Creepy Lucas. This is the first episode this season we’ve really gotten to hear from Lucas. And he’s not doing so well. I’m not sure what has gotten him to spiral down so quickly. After going to visit Mona and basically dropping it in hints to Caleb, its getting pretty obvious that Lucas is on the A-Team. I’ve posted before that I think he joined after being constantly rejected by Hannah. His interactions with her tonight aren’t making me change her mind.

Jenna Thing. Between Lucas basically wearing an A-Team sweatshirt and Jenna being followed by the Liars, it seems as if these A-Team members are getting very careless.

Yes, I still think Jenna has something to do with the A-Team. Girl was lying about being able to see, I don’t see why she wouldn’t be lying now. Out of everyone, she has the most reason to hate all of the Liars. I’m sure we’ll see more about her connections to the A-Team and possibly Allison’s murder.

Baby Fever. So Melissa is lying…again. But why would she lie about when she had her miscarriage? Unless she was never pregnant. Or if she gave the baby up for adoption. I can’t see her doing that though. Perhaps Melissa had her miscarriage long ago and was pretending to be pregnant as a cover-up. Perhaps she is the Black Swan. There’s a lot more here to explore and I can’t wait to see where it goes. We can add Melissa into the group of crazy bitches on this show.

“A” Watch. So Mona is clearly crazy but I think she also knows exactly what she is doing. That’s the most dangerous kind of crazy person. She clearly doesn’t like Caleb and resents him for coming in between her and Hannah. Watch out Caleb, she might send the A-Team after you.

As for the new “A” (who was busy keeping her vodka on ice with Allison’s body during craft time) is the the first episode where the girls haven’t gotten an “A” text/threat. This new “A” is slacking a bit. I guess it was “A” who sent the note to the school about Ella’s favoritism for Emily. But Ezra scooped in to save the day there.

So either this new “A” is complacent or she is coming up with something really good. It’s most likely the second one.

Another great episode from Pretty Little Liars. Season 3 sure is starting out strong. Here’s a deeper look at some of the mysteries.

A for Affair? So the new “A” set her sights on Aria by sending an earring that Aria had left in Allison’s grave. (Also, the teeth necklace, very gross. This “A” sure isn’t messing around). The earring made Aria tell the others how she and Allison had trashed her father’s office, framing Meredith, the woman he was having an affair with. Aria eventually coughed up the truth to her father as well.

Now, Meredith told Aria that earring wasn’t hers. Which could lead to three options. 1) Meredith is lying. 2) Byron was having another affair. 3) Allison planted the earring. I don’t think the first option comes into play. Meredith would have no reason to lie, its not like everyone doesn’t already know about the affair. My best guess is Allison planted the earrings so she and Aria could have some fun trashing the office. It totally seems like something she would do.

Side note, how awful was it that Byron made Aria apologize to Meredith? I don’t remember Meredith ever apologizing to Aria for having an affair with her married father!!

Now it would seem that only Allison and Aria ever knew about this office trashing. This would help support my Allison is alive theory. Except that we already saw that Mona/the A-Team has Allison’s journals. She easily could have written about it there, causing the new “A” to know about it. Regardless, I still think Allison/or someone that looks like her is alive. And running around in a red jacket.

Bitch Can See. Is it just me, or was Jenna really careless with the fact that she can now see. I mean as if driving a car around weren’t enough of a giveaway, she was acting more blind than last year, taking off her sunglasses to look at things and picking up an earring when she didn’t even know if anyone else was in the bathroom! Maybe being blind, Jenna forgot that everyone can see what she’s doing! It’s like she wanted the PLL to catch her. And just as I thought, it was Jenna driving the convertible that took Emily to the graveyard that night. I’m surprised Emily remembered so quickly and that the girls found out Jenna can see after only her first episode back. What will they do with this information?

“A” Watch. Mona remained mostly silent, until she asked if Hannah was getting the text messages again. Clearly, this was either preplanned or someone else is coming to see Mona and giving her information. We saw someone in red come and visit her at the end of last season. Maybe Mona is still very much part of the A-Team.

Pretty Little Liars returned in fine form for season 3! The girls being in the cemetery the night Allison’s body was taken is clearly the new Jenna Thing. How long will this secret stay under lid? I dig deeper into the episode, looking at the key mysteries and actions of the so called A-Team.

Emily…Secret “A”gent? I’m worried that Emily didn’t spent her summer in building houses but was actually being brainwashed into becoming some sort of sleeper agent. Two mysterious phone calls (one from Spencer’s phone) got Emily to end up over Allison’s dug up empty grave holding a shovel. Later, Emily started to remember things, including being in a convertible. Didn’t we see Jenna driving a convertible in last season’s finale? Not a lot adding up and I’m interested to see what Emily remembers (or what she does next time she gets drunk).

Allison’s Missing…Again. So Allison’s remains are taken just before a judge can order them exhumed for some reason in Garrett’s murder case. We did actually see Allison in the episode. Well actually Mona did, sitting in her red jacket. All this is leading me to my latest Allison theory.

Now, I’ve never read the books the series is based on, but in those books Allison has a twin that is involved as “A”. Of course the tv show is making changes from the books but I think something close to that is happening here. I think there is another girl that looks like Allison (aka her twin). Now either the twin died and the real Allison is alive, or Allison died and the twin is now running around. And I believe either Allison or the twin is the one really calling the shots as “A”. She’s the one that visited Mona at the end of last season. And she’s the one that loves to wear red jackets. Regardless, I think someone with Allison’s face is really calling all the shots.

A-Team Assemble. I don’t know why Spencer is so surprised that Mona had help carrying out her “A” actions. Didn’t Mona basically spell it out to her that there was an A-Team? At least the girls now know, after getting a new text message from “A” and having Spencer’s car filled with pictures of them at the cemetery.

So who could be on the A-Team? I think the usual “A” suspects still apply. Melissa was seen on the tape and did not like Allison (also did we find out if she had Ian’s fetus yet?). Not-blind Jenna is surely up to no good and almost connected to everyone. It seems more likely that Garret was just the fall guy and not actually behind the A-Team. And Lucas is becoming more creepy by the moment, sneaking around late at night (maybe he dug up Allison’s body). I said before that I don’t think Lucas was a member of the A-Team when we first met him, but snapped after becoming rejected by Hannah far to many times. Many people to watch and most of them weren’t even in the episode.

“A” Watch. A regular heading from my PLL Rewatch Posts, its not as hard to keep track of “A” now that Mona’s locked away in the nuthouse. I think she’s most likely faking her heightened condition. And “A” still likes to be all knowing, as we saw Mona get out of her bed to eavesdrop on Hannah and Wren. Something tell me the A-Team might have planted her right where they want her.

Pretty Little Liars returns for season 3 in three days! To tide you over while you wait, why not take a look back at the first season. My rewatch looked at episodes now that we know Mona is “A”, while also trying to guess who might be a part of the A-Team. I wanted to get to season 2, but there just wasn’t enough time in between the seasons. But with season 3 starting, I think I’ll do a weekly recap looking at the mysteries of the show and all the “A”/A-Team stuff.

After you’ve gone through the rewatch, if you really can’t wait, the first ten minutes of the premiere have been posted online (and I’ve posted it below after the jump). It already looks really good.

1×01 Pilot

2×13 The First Secret *

1×02 The Jenna Thing

1×03 To Kill a Mocking Girl

1×06 There’s No Place Like Homecoming

1×10 Keep Your Friends Close

1×11 Moments Later

1×12 Salt Meets Wound

1×13 – 1×20

1×21 Monsters in the End

1×22 For Whom The Bell Tolls

* I looked at the prequel second in the rewatch series and mention back to it in many latter episodes.

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After the “Pretty Little Liars” season 2 finale where *SPOILER ALERT* Mona was revealed to be “A”, I’m taking a look back at the previous episodes to track the actions of “A” now that we know it’s Mona.

Episode 1×22 “For Whom the Bell Tolls”

Spencer runs into Ian at church. Let’s just say he’s not acting very holy.

The Jenna Thing. How do these girls not suspect that Jenna had something to do with Allison’s murder. They corner Jenna, who finally admits that Allison visited her the day before she disappeared/was murdered. Allison showed (or let Jenna listen to) the videos she had found of Jenna admitting to Toby that she would lie about their relationship. Allison told Jenna she would keep the videos private as long as Jenna kept quiet about “The Jenna Thing”. And that Jenna couldn’t return to Rosewood.

Jenna told the PLLs this and yet they still think she had nothing to do with Allison’s murder! She has the perfect motive for wanting Allison dead! Allison was blackmailing her and the next day she went missing! And Jenna returned the very day of Allison’s funeral, finally able to return to Rosewood. I don’t see how the girls can be so clueless about Jenna’s involvement. She might be blind, but she’s not totally incapable.

Lucas Makeover? When Mona sees that Lucas is upset that Hannah is hurting over Caleb leaving town, she tells him her mean girl behavior was just her having fun. She was surprised to see that Lucas genuinely cared about Hannah. She then offers to take him under her wing, giving Lucas a full image makeover so that he might be able to win Hannah once and for all.

We don’t see Lucas take Mona up on this offer, but I believe this is the moment when Lucas started to work with Mona. Or at least be open to the idea. I’ve said for the whole season, it didn’t seem like Lucas and Mona were getting along. It could have all been an act, but I don’t think so. No, I think Lucas was a late addition to the A-Team.

“A” Watch: So Ian admits to Spencer that he killed Allison. Of course he claims to have hit her, while Spencer said Allison died of suffocation. I think this only further shows that more than Ian had a hand in Allison’s murder. We see Jenna call him about the videos the PLLs found and there’s also a connection between Jenna and Garrett. How many people actually killed Allison? As big of a bitch as she was to everyone, it wouldn’t surprise me if eventually half the cast was found guilty of her murder.

Just as Ian was about to push Spencer off the bell tower, a black hooded figure shows up to save Spencer. Ian has just a moment to ask “what are you doing here?” before “A” pushes Ian, causing him to be hung in the ropes.

So Mona saved Spencer while nearly killing Ian. It was clear by Ian’s question that he recognized it was Mona intervening. But he didn’t seem to know what she was doing at the church. This leads me to further believe that Mona was not working with Ian. Ian might have had a part of Allison’s death, but I don’t think he was part of the A-Team. Mona nearly killing him shows that she has no ties to him.

Why save Spencer? Maybe if only to further torment her and the other PLLs. Before the police can clear the scene, “A” took Ian’s body, making the girls look like liars. Now how did tiny little Mona get Ian’s body out of that church. For that I would think she would need some more help. Perhaps the help of freshly recruited A-Team members?

After the “Pretty Little Liars” season 2 finale where *SPOILER ALERT* Mona was revealed to be “A”, I’m taking a look back at the previous episodes to track the actions of “A” now that we know it’s Mona.

Episode 1×21 “Monster’s in the End”

Yet another town event! And the girls discover what Allison kept in her lunchbox.

That’s not Allison’s lunch. This episode dealt a lot with the betrayal of Caleb. Apparently, Jenna hired him to find something Allison gave one of the girls. A key. None of the girls know what this is, until Emily finds the key hidden away in the snowglobe Allison had given her the day she went messing (I thought snowglobes was Jenna’s thing!). The key leads the girls to a storage unit, where they find Allison’s old lunchbox. Inside is a jumpdrive, containing multiple videos of all the girls. Someone has been watching them for a long time. And Allison knew it.

Interesting that Jenna knew about the storage unit. Also interesting that Allison had time to hide the jumpdrive and leave Emily a key to it. It’s almost as if she knew she was going to die. Or was that just her safety net, so in case something did happen to her, the person would get caught?

“A” Watch: Mona was acting very “A” like in this episode without even having to be “A”!

It’s obvious Mona is very protective of Hannah. When she learns that Hannah and Caleb aren’t together, she instantly starts bashing him. She even tells Hannah, “I hate seeing you get hurt.” Yeah, we don’t really believe that Mona, not after you hit Hannah with a car!

Later, when Caleb shows up to give Hannah a letter explaining that he is leaving town, Mona takes the letter and tears it up. And even dumps a slushy on it! All in the name of protecting her friend. But really, I can see that Mona just wanted to get Caleb out of the picture. He was just another person pulling Hannah away from her. With Caleb gone, Hannah could return to her BFF Mona. Mona claims she did this all in the name of wanting to help Hannah, but really she wanted to help herself. And she didn’t even have to use “A” to do it.

At the end of the episode we see “A” take the spare key to Mr. Fitz’s apartment. Oh Mona, let’s leave the english teacher alone. He’s got enough problems dealing with Aria.

After the “Pretty Little Liars” season 2 finale where *SPOILER ALERT* Mona was revealed to be “A”, I’m taking a look back at the previous episodes to track the actions of “A” now that we know it’s Mona.

There’s a large chunk of the season half of season one that doesn’t feature a ton of “A” action and only has one episode appearance by Mona (1×18 “The Badass Seed”). Rather than go through these Mona-less episodes, I’m going to take a look at the actions from “A” from these eight episodes.

“A” Watch: The main actions of “A”/Mona throughout all these episodes mainly deals with Hannah. After stealing the money that Hannah’s Mom stole from Mrs. Potter, “A” sets Hannah up to various tasks to get the money back. Some of those tasks include:

• Calling back Hannah’s Hefty Hannah days and forcing her to eat pig-decorated cupcakes while the school jocks make fun of her.
• Making her dance with Lucas at the Dance-a-thon, leading him on and causing her boyfriend Sean to break up with her.
• Forcing Hannah to give Ella Montgomery a museum ticket that will expose her to Aria/Ezria’s relationship.
• After paying Hannah for all those tasks, “A” revealed Hannah’s betrayal to Aria.

It really seemed that “A” was only focused on Hannah for a large chunk of time. Knowing that “A” is Mona, this kind of makes sense. I think Mona was the most mad at Hannah, since Hannah was ignoring her friendship with Mona and spending more time with the other girls. What better way to get back at her, than to knock her back down to when she was Hefty Hannah? That helped remind Mona that she is still on top.

As for forcing Hannah onto Lucas, it caused Lucas to become hurt by Hannah and for Sean to breakup with her. What better way to get some of Hannah’s attention back than by breaking up her relationship? And especially if Lucas got hurt along the way.

Finally, Mona/”A”s plan of turning Aria against Hannah actually seemed like a good idea. All this time, “A” has only brought the girls closer together against a common enemy. For once, “A” was able to drive a wedge between two of the girls. Of course it was a short-lived fight, but it was still an accomplishment for Mona. Very interesting how she was so focused in on Hannah for a long stretch of episodes.

And did Mona kill Ms. Potter?? We see “A” visiting her grave sight, as if she caused the death. Was this to keep Hannah’s Mom from getting caught. Maybe Mona does care more about Hannah than we think. She might have even taken to murder to help her friend and her family.