Season 4

"Liars Unite."

- Seasonal Quote

Season 4 begins immediately where Season 3 left off. Pretty Little Liars was renewed by ABC Family on October 4, 2012. 

It aired summer 2013 (June 11, 2013) and spring 2014 (January 2014) and will consist of 24 episodes.

Spencer Hastings
Spencer and Toby try to figure out why Toby's mom, Marion, committed suicide using clues that A has supplied for them. Spencer is also trying to confront Melissa and get some answers from her.

Emily Fields
Emily will get hurt and be on a stretcher within the first few episodes. She will also make plans for life after high school with Paige. However, it seems as though A is targeting her parents for the majority of 4A. A will drive a car through Emily's house where she moves into a motel with her mom, then eventually into the DiLaurentis house, where she finds out that Red Coat might be living in The DiLaurentis basement

Hanna Marin
According to Marlene King: Hanna is now A's main target.

Hanna is also suspicious that her mom, Ashley Marin, has killed Detective Wilden.

Aria Montgomery
With Ezra and Aria now separated, Aria will try to move on with her life and enjoy her senior year. Meanwhile, Aria also decides to take martial art classes in the hope of defending herself against A. Her new love interest is Jake, her martial arts instructor.

Main Cast

 * Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings –13/24
 * Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin – 13/24
 * Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery – 13/24
 * Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields – 13/24
 * Laura Leighton as Ashley Marin – 13/24
 * Keegan Allen as Toby Cavanaugh – 9/24
 * Ian Harding as Ezra Fitz – 10/24
 * Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers – 924
 * Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal – 7/24
 * Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis – 7/24

Recurring Cast

 * Add characters here when they have appeared in at least 3 episodes in the season.


 * Ryan Guzman as Jake – 7/24
 * Lindsey Shaw as Paige McCullers – 6/24
 * Lesley Fera as Veronica Hastings -5/24
 * Nia Peeples as Pam Fields – 5/24
 * Aeriel Miranda as Shana – 5/24
 * Cody Allen Christian as Mike Montgomery – 4/24
 * Sean Faris as Gabriel Holbrook – 3/24
 * Andrea Parker as Jessica DiLaurentis – 3/24
 * Larisa Oleynik as Maggie Cutler – 3/24
 * Roma Maffia as Linda Tanner – 3/24

Guest Cast

 * Torrey DeVitto as Melissa Hastings – 2/24
 * Jed Rees  as Hector Lime – 2/24
 * Zinsman  Joseph Zinsman  as Robert Vargas – 2/24
 * Eric Steinberg as Wayne Fields – 2/24
 * Holly Marie Combs as Ella Montgomery – 2/24
 * John O'Brien as Arthur Hackett – 2/24
 * Tammin Sursok as Jenna Marshall – 2/24
 * Bryce Johnson as Darren Wilden – 2/24
 * Wyatt Nash as Nigel Wright – 2/24
 * Roark Critchlow as Tom Marin – 2/24
 * Vanessa Ray as CeCe Drake – 2/24
 * Tate Nick Tate as Louis Palmer– 2/24
 * Luke Kleintank as Travis – 2/24
 * Teo Briones as Malcolm Cutler 1/24
 * Chad Lowe as Byron Montgomery – 1/24
 * Edward Kerr as Ted Wilson- 1/24
 * Julian Morris as Wren Kingston – 1/24
 * Droege  Karla Droege as Marion Cavanaugh – 1/24
 * Steve Talley as Zack – 1/24
 * Brant Daugherty as Noel Kahn – 0/24
 * Ryan Merriman as Ian Thomas 0/24
 * Drew Van Acker as Jason DiLaurentis – 0/24
 * Brendan Robinson as Lucas Gottesman – 0/24
 * Wes Ramsey as Jesse - 0/24


 * See Also: Character Appearances

Season Notes
These are spoilers for the entire season as a whole and may not actually occur during this episode.
 * The girls may go back to the lodge to search for clues.
 * The writers are planning on having Mike to have an appearance this season. He will return in episode 5.
 * Zack will return. He returned in episode 3.
 * Mona is now being targeted by A.
 * Mrs. DiLaurentis moves back to Rosewood with an agenda, living in her old home, alone, and will become a part of the mystery.
 * There will be some dissension between the girls as 3 of them (Mona, Hanna and Spencer) saw Ali and the other 2 (Aria and Emily) didn't.
 * Hanna will be A's main target when the show returns for Season 4.
 * The alliance between Jenna, Shana, and Melissa will be explored.
 * Lucas, CeCe, and Wren  are set to return in Season 4, and Jason will return also. Shana will return in episode 2.
 * According to Bryan Holdman, Mona was kicked from the A-Team and will somewhat become part of the group in Season 4.
 * Marlene King will pay homage to the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds" in season 4.
 * It was confirmed by Oliver Goldstick that Paige will be important in the first four episodes.
 * Oliver Goldstick stated in a TV Guide Interview about the possibility of Alison's twin: "We're not exploring that."
 * We will find out who the Queen of Hearts is.
 * Oliver Goldstick stated in an EW interview that "there’s a Toby-Alison flashback coming up, which is really cool, in the beginning of season four "
 * Marlene King and Lucy Hale confirmed that there will be a season 5, after season 4.
 * Gabe's partner, Linda Tanner, will appear in Rosewood.
 * Sasha Pieterse (Ali) will have more screen time.
 * We may see some old (deceased) characters, based on Maya Goldsmith's tweet.
 * Ryan Merriman (Ian Thomas ) will possibly show up along with Brant, Brendan and Drew who have yet to  appear  in season 4 as Noel , Lucas and Jason.
 * On April 30, 2013, Pretty Little Liars tweeted that Tyler Blackburn (Caleb) would head for Ravenswood.
 * The girls and Mona go in A's mobile lair and go on the computer (Promo)
 * Emily may get hit by a car (Promo)
 * Red Coat may have set the girls up with the trunk and what's inside (Aria's quote in promo).
 * Keegan Allen said in a PLL Alloyentertainment interview that there will be a Toby and Alison flashback. We also get to see Toby (pre-Jenna) when he was actually friends with Alison.
 * Spoby will go back to the lodge to investigate.
 * Toby still “has an axe to grind with the girls.”
 * Viewers will find out whether Alison is indeed dead or alive and what happened that night.
 * Hanna and Caleb do not break up but they do part ways "a la Casablanca"
 * There will be dives into Toby's past and his relationship with his mother Marion.
 * Toby and Caleb will team up.
 * Ezra will serve as a mentor to the other girls as they navigate their college plans.
 * "A" will target the liars' parents more.
 * Mitchell hinted that "A" will have a major role in Emily's romantic life.
 * King expressed interest in doing an all-flashback episode on Pretty Little Liars
 * Emily is still convinced that Alison is dead.
 * Jesse, the new new attractive guidance counselor at Rosewood High School, will be introduced.
 * Emily moves into the DiLaurentis house after "A" drives a car through her living room.
 * Mona will be getting a love interest and it's kind of a shocking one!
 * Spencer's  "fun" secret about the night Ali went missing will be exposed, via Spencer to Toby. It will be a very Patrick Bateman moment and Troian said “It definitely got messy.”
 * Alison is Alive and has talked with the girls, telling them she wants to come home but it's not safe yet, cause he (Ezra) is still out there.
 * Ezra is possibly Big A /Board Shorts
 * Ezra and Mona will have a scene together
 * Ali and Mona will have a scene together in the finale.