Twitter Recaps "Pretty Little Liars" (Season 4, Episode 4)

Spencer, at her Sherlock Holmes-ing best.

July 3, 2013

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It physically hurts to watch Pretty Little Liars. Seriously, keep an Advil and/or a glass of whiskey in hand because trying to connect each episode's reveals is like attempting to solve a million-piece puzzle. And then just when you think the picture is coming together, an annoying little kid barges into your room and stomps all over it. The annoying little kid, in this case, being every other scene of the show.

To save you from watching the disappointingly boring episode, here are Twitter's cliffnotes from last night's show, complete with creepy new detectives and an answer to who burned the down the lodge in the finale.

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PLL rule of thumb: A dead detective spawns two more detectives.

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Nevermind the fact that he's back because Child Services thinks the Fields are smacking around Emily. Thanks, A.

"Pretty Little Liars" Season 4, Episode 4 13

#AriaProblems

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And a Paily kiss, and a Haleb kiss. Be still, shipper hearts.

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So, Ali might've pushed Toby's mom off the roof of the sanitarium. Didn't this girl have any other hobbies besides fucking shit up?

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Answers: 1. Everything 2. Any middle-aged man who wears eyeliner and lives in the middle of the woods is gonna have some weird fetishes.

"Pretty Little Liars" Season 4, Episode 4 9

That sound you hear is the boom of everything you had assumed about the A team exploding.

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And the reason for the previous tweet.

"Pretty Little Liars" Season 4, Episode 4 7

At this point, Wilden's killers have been whittled down to Ashley Marin and Melissa Hastings. That is, of course, until next episode.

"Pretty Little Liars" Season 4, Episode 4 6

Emily's torn shoulder sits her out for the rest of the swim season, which sits her out from domestic bliss with her girlfriend.

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Despite her best efforts, Melissa didn't shatter the mask into enough pieces for A not to pull it out of the lake and glue it back together. If this is what a UPenn alumnus looks like, then Spencer's better off being the family reject.

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