Thursday, January 16, 2014

Recap of "Love ShAck, Baby" PLL Episode 4x15

The pretty little liars have a lot of digging to do and it all relates to Ali’s journal.  In typical Ali fashion, she’s coded the journal entries with fake names.  Only a person who knows the truth will know who the story is about and which stories are real. 

Spencer and Emily are pissed at Hanna for keeping Ali’s journal a secret.  Hanna argues that the journal stories are personal and contain things they might not know about each other.  Aria interrupts the argument and puts the focus back on the journal.  Since Hanna couldn’t make sense of the journal, the girls decide to take turns reading it. 

Emily falls asleep with the journal open on her bed.  She wakes up to find Ali in her room.  Ali says she’s missed Emily so much, but Emily is furious at Ali for leaving.  Ali begs Emily not to be mad, reminding Emily that she’s saved her life twice and risked everything for her.  Emily doesn’t respond when Ali asks if she’s glad that Ali is alive.  Ali doesn’t know who is after her.  Emily always saw the best version of her and she needs that now.  Emily says she doesn’t see that anymore.   Ali points out that Emily’s wearing the bracelet she gave her.  Emily wakes up to find the journal shut on the bed.  Her bracelet is in her jewelry box. 



Spencer’s dad cancels his meeting with Toby, claiming he’s in litigation all day.  Spencer admits that she’s glad he cancelled.  She doesn’t know his real motives for helping.  Toby insists that he needs to shut down Radley.

Spencer acts as lookout while Aria leaves something in Ezra’s desk.  Aria claims she’s just returning a pen, but Spencer isn’t fooled.  She simplifies Aria’s love life by pointing out that Aria likes Jake, but she loves Ezra. 

Emily explains her plan to color code Ali’s journal based on who the entries are about.  Hanna, acting weird, snatches the journal away from Aria.  Hanna tells the girls that Caleb is not coming back, but claims that she’s totally fine. She changes the subject by reading a poem from Ali’s journal titled “The Busy Bee”.  It describes a hideaway.  Aria remembers that her family used to eat dinner at a bed and breakfast called the Busy Bee Inn.  The girls decide to check out the inn later that night.  During this whole conversation, Ezra has been watching them from afar. 

Ezra tells Aria that he got her note about tonight.  Aria tells him she has to cancel because the girls are taking Hanna out of town to help her cope with the breakup.  Ezra’s full of questions, asking if they are all going and where they are planning to go.  He tells Aria that last night felt right.  Aria agrees, but she knows the situation is not fair to Ezra or Jake.  After Aria leaves, Ezra resumes listening to a recording on his computer.  It’s a recording of Ali talking about escaping.  In the recording, she is asking someone for help. 

At work, Emily finds a note from Alison asking her to meet at their spot.  Emily heads to the kissing rock, but Ali doesn’t show up.  Emily leaves behind her bracelet on the rock when she leaves.

Spencer overhears her dad and Jessica DiLaurentis talking.  Jessica says that Jason doesn’t need to know.  Spencer asks her what Jason doesn’t need to know.  Jessica says that she’s going through a divorce and Spencer’s dad was giving her legal advice.  Once Ms. DiLaurentis leaves, Spencer confronts her dad.  He just banned her from talking to Ms. DiLaurentis, yet he’s home alone with her.  Spencer’s dad denies that anything is going on.  He canceled on Toby after finding out that Toby’s mom slipped and fell off the roof.  It wasn’t a suicide, but it wasn’t a murder either.  Radley covered it up to protect a fragile patient who was also on the roof. 

Hanna runs into Travis (the guy who knew her mom didn’t kill Wilden).  He heard on the news that CeCe was sighted at a train station in Maryland.  She was gone by the time the police got there, but the police think someone paid CeCe to kill Wilden.

Spencer confronts Jessica DiLaurentis at a coffee shop.  She demands that Ms. DiLaurentis stay away from her father.  Ms. DiLaurentis insists that Spencer has the wrong impression.  Spencer yells that Ms. DiLaurentis should find a lawyer that she hasn’t slept with and leave her family out of it.

Later that night, the girls start the roadtrip to the Busy Bee Inn.  They haven’t found anything in the journal about CeCe.  Hanna reluctantly gives the journal to Spencer, who takes pictures of an entry titled “Hot for Teacher”.    Emily lies when Hanna asks Emily where she was that afternoon.  Aria figures that “Human cheat sheet” must be a code name for Spencer and “Suzy Clueless” is about herself.  When they start talking about the entry “Cradle Robber”, Hanna blasts the radio.  Aria wonders if Ali was dating a younger guy instead of an older one.  Hanna looks uncomfortable with the conversation.

While the girls are on their road trip, Ezra visits Hanna’s house.  He tells Ms. Marin that he’s been easy on Hanna because of all the drama at home, but she is in danger of failing his class.  When Ms. Marin leaves the room to take a call, Ezra sneaks into Hanna’s room.  He searches her bag and looks at her computer.  By the time Ms. Marin finishes her call, Ezra is back downstairs and Ms. Marin is none the wiser. 

Following the car’s GPS leads the girls to the middle of nowhere.  Emily can’t get back on the highway because of construction.  According to Aria’s phone, however, there is no construction.  The car breaks down and Hanna asks Travis to tow the car.  It’ll take him a couple hours to get there and it’s about to rain, so Aria takes the girls to Ezra’s cabin.

Spencer questions Hanna about a page that’s been ripped out of the “Cradle Robber” story.  Hanna insists that she didn’t rip anything out and that she’s entitled to her privacy.  She points out that knowing each other’s secrets won’t help them bring back Ali.

Once the girls reach the cabin, Aria hides anything of Ezra’s.  The girls think that the cabin belongs to Aria’s uncle.  Emily examines a painting of a train in the room.  (Did that painting remind anyone else of the Halloween train?) 

Spencer wants to find out what Hanna is hiding, but Emily thinks Spencer is being too hard on Hanna.  Maybe Hanna’s hiding something because she knows Spencer wouldn’t understand.  That makes Spencer wonder what Emily is hiding.  Aria, once again playing peacemaker, says that no one is hiding anything and changes the subject.

Hanna emerges from the bathroom and confesses that the “Cradle Robber” story is about her and Mike (Aria’s little brother).  A flashback shows Hanna and Alison arguing after Alison walked in on Hanna and Mike fooling around.  Poor Hanna is reduced to tears as Ali tells her the whole thing is gross and that Aria will never be her friend again if she finds out.  Hanna doesn’t think of herself as perfect looking like her friends and she doesn’t have lots of guys chasing her.  Besides, Mike is nice to her.  Hanna begs Ali not to tell the girls and Ali finally agrees.  She says that Hanna will eventually find someone to love her for who she is, it just might take longer for her.



Aria, keeping it classy, tells Hanna that she wouldn’t have stopped being Hanna’s friend.  It’s a little weird, but she’s mainly just shocked that her brother didn’t blab about it.  Hanna thinks Mike was probably embarrassed.  Aria denies that, assuring her that Mike had a crush on her.  Aria doesn’t know why Hanna would still be upset over something that happened such a long time ago.  Hanna finally admits to the girls that Caleb left her for someone else, but bolts when the girls ask questions.  Emily follows her outside.

Spencer and Aria go to the laundry room to find blankets.  Suddenly the door slams shut and the girls are locked inside.  They peek through the key hole and see a person dressed in all black pacing around the room.  Afraid that “A” might hurt them, the girls go to the window and scream for Emily and Hanna to help.  Hanna and Emily break a window to get back inside.  They realize Ali’s journal is gone and someone has left Emily’s bracelet on the table.  Travis shows up at that moment to tow their car.

Back at Hanna’s house, Travis refuses to accept money for the tow.  He just wants to be a good friend and a nice guy.  Alone with Travis, Hanna finally breaks down over Caleb. Travis stays with her while she cries.

Spencer’s dad lies to his wife on the phone, claiming he was in mediation all day.  Her dad is furious that Spencer talked to Jessica DiLaurentis.  He says that she’s going to destroy the family if she keeps disobeying him.  As long as she lives under his roof, she has to stay away from Jessica DiLaurentis.  So Spencer decides to move in with Toby.

Aria and Ezra talk over the phone.  Ezra is at a gas station wearing black clothing and a black baseball cap.  When Aria asks if he got all his work done (grading papers), he cryptically says that it took longer than expected, but he got everything done that he needed to.  They say they love each other before hanging up.  Emily asks if Aria was talking to Jake.  Aria nods, but Emily can tell that Aria is lying.  She confesses to Aria that she tried to meet Ali alone. 
Aria and Emily get a text from “A”, a picture of the Busy Bee Inn.  It says “Looks like I’m winning.  Thanks for the tip.”  They realize that they helped give Ali to “A” by decoding Ali’s journal.  The race is on to find Ali before “A” does.  Will the pretty little liars find her in time?

“A” is busy typing away on the computer.  An apple sits on the table next to the computer.  Turns out “A” hacked into the GPS, using a bogus road closure to keep the girls from reaching the Busy Bee Inn. 

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