Out, Damned Spot

Out, Damned Spot is the nineteenth episode of Season 5 of Pretty Little Liars. It will air on February 10, 2015.

Synopsis
Senior high school students focus on their future college careers and feel the high pressures that come along with it, and Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer are no different. With a grade contingent acceptance, Aria needs to buckle down to improve her grades and looks to Andrew for some tutoring help. Also having college acceptance anxiety, Spencer decides to take a break and help Jonny with a new project. Hanna is doing just fine on her college acceptances but finds out that she has been turned down for financial aid and turns to her dad to help.

Meanwhile, Aria and the girls concerns about Mike increase after an incident at the school blood drive.

Spoilers/Notes

 * Cyrus returns for this episode.Source
 * Aria will have a scene with Andrew. Source
 * Ashley will be in the episode. Source
 * There will be "big things" for Mike in this episode. Source

Title and Background

 * "Out, Damned Spot" is a reference to Macbeth by William Shakespeare. In the play, after talking so tough throughout the play about how she could kill to become queen, it turns out that she begins cracking under the pressure of the crime and the secret. She hallucinates that she still has blood on her hands from planting the murder weapons used to kill the king, symbolizing her fear of being found out; blood that she can't seem to scrub off.
 * In the Book Series, Spencer played Lady Macbeth and she said the exact same line: "Out, Damned Spot".

Main Cast

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

Supporting Cast

 * Ian Harding as Ezra Fitz
 * Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers
 * Sean Faris as Gabriel Holbrook
 * Laura Leighton as Ashley Marin
 * Cody Allen Christian as Mike Montgomery
 * Brandon W. Jones as Andrew Campbell
 * Roark Critchlow as Tom Marin
 * Jake Weary as Cyrus Petrillo
 * Will Bradley as Jonny Raymond

Trivia

 * The table read was on September 16, 2014.
 * Filming began on September 17, 2014 and wrapped September 25, 2014.