Secrets, secrets, are no fun. But secrets are definitely not always for everyone. It was a tough week for the Perfectionists.
It’s hard to fake your own death on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. It’s even harder to prove someone faked their own death.
Alison is hot on Taylor Hotchkiss’ trail, but it’ll take more than just a rose and a feeling to convince people, especially people like Mona. She’s brilliant, and could almost certainly track down Taylor if she tried – and had more to go on – but she’s looking for her own person in the shadows.
Actually, make that two people. Mona’s still convinced that she can reverse engineer her code to find the person that snapped on Nolan. But someone’s been messing with that code. It’s still looking for smart people, but now it’s focusing on a specific kind of smart person: one like Alison.
Conveniently enough, Caitlin was the only other person so far that had matched the new criteria. Then came Ray Hogadorn, mysterious person number two. I’m embarrassed to admit how much time I spent trying to rearrange the letters into a different name, so let’s just say it was a while.
All I got was Rohan O’Grady, an author known for some chilling, dark stories. It could be connected, Pretty Little Liars drops obscure references like that all the time.
For now though, it’s just the name of the janitor that almost impaled Mona’s hand with a screwdriver. It was an “accident,” but it was a very Damoclean one. At the time, Mona paid no mind, since she was focused on Caitlin.
But when Mona finally tracks down Ray Hogadorn’s home, the recognition clicks immediately. Could he also be her mystery chess opponent? He’s clearly been watching every move that’s made at BHU, particularly surrounding the Hotchkiss kids.
Oh, speaking of the Hotchkiss kids, Ali’s found Taylor! It didn’t take long at all, but she’s been fixating on it pretty hard. Why? It’s a good mystery, and it could unravel the darkness surrounding Beacon Heights.
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS: THE PERFECTIONISTS – “The Ghost Sonata” – Alison hunts for Taylor, thinking she may be alive and in hiding. Caitlin, Ava and Dylan realize their newfound true friendship is threatened by still buried secrets and debate coming clean to each other. And the Perfectionists try to tighten a noose around their number one suspect. This episode of “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” airs Wednesday, April 10 (8:00-9:01 P.M. EDT) on Freeform. (Freeform/Scott Patrick Green)
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But also, because she’s GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE. MARLENE KING HOW COULD YOU?
I don’t mean to be dramatic, but this is pretty much the worst case scenario for any fans who loved the Emison relationship, especially after the hope the pilot gave us. It also pretty well puts the nail in the coffin on any potential cameos from Shay Mitchell.
We’ll probably need at least a full season to recover from this development, so let’s get back to the main story.
Thanks to a roadmap drawn by Taylor herself in the stories of Ozma of Oz, Alison tracks her down to a trailer in the woods. She’s not exactly thrilled to have company though – cue our first hostage moment of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.
Unfortunately, Ali and Mona are both on their own. It’s not like they can fill their students in on this (yet). Plus, the other Perfectionists are focused on taking down Mason.
Since Nolan’s funeral, Mason has become hellbent on taking his place and I already want to push him off a roof. He’s fully ready to use every one of Ava, Caitlin and Dylan’s secrets against them. The only real solution – presented by none other than Ali – is simple: beat him to the punch.
So, Dylan comes clean to Andrew, effectively destroying his relationship, and Caitlin comes clean to Ava. As it turns out, Caitlin is the one who outed Ava’s identity to BHU. So much for their budding friendship.
Still, something tells me they’ll get through it. They have to.
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists airs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Freeform.