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Pretty Little Liars: CTRL:A; Or: My Mom’s Recap
It’s a new day in Rosewood, thank God the slumber party and all that creepiness is over. I’m still laying awake at night trying to make some sense of the logic of teenage girls and boys having a sleep over at school. This must be how teen moms get their girls. Anyway, back to this week. Apparently, Emily is back on the swim team and has already had a meet. It must have been a big deal swim meet because the entire school has gathered to greet the team as they arrive back home. As far as I can tell this is a dream come true high school. It is not mandatory that you ever attend, but if you do choose to stop by the day consist of coffee and croissants, then a little gossip and scheming, next you have lunch and if you have a girlfriend/boyfriend of course you are allowed to have a make out session or two and finally a few trip to the ladies room so something terrible can happen. No actual classes, I’m bitter I didn’t attend Rosewood High. While waiting for the Sharks to arrive Hanna and Caleb are snuggling on a bench looking like the cutest couple alive. I love them. Spencer and Aria are discussing their plans to meet the person that knew Vivian. Aria seems a bit leery of the meeting but mother superior insists it must be done. I was hoping to find out she has a bastard half brother would mellow her overbearing pretentious self for a week or two, but I guess not. Aria tells her that their moms have talked and that Spencer’s mom wants Spencer to come back home. Aria says it been a week now and everyone wants to know why she is staying away. I think the better questions is why have Spencer’s parents been home for a week? That has never happened. I guess Law and Order SVU has been on hiatus (Mrs. Hastings looks just like Olivia Benson). I’m not sure why Peter has stuck around. Never fear Spencer they will leave you for dead soon and you can return to living alone in that big DARK house. Finally the Sharks arrive. Their outfits are hideous, the bright blue is so bright I had to put my sunglasses on. The good things is their enormous trophy is the same color as the beautiful track suits so alls well that ends well. They must have won the high school equivalence of the gold medal at the Olympics. People are holding signs, cheering like its the second coming and of course the party will be at Hanna’s. Just when you think the teachers, assuming they have any, would start passing out the liquor to the underage students the mood is ruined by the arrival of the po-po. It’s officer Garrett and some old man I don’t know. The approach sweet, beautiful Caleb with a search warrant to take his computer. They say someone has been hacking into the school’s computers and it traces back to Caleb’s IP address. Garrett asked for his pass words but Caleb says the court order says you can take my computer but not what’s in my head. Gotta love him!! Hanna is worried for Caleb, he tells her don’t worry they couldn’t get into it with a can opener. I’m like Hanna, not feeling good for OUR boyfriend. As Hanna is telling the other little pretties what happened they all receive a text—“Now it’s Caleb’s turn. A”. Say it ain’t so—not Caleb.
Caleb and Hanna have gone to an empty (shocking) classroom to talk. Hanna is freaking out and Caleb says not to worry he didn’t do anything wrong. Hanna tells him she thinks this is payback for his helping them with “A’s” phone. She thinks Garrett has planted some evidence on his computer and if that is the case they will be able to get into it. She must be correct because at the end of last weeks episode we saw someone take his computer while he was sleeping at the damn slumber party. Don’t get me started on that again.
Down the hall Aria is telling Holden she can’t help him if she doesn’t know what he is doing. He comes clean telling her he is going to Philly to practice a martial art. He says his parents don’t like him competing. I think there must be more to this story—we shall see. He says the pills were some pain meds he never even used. Yea, right! Seemed like a lot of pills for someone that doesn’t use them. He tells her tomorrow night is a big one and he needs her help to get out. She agrees to a pretend date.
Back in the “classroom” Caleb is telling Hanna his password as he is trying to get in to erase all the files. It’s a combo of first letters from everywhere he has lived some numbers and an exclamation point after the numbers. The number seem to mean something to him but Hanna doesn’t have a clue. He is being blocked. Now Hanna isn’t the only one looking afraid.
Down the hall Ella and Byron are having a talk in yet another empty classroom. Ella is ready to loosen the leash on Aria, mainly because she is tired of being a taxi service for them. Ella thinks they could take the train, Byron thinks maybe they could do something is Rosewood. They fight about Byron being too extreme and he says “dating your English teacher is extreme. We’re just being parents”. He does have a good point here but this is when Ella should stand up to him and remind him of his dating a student. At least Ezra is single or at least we think he is. I really despise both of them. Byron has a gigantic case of short mans complex and Ella acts like a scared battered women. I would not cry if they both fell in front of a oncoming train.
Spencer goes to the Dilaurentis Commercial Properties, but it is closed. I guess she is looking for her half brother Jason. She spots him at a fruit stand talking to Maya. Did we know they know each other? I do think I said a few weeks ago I thought we would know the man she slept with. Might be Jason. I really think Maya is bad news and that Emily could do SO much better. Back to Jason and Spencer. Things are tense at first but eventually they start to talk. Spencer wants to know why he left the night she was arrested and why he has returned. From the look of his hair I think maybe he got a bad perm and was waiting for it to relax before returning. Been there done that. They both ignore the bad hair situation and get down to business. Jason tells Spencer he found another box in Allison’s room at the grandmothers house. If was filled with letter from Spencer’s father to Jason’s mom and $15,000 in cash. Three envelopes each with $500. They both agree that Allison must have found the letters and then stated blackmailing their dad.
All four PLLs are now at Josie’s Roadhouse diner for the meet and greet with the mystery man from the phone number in Vivian’s coat. I guess Aria drew the short straw because she is alone at one booth waiting to meet the mystery man while the other three are at the next booth in case she needs back up. It doesn’t take long for a creepy man to sit down with Aria. I was hoping for another hot guy to enter the picture but that is not the case. He tells Aria he worked for the phone co and that Vivian came in looking for information. She told him her friend Allison was getting texts from someone and wanted to know who was sending them. He agreed to get the info for her for a price. He gave her the information and she never paid him. Does he not own a TV? Even a hobo knows you never give the info before you get your hot little hands on the cash. They may be able to play this mo. He assumes Aria is Allison and say he will give her the info for the money Vivian owes him. He tells her it will cost her $2,000. He tells her never to call that number again and gives her a new one in case she comes up with the money. She is to ask for Jonah. After Jonah leaves the girls all sit together and have a pity party about not being able to come up with that amount of money. They all look to Spencer but she says her accounts have been on lock down since she was arrested. Maybe Spencer can get the money from her new brother, or her father since he is so eager to get back on her good side. Anyway you look at it the money is going to have to come from Spencer, I don’t think Ashley would be so lucky if she steals from the bank again.
Caleb calls the police to see when he can get his computer back. He tells them he needs it back because he is high school students and has papers to write and home work to do. REALLY? SERIOUSLY? Who is he trying to fool. Everyone knows that school does not have real classes, not since Ezra left. He taught the only class. They tell Caleb he can have it back if he cooperates with them. At the police station Garrett is messing with Caleb’s computer when another cop maybe detective he’s in real clothes tells Garrett they have a turned up a missing piece of the puzzle dealing with Allison’s death. He says it has something to do with the missing page from the autopsy report. Garrett turns a nice shade of green. He must think they know he and Jenna took page 5. Then the guy shows him a picture that we can’t see and he is not longer green. The smirk on his face tells me it must be bad news for the PLLs.
“Short man complex” returns to his cars to find a note from A. It tells him where Aria will be that night. She and Ezra have plans to meet at a restaurant in Philly at 8:30. If he catches them he will really be unbearable. Have I mentioned that I hate him and mealy mouthed wife too?
It looks like the party might not be very festive. Hanna wants her mom to hire a lawyer to help Caleb. She says no. Maya comes in telling Emily they needs to talk and then the police call saying Mrs. M and Hanna need to come down. Maybe Hanna should leave the party planning to someone else. Has she forgotten she and Lucas almost ended up swimming with the fishes after her last party. Maya and Emily go upstairs to talk. Maya tells Emily her mom found an old joint when they were going thought some old stuff. Maya’s parents don’t believe that it is old. They are going to send her back to True North. Emily sayS she will never let Maya go. I thought that too about Jim H. when I was your age. Never is a long when you are in high school. I think Maya leaving will be the best thing for Emily. Maya is going to bring her down. Now I am thinking Maya meeting with Jason earlier might have been a drug run.
Hanna and her mom (I always want to write sister) are at the police station. Now I know why that cop talking to Garrett seemed familiar. He’s the cop Ashley dated for a while. Dated might not be the correct word. He tells them a missing page from Allison’s autopsy might be a clue they are missing and then shows them the picture he showed Garrett. It’s Hanna, Emily and Spencer dressed as candy stripers from a security camera outside the morgue. Somebody’s got some explaining to do. Hanna plays dumb, it’s not a stretch so she’s good at it. She doesn’t answer any question and Officer Wilden lets them leave. On the way out Ashley jokes about needing her own parking space at the police station. She is taking it very well. Hanna tells her they dressed up as a joke, she doesn’t believe that. She then tells her mother they didn’t take the page and Ashley does believe her about that.
Aria is getting ready for her pretend date with Holden and real date with Ezra. Little man comes in to quiz her about where she and Holden are going and he looks very smug as he thinks he will be catching his lying daughter in a few hours. Ella comes in to see if Aria is ready to leave. If looks could kill little man and Ella would both be dead. Not from Aria but each other. I am thinking this marriage is not going to last much longer. Speaking of this family where is Mike? Did they send him away? I don’t really care, Aria is the only member of that family I like. After little man leaves the room Ella tells Aria she doesn’t understand why she and Holden always have to go to Philly for their dates. Aria says more to do there—duh! Then Ella says Holden’s mom would like them to stay closer because of Holden’s heart condition. So that’s the rest of Holden’s secret.
Back at the Marin’s house the party got started while Hanna and her mom were at the police station. Ashley’s looks non to happy about all the people and just goes upstairs. Can’t blame her for that, her life is not a piece of cake. Hanna fills Emily and Spencer in on her trip to the police station. They all assume Garrett must have taken the page since they didn’t. Spencer says she is going to talk to Jonah and find out who is behind it all. Hanna wants to know if she found $2,000.000 while she was at the police station. Spencer give her “that look” then says she is going home. I guess she is going to get the money from dear old dad. Spencer goes back into her house and as usual it has that one table light on with a 25 walt bulb. As she is about to go upstairs she picks her dads checkbook. Just then her dad comes in and drops the checkbook and starts upstairs. Daddy wants to have a talk. He tells Spencer he made a series of bad decisions. Spencer says you make it sound like a business deal. ”You cheated and got somebody’s else’s wife pregnant.” He admits it and say she kept the baby and lied to her husband. They moved to Atlanta and then he and Spencer’s mom married. Spencer wants to know why they moved back and Peter says he never asked, he was afraid she would tell him. Spencer tells her dad Jason thinks Allison knew long before any of them and was blackmailing him. She tells him about the letters and money Jason found. He tells Spencer he never gave any money to anyone in that family for any reason.
Back to Philly. Little man also made the trip. He came a little early to the restaurant Aria and Ezra are planning to meet. He thinks he is so smart. Jokes on you Mr. short man, Aria followed Holden to his martial arts competition—I’m guessing she won’t be making it to the restaurant tonight. Aria confronts Holden about his condition. He tells her he has an abdominal aortic aneurysm. That it could rupture at any time. Holden goes in for his fight. Aria texts Ezra to reschedule just as he is getting to the restaurant. He sees little man but little man doesn’t see him. They live to make out another day.
After leaving her house Spencer met with Jason to tell him about the talk she had with their father. Spencer believes that he did not give the money to Allison, Jason still thinks it was him. Spencer just wants him to consider that it might be someone else and if so they need to know who. Back at the Sharks party Maya is sitting all alone because she says she doesn’t fit in. She wants Emily to leave the party with her and Emily wants to stay at the party because the party is for her. Later Emily walks outside looking for Maya just in time to see her light up. I’m going to say it again—Maya will just bring Emily down. There have to be lots of nice gay girls. Emily can do better. Emily and Maya have a fight about the joint her mom found not really being old. Emily is upset that Maya would light up at her friends house with her team mates all around. Maya says enough about your teams mates and complains about not fitting in as well as Emily does. Maya says she going to San Francisco she wants Emily to run a way with her. Emily says she can’t. It’s time to stop giving Emily wackos for girlfriends. She deserves better.
Caleb calls Hanna to say he’s at the police station. He says “Hanna, listen to me. I’m in a really hot spot right now. I need your help.” This seems to be code for hack me in now with the password I showed you. Officer Wilden is telling Caleb to log into his computer and no funny business. Garrett is also in the room and Caleb asks Garrett if he’s sure he wants Wilden to see what’s on the computer. Garrett doesn’t look at all worried. I think Caleb is just trying to stall hoping Hanna can hack in before he has to. Hanna sends a SOS to Spencer for help. Hanna remembers the letters are the first letter of all the places he has lives and that there were some numbers and an exclamation point. They are too slow and the police now have access to the files on Caleb’s computer. They make him move away from the computer. Suddenly Hanna remembers the numbers and they are also in Caleb’s computer. Only problem is they don’t know what to do now that they are in. The good thing is that the police also don’t know what they are looking for. Hanna see a file named “hefty” she opens it and it is loaded with personal info from the school. Just as Garrett andWilden click into “hefty” the files all start deleting. They think Caleb has done something to make them disappear but he just says see I told you I was being hacked. He looks so pleases and so so handsome.
Back in Philly Holden has just won his fight. Aria is happy he didn’t die. She tells him he is crazy to keep fighting. Aria’s phone rings and it is nosey pain in the ass little man. He is so sure he can still catch Aria in a lie so he asked to speak to Holden. She may be lying but the jokes on you little man. When Holden gets on the phone little man is finally at a lose for words. I’m sure he will go home and take his embarrassment out on Ella. I don’t like her either so I don’t care what he does to her.
It’s been a long frighting night for Hanna and Celeb but they just look like and happy in love couple when she picks him up from the police station. I couldn’t love them more. I like to think since I can’t have him that they are a couple in real life. She lets him know she was having trouble remembering the numbers until she thought of the first time they “you know?” She says you should have told me and he so cutely says “Hanna there’s an exclamation point.” Are people that sweet in real life? I know my special valentine is not.
Spencer is sitting in the dark, that really should go without saying, in her house. Looks like it is parents free again. Jason comes by to apologize to her. He tells her she was right he doesn’t want to think Allison was blackmailing someone other then Petter. Peter is the easy one for him to hate. They decide they are very much alike. Spencer tells him she knows why Allison needed some of the money that she was looking for someone that was trying to hurt her. Jason wants to know who and Spencer tells him she thinks she can find out but he is going to have to trust her $2,000 worth.
Emily calls Maya leaving a voicemail saying “Don’t do anything until we talk. I love you.” Someone is watching her from outside.
My DVR cut off before the previews for next week so can’t talk about that. I can’t stop thinking about how easy it was for Mona last week to get into the schools computer files. Anyone think she put that file on Caleb’s computer? Is that too obvious? Sometimes the obvious is to throw us off and sometimes it’s just is what it is.
Until next week……got a secret, can you keep it?
