Talk:'A' is for A-l-i-v-e/@comment-155.41.31.36-20130418193158/@comment-4915723-20130419032340

none of these storylines were pointless. they all had something to do something which made them important.

1. Caleb's dad drama was the writers way of giving Hanna a break and also giving Caleb more of a reason to want to go after A for setting up his father.

2. Maggie/Malcolm was just a drawn out way to breakup Ezria for a while, they had to let their shippers down easily I guess.

3. Meredith played a large role in Aria's family leaving, and it gave us more suspects by connecting Byron and Meredith to Ali.

4. Ashley Marin is the most popular parent, fans love her and they wanted her to have a little storyline, so they have her one. it could lead to Ashley going to jail if people knew her past.

5. Andrew was eye candy and we got to see Spencer be focused on school again.

6. Alex was Spencer first love interest. everyone had one besides her in 1A and we needed to see a softer side to Spencer, also it was the first time A broke up a couple.

7. Without Hanna and Sean, Lucas wouldn't have got close to Hanna.

8. Like I said before the parents has fans too, people wanted to see what was going on in her life, and besides its Holly Marie Combs, she's too perfect not to have a storyline.

9. You know when characters die or go away, they have to introduce more right? you don't even know how he's gonna effect things so don't pass judgement too quickly.

10. Samara was a out of the closet confident lesbian. she was what Emily needed at the time, Paige wanted their relationship a secret.

11. Lucas and Danielle's storyline only lasted one episode and it was used to get Haleb back together, also it was to show that nice guys doesn't always have to finish last.

12. Duncan actually showed Aria that he had a relationship with Ali, he knew about her friends, she was afraid of someone, he comfirmed she was somewhere else before meeting them, and he knew about Vivian Darkbloom.