'Pretty Little Liars' Ep. 3.17 Recap: Hanna Gets Pink Drinked at a Lesbo Bar

Tuesday night’s episode of Pretty Little Liars brought us do-rags, pink drinks and a trip to the lesbian bar. 

SPOILER ALERT!

Pretty Little Liars, Episode 3.17:  Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno. 

My remote suddenly jumped to Cinemax at the beginning of this episode. 

Tuesday night’s episode of Pretty Little Liars brought us do-rags, pink drinks and a trip to the lesbian bar. 

SPOILER ALERT!

Pretty Little Liars, Episode 3.17:  Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno. 

My remote suddenly jumped to Cinemax at the beginning of this episode. 

Oh wait, nope, still PLL.  Spencer and Toby are pretty much going at it, killing two birds with one stone, since the show also gets in its episodic shirtless Toby requirement off the bat.  Suddenly, Toby is replaced by a hooded A-team member, presumably Toby, who begins to choke Spencer.  Clearly dreaming, Spencer wakes with a start and looks at the key marked “A,” the object that’s been haunting her.

Meanwhile, in Emily world, Emily’s mom (yay to Nia Peeples’ return) brings her a package, sent by the “James” family.

You would think Emily would have a good memory of the people she, you know, killed, but she doesn’t recall knowing someone with that last name.  Emily’s mom reminds her that Not-Nate’s real name was Lyndon James, and suggests they bring the package to the police station, where she now works.  Defiantly avoiding the police--per usual--Emily opens the box to find a collection of things she once gave to Ali, which she presumes Maya must have found in Ali’s old house. Also included in the box is a biology notebook.  Apparently Emily is really into Punnett squares because she is super intrigued by this notebook.

Over at the Marin household Hanna’s mom comes into their kitchen questioning what her daughter is doing sitting in the dark (you’re asking this, now?).  The two discuss Mona, with her mom logically assuming that it would be difficult for Hanna to see her former best friend every day after she tried to run her over and stuff.  Hanna, already feeling like Caleb is overly trying to protect her, tells her mom that Caleb doesn’t trust Mona and it’s put her on edge.  Great strategy to get your mom off your back, Han.

At the Montgomery’s Aria lounges in front of the fire while Byron speaks with Meredith’s father. He learns that his former student / piece has a long history of “issues.”  Really?  Because I was under the impression that girls who try to break up marriages are totally stable. In a long rambling speech about furnaces and warmth and protection Byron recounts how, when Aria was a baby, “We never used the fireplace because I was scared that I would turn my back, and you would get burned.”  To be fair, living in a town like Rosewood, full of people who like to set buildings on fire just to spook people, I’d be pretty cautious around fires, too.  The diatribe concludes with Byron’s revelation that he may have been a less than perfect father.  Shocking.

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