Talk:Gamma Zeta Die!/@comment-139.80.123.44-20130720235833/@comment-4247305-20130813171502

There are many theories and nobody has the answer besides the writers, and they're not gonna tell us. My theory about Ali being alive is that she is in hiding. She is not A. She wants to help the girls, but can't for some reason. She's afraid of someone or something, not necessarily A, well not Mona, but maybe the big bad A is who she is afraid of. She faked her death, or someone helped her fake it, or whatever and the only times she has been back in Rosewood were to visit the girls. So Hanna seeing Ali in the hospital - that was really Ali. She was worried about Hanna. Ali saving Emily from the barn.. probably. That might have been a hallucination. Ali rifling through that bag at Spencer's house - totally real, she needed something out of there, or needed to plant something in there, or whatever. Ali visiting Aria while she was sick - probably real. Ali visiting Spencer at Radley - probably a hallucination. When she got off that plane and dragged the girls out of the fire, she wanted to tell them she was alive, but the fire scared her so she left without revealing herself to them.

This is all just my opinion. I can't explain the why or how because we don't have the backstory. However, I will maintain until proven otherwise that Ali is a good character. She is not the red coat who has been menacing the girls. And if she by some chance IS, then red coat is not an evil character in my opinion because Ali is good.

Now there are many other theories, some involve spoilers from the books, so I won't get into it. Hope this helps you sort it out.