Warning: This television recap contains major plot points and spoilers about Pretty Little Liars Season 4 Episode 14 (“Who’s in the Box?”). Venture forth at your own risk!
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They’re baaaaaaack, bitches….but they unfortunately don’t everything. Or anything. #Truth.
The episode opens with Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario), Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell), Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson), and Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale) trying to make sense of the whole Alison debacle and chatting about why Ali wouldn’t have gone to the cops. Here’s a snippet of their illustrious conversation, complete with a bonus simile from Hanna:
Emily: Okay, what do we know? Somebody tried to kill Ali. They buried her in her backyard.
Aria: Right, and then Grunwald pulled her out.
Hanna: Like a carrot.
Meanwhile, as her friends keep repeating the line “Alison is alive,” Spencer is being all emo and staring out of her window. Aria then keeps it real by basically telling everyone Ali’s resurrection is not giving warm, fuzzy feelings at all. Emily agrees. Spencer, however, doesn’t care for a discussion on feelings.
“We can figure out how to feel later,” she snaps at her friends. “The fact is, Ali’s alive. She’s been hiding the whole time, maybe in Rosewood, maybe in Philadelphia, maybe Nova Scotia. The sooner we make it okay for her to come back, the sooner we can put her in a chair and ask her what the hell’s going on and why she did this to us.”
Her friends nod in agreement, while Hanna mutters something about cozying up to a quart of ice-cream.
Preach it, sistah!
So what do a couple of teenagers do when trying to figure out who was buried in the place of their supposed dead friend? Why, visit their local mausoleum of course! Isn’t it obvious? Anyway, the girls strut onto the scene like a couple of Victoria’s Secret models — their hair blowing in the winds of their ferocity — and roll up their sleeves to investigate. There’s a catch though — this is a MAUSOLEUM…they can’t just dig up a body, ya know? Spencer offers a suggestion: “Maybe we should be talking to Jason.”
Immediately, Aria, who not too long ago had no problem with Jason or his lips, interjects. “No! We all agreed it was too dangerous. We agreed it was too dangerous to tell anybody; whoever tried to kill Ali is still around.”
Spencer doesn’t give a hoot though. She’s tired of dealing with Ali’s shit and retorts, “But suppose we find Jason and he already knows she’s alive. At least we wouldn’t be the only ones in charge of the secret.”
Toby Cavanaugh (Keegan Allen) drives his beat-up pickup over to Rosewood High where his lady love is busy chatting with Emily about Alison’s return. When Spencer glances up, a huge smile spreads across her face and she hurries across the street to greet her beau. “If you don’t hold me right now, I’m going to explode and you’ll have to explain that to the custodians,” she informs him, and he immediately wraps her up in his (muscular) arms.
Although Toby has only been gone two weeks, for Spencer it feels more like two years. “You’re not allowed to leave for that long again,” she says with a playful pout. The two of them hug it out in the middle of the street, soaking in each other’s warmth — until, that is, Mona Vanderwaal (Janel Parrish) speeds on by in her brand new Mustang and honks at them, as though to say, “Get a room, losers!”
“There was a time Mona would have driven right over us. She must be making progress,” Toby jokes.
Spencer, however, finds the idea of Mona driving utterly terrifying. Cars and Little Miss Vanderwaal simply do NOT mix. “Or she’s working on her aim,” she utters with a look of terror in her eyes.
Ali, Ali, Oxen-free. Whoever finds her, gets to keep her. Kisses, A. Creepy!
Mona has done some shady things to Hanna in the past, including stalking her and running her over with an SUV, but apparently she thinks its high time she get some trust up in this joint! Hanna tries to shake her off but Mona is more stubborn than a barnacle on a pearl and invites her for a joyide in her new Mustang (which she bought from Jenna Marshall who is sadly going blind). Seriously? The last place Hanna wants to be alone with the former Radley Sanitarium patient is in a small car! (Spencer Hastings can attest that it is not a pleasant experience.) Mona being Mona then accuses Hanna of shutting her out, and Hanna sighs and is like, ‘Make like Humpty Dumpty and fall off the wall.’
Later that afternoon, Bookworm Fitz is approached by a happy-go-lucky Mona. The manipulative diva lays the charm on thick and does everything in her power to get in good with the English teacher. After proclaiming her love for their latest reading material (Jeckyll and Hyde) like a true sycophant, Mona utters the following sentiment: “I’m a little envious of the other girls — the support they get. Makes me think how much better I’d be doing if I found the right mentor.” (Oh is that right now, girl? Watch yo back because Aria DOES NOT PLAY AROUND.) Ezra stares at her — partially in genuine confusion and mostly because he’s confused why she’s rocking two cinnamon rolls on her head.
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