Pretty Little Liars has had some crazy moments over the years, and we're creeping closer to the series finale with many questions left to be answered. there are quite a few plots, scenes, and explanations that still have fans going "Huh?"
For example...
1. Junior year lasted two seasons. Senior year lasts 4.
And then we jump ahead five years, and all the Liars except Emily have stable, successful jobs, which is probably the most unrealistic part of the whole show.
2. The creepy kid Mrs. Marin saw in the Halloween episode, and Ali's twin story.
She was most likely supposed to be an allusion to the twin storyline from the books, especially because the twins from the story and the girl in the Marin house are played by the same actresses, and probably foreshadowing the Cece Drake reveal before the time jump. But it still made no sense in the grand scheme of things.
3. Melissa Hasting's baby.
There was a whole to-do about Melissa being pregnant, then having a miscarriage, then having a miscarriage earlier than everyone thought and faking the pregnancy. And it was never mentioned past the beginning on season three. Melissa is shadyyyy.
4. The David Lynch ripoff kid.
Anyone who's ever watched the nineties masterpiece Twin Peaks will instantly recognize the creepy kid from the doll shop who just happened to mention to the Liars how terrible it must've been for their friend to not be able to breathe, indicating that he knew Alison (or someone) was buried alive. It's a direct parallel to a similar scene in season two of Twin Peaks, the best friend of the murder victim is following a trail of clues which leads her to an old lady and her grandson, who does a magic trick with creamed corn.
There's actually about a million and one Twin Peaks references on PLL, and they range from light allusions to straight up replicas. Why this kid had to be one of them, I have no idea.
5. When Adam Lambert was there for some reason.
And was hitting on Aria, because of course.
6. Ali's hand reaching up from the grave.
Again, from a Halloween episode. I get it, it was supposed to foreshadow that creepy lady helping her. But it made no damn sense at the moment it was presented, since no one was buried there at that point.
7. Mona being released from Radley and returning to Rosewood High.
Rosewood High, the police, and Mona's doctors were all somehow okay with letting someone who attempted to murder/maim/frame/blackmail etc several of their students matriculate back into the school system. Even if she could be considered "better" after her stay in Radley, it's wrong on so many levels to have her attend school with the same people she tormented for a full year.
8. Ravenswood.
Seriously, what? The Ravenswood spinoff was supposed to involved some element of the supernatural, with Caleb being dead and some other weird stuff no one really understood. There was also a tie-in with the creepy lady who helped Alison the night she "died." No one really got that either, and it wasn't really brought up again. Stop trying to be Twin Peaks! Leave the supernatural to David Lynch and keep Rosewood in reality. Or whatever version of reality it's in.
9. Hotel Radley
The decrepit, 1950's style asylum that was home to at least two of the main villains and one of the Liars at one point is, after the five year time jump, turned into a fancy hotel and bar. Classy. Have these people never watched a horror movie?
10. Sara Harvey being the magical answer to everything.
When Cece/Charlotte was revealed as "Big A," it was also revealed that Sara Harvey, previously thought to be an innocent victim, was working with her. Sara was Red Coat, Black Widow, and A's henchwoman, which tied up those mysteries with neat little bows. Too neat, for many fans.
11. Mona's secret high-tech lair.
When you sign on to be A, do you get some kind of unlimited trust fund? I guess something has to fund the never-ending supply of black hoodies.
12. Cece being in Radley but somehow also going to UPenn.
When you become A, in addition to the trust fund, do you also get the ability to somehow defy time? When Cece was revealed to be "Charles" she told the Liars she spent most of her life in Radley Sanatorium. If that's the case, then how did she get to UPenn? It's easy to think that was a lie, except that she a) promises to get Spencer's application to someone she knows who works in admissions, and, even though we never meet said friend, Spencer's application is processed, and b) we actually meet Cece's college roommate.
13. Mona being dead, but not really.
Even though her house was literally covered in blood, she was someone still alive, and was being held hostage in the dollhouse. The whole dollhouse concept was...very weirdly executed, to be perfectly honest.
14. Meredith attacking Aria.
I mean...yikes. Not only was this plot line weird, it was also totally unnecessary.
15. Bethany Young
Do we even know who Bethany Young is at this point? We know she is the body who is actually in Ali's grave (since Ali was revealed to be alive the whole time...) and that she spent time in Radley, but not much else. Maybe I missed an essential episode, but I'm not sure where she fits in after the Sara Harvey/Cece reveal.
16. The black and white episode.
I get it, every show has to do a black and white or old Hollywood themed episode. But did Spencer's drug trip really have to be so detailed about her friends' sex lives?
17. Mona being the Ghost from Christmas Past
When we all thought Mona was dead, she appeared in Ali's fever dream to help her remember important details about Charles. Why we needed Zombie Mona to make Alison, who's already proven herself to be incredibly clever, put the pieces together, I'll never know.
18. Maddie Ziegler being there.
Cause, you know, interpretive dance is always the final piece of any good murder mystery. Right after zombie ghosts.
19. Maya
It was presumed that Emily's first love, Maya St. Germain, was killed by Garett Reynolds because she had irrefutable proof that he killed Alison. However, we learn in the season three midseason finale that she was actually killed by a stalker she had mentioned to Emily a few times before. Okay, fine, but then why did Mona tell the Liars that "Mona knew"? What did she know? What did the stalker have to do with Mona and the A team?
Mona also led the Liars to Maya's personal video blog, where she left a video to Emily talking about facing her fears. The stalker barely rated a mention. So, what did Maya know? Maya is a sketchy character from the beginning: there's a continuity issue about her being allergic to seafood then wanting to eat calamari a few episodes later; in one episode we see A buying boots that later appear on Maya; she was staying at Noel Kahn's cabin in the days leading up to her death; she moved into Ali's house after she "died." Her character was truly done a disservice in how her death was handled, and it left us with questions I don't think we'll ever get the answers to. She was involved in the A team plot a lot more than we'll ever know.
Honorable WTF mentions:
1. Noel Kahn, because we just don't know what his deal is.
2. Marion Cavanaugh, whose death is a continuity mess.
3. Lesli Stone, because who?
4. E. Lamb, because...who?
5. Ezra's weird rich family,
6. Ezra maybe having a kid,
7. Ezra being a STALKER,
8. Why are there so many statutory rapists in this town?
9. And finally, Cece's whole motive for messing with the Liars in the first place. Sorry, but "they were maybe being mean to my sister" is NOT a legitimate reason for kidnap, blackmail, attempted murder, actual murder, and torture.
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