Those bars don't just keep you from going out. They keep others from coming in.
As the last episode before the season three finale of #PLL, "I'm Your Puppet" really got down to the nitty gritty, leaving a lot at stake. This episode was so complex that its actually kind of tricky for me to analyze it because I'm a bit confused on whats real and whats a dream. But as usual, it posed more questions than it answered, but it set the scene for next weeks episode, which will hopefully reveal more than we can handle. After everything that A has put these girls through, it has come to my attention that maybe they all need a little bit of time off in a safe place, whether it be Cabo or a mental institution. Their all getting played by A- some more than others. Did anyone else ever wonder what would happen if one of the four actually joined the A team though? Well....
Spencer is A's puppet. At least I think thats what was revealed this week. While the liars and Spencer's mom tried to convince Spencer to come home, she revealed that she in fact felt safe in the psych ward and that she wasn't ready to leave. Maybe thats the truth, but my guess is her hunt to find answers is getting the best of her. After getting her hands on Mona's map, her time is being consumed by the need get into Mona's mind. The map, which is on a game that Mona was obsessed with while she was at Radley, leads Spencer to a window, obviously used by Mona to sneak out. Did Eddie give Spencer the game by chance or is he trying to help her get to the bottom of the mystery? Wren and Eddie seem to have a bit of beef with each other as well, but who should we fear and whose the good guy? Does Eddie know more than he's letting up to?? 
The map than leads Spencer to the freaky nursery where Aria and Hannah paid Mona a visit. While shes in there, in her ghostly white dress, she hears singing. It turns out to be Ali who reveals that the cut on her lip that Mrs. Hastings referred to was because of an altercation with some girl. What girl though?? She than leads Spencer to the badges and id's that Mona hid while in Radley. While Spence is going through them, Wren walks in and explains that he was the one who let CeCe in to visit Mona when she couldn't have visitors because Melissa had called CeCe, who wanted to be a mentor to Mona because she felt entitled since Ali was like her sister and got her kicked out of college. Yeah, lets back it up just one second. First question, is this real life? The ghostly appearance and the fact that Ali is there makes me think that this has got to be Spencer's drugs kicking in hardcore. My second question, do we take Wrens story for granted or at face value? I mean technically, its still a dream right? Or did he walk in and wake Spencer up from her sleep walk?
Of course the writers take it a step further, back to Spencer's cell. She clearly hasn't been taking her pills or getting any sleep for that matter. She proceeds to take out a black hoodie from her pillow (her totally secret hiding spot) and a flyer for the carnival where Malcolm was kidnapped (I'll get to that in the next paragraph.) She than recalls a moment where Mona was once again asking her to join the A team and Spencer replied, "You don't have to ask me again Mona. I'm in." Well what the hell does that mean? Could Spencer really have gone to the dark side? And not just the mental dark side, but the A team dark side? I've always speculated that one of the liars might actually be part of the "game" but how? Why? When did she get involved? Was she always involved or did she finally crack after she realized Toby is dead? Is she staying in the mental institute because Mona told her too? Is it part of their plan? Did she join only because she wants answers or because she feels safe? And lastly, could it all be a dream that makes her think about joining the A-team?? Is she joining so she could take the A team down? 
Leading me to my next point, could Spencer be the one who kidnapped Malcolm from daycare? When Spencer took out the hoodie and the flyer from her pillow it kind of indicated that she might have been the girl that posed as Aria''s friend to kidnap Malcolm and tell him her name was Alison. This was also foreshadowed when Spencer found the window opening. But why would Spencer want to hurt her friend like that? Aria nearly lost it when she found out Malcolm was taken, and instead of calling the police she went on to look for him herself. In one way its a smart move cause getting the police would cause a lot of worry and probably upset A and make him/her do something to harm the kid, but it was a bold move trying to find the little guy herself. It ultimately led her to end the relationship with Ezra. She mentioned someone was going to get hurt and she rather it be her than Malcolm.
Hannah was also played by A and the result may jeopardize her relationship with Caleb. The only good thing is that Caleb is kind of familiar with how A works so he shouldn't put the blame on Hannah. Hannah was convinced that his estranged father, whom she helped get a job at the local church for through Pastor Ted, was stealing money and stole parts of a really expensive church bell and switched it out for a cheaper one. After confronting Caleb about it and letting him take his anger out on his dad, she found out that it was all part of A's scheme. Caleb left to look for his dad and apologize, while actually blaming Hannah for the misunderstand. Honestly, you saw the text Caleb. What part of that was Hannah's fault? How could she possibly know that A was going to mess with her boyfriends relationship with his father.
With Paige out of town, Emily keeps getting texts from Shawna, which in my opinion means she's up to something rather than just crushing on Ems. Although she's not getting attacked by A at the moment, she's digging for trouble by trying to find out if Toby is really dead. In the beginning of the episode Emily finds out that whoever was found in the woods, wasn't really Toby, but some middle aged camper. Yet by the end of the episode, her mother said they found a body of a young man located near Spencer's description, with her purse lying next to the crime scene. The ending shows that body, with only the tattoo visible, in the morgue. Could it really be Toby though? The writers are trying to keep us in suspense, but at this point I'm not sure what to believe. Maybe Spencer was working with him all along? Maybe he really is dead and she's trying to see what happened to him and get close to the A-team? Maybe it was all a cover up so that Spencer could get into Radley and continue on the A-team "mission." Honestly, there are so many options at this point. All we know is that out of the four girls, Emily, Hannah or Aria cannot be the girl in the red coat.
The episode didn't really touch upon Wilden or anything to do with the sunken car but no worries, the writers tend to let story lines cool down for awhile before bringing them up in major ways. We do know one thing though, the fact that Wilden wants to know where his car is could mean that he isn't A. Or he could just be faking it and he's really part of the takedown. One down, three to go. What did you think of tonights episode? Leave your thoughts below.
Memorable Quotes
- Spencer: They don't make a loofa that scrapes out the inside of your head.
- Hannah: You are not crazy. This place is!
- Emily: Cars dont float. If they did, pilgrims would have driven here.
- Mrs. Hastings: I need to ask, is Toby not the person I thought he was?
- Hannah: I smell dead people.
- Hannah: I don't know what to say.
- Caleb" Since when? You have an opinion about everything, from honey boo boo's hair cut to the weird look the lunch lady gave you when you asked for butter on your corn.
- Mona: Look at all thats happened since you turned me down on that drive up the mountain. But I believe in second chances.
- Spencer: You don't have to ask again Mona. I'm in.
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