“Love is an addiction too.”

This episode was crucial to the future of PLL and Ezria!!! Revelations blew things between Ezra and Aria up in a major way, but is Ezra A? Did he lie to Aria? What effect will their fallout have??

Aria didn’t believe Spencer when she blurted out that Ezra was A. I mean who would? Spencer looked cracked out of her mind and was talking mad jibberish. But, her friends should have backed her up. For two episodes Hannah and Emily worked with Spencer to figure out how to tell Aria that Ezra was A. They’ve all come to terms with the fact that A is a manipulative person who will do anything to destroy their lives.  All of a sudden, they become wishy-washy questioning Spencer’s credibility, totally ignoring the really important issue at hand. You would think they’d see what was really happening. A was trying to distract them from the real problem. Thankfully, Hannah admitted that love is also a drug and while Spence might be addicted to adderall, Aria is addicted to Ezra. Both very dangerous addictions. Spencer’s revelation did have an affect on Aria, who became suspicious of Ezra after he tried to persuade her to tell Spencer’s mom about her addiction because the last time all it took was a tattoo and helmet for her to go off the handle. Obviously, Aria never told him that information. So how did Ezra know? Aria’s suspicion makes her want answers and she thinks maybe Spencer’s onto something.

She drives up to his cabin and breaks in, cracking the code after trying several different passwords only an English teacher would use. B-26 ended up being the winner, which was cute since it was a flashback to when the two met in the bar. But cute wasn’t going to cut it this time. Looking around the cabin, she quickly found the latch in the ground, but when she went downstairs there was nothing there. All of Ezra’s equipment that we saw in previous weeks was cleared out. She than noticed a suspicious book (cause Ezra doesn’t cook, duh) and found the manuscript Ezra wrote proving that he did in fact know Ali. Better yet, that he was in a relationship with her! Before she could get through it all Ezra pulled up to the cabin after getting a phone notification that his alarm was disabled. Obviously, he knew by Aria’s actions that she was suspicious of him. Plus, he was totally onto the idea that Spencer knew his dirty little secret. It was only a matter of time before her friends clued her in. Here’s some hearty advice Aria…Keys always in pocket. Phone always on silent. Friends always on speedily and clued into where your going!!! Sheesh! She could have died out there alone with Ezra on her trail. She made a quick escape from the house, with the manuscript in her purse, unfortunately leaving her keys on the dresser. Cue in a totally nerve wrecking chase through the forest as Aria ran for her life thinking that her fate was the same as Ali’s. I do give homegirl props for covering her mouth to muffle her breathing and to stop herself from crying and/or screaming. Unfortunately, it didn’t help her much. As she made a run for it to an abandoned ski lift, she strapped herself in with Ezra and up they went.  Nothing like confronting you’re friends killer dangling from a broken ski-lift.

This moment between lovers was really explosive and tragic. The betrayal that Aria was feeling was pouring out in a bucket of tears. “I don’t even know who you are,” she shouted not holding anything back. At this point, there was no more fear. No more love. It was just anger and betrayal and disgust. I mean, really who are you Ezra? Well, Ezra pulled out some lie about how he met Ali when he was in college and he thought she was older cause she lied about her age. He began writing a book about her but stopped when he found out that she was murdered. He came to Rosewood wanting to get answers from his new crime thriller and thats when he hit Aria with the biggest revelation of all. The night she met him, well it wasn’t fate, it was planned and only because he was in love with her dead friend. Creep alert! Love story shattered! He knew who all of the girls were. He even applied to Rosewood High to further his research. He used Aria and for all we know, he could be the guy that’s been tormenting these girls, sucking the life out of them. Here’s the positive though, while doing research, he really fell in love with Aria. The fact that he loved her and never lied about his true feelings is suppose to make all of this better. Honestly, no girl in their right mind would forgive a man for doing this to them. So he isn’t A. That’s a relief, but it doesn’t change the fact that for the past couple of years Aria’s relationship was based on a lie!

No matter how much I think that everything Ezra said was a lie and with all the evidence against him, writer Marlene King confirmed that EZRA isn’t A…… How rude!!! It’s also annoying because this feels like Toby all over again. Last year, Ian Harding confirmed Ezra was A. Now he’s not. So are we really suppose to believe he was doing all of this to be a good reporter and write his crime novel? Definitely not. He might not be A but that doesn’t mean he isn’t involved with the A-team. And I doubt it’s to protect the girls.  He told Aria he even stopped looking into Ali’s case, but when him and Aria broke up, he got involved again and realized that she’s still alive. I seriously call bulls**t. I mean,  we saw the computers, the camera’s. We saw him acting shady. We saw him lie. We saw him manipulate Mona! He’s lying!!  He betrayed Aria, he betrayed us and he can’t just NOT BE A!!! I’m really super frustrated with this show. I’m on a roller coaster of emotions, as Aria is. I truthfully don’t know which one of us is hurt more. And the worst part of it all is that he was dating Aria, a girl who fell for him, while he was constantly thinking of his ex….. Low blow Ezra. Low blow. It’s only a matter of time before Aria, the ticking time bomb, explodes. There’s only so much these girls can handle. (Once again, look at Spencer.)

And there’s the fact that Mona is totally working for Ezra.. willingly or unwillingly. Why? I’m not sure if he has something on her or if she owes him? She want’s out and he won’t let her. This week’s scene in the restaurant really just made it seem like she’s his minion. When he says jump, she jumps. It doesn’t explain any of the other scenes between the two but it does give us something inkling as to what we can expect from the duo. When she was sitting on her date with Mike and saw Ezra, she looked terrified. It almost seemed like she was only with Mike because Ezra was making her date him. To be closer to Aria? To piss Aria off? No logical reasons are available at this time.

Spencer’s pill popping addiction reveals a much longer history of usage. While the initial report was giving by Ezra and could have been manipulated, her addiction was confirmed by Mrs. Hastings.  Spencer’s world came crashing down on her and A had nothing to do with it this time. She popped the pills herself. She blew off Toby, her mom and schoolwork. The truth came out because she was careless and desperate calling multiple times for refills. This was all her doing. She self-destructed. At this point, A has these girls so wrapped up in his world that he can sit back and watch them ruin their own lives.  A big moment for the future storyline is that Spencer previously had a drug problem and there were times that “she didn’t remember what happened.” Similar to  how we saw her in the school in the opening scene where she was completely disoriented, sleeping on Ezra’s desk in her pajamas.She was completely clueless as to where she was or how she got there and she doesn’t remember a thing. Do you think Spencer was popping pills the night Ali disappeared? She’s the only one who wasn’t in the barn when the girls woke up and found Ali missing. Did Spencer play a part in the disappearance and murder of Ali? Going back to the noir episode, when we entered Spencer’s mind, the scene between her and Ali had Ali thinking that maybe she should actually be scared of Spence. Does this mean Spence thinks Ali is scared of her? Does she have reason to be? What is Spencer hiding?

To get her credibility back after her falling out with the girls Spencer devised a plan to prove that she wasn’t crazy and that Ezra was actually A. During her shift at the coffee house, Emily pretended to have a secret conversation with someone about meeting Alison at the reptile house, obviously within earshot of Ezra. To no ones surprise, he was totally listening in and very intrigued. When the girls reported for duty at the reptile house, the plan was already a hot mess. Spencer was late because she was suffering from withdrawal symptoms after nixing the adderall. She didn’t let the girls know, so when they saw a blonde figure walk in,they just assumed it was Spencer… that is until she showed up right behind them. Their own plan backfired thanks to A. Shocker!!!  Even worse, it didn’t prove anything because the “blonde wigged girl” wasn’t Ezra! My guess is that it was definitely Mona doing the deed for Ezra. This explains why she was late to her movie date with Ezra. He on the other hand,  was smart enough to figure out they wanted to prove it was him to Aria. I mean, he does have cameras everywhere. I’m sure he tapped into their phone conversation or something. So while Mona was getting the money, Ezra was dealing with Aria, which in and of itself proved to Aria that Ezra was a liar, A or not. Mission semi-successful?

 Last scene which is always the most important as it gives clues to who A might really be. The hooded, black gloved figure was at the ski-lift spot collecting pieces of the manuscript that tragically fell to its death from Aria’s slippery hands. To me personally it looked like it was a girl collecting the evidence. Possibly Mona? Here’s the thing. Aria was very careless to let that manuscript go. She should have picked it up, but she was probably to afraid to be alone in the forest with Ezra. Ezra should have gotten it in that case in fear that it’ll get into the wrong hands. Either he doesn’t know how A works, or he himself is working with A and in that case, who cares. Either way, that information is out there now!

Questions To Ponder

-How did Ezra and Aria get off of the ski lift? Who was operating it? I mean, the sign said closes in 5 minutes. Did Ezra have a minion working that?

-Why was Ezra so concerned that she had his copy of the book? The cat is out of the bag dude. Let her read it. Don’t you have another digital copy for yourself? Essentials of being a writer/reporter! Have back up!

-Why would Ezra remove the monitoring equipment but leave the manuscript lying in plain sight if the thought of Aria coming around crossed his mind?

-How did Aria find that floor latch so quickly? Or know that her answers lie in that cookbook?

-If Ezra isn’t A, is he on the A team cause he wants answers for his novel?

-He obviously has to be on the A team cause he was the only one who overheard the liars plans to meet Ali at the reptile house… Right?

-Who put Wren’s pad in Spencer’s purse? Last we saw it was with Ezra… This is just more evidence against Ezra.

-Is Mona with Mike cause she likes him or cause EzrA wants her to be closer to Aria?

-Aria mentioned that Ezra probably wanted to kill Ali because he got her pregnant. Whatever happened to this story? Was it true? Was Ali prego?? Was it Ezra’s?

-Is Mike in on this?

-Honestly, who the hell is Ezra? And who is A? And why am I doing this to myself?

-And if he isn’t A, why does he have so much power over other people? Like Mona..!!!