1. Shana is still here… Shana is still in Rosewood, but not for long. She planned to meet Emily and get a bunch of money that Emily stole from Ali’s old room, but instead someone shows up in the back of her car. She wakes up a while later looking at the “You are now Leaving Rosewood” sign with a spray–painted message telling her never to come back. She is sufficiently spooked by A’s hardcore vandalism of city property.
2. “Blame it on my ADD, baby”… There is a really awesome sequence where Spencer stays up all night doing research on Ezra. She is high on “study aid” and everything is sped up in time to the song “Sail” by AWOLNATION. It’s probably the best use of music I’ve ever seen in the show (at least in recent memory). I watched this scene twice because it was so well done. In other news, Spencer is now buying “concentration” drugs even though her file (which Ezra steals) seems to suggest that she has her own ADHD diagnosis.
3. Let’s be honest… Ezra and Aria go out to the cabin, and he gives her a speech about how they need to confide in each other. It is all very dramatic and useless. Neither is more honest after, but at least Aria stays with him for the weekend. As we know, Ezra has a lot to hide, including an A lair in the cabin’s basement where he gets surveillance updates on the girls. Back in Rosewood, Spencer fills Hanna and Emily in on her theory.
4. Aria’s getting annoying… She’s all whiny and dramatic and conflicted. Plus, all her hairstyles in this episode were so bizarre, like the wannabe–Princess Leia buns in the opening. Maybe it’s wrong to find her annoying just because we know something she doesn’t, but it all seems so obvious! It’s like a horror movie, and she’s the girl that keeps opening closet doors and gets surprised when she finds something scary. Your boyfriend is an English teacher dating an underage student. Obviously he has a creepy side.
5. Alison is broke and homeless… With Shana bailing from Rosewood, Ali has no one to get the money she needs to continue moving around. She has thirty dollars left—minus however much the bus ticket to an undisclosed location costs. On the bright side, she has a cute picture of all of the girls in her wallet.
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