Analyzing A

THE LAST PREVIOUSLY ON PRETTY LITTLE LIARS 

Ever wonder all the cool stuff you miss if you don’t pay attention to the details. Well, that was my problem last week and it finally dawned on me that everything we see in one episode won’t make sense until we combine them. Therefore, I went into my analyzing mode and everything seemed to make perfect sense when piecing it together.

In 5.02 Jason DiLaurentis’s phone seemed to be an interesting focus of the episode. Which bring us to the 100th episode, A’s phone.in this episode looked like  ‘A’ got an upgrade compared to Mona’s previous iPhones.

Back to Jason’s phone, he seemed to be happy little texter in 5.02 and his phone looks very similar to the one 'A’ is seen with at the ending of 5.05. Coincidence? No!! I did some snooping around and found out that my Jason has been a very bAd boy.

In 5.02 'Whirly Girlie’ Jason tells his father he has to go to Philly to drop off something. Hanna and Emily follows him only to discover in 5.03 that the building is a place where he has his dryout meetings. Also, he was there (supposedly) the night the girls were in New York and Mrs. D was murdered. “Pizza & Sublet” were the key words when Em and Hanna were talking to Ernie outside of an apartment building.

Here’s what I think. The building is the new 'A’ headquarters and our buddy Ernie is the watchdog. We believe this is the apartment building that 'A’ has moved into at the end of the 100th  episode.

Here me out, Jason moved out of the DiLaurentis home after Jessica’s funeral. He is the only other person that is in need of a new place at the moment. I figured that he was making phone calls in 'Whirly Girlie’ searching for a new place/location to set up shop. What would be better than an apartment in Philly that’s close to a pizza shop hence, the pizza that 'A’ had in his new location and beer. Also, Emily and Hanna spoke with Ernie in 503 and mentioned something about “all that pizza and no beer.” Most of us assumed this to be related to Sydney but I believe the ending scene of 5.05 is the building in Philly in which Jason purchased for the trio; Mona, Jenna, and Sydney.

He has the money to purchase the place due to the large inheritance that he received when their grandmother passed away. Due to Ali’s disappearance/death, Jason inherited all of the money and I believe he uses it to fund  the 'A’ corporation. I mean, bombs com'on!!

‘Everything I did yesterday was undone by an angry raccoon, or whatever is living underneath that porch.”

In 4.02 Jessica DiLaurentis says this line to Hanna Marin and goes to ask her about the Iceberg roses. Someone is watching them from inside the house and we later discover in 4.09 that Redcoat is the one that’s been living underneath the house. Therefore, it’s safe to assume she is the one that was watching Jessica and Hanna from inside the house.

In 4.11 Aria and Emily find a button.

Later that evening we are shown CeCe Drake in Ezra’s Ravenswood apartment, talking to someone and telling them that she will not go back to Rosewood. The camera then pans to her redcoat that lays in a chair.

The coat is also missing a button in the same place that Spencer later sees on the coat that is found in the hay stack on the back of the truck. So CeCe Drake was the one seen going underneath the DiLaurentis house and the reason she was standing outside of Ezra’s apartment in a black hoodie is because she had lost her redcoat in the haystack. Notice she is dressed in Redcoat’s attire, the chunky heels and black jeans …

But she is also, A-Team due to the black hoodie. I believe she has been playing both sides all along, helping Mona as well as Ali, who are obviously against each other. But Ali has no idea her good friend is against her.

So now we get to the picture from 5.06. of Mrs. DiLaurentis and the Demon. It reminded me so much of CeCe which is why I went through the earlier first. Jessica DiLaurentis never liked CeCe and Ali’s relationship. She even told Ali when she was about 13 years old, that CeCe wasn’t welcomed in her house.

CeCe had visited Radley during this time dressed as Alison, convincing the doctors there that she was Jessica DiLaurentis daughter. During her visit to Radley she met Dr. Palmer because, according to Jessica she wanted to be admitted there. CeCe pretended to be Ali while doing this and remember this was during the time that Toby’s mother Marion Cavanaugh was in Radley. I presumed she also met Bethany Young as she made her visits.

Jessica warned her daughter that CeCe Drake was toxic and even Jason got into CeCe’s grill in the web series, Pretty Dirty Secrets. He mentioned that “Ali was just a child playing childhood games until you came along and took it to another level.”

It seems that all of the evidence points to CeCe as being the one that Dr. Palmer warned Marion about and he didn’t mention if the blonde girl was a patient or not, therefore, it’s possible she was the girl that was visiting Marion. Bethany knew this girl was evil which is why she portrayed her in the photos as a demon. When looking at her drawings you would assume the demon represents Alison, but what if the demon represented the evil that surrounded Jessica’s daughter, Alison. Which would be CeCe Drake.

Another thing, in the Season 4 finale, CeCe Drake makes a deal with Holbrook. It doesn’t seem like she did but pay attention to the conversation. “If you’re looking to make a deal, I’m not sure what you have to bargain with.” It was at this moment that CeCe spilled on the Hastings family, which is why we later see Holbrook talking to the Hastings family in separate rooms. CeCe informed Holbrook about Spencer and Ali’s fight that night. Which is very weird because CeCe told Ezra, for his book research that she saw Ali and Spencer arguing that night when she stopped by to see Ali.

But in season 3 episode 20 she tell Emily that “Ali called her freaking out over some videos, everyone wanted them. Spencer’s big sister more than anyone. When I showed up she begged me to talk to Ali so I did.” If what CeCe told Emily in season 3 was the truth (as this one matches perfectly with the sequence of that night), then what she told Ezra for his book was a lie and she didn’t witness a fight at all.

Unless, she was watching Ali the whole time that night. If that is the case, then it’s very likely CeCe could have been the one to hit Ali with the rock, blackmailed Jessica into burying her own daughter, all for the sake of revenge because Ali got her kicked out of UPENN. But how does Bethany play into all of this? CeCe watched Mrs. D bury Ali, but Grunwald pulled her out of the grave, thus saving her. Mona saw Ali that night and took her to lost woods resort. Mona had Ali’s clothing, yellow top and bracelet.

Therefore, the person that was buried in the site couldn’t have been buried that same night because Ali was still wearing her bracelet and if I recall correctly, Jason told the liars in ‘Please Do Talk About Me when I’m Gone’  that the cops found the bracelet on Ali’s body, when it was discovered in the pilot episode. Also, in the 4.24 Ali flashback, we see Alison getting ready to leave in her Vivian Darkbloom wear and the bracelet is on the dresser. Meaning the girl that was murdered had to have been placed into the grave site the next day, not on the same night.

Skipping ahead: Ali contacted CeCe during her 2 years of hiding and CeCe was shocked that she was alive, Ali told her of how Mona helped her to runaway that night. This could explain why CeCe was desperate to see Mona when she was in Radley, she wanted to be her mentor. Mona’s memory of the conversation she had with CeCe was cloudy due to her medication and I am 100% positive that was Wren’s doing. CeCe wanted to work with Mona to get back at the liars too for that night at the Frat Party. CeCe, whom Mona described as “THE DEVIL” which is very similar to Bethany’s drawings of a person that was haunting Mrs. D, showed Mona a way in and out of Radley. CeCe was visiting Radley when Marion was a patient, so I’m pretty sure she found secret passages to get in and out of that place without security knowing.

So speeding forward to the night that Jessica DiLaurentis was murdered, if the timing is right I want to say that CeCe is the one to have buried Jessica.

Here’s why, Jessica knew that the person that was in Ali’s grave wasn’t Ali, she was trying to protect Ali from someone, hence the email that Jessica never got a chance to send. Who would Jessica want to protect her daughter from more than anyone? The one person she despised the most …

CeCe Drake. When Holbrook notified Jessica about Ali being alive, another officer was bringing CeCe out to be transferred and that person wasn’t Officer Barry Maple as Holbrook later tell the Hastings when he visits their home in 5.01. Which means, Holbrook could have considered the deal that CeCe made with him (this was stated earlier in the post). He could have went back to the Hastings house hoping they could give more information about the Spencer and Ali fight in a private setting but Melissa was stopped by her father. If CeCe was being transferred the same night and Jessica DiLaurentis went home late that night. CeCe broke free from the officer and went straight to the DiLaurentis house, because Jessica was the only known person that knew of her being the one that hit Ali that night and she was pissed at Jessica because she assumed Jessica was the one who turned her in to the cops.

But it wasn’t Jessica that turned her in, it was Mona Vanderwaal. She was the one who followed CeCe from the DiLaurentis home the night of the Bridal Show. She followed CeCe to the hotel and called the cops.

Therefore, CeCe murdered Jessica the same night that Ezra was shot which was a Friday, and drove to New York pretending nothing happened.She got there the same day that Shana was killed. This was the perfect act because she has Ali’s trust and Ali have no idea that CeCe is the one doing this to her. Ali gave her her Vivian Darkbloom identity to leave the country that night, which means she got away with murder and can continue to torture Ali.

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UPDATE:

CeCe returns from Paris.

I’m beginning to think that perhaps CeCe’s stay in Paris wasn’t long at all. In 5.05, Mona, Jenna, and Sydney are waiting the arrival of someone. What if this mystery person was CeCe Drake?

As I stated in the above theory, CeCe could be the one haunting Ali and the liars and what better way to convince your enemy that you are gone for good than to take the passport that you gave her and actually leave but only for a short period. Enough time to get you to settle in, but not for long.

CeCe could have been hiding out since 5.05 allowing Mona to be the leader but only for a short period because Mona wanted Ali gone whereas CeCe wanted her to stay. This was beginning to be a problem and when Mona decided to help the liars out, CeCe cut the cord.

Reviewing 5.01, I noticed how the camera seemed to focus closely on CeCe’s entrance to the theater where Ali and the liars were. This reminded me so much of the way they focused on Mona’s killer. But here’s something juicy. We all know Alison played the role of entering the house and going up the stairs, they want us to believe it to be Ali … but CeCe mentioning this “Not only do we look alike, we think alike to,” in the Season 5 premiere has made me think that perhaps the writers are tricking us. While we are seeing that this person is truly Alison from a visual stance, because the two girls are supposed to look alike it is actually CeCe Drake.

Another clue that this person could be CeCe and that CeCe murdered Jessica and Mona is that she is wearing black gloves when she places her hand over Alison’s mouth in 5.01.

I believe the writers showed us this as an important factor that we should watch out for a similar scene. Allow me to back track to the night that Jessica was buried. She was buried by someone in a black hoodie and who is clearly A-team. CeCe Drake, as I’ve mentioned above is working both sides and wears the black hoodie underneath her redcoat. If Jason was New York that night Jessica was home alone allowing CeCe plenty of time to bury her without anyone knowing.

Now onto Mona, who was getting in her way. CeCe knew that she could never carry out her final plans as long as Mona was doing her own thing so she got rid of her.

One last thing I want to add is that Ali getting into the Volkswagon Beetle could also be a hint to CeCe being back based on 3.11 flashback. CeCe owned a droptop Volkswagon Beetle, I know the writers do a lot of parallels and this could be one.

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