Face Time

Face Time is the fourth episode of Season 4 of Pretty Little Liars. The episode aired on July 2, 2013.

Synopsis
Holbrook’s partner, Lt. Tanner, comes to town, intensifying their investigation into the Liars and their possible connection to Wilden’s death. Emily panics when her parents come under undue scrutiny due to “A’s” manipulations. Hanna bristles when Caleb tries to help her through this latest crisis, and tries to shift the focus of the police investigation, and Toby finds a new source of information into his mother’s death, but it only leads to more questions.

Main Cast

 * Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings
 * Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin
 * Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields
 * Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery
 * Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis

Guest Cast

 * Torrey DeVitto as Melissa Hastings
 * Lesley Fera as Veronica Hastings
 * Keegan Allen as Toby Cavanaugh
 * Sean Faris as Gabriel Holbrook
 * Nia Peeples as Pam Fields
 * Eric Steinberg as Wayne Fields
 * Roma Maffia as Linda Tanner
 * Lindsey Shaw as Paige McCullers
 * Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers
 * Ryan Guzman as Jake
 * Teo Briones as Malcolm Cutler
 * Jed Rees as Hector Lime

Title and Background

 * In a dictionary Face Time means:
 * The amount of time one spends appearing on television — Could Sasha Pieterse (Alison DiLaurentis ) have more face time?
 * Time spent in a face-to-face meeting with someone — Could the Liars meet with someone? Maybe this is a reference to Spencer and Melissa face-toface meeting.
 * Time spent at one's place of employment especially beyond normal work hours — Could more A-Team members work/appear?
 * To 'face time' could also be used as an expression to say 'One faces time in jail' — Could somebody be imprisoned? Will Ashley Marin be jailed for her 'hit and run'? Maybe Pam Fields will be jailed for being 'one mean mommy'?
 * Face Time is also the name of Apple's Facetime app that allows video chatting — Could the Liars be facetimed by A or Red Coat?
 * The history of the mask that Mona used in This Is A Dark Ride that looked like Alison might be told.

Trivia

 * Prep for this episode and 4x03 began on March 22, 2013.
 * The read-through was on April 2, 2013.
 * Filming for this episode and 4x03 began on April 4, 2013 and ended on April 22, 2013.