- The liars are trapped at school as a bad storm brews, and tensions run high; Byron leans on Ashley for advice on parenting as his relationship with Ella takes a bad turn.
- Open with the three of the girls prepping for the SATs. Spencer talks about things going well with Alex and Hanna presses Aria on being more interested in Neal. Spencer's mother arrives home and asks about Emily.
Cut to Emily arriving home covered in dirt. She hides her bag under the bed before getting a text from A: "There's only so much you can bury. You're not done with me yet."
Spencer mother brings Hanna, Aria and Spencer to school for the SATs. Her mother comes inside to check if the test will be administered with a major storm on the way. Spencer introduces her mother to Alex (whose school is also taking the SATs there) and it is obviously awkward. A teacher says the test will be given. Darren arrives and tells the girls about Alison's memorial being destroyed the night before.
Emily arrives at her locker and Darren confronts her. He tells her Toby was spotted at a gas station a few days ago. We see Emily's shoes are muddy.
In the library the girls talk about the memorial. They still aren't sure about A's identity. Emily shows up and lies about why she wasn't with them the night before. Aria's mother Ella arrives. She will be one of the proctors. The two argue about the fact Aria isn't comfortable visiting her mother at her apartment.
Hanna's mother Ashley gets a call from Aria's father Byron. He's lost power and needs to sends a fax. She invites him over.
It looks like there will be a delay in starting the SATs. Hanna and Lucas talk about her online sale. Mona walks up (with a new bag and makes fun of Lucas. Hanna does not defend him.
Emilys sees this text from A: "Your weren't the only wont with Great Expectations. Check it out." Darren is continuting to poke around and the girls are nervous. He comes over and asks about the night before. Emily lies and says she was with the other girls studying at Spencer's. Darren leaves and Emily gets grouchy when they asks about the night before. She excuses herself and walks through the stacks.
In the stacks Emily find a copy of "Great Expectations." Inside is a letter addressed to Alison from her.
Spencer looks down at her phone and sees this text from 'A:' "Define "desertion." Seems like you're about to lose Emily. Who's next?" She shows it to Aria and Hanna and all three scan the room nervously.
Spencer walks over to Alex to talk about her mother and he blows her off.
After Lucas stares at Mona from afar, Hanna tells her that the bag she bought online belonged to her. This irritates Mona who takes another shot at Lucas.
Neal approaches Aria about going to a basketball game. She politely turns him down but decides to join him when he leaves the library.
With Byron in the kitchen Ashley loses power as well. He expresses frustration at the difficulties of being a single parent.
In an adjacent room Neil plays guitar for Aria. She begins to sing a song she recognizes.
Emily flashes back to Alison reading Great Expectations. Emily talks about dreaming that Jenna got her sight back. Alison reads Emily a passage and the two kiss briefly. Back in present day we see the letter talked about the kiss.
Just before Aria and Neal are about to kiss, Fitz walks into the doorway. He tells them everyone is supposed to return to the library. Aria lingers behind and asks him about ignoring her calls. He tells her he went to New York to deal with "my issues." Fitz thought about her constantly but thinks the consequences are too dire. She storms out.
Byron and Ashley talk about why his wife left and the strange
Mona makes more crack about Lucas and this time Hanna defends him.
Spencer tries to talk to Alex again. He says she needs to talk to her mother.
Emily flashes back to being in the locker room and staring at a topless Alison. While helping put Alison's bra on Emily kisses her on the neck and gets completely rejected. Back in present day Emily thinks she hears someone in the library. She wanders around a shelf before coming back to where she was standing near the book. She sees that her letter to Alison is now gone.
Fitz runs into Ella in a back room. She asks him if he's noticed any changes in Aria recently. She says she's glad Aria has him in her life during this tough time for the family.
Emily returns to the locker room. Hanna asks about the previous night but Emily doesn't want to talk. Darren arrives and asks Emily to come with him. He directs her to her bag, which was left unattended on a table. The other three girls follow them in. He shows them photos of Emily sitting near the destroyed memorial the previous night. She says the memorial was already destroyed when she got there. He then pulls out pieces of the memorial and the letter to Alison, which was dated three days before Alison's disappearance. Darren suggests Emily sought vengeance for being rejected, but Emily says she went back to the memorial to say she was sorry for the horrible things she wrote in the letter. Emily admits to loving Alison "more than a friend" but never had the chance to tell her. Spencer's mother arrives and immediately shuts down the questioning, telling Darren "you're done. You're done with this investigation."
Back in the locker room Aria assures Emily that Alison loved her. They hear that the storm warning has been lifted but the SAT is still postponed.
Spencer thanks her mother for helping with Darren and then asked if anything happened with Alex. She takes Spencer into a classroom and tells her she got loaded at the club during a weekend the rest of the family was out of town. She drunkenly talked to Alex about having a lump removed from her breast and he was nice to her. She made Alex promise never to bring it up. She never told anybody about the lump because "our family doesn't handle imperfection very well."
The power comes back on at Hanna's place. Ashley tells Byron the fax went through. They start to plan on dinner that Saturday, but both come up with awkward excuses not to make it happen.
Aria tells Neal she's up for a date that weekend. It also sounds like she'll be having dinner at her mom's place soon.
Spencer grabs Alex in the hallway and kisses him.
Lucas thanks Hanna for standing up for him to Mona. He's clearly into her and starts to say her name but trails off. The camera pans down and we see Lucas' sneakers are covered with mud.
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