is let out by a nice young man who is in the running for new boyfriend since we are not sure what’s going on wither and Ezra. In the end she finally opens up a little to her dad about the dollhouse.

Emily’s mom has her go to therapy with Dr. Sullivan which we do not see. She seems more concerned about Sara then herself. Sara runs away but comes back, her mom seems like the worst. Emily and Sara are bonding and Emily takes her swimming and she can finally forget about her troubles. It looks like there will be a romance between the two of them.

Spencer is having the most trouble readjusting. She keeps having flashbacks of her waking up covered in blood but not knowing where it is from or how it got there. This is preventing her from sleeping and her mom got rid of her prescribed drugs. She first tries to get the pills that Aria threw out but they are mixed in with too much trash. So plan B is to score some weed from the new baker at the Brew, which is successful, but results in Ezra telling her it won’t fix the underlying issues. I just don’t get why she does not have a doctor get her more pills. FYI they mention medicinal marijuana but as of now it does not exist in Pennsylvania, there is currently a bill in the works but I doubt it would help Spencer even if it does get passed because it is very restrictive.  Also does she not know anyone at school that could hook her up, she has to ask a stranger? Odd.

Side notes

·         The whole, brother with disabilities put into an institution because of almost burning/ drowning baby sibling and then not speaking of said brother is the plot of “Rainman” starring Dustin Hoffman and Thomas Cruise

·         Caleb mentions Hanna’s mom a couple times but we don’t see her, maybe she is busy with her wedding plans

·         What’s with Aria’s parents? Do they have joint custody of the house? Where do they live when the other is using the house and do they use the same bed or have separate ones?

·         Charles/A has trackers on all the liars

·         What’s Andrew up to?

·         Where is Mona?

·         How about Toby?

·         The cops have a whole underground bunker and still can’t find out who did it, how ridiculous

 

 

Well that is all I have to say about that