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'Pretty Little Liars' Season Finale Recap: 'A Dangerous Game'

Kara Prior |
March 19, 2013 | 11:04 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

The Season 3 finale of Pretty Little Liars took us on a wild ride this week and definitely answered some of our most burning questions; but as PLL tends to do, it brought up even more questions than ever. Here are the highlights from the mind-blowing finAle:

The girls reunite after Spencer's release from Radley (ABC Family)
The girls reunite after Spencer's release from Radley (ABC Family)
Spencer on the A Team?: Spencer is finally released from Radley, but is she fully recovered? Aria, Emily, and Hanna don’t seem to think so. Especially after she eerily asks them to show up at her parent’s soiree this weekend to celebrate her recovery from “exhaustion”, as her parents put it. In last week’s episode, “I’m Your Puppet” it was revealed that Spencer had joined the A team because she kidnapped Ezra’s son Malcolm and brought him to a puppet show when Aria was supposed to pick him up from school. As we recall in the Season 2 finale: “Unmasked”, Mona had asked Spencer to join. Last week, when Mona visited Spencer in Radley and pointed out how bad things have become for her since she refused, she asks her to reconsider. The finale reveals Spencer’s true loyalties.

It's a heartbreaking demise for "Ezria"
It's a heartbreaking demise for "Ezria"

The End of Ezria: As if finding out that your boyfriend has a seven-year-old son isn’t bad enough, Aria once again faces the possibility of having Ezra as a teacher yet again. Ezra gets offered a substitute teaching position at Rosewood High, and Byron makes it perfectly clear to Aria that they can’t see each other in those circumstances. "Ezria" just can’t catch a break. Accordingly, Aria tearfully breaks up with Ezra, even though he says he won’t take the job for her. However, they don’t exactly rule out the future, seeing as Aria graduates in seven months.

Jenna’s Return: We haven’t seen Jenna in a while, but she makes a comeback for the finale. It’s revealed that she has a thing with—Shana! Shana always seemed mysterious, and Hanna expresses her distaste for her this episode when she says, “I hate her because she flirts with everybody but me”. Hmmm…you’ve got to wonder what her true motives are, but Jenna and Shana just seem suspicious together. What are they up to? Especially when it is shown that the two of them, along with Melissa, saved Wilden after Ashley ran over him. Wait…how do they know him? And, why would they save him? 

Spoby’s Back!: One of the most pressing questions this season and the past few weeks has been Toby’s intentions and if he's really dead. This week Emily was proved to be correct when he was most certainly shown to be alive and well. It turns out that Mona faked his death so she could crack Spencer. He also confirmed his double-agent status to Spencer when she pretended to be Mona at the diner they frequent. Together they came up with a plan to take down Mona and Red Coat. There’s also a very steamy love scene in store for all you Spoby fans.

Is Alli the girl in the red coat? (ABC Family)
Is Alli the girl in the red coat? (ABC Family)
A is for…Ali?: We finally discover that redcoat is Alison. Hanna, Spencer, and Mona all see for themselves that Alison is the girl in the redcoat. But, can we be sure? Or is it just another hallucination?

Junk in the Trunk: Remember how Wilden was so panicked about getting his police car back? We kept thinking, “What was he hiding in that car?” At the end of the episode, Wilden’s car is resurrected, and by the looks of shock and disbelief on the girls’ faces, whatever it is in his trunk isn’t pretty. 

Thankfully we won’t have to wait long for all these questions to be answered, because season 4 premieres June 11th on ABC Family!.



 

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