Perhaps the least “believable” episodes of the series, “Wanted: Dead or Alive” tries to make us believe that the liars think Elliot is alive, well and able to kick Alison’s arse. The disguised policeman in Ali’s room showed no signs of being injured yet she asks, “Elliott?” This just before the cop smashes her head into the mirror. Pretty Little Liars manages to throw caution and logic to the winds. It also looks like a case of “So long Sara…”
Before addressing the possible exit of Sara, let us look at how long it took anyone to dig Rollins’ grave up to see if that nasty bit of work was still there. Literally Spencer and Hanna wait until the last few minutes of the episode to stumble through the woods and start shoveling.
Once they do, under surveillance of someone using night vision, the face of Rollins is seen and the two agree he is still there. But is he really. With all the latex masks making appearances in this season, they should have pulled on the bloke’s face to see if it came off.
Alison got a big handful of mask when she grabbed at her attacker’s face (although when seen in the long shot, the mask looked undamaged). So A.D. is still using “Mission Impossible” tactics to terrorize the Liars.
Another big question has to do with Sara. (It was nice to notice that she had her “ninja black” outfit on with matching beanie.) What was she up to and where was Jenna? Where was she off to in such a hurry?
It was quite shocking to see Sara laying lifeless in the hotel room tub but is she really dead? So many characters have returned and done a “walking dead” (as Spencer put it) that it will be surprising if Sara does not return.
Alison being set up by “Rollins” to bring the cop into her house was pretty well done. So too was the “cop” adjusting his mask a’la Scooby-Doo. (A bit more subtly done than the 2002 film but all the creepier because of it.) A nice touch was the “Honey I’m Home” message in red lippy.
The Liars are now back together after the red coat fallout. Aria tells Ezra all her secrets and he asks her to marry him again. This time she says yes. Cause for celebration may be in order but there is still the issue of that phone call.
Mary Drake believes (she says) that Rollins is after her. She also reveals that she had no idea Charlotte was her baby. (Congratulations on the world’s nastiest looking C-section scar. Cece, aka Charlotte was wrenched out of his mother over twenty years ago, that huge black line was the worst scar ever. We hope that Mary sued the surgeon who did that.)
It is patently obvious that Noah Kahn (Brant Daugherty) is the guy under the mask. Which makes it look like Pretty Little Liars is running out of substitute boogey men. Although it does look like Marco could be involved somehow. He is, after all, asking a lot of questions. Except the detective seems to think Rollins is really dead and not hiding at all.
Back to Sara. The girl was clearly up to no good. Dressed all in black and rushing to leave made Ms. Harvey look very guilty of something. Regardless of what she was really doing, Sara has been taken out of action. Left languishing in a tub with blood oozing from her head, Harvey has been, it seems, terminated with extreme prejudice.
Pretty Little Liars airs Tuesdays on Freeform. Tune in and see if Sara is really dead.
Cast:
- Troian Bellisario – Spencer
- Lucy Hale – Aria
- Ashley Benson – Hanna
- Sasha Pieterse – Alison
- Shay Mitchell – Emily
- Andrea Parker – Mary Drake
- Huw Collins – Dr. Rollins
- Ian Harding – Ezra
- Tyler Blackburn – Caleb
- Brendan Robinson – Luca
Guest starring Dre Davis as Sara, Tammin Sursok as Jenna and Nicholas Gonzalez as Det. Marco Fury.
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