Talk:'A' is for A-l-i-v-e/@comment-4393153-20130613001106

From this episode, I think that Mona was wrong, Red Coat didn't enter this game when Mona went to Radley. I think she's been manipulating things for a lot longer time. Mona doesn't know who killed Ian, maybe that person was working for Red Coat, or was Red Coat. I think she's been a major player in this game since season one, or before.

Think about it, Mona said she started A because she wanted revenge on the liars for taking Hanna, yet Ali was being tortured by an unknown person, who was strikingly similar to A. Ali disappeared long before Mona's stresser for becoming A happened. So, logically it was her. (also, she didn't have the same vibe of someone being able to do it, and I'm pretty sure she was at the party the whole time). So, it was someone else; Red Coat.

Also, the writers said that Mona didn't do two of the things during her 'tenure' as A, and yet she said that she didn't start working with Red Coat until the period between seasons 2 and 3. So, someone else was operating under the A alias. Who knows, maybe Red Coat somehow subliminaly gave Mona the idea

I don't think Red Coat is Ali, they're setting it up to seem like that, which immediately makes me believe that it isn't her, since they never do the obvious thing (a pig in the trunk). I think she's been involved with Ali in some way, but it isn't her. I also don't think it's Courtney, since they said they weren't following that story (though the writers have lied)