Talk:How the 'A' Stole Christmas/@comment-25584522-20141204160424

I just finished rewatching episode 2X13, "The First Secret". Man, what an episode.

Few things strucked me as interesting:

- We know Alison did everything she could to break up Melissa and Ian in order to "win" Ian for herself. But this episode provides some information that Alison knows things about Melissa that are far more suspicious. She claims that Melissa works hard to impress her parents not out of sheer perfection, but rather as a way to distract them from knowing who she really is. Did Ali found out things about Melissa that can hurt her reputation?

- The whole Alison-Aria interaction in this episode was extremly intriguing. It seemed that their friendship was far from neutral. I would risk and say that Alison seemed to be resentful, almost hostile, towards Aria. I think that at this point, Alison stopped trusting Aria as friend.

- Few characters interaction were made during this episode that can be an indication and hints regarding some of the unresolved mystery. The N.A.T. club, Melissa, Mona, Lucas, and Jenna. The most interesting thing is the fact that they seem to know each other very well, and they already started conspiring against Alison. But here is the question: At this point, did they have anything to do with -A?

- Chronologically speaking, it seems to be around this time that Alison found out about secrets that has connection to two of the Liars: Byron's affair with Meredith, and Emily's sexual orientation. Is it a coincidence? Or is it have something to do with -A threats as well?

- Lastly, it was the introduction of Radley sanitarium, though in a form of one of their vans.

So here is my biggest question: Was the episode some kind of a clue regarding the mystery? Is there a connection between Melissa, Wilden, Jenna, the N.A.T. club, Mona, Lucas, and Radley? Remember that all the roads lead back to Radley; Do the earlier mentioned  people  had something to do with the death of Marion Cavanaugh? We know that Wilden does;

And what about Bethany Young? And how the hell Melissa and Jenna fit into the mystery? And more importantly, why?