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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Season 4, Episode 12: 'Now You See Me, Now You Don't'

Kathy Zerbib |
August 28, 2013 | 11:13 a.m. PDT

Film Editor

It all ends in Ravenswood (ABC Family).
It all ends in Ravenswood (ABC Family).
Previously on "Pretty Little Liars," Aria finally came around and talked to Ezra. Rosewood High hosted quite a hoedown. Cece was practically confirmed as Red Coat. Now, without further ado, here's the summer finale!

The girls are at Spencer's house and Hanna is worried about her mom, as usual. Ashley isn't exactly cleared yet, even though Travis proved her innocence. A package comes to the Hastings' home and they open it up to find a bunch of figure 8 balls with the girls' names on them. The balls warn the girls that if Ashley gets off, A is coming for them. Was World War A just declared?

When Caleb and Hanna go to the police station later, they recieve news that Ashley is officially cleared and finally a free woman. Yay! It's about time.

Back at school, Ezra thanks Aria privately for coming over and talking to him. She says she was happy to talk to him... As a friend. Womp, womp.

Emily and Paige are outside of the school. Paige is worried about Cece, since she's practically everywhere. Emily tries to reassure her that the struggle is practically over. Regardless, Paige wants Emily to sleep over at her house, so that Paige knows her girl is safe. Awhhhh.

Meanwhile, Spencer has been trying to reach Toby. So far, not so good. He isn't answering the phone and Spencer is getting worried.

What's the first thing Ashley does as a free woman? Gets dressed in her cutest black dress and goes out on a date with her pastor-boyfriend, of course. The girls are at Hanna's house when they get another package. In it, is a kid's coffin with a Mona doll inside. A text from "A" warns them that Mona's going to die because Hanna won... And "A" is making sure the girls go down for it. They call Radley and find out Mona is either gone or transferred from Radley.

The girls rejoin their significant others for date night. Aria isn't having too good of a time, though, as her mind goes to Ezra when things don't work out as great with Ezra. She heads out to the coffee shop, where she - surprise, surprise - sees Ezra. One thing leads to another, and they end up on a couch, kissing! Aria tries to play it off, but too late. Well, well, well. Red Coat is tuning in to the whole thing.

A third package turns up at the Hastings' home. Spencer opens it up to find a huge saw. There's also a note telling the girls to watch "A" make a girl disappear. Mona? One of the girls? Cece? They decide to head to creepy Ravenswood to investigate for "A."

Their search has taken them to The Great Carlemagne. The masked magician has Aria come up as a volunteer. He claims he'll make her disappear, but she makes it out and the girls realize Emily is gone instead! 

Emily wakes up and is trapped in a coffin! She's going straight for a saw! Of course, the girls are trying to save her. Red Coat shows up and turns off the saw. The girls whirl around and see another Red Coat fleeing up the stairs. Spencer goes after one Red Coat, while Aria chases Cece down. They struggle a bit and Aria uses her brand-new karate skills, but Cece falls off the railing and falls to the floor. She gets up and flees when the girls have their backs turned.

The girls regroup. Spencer chased the other Red Coat to "A"'s lair. Surprise, surprise - it's full of pictures of Ali. Huge pictures, timelines of events on everyone in Rosewood, and a police monitor used to track the girls. "A" is monitoring the streets, alarm systems, etc.

Shocker of all - "A" is a guy! Looking at the stuff on the wall, they realize "A" is actually after Red Coat. Even more surprising, "A" was plotting to find Alison in Ravenswood! She's alive!

The girls run into Mrs. Grumwald on their way back, who admits that she didn't tell the girls the truth. She knows Ali. She found Ali in the ground the night of her attack and pulled her out. Ali is alive, but she doesn't want to be found. "A" knows this and was hoping to find her at a party in Ravenswood that same night. The girls decide to sneak in to the party to find Ali and settle everything.

The camera cuts back to the lair. There's a man in black standing there. He's furious, of course. Guess who? It's EZRA! Yes, EzrA is "A"! Alison is undoubtedly the other Red Coat and she led the girls straight to Ezra's lair to discover the truth. Wow. And Aria kissd him! Too bad the girls don't know...

So there you have it. The great reveal is that Ezra Fitz is "A." Wow. Who expected this? Sure, this explains a few things, like Connor's smashed car, Ian's death, and general "A" activities that require strength and agility. But, wow. Ezra seemed like such an average cookie-cutter and now we discover he's a bad boy and the "older guy" Ali was seeing/scared of seeing. He's after her and she has to hide out. The chills are real right now.

That wraps up the summer season finale! Now, the wait begins for the next "PLL" premiere. Thanks for reading Neon Tommy's weekly recaps!

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