Questions we should be asking:
1) How is Bethany involved in A’s vendetta?
- She was in Radley when Charles DiLaurentis and Marion Cavanaugh were.
- Mrs. D wanted to be close to her and took her horse riding at a barn. (Maybe a barn/ apple orchard like the one from Charles’s childhood?) Bethany hated Mrs. D, possibly because Mrs. D had an affair with her dad.
- She ran away from Radley and was buried alive the night Ali went missing, dressed like Ali.
- Melissa Hastings buried her alive, believing she was protecting Spencer, who she thought had already killed her.
- The A team dug up the body - that was identified as Ali’s - and returned it to Jason in exchange for $50K on the Halloween train. Medical records were switched so there is a possibility that there was another body identified as Ali which was later switched with Bethany’s body.
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2) How is CeCe involved in A’s vendetta?
- CeCe checked herself into Radley, impersonating Alison and later visited Mona in Radley with help from Wren.
- She dated Wilden, then Jason.
- CeCe lied to the PLLs about knowing Wilden, then fled the country because the police believe she was the one who killed Wilden.
- She broke up with Jason the day after Ali went missing.
- CeCe worked for the A team (spying on Ezra in a hoodie) and on behalf of Alison (dressing as redcoat to distract A in the sawmill). It is unclear where her loyalties lie.
- CeCe and Alison go to great lengths to protect each other, though we don’t know how they met and their friendship was kept secret from the PLLs.
- Her ex roommate says CeCe hated the PLLs because she believes them responsible for her being kicked out of UPenn (when a girl was pushed down the stairs at Ian’s frat party).
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3) Who killed Marion Cavanaugh?
- Marion spent time in Radley at the same time as Bethany and Charles.
- Marion Cavanaugh was pushed from the roof of Radley. A blonde girl - a “fragile” Radley patient - was with her (Bethany Young?). Mrs. D bribed Wilden to leave that out of the police report so it would look like a suicide and the girl would be protected.
- A gave Toby a trail of clues about Marion, and seemed to want Toby to learn the truth about her murder.
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4) Why was Mrs. D. killed?
- Mrs. DiLaurentis and Mr. Hastings had an affair, which produced Charles DiLaurentis (because he was born before Jason). Mr. DiLaurentis never knew that he wasn’t the father, as far as we know.
- Mrs. D moved the family to Rosewood to stay close to Charles when he was committed to Radley.
- Mrs. D got matching little girl dresses for presumably Ali and another girl one Christmas when Ali was a kid. When Ali found them, Mrs. D told her to lie about finding 2 dresses to her father and say that she only found one.
- Mrs. D served on the board of directors at Radley and tried to buddy up to Bethany Young. Mrs. D had an affair with Bethany’s father and Bethany hated Mrs. D.
- Mrs. D bribed Wilden to omit the “fragile” Radley patient (a blonde girl) who was on the rooftop with Marion Cavanaugh when she was murdered, so it would look like a suicide and the patient would be protected.
- Although Mrs. D disapproved of the infamous yellow top, Alison wore it that night after finding it as a gift, with a note that appeared to be signed by Mrs. D.
- The night Ali disappeared, Mrs. had ordered her not to go out. She got a phone call (that Bethany had escaped Radley?) and was worried.
- Mrs. D saw someone bury Alison alive the night she disappeared, and didn’t tell the cops.
- Mrs. D wrote an email to someone saying “I can’t protect you anymore” before she was killed.
- Mrs. D saw Spencer with a shovel and was ready to put the blame on Spencer for Ali’s murder, but Mr. Hastings convinced her not to.
- After Ali was found alive, and before she was reunited with her mom, Mrs. D was murdered. Right before she was murdered, she talked to the cops about how she saw Spencer with a shovel that night (or the document with her testimony was found, I forgot what happened).
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5) Why was Wilden killed?
- He went to Cape May with Ali and CeCe the summer Ali went missing. The PLLs never knew, and CeCe and Melissa (who CeCe says was also there) never told anyone.
- Wilden may be the “beach hottie” that Ali was afraid got her pregnant (Ali never had sex with other beach hottie suspects Ezra or Ian).
- Wilden went to high school with Jason, CeCe, and Melissa.
- Mrs. D bribed Wilden to omit from the police report the patient who was on the roof with Marion Cavanaugh when she was murdered.
- Wilden and Melissa Hastings dressed as the Queen of Hearts on the Halloween train and he drugged Aria and attacked Spencer. He was working for A, and Melissa was bribed into taking orders from him.
- Before he was murdered, Wilden was trying to bribe Ashley Marin into giving him money to flee the country. He seemed to be worried that the PLLs knew he was in Cape May and that CeCe was back in town.
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- He, Jason and Garrett ran the N.A.T. club. Maybe he saw something he shouldn’t have when he was spying on his neighbors.
- Ian and Melissa were on and off high school/college sweethearts. A girl he flirted with was pushed down the stairs at one of his frat parties when he first started dating Melissa. The PLLs were there. CeCe was blamed for pushing the girl and was expelled.
- Ian cheated on Melissa with Spencer and Alison.
- A year after Ali went missing, Ian returned to Rosewood and got back together with Melissa. They eloped and Melissa got pregnant. She lost the baby soon after Ian was killed and lied about it, pretending to still be pregnant for months so she wouldn’t have to publicly deal with Ian’s death and the baby’s at once. Melissa was blackmailed into doing things for A without her fake baby bump while she was still publicly faking her pregnancy.
- Ian tried to kill Spencer when Spencer thought he killed Ali. Ali saved Spencer from Ian at the bell tower and claims she saw Ian leave alive.
- A sent texts from Ian’s phone, leading Melissa to his body. A also compiled a suicide note for him and tried to frame Spencer for the fake texts A sent to Melissa from Ian’s phone.
- Wren helped Melissa by driving her to Ian’s body with the medical supplies A made Melissa believe Ian needed.
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7) What’s up with these characters?
There’s a lot we don’t know about these suspicious women who have been quite involved in PLL drama.
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Why are these characters re-emerging?
Isn’t it suspicious that Dr. Sullivan is back in the story? She took orders from A to protect her son. Who’s her son?
This character Dean had a tense moment with Jason and told Spencer not to trust him. He will be back on the show.
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Are any of the new characters going to be involved in the mystery or are they just distractions? Jonny was such a big part of season 5, I think there is more to his story.