PLL Christmas Episode Will Give Answers

 

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Pretty Little Liars showrunner Marlene King talked with zap2it about the Christmas episode “How the ‘A’ Stole Christmas” 5x13.

Alison shows up at the Ice Ball with new friends, who will play a large role in the episode.  “Pretty Little Liars are desperate to figure out who those people are, why they're with Alison and why she's surrounding herself with these people, and what's their tool or use for her?”  Marlene also says that the identities of the masked girls are very important.

We will learn a lot more about Alison as a person in the Christmas episode.  Mona as the Ghost of Christmas Past will try to teach Alison a lesson.  “There's a moment in time that Alison has forgotten, and Mona shows her this moment and it's very telling for all of us. It really informs a lot about who Alison is and why she is who she is.”

There will be a small time jump that will occur between this Christmas episode and the episodes that start up in January 2015. 

The Christmas episode won’t leave us with a cliffhanger, like the previous Halloween episodes have.  Instead, we will get an answer and “a glimmer of hope for the future”.  Marlene didn’t want to say which question will be answered “but suffice to say that the character who believes in hope the least on this show ends up having some hope by the end of the episode”.

Do you think Marlene was talking about Hanna when she said a character will end up with some hope?  Hanna will be the Liar most devastated by Mona’s death.  Maybe Mona’s clue will give her some hope?