Talk:Over a Barrel/@comment-25902148-20150117060002/@comment-25937133-20150117115102

Most of these questions are really subjective (ie we don't know the answers for sure yet - we can only guess). I'll give you my best guesses.

1.

It seems logical that they would be the same person. However, Marlene said that she wasn't ready to reveal if they were the same person or not. Therefore, I think it is likely that Black Widow and A are not the same person. However, they could very well be making up a two-person A-Team. I'd say that logically they should all be the same person - but with the way this show tries to trick you, I bet that A and BW are different.

2 and 3.

In theory yes, it was just Mona along with a blackmailed Lucas. I still think that while Mona was the only "A" that someone else (likely the person who stole the game from her at the end of season 2) was pulling some strings though. For example, Mona claims not to know who killed Ian. Additionally, someone other than Mona was threatening to kill Ali (her texts) and is likely the same person that hit her with a rock. I feel like this person used Mona as A and it was all part of their master plan. At the very least, even if not an official member of the A-Team, there was another force at work against the Liars.

4.

The A-Team formed after Mona was caught. She blackmailed Lucas in the first couple of seasons though. It is possible she blackmailed others but we have no evidence of this. There was no true A-Team until the game was stolen from her.

5.

We don't know for sure. Ezra was the prime A suspect in 4B and was "cleared" of being A. I doubt the writers would make him the real A. Similarly, CeCe has been consistently shady. It wouldn't be much of a shock to learn she is A, so I doubt that she will turn out to be such.

The way this show goes though, any of these answers could easily change. We could find out that Mona was never the only A, or that she always took orders from Uber A. We could find out that RC, BW, and A are the same person, or three different people.