Pretty Little Liars Ep. 3.18 Recap: Emily Does Hypnotherapy, Spencer Speaks French

When we last saw the Liars, Fitz was leaving Rosewood for an indefinite period of time, Caleb and Paige were plotting to take down the A Team themselves (Paige was possibly cheating on Emily), and Toby was being... well... evil. What’s a little A drama compared to that?

Spoiler alert: Pretty Little Liars. Ep. 3:18

When we last saw the Liars, Fitz was leaving Rosewood for an indefinite period of time, Caleb and Paige were plotting to take down the A Team themselves (Paige was possibly cheating on Emily), and Toby was being... well... evil. What’s a little A drama compared to that?

Spoiler alert: Pretty Little Liars. Ep. 3:18

At the start of the episode, the girls are engaged in a conversation. It should be noted that a conversation between these four now means three of them chat while Spencer just kind of sits around looking like Allison Janney’s character in American Beauty. Suddenly, Jason swags in and tells the girls that Ali’s remains have been released to the family, so they can now bury her in the mausoleum. It appears the DiLaurentis family is really pulling out all the stops to make Ali’s the creepiest death ever. He says the police are looking for the remaining stolen items from Ali’s grave, which unsettles the girls slightly, considering they are in possession of some of said items. While the three cheery liars agree to attend the burial, Spencer “The Hulk” Hastings has one of her many, many breakdowns over the past couple episodes. Through with saying goodbye, she says she won’t be attending.

Spencer’s mopey cloud follows her to school where she runs into an overly-cheery Mona. As the new captain of the Academic Decathlon, Mona hands Spencer some information for their upcoming competition. Questioning Spencer’s effort, Mona adds and extra dig by telling her, “You’ve been off your A game lately.” Clap, clap, clap Mona! With more in her arsenal, Mona delivers the final blow adding, “I'd hate to see poor Toby come all that way to cheer for you and end up cheering for me.” Mona may want to take cover after that one – Spencer looks like she is ready to explode.

Tasked with watering Ezra’s plants while he’s gone, Aria is lying in the bed of the man who probably once assigned her the first three chapters of Catch-22 as homework. But no matter – in walks age-appropriate Ezra! I mean Wesley, his brother! Wesley is staying at Ezra’s apartment, but when he sees Ezra’s recently slept on pillow, he tells Aria she should still come around to water the plants. Are we on the verge of a Fitz swap?

Meanwhile, Spencer has met up again with Private Investigator Miles Corwin, who seems to perpetually freak her out. It’s hard to blame her though, as he’s handling all of their transactions like some sort of high-class prostitution ring. He tells her that he’s narrowed down the neighborhood where the mysterious A key door is, but for the exact door location, “I’m gonna need a little more encouragement.” Phew, he’s just talking about cash, but a hefty sum of $500. Corwin also mentions that Toby recently bought hydrangeas, an indicator that Toby is probably not trying to skip town.

Emily has been spending so much time at the police station lately she could probably apply for a parking spot. She’s there to get a photo of a photo of Detective Wilden on Cape May the summer Ali disappeared. The picture is gone, but Emily runs into her mom, who, just then, digs in her bag to find a postcard of the Eiffel Tower with something written in French on it. Emily snatches the pic out of Mama Pam’s hands and spews out a lame excuse about how it might have landed in her bag that Pam fails to question.

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