With Ali back in town, it’s only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose. Let’s discuss what happened:
1. BFFs?: It was sweet that the girls thought they could trust Ali. Like really, my heart melted at their innocence. COME ON! Did they really think that Ali would tell everyone the truth and come clean about the whole Jenna thing? Instead of telling the truth, Ali goes wayyy left and claims that she was kidnapped for two years. They must not have realized that their show is called “Pretty Little Liars,” the word “liars” being the most important part of the equation. Bless their hearts.
2. Reunited, and it feels so good?: With the girls back in town, it only makes sense that their parents would pop up for the first time in forever. As always Ms. Marin and Mrs. Hastings prove to be the parents with the most sense, chiding their daughters for keeping Ali a secret. They are both classy, sassy ass ladies who deserve more from this world. Aria needs a mom like them because this girl is freaking out! Killing Shauna was too much for her to handle and homegirl is having nightmares about Shauna, and violin music. She’s starting to look like Spencer in her teen addict phase. She also wants to confess but when has that ever worked this show? Exactly.
3. The boys are back: Manly Magic Mike, who will from now on be referred to as MMM (said like “mmm,” not triple M) is the only one there for Aria, since her parents are no longer with us. Seriously, where are they? Anyway, Mike tries to show some concern for Aria when he hears about Ezra but because she’s the worst, she’s not having it. Poor MMM also shows off his ability to plead like a puppy when he tries to help Mona on her Mission to End Bullying and Bring Peace to Rosewood. (That’s the formal title of her operation to get Ali, I’m sure.) Toby the teen wolf came back as well! Him and Spencer had some sexy reunion time and kissed to One Republic, the TV background music of our time. (Seriously, their songs are like in every show since “Grey’s Anatomy.” Or am I confusing them with that other one? You know that one song about saving someone’s life.) But what it going on with Toby’s hair? Like I can’t, can’t, can’t. He looks like the bad boy from some 90s made for tv movie. But props to him for trying to get the truth out of the devil known as Melissa.
4. Is Ali’s dad a silver fox? I went back and forth about this the whole episode. Sometimes I’d be like “awww, yeah” and other times I thought his emotional face looked more like he was constipated. With Ms. D BURIED IN THE BACKYARD, Mr. D has to step up as parental unit. He tells the kids they’re getting a divorce and expresses concern about Jason’s psychopathic like tendencies. His kids are a mess and he’s doing his best but I don’t see this family having a little happy life from now on. But he did let Ali keep Pepe, the rando dog Mrs. D supposedly adopted.
5. What’s your problem J?: You’d think a guy as sexy as Jason DiLaurentis wouldn’t have any problems in his life. Like his hair is perfect for a shampoo commercial, he has the face of a guy from Dream Phone, and his abs were made for a Bowflex ad. But in the world of Rosewood, he’s the guy with a formerly dead sister, and mommy issues. Emily and Spencer go through his trash and find out that he was in NY when they were as well. Emily begins to think that Ms. D covered up Jason burying Ali the night she went missing. He goes around the rest of the episode making thinly veiled threats towards the girls but he actually looks shocked when they find Ms. D’s body in the backyard.
ALSO: MONA IS THE HBIC!! She’s a creepy little gremlin but she lets Ali know that she knows the gang was in New York and that she should have stayed “dead,” dun-dun-dunnn! She gets all the points for making crazy look that good and sympathetic.
So. Many. Questions. Until next time!
Your Pretty Little Liars Cheat Sheet: Season 5, Episode 2
