Aired on 07.08.2014
Jenna is back. Caleb is back. Ali is back at school. And our favorite blackmailing friend might have awoken from his/her/their nap…it’s like a big reunion party for the 100th episode!
1. “If she’s sad, she could cry in New York.” So Jenna is home in Rosewood to mourn Shana’s death, which like everyone knows about now. In a scene of actually impressive acting, Aria walks into Jenna’s house (I don’t believe that no one in Rosw lock their doors in Rosewood, but okay…) to find her sobbing on the floor of her room. She senses Aria is there, and it is still unclear if she’s actually blind or has parents who are ever at home. Aria feels super guilty about the Shana thing, so she invites Jenna in to vent and have tea, but like five minutes later she’s with her friends in a different outfit. And then Ezra forces her to tenderly stroke his gunshot wound. They make out, and it’s like totally all better now.
2. “You’ll need a jacket.” Mrs. Hastings decides to ditch Mr. Hastings and take Spencer with her to some unnamed place, where it might be cold enough for a jacket. Turns out, that “spa” actually means chilling with a private investigator in this family, and Mrs. H figured out that her lovely husband and even lovelier daughter Melissa were not where they claimed to be on the night of Mrs. D’s murder. Toby’s there for support, but it is confusing how Spencer is down to make out with someone who needs a haircut so badly.
3. “Those kisses weren’t just for practice.” Ali reveals to Emily that her old romantic feelings weren’t actually so one-sided, so they make out in Alison’s bed. And hold hands. And Ali tells Emily that she was her favorite, blah blah. Emily also facilitates a confrontation between Ali and Paige where Paige is a straight–up bitch, and Em pretends Ali attempting to apologize to people is a spectator sport. Somewhere in there are some Frozen jokes because those were trendy when the writers wrote this.
4. “She blue–snarfed us?” So Mona threatens Ali in the creepy church. They slap each other and there are the most ridiculous sound effects and Mona has a scrape that would never actually come from being hit. Either way, Mona’s army of losers is back and sassy in the hallways. Interestingly, the brains behind the operation seem to be Mona, Jenna…and Sydney. Look at that girl finally making herself useful on this show.
5. Bethany Young The name of the Jane Doe in Ali’s grave is announced. She was a seventeen-year-old patient at Radley who escaped the night of Ali’s “kidnapping.” The gang and their pseudo-significant others (okay Toby and Spence are not as pseudo as I wish they were) all gather round to watch the announcement. Then they hear a massive explosion at Toby’s house and hear the sweet, sweet sound of all their phones ringing in unison…