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Pretty Little Liars Spoiler Thread #43



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4.01 - "'A' is for 'A-l-i-v-e'" - 06/11/2013 - Season Premiere

In the Season 4 premiere, the Liars are desperate to uncover what new scheme "A" has in store for them in the wake of the lodge fire, and have no choice but to turn to Mona for answers, now that she is also being targeted. Aria struggles with seeing Ezra in the wake of their breakup, and Emily starts to make plans for life after high school. Meanwhile, "A" sets Toby on a new path, what's in the trunk is revealed, and a shocking discovery reverberates through Rosewood.

Promo Stills

episodes

4.02 - "Turn of the Shoe" - 06/18/2013

4.03 - "Cat's Cradle" - 06/25/2013

4.04 - "Face Time" - 07/02/2013

4.05 - "Gamma Zeta Die!" - 07/09/2013

4.06 - "Under the Gun" - 07/16/2013



tweets

Someday you will see what really happened [to Alison]. - Marlene King
[Season 4 is about] answers. Closure. - Marlene King


characters

"A"/the mysteries "We have mysteries within the big mysteries. We give credible clues ... 'Who is A?' continues to be an overall mystery for us, but there are more mysteries, added mysteries within the show which will continue to be new and fresh and different." [source] "In hind sight, you might say you should have known [who Ali's killer is]." [source] As to who was buried in the ground, "You'll get some insight into that moment in episode two. We like to use those moments to plant a pebble that starts a landslide ... Remember that flashback of Alison coming in all bloody at 3 a.m. -- clearly something big was going on there. All those things contribute to a certain darkness that we will play with in S4."[source]

Caleb He will be in all of S4A before he switches over to his role in Ravenswood following the PLL Halloween Event episode. Caleb is "the only one who can unlock the secrets of Ravenswood." [source]

Jessica DiLaurentis "Mrs. DiLaurentis is coming back! She comes back, alone, and lives in the DiLaurentis house. She has a peculiar agenda that the girls cannot figure out. It takes quite a while for the girls to unravel what the hell she's doing back in Rosewood and what she really wants. She gives us a whole new window into Alison, the summer before she disappeared, the night she disappeared and her relationship with the girls." [source] "She comes back and inhabits the house and her agenda for why she returned is intriguing and peculiar." [source]

Mike He will appear in S4. [source]

Mona "Mona is an adjunct-PLL because she's being tormented, tortured and targeted by A in S4. Mona, our vicious little dumpling, is someone the girls have to accept they need to keep close because of how much insight she has ... even though she's not trustworthy. I mean, she's still Mona." [source] "Mona is targeted in a big way at the beginning of Season 4 so it's a very uncomfortable, bizarre situation where she's suddenly an adjunct to the PLLs and they have to accept her into the circle. Some will say, 'Why not accept her when she has so much insight? If she is indeed working for somebody, why wouldn't we want to keep her close?" [source] "Safe to say she's been kicked to the curb [by Red Coat] for now." [source]

Paige Paige will be in S4. [source] "She's very much in the first four episodes, in a big way." [source]

Toby Toby's mother will appear in a flashback in 401. She will be in pajamas. [source / source] "In S4 Toby gets sucked back into [the A team] ... it's very emotional because A knows something very emotional in Toby's past." [source]



relationships

Aria/Ezra "She's got to move on. We wanted to give them a new obstacle and not just him being her teacher, but the idea that he's tethered to a family and he has adult issues most 17-year-olds don't know how to deal with or are even equipped to deal with those questions. So that was the change in their relationship and once Malcolm was kidnapped, she realized she couldn't play this game anymore. She had to remove herself. So he'll be back in school, he'll be in the halls, he'll be in front of the chalk board, but she has to move on and so does he." [source] "Things were so hard for them in S3. Maybe some time apart will help." Ezria fans should stick it out, but it won't be easy. [source]

Emily/Paige Paily is "cuter than ever" in S4. [source] Emily will tell Paige she loves her in 401. [source] They will be at a swimmeet in 403. [source] "We have a lot of great scenes for all those Paily shippers out there. There will be a lot of special moments between those two." [source]

Hanna/Caleb "Caleb is Hanna's rock all summer long." [source] "Hanna and Caleb are such a great couple and we've designed this beautiful Casablanca moment for them. Hanna really gives Caleb permission to leave Rosewood and, basically, go to this other show. I hope our fans embrace it as much as we've embraced it as writers. That's important to us." [source]

Spencer/Toby "There is something going on that's a part of Toby's history that Spencer's helping him on that I think is really, really beautiful material. So you get to find out more about who Toby was before he met Spencer and she does too." [source]



friendships

Melissa/Jenna/Shana "Those three are seriously up to something ... Shana's relationship with Jenna is a tender one, but we're not saying they're girlfriends ... the idea was that Jenna might not have always been alone, and Toby might have realized that." [source] "I'd say [Jenna and Shana] share a special bond." [source]



general

"Season 4 picks up literally moments later [from S3]." [source] In the S4 premiere, a reporter will be in the episode, detailing a sad story, as well as a State cop who is part of an investigation. [source] There will be a homage to The Birds in 401. [source]

"We come back minutes later. We're not doing a time-jump this year. There's a game changing event because of what's in that trunk. What is inside that trunk will really send our girls down a different path this year. The top thing is whether Alison is alive or not. You have to deal with the fact that three girls saw Alison. Not all of them saw her, mind you, which will cause some dissension in the group." [source]

"Each season, we up the ante just a little bit and it gets more and more shocking. We just started shooting Season 4 last week, and it's even better than anything we've done before! Our writers are amazing and they just keep making it better and better." [source] What can we expect from S4? "Thrills & chills! Romance & heartache! Secrets & lies!" [source] There's lots of new characters in S4. "A few that you have been wanting to meet for a while." [source]

There is a possibility of a Christmas episode at some point. [source]



casting news

Gabriel Holbrook Sean Faris has been cast in the recurring role of Pennsylvania state police officer Gabriel Holbrook. [source]

Linda Tanner Roma Maffia will play Gabriel's partner, Linda Tanner. Another state police officer, she is smart, patient, and has a military background. [source]

Jake Ryan Guzman has been cast as Jake, Aria's patient, insightful and sensitive martial arts instructor. [source]

Dr. Vargas Joseph Zisman has been confirmed to be a new character, Dr. Vargas, for two episodes in season four. [source]

Hector Lime An unkempt sculptor who makes props and statues for horror movies who appears in 403. Oh, and he specializes in masks ... [source]



halloween special

The episode will not take place on Halloween "because of the timeline of events in the show. But that doesn't mean we won't provide appropriate chills. It'll happen in continuity, between the events of 412 and 414." The Halloween episode is being done out of sequence. "The Halloween shows have become so elaborate, we're going to do this one out of sequence so it doesn't crowd the finale." [source]



season five

PLL has been renewed for a fifth season. [source] There will be 24 episodes in S5. [source]



ravenswood

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