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I have no idea how I missed this in our Ask Box, so if this is a super late reply, I’m sorry!

Yeah, that was a crazy scene! I think her saying “Miss Aria, You’re a Killer” is very interesting. It would be cool if this hinted at her having killed someone way before that we don’ know about, like Bethany or someone else in her past that we don’t know about.

Also, Maya Knew is such a great hint. It shows that she was involved, but how exactly? I hope they answer this definitely for us!

I agree with you! That scene was always so weird to me, right down to CeCe talking to Aria like she was the one that likes to shoplift. It really does seem like Mona told CeCe about Hanna’s shoplifting. I don’t trust Mona’s story that the game was stolen from her…more like working together if you ask me.

But would you have written CeCe (or any character) as transgender if you weren’t also revealing her as a villain?

Ok, Mona was one of my top three to get bumped and I have to be honest, I don't like that they killed her off. 

Things that I was glad for...

I give the writers props for not having it be a "wait until next season" kind of ending (which I worried about).  I also applaud that they didn't have the death be yet another throw away character. (Look at Nate/Lindon & Shana for instance. They hyped that it would be a big death and ended up being someone we really didn't care about.) Mona is a substantial character to kill off. (I'm mean, she is a Pilot character for goodness sake).

However...

I don't like that the show (as many shows do) took someone that was the villain, turned them helpful, and then kill them off.

I said to Anne a few weeks ago that the writers wrote Mona in a way that made her seem to have outlived her usefulness on the show. During tonight's episode when I saw her teaming up with the girls, I was like "yes, they made you a character again (not a plot device), you have parents we see, you are a person...oh no...that is a death sentence for characters that have your history." Sadly and sure enough...

Despite how I have felt about Mona for most of the series, I am sorry she went out the way she did.  Sometimes I think it is better to let a villain die a villain. Now she died a victim.

That being said & assuming there will be an actual victim...

If I was going to choose someone for story's sake, I would pick Melissa or Mona. 

(For the record, I don't want either of them killed off.)

I would like to continue to see Melissa be a good sister to Spencer in future episodes, but story wise, she told a secret to Spencer and put it on tape. Looking at past A actions, I feel like that has the potential to make her a goner.

As for Mona, I think the writers have written her in a way that has brought her closer to the girls. She sort of reconnected with Hanna when Hanna joined Mona's stake out of Cyrus. They has a similar thing happen with Aria-whether genuine or not- When they talk in the lady's room in 5x11.

HOWEVER...

My guess for who it will be is Lucas because, well, I guess he is the newest "throw away". He was in a few episodes and I was glad to have him back, I just think he is the easiest to get rid of now and the writers tends to kill off characters that they are done with (ha-much like A).

I'm guessing by now everyone has seen the Promo for tonight's episode.  I have to be honest. I love the way it's worded...

Holbrook: The amount of blood in the house would indicate that the victim's wounds were fatal. We have ruled this a homicide.

Sounds to me like the body is missing. "Would indicate" makes it sound like there is a blood bath with no body. 

If that's the case, this gives the writers the chance to have the victim be any of the characters and find a way around it actually being a murder for the next half of the season. It will also leave us wondering about the victim being dead or alive until next season. (Much like they did with Ian in the bell tower and Toby in the woods.)

But really, what can we say about what has been happening? There really isn't much clue sleuthing right now.  It is pretty much "So now you all have your theories and let's see where those fit in."

Throughout this series, we have suspected everyone that is in the hot seat at the moment of exactly what seems to be happening...

But beyond that, not much substance, which sadly is what we've come to expect.

We both anticipated the noir-style episode to be framed by some sort of costume party, as PLL is wont to do, and we're fine with that sort of plot device--it gives our favorite characters a good reason to strut around in some fine vintage flair. Spencer's fever dream, while lovely, adds little to the plot, because none of it is real.