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Mona: Sorry I'm late. What did I miss?
Spencer: An invitation?
— The girls after Mona arrives at Ali's house

Driving Miss Crazy is the seventeenth episode of Season 7 of Pretty Little Liars. It aired on June 6th, 2017.

Synopsis

With Mona making inroads in the game, Emily reluctantly teams up with her to investigate. Ashley returns to Rosewood to check on Hanna after learning some frightening information and asks Caleb what his intentions are with her daughter. Meanwhile, Spencer’s family reels from A.D.’s latest taunt, leaving Spencer more confused than ever about who to trust. Ezra notices Aria’s change in attitude and fears he may have lost her; and A.D.’s machinations cause Aria to have a terrifying nightmare.[1]

Plot

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Aria receives a threatening FaceTime call

Ezra and Aria take ballroom dancing lessons. Ezra later questions why he saw pain in her face. Aria tells him her shoes are too small. Ezra's brother is messaging him because their mother doesn't approve of his girlfriend. Aria stresses out about a missed message from A.D. Ezra tells Aria that nothing will ruin their big day, he leaves and she checks her phone. She FaceTimes A.D. telling them she can't talk right now, A.D. tells her that she can't afford not to. Aria tells them she no longer wants to continue, A.D. presses her to do more in order to get her letter that would put Ezra in jail back. A.D. gives her the task of delivering something to Spencer's house. Aria rejects this because Spencer has been through too much, but A.D. threatens with the letter again this time reading out words.

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Detective Furey talks to Hanna and Caleb about the flood at The Radley

At Lucas' loft, Hanna receives a visit from Detective Furey. He informs her about the flood in The Radley that destroyed crucial evidence in the Dunhill homicide case. Hanna asks why he's telling her and Furey says that a witness saw her and Caleb at The Radley. He asks if Caleb is here but Hanna asks who the witness is and what they saw. Furey asks to sit but Hanna doesn't have time for it, Caleb comes out of the shower. Hanna informs him of what's going on and Caleb tells Furey that he lives at The Radley. He questions why the police are investigating a flood. Furey tells them that the flood was not an accident and contributes to their homicide investigation. Furey questions why Caleb lives in a hotel. Hanna tells him that her mother manages The Radley, she offered Caleb a room in exchange for an upgraded security system. Furey tells them the system failed between 9:14 and 9:24, he asks who else has access, Caleb tells him to speak to Ashley for that info. Furey tells them that he did, and he will keep talking with people until they figure out how, as they already know why someone would want it to fail. Furey tells them that they lost the slip but other compelling evidence has surfaced although he does not tell them what.

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Spencer and Emily are mad that Hanna told Mona about the game

At the Hastings' household, Emily is helping Spencer pack up their things to sell the house. Spencer questions why Alison felt the need to see Jason now. Emily states that Alison is in New York and needs a break. Spencer states that it will get a lot worse before it gets better, Furey is hellbent on solving every single case in the Rosewood Police system and seems to be getting closer to solving their crime. Peter comes down to put something in the boxes, Emily says they should have a yard sale, Peter says they're not leaving anything behind in Rosewood and offers her to come visit them. He leaves and Spencer finds something in the dumpster pile that says it's property of Radley Sanitarium, she realizes it's what Peter and Veronica brought Spencer - as a baby - home in. Emily suggests she keeps it and Spencer gets a message on her phone from Hanna demanding they all play the game. At Lucas' loft, Hanna is freaking out about the other evidence Furey mentioned, Spencer and Emily try to calm her but fail. Hanna is scared that if they don't play, Dunhill's body will end up in someone's hands piece by piece. Spencer reminds her the game chooses who plays next and when, they can't force it. Hanna questions why Aria hasn't had a turn, Aria pretends she doesn't know. Mona arrives and Hanna finally informs them that Mona knows about the game. Mona has list of who could be A.D. from Jenna to Mary, Spencer reminds her she is not a part of it, Mona corrects that she replaced the windshield on the car used to kill him, which makes her an accessory and she is not going to leave her fate in their hands.

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Spencer and Veronica listen to audio of Mary saying she killed Jessica because she knew that Peter and Jessica planned to kill her

At The Radley, Caleb waits for the elevator upstairs and instead sees Ashley coming out. Ashley is back in town for the investigation and questions Caleb if Hanna is involved in Dunhill's murder, Caleb lies that she is not. At the Hastings' household, Aria arrives with bags of food for Spencer, she looks around at the boxes already in the house. Spencer sorts things out while she questions if Aria is angry about Mona being made aware of the game. Aria says it could be better to have Mona's perspective involved, with Spencer's back turned she pairs a phone to the Hastings household speaker and places it in a box. Spencer states that Mona's perspective is warped. Aria agrees and tells Spencer she has to go, Spencer asks if it's wedding stuff and Aria excuses that Ezra is freaking out about the guest list, she then leaves. Aria waits for a bit outside and then leaves. Spencer begins to hear voices of her biological mother talking to Peter, the audio is of Mary saying she didn't have a choice in killing Jessica because she knew that Peter and Jessica would have killed her. She is confused and Peter rushes downstairs angrily questioning where the sound is coming from, he searches the house before he finds a speaker and breaks it, shutting the audio off, he shouts that this is what happens when you let a lunatic into the house. Veronica and Spencer are confused and horrified as they are forced to listen to a repeat of the audio on a separate speaker. When Peter comes back, Veronica and Spencer obviously have questions. Veronica asks who recorded the conversation but Peter doesn't know. Spencer asks why Mary would have thought Peter and Jessica wanted her dead. Peter tells Spencer "these are the delusional ramblings of a sick person", Veronica picks up her phone to call the police, Peter tells her not to and Spencer agrees.

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Hanna freaks out about the mistakes she made in the cover up of Dunhill murder

At Alison's household, Emily has a goodnight call with Alison. Mona tells Emily to remind Alison about her folic acid, which annoys Emily. Alison says she loves her and Emily says "me too" due to Mona being in the room. Mona works out what Alison said and tells Emily she can say it front of her because it hasn't been a secret since high school. Emily is reluctant to have her be playing the game, and Mona tells her she doesn't realize how badly they need her. Mona pulls Emily in by telling her that she found out the doctor who did Alison's fertility procedure. Emily tells her not to mess with her about information like that, so Mona tells she made an appointment to go see him at 11am. At The Brew, Hanna is anxious about being caught out by her mother, since Caleb lied that she wasn't involved. Hanna remembers mistakes she made that were careless, such as leaving her bracelet behind in Dunhill's car (later retrieved by Mona) and throwing away shovels that then went missing. Ezra brings them coffee and talks about his brother possibly attending the wedding over Skype. He remarks that he wishes he could have just had a private ceremony for two. Hanna questions if she and Caleb just got dis-invited. Aria arrives, Ezra asks if she has eaten and Aria says she's not hungry and is going upstairs. Ezra then sarcastically remarks that Aria is what a happy bride looks like.

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Mona and Emily meet with the fertility doctor the donor worked with

At the meeting with the doctor, Emily is on edge while Mona steers the conversation. He question who will be carrying the child, Mona tells him that they want to make an educated decision on who should. He then asks if either of them were pregnant before, to which they both deny. Mona comments that he has a lot of credits on the wall for someone so young. He questions who referred them and Mona says Alison Rollins, but Emily catches his attention by saying "Alison DiLaurentis", Mona talks about the unusual arrangement, and the doctor becomes uncomfortable and tells them he doesn't know why they're here but it's not for the right reasons. Mona tells him that she's sure he had his reasons for doing the procedure. He tells them to find another doctor. Hanna is at the place she left the shovels previously and is looking, she is approached by a stranger who scares her accidentally. With Emily and Mona, Mona reveals she managed to steal a magazine that had the doctors home address on it due to the mailing label. Hanna has trouble retrieving back the shovel she used, the stranger tells her that the shovel was confiscated because they could have been used in a crime and are being tested, this panics Hanna and she leaves.

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Spencer informs Aria that audio from a burner phone just blew up her family

At the Hastings' household, Spencer finally finds the phone and plays the audio again. Aria later calls her and Spencer tells her that she is staring at a burner phone that was in a box that "basically just blew up my whole family". Spencer says she thinks she is taking a turn of the game without knowing it. Aria questions what happened and Spencer informs her that Peter may have had more to do with Jessica DiLaurentis' death, Veronica is a wreck and that Peter and Veronica think that Mary made the delivery of the device. Spencer then questions how the person who wrote Spencer a letter that makes her cry and the person who killed Jessica be the same person. Spencer suggests telling her parents but Aria tells her to let Mona figure things out first. She rejects this idea and Aria reminds her that she saved them before, and tells her not to say anything because it may make things worse. She ends the call when Ezra arrives. Ezra thinks he knows what she was talking about with Spencer and believes that Aria is still questioning whether she should trust him. Ezra tells Aria that they are stronger through everything they've been through, Aria silently agrees and they hug.

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Mary tells Spencer about her and Peter's full conversation, and that Peter supplied medication to stop Mary's heart, which she used on Jessica instead

Spencer leaves her house, and Furey is waiting. He is there for more follow-up questions. She asks why she isn't down at the station. Furey says he thought she would be embarrassed by the questions and asks her about Caleb, suggesting he was the reason she almost had sex with him in the Radley elevator, as he would have a strong motive to protect her. Spencer asks if he's having a hard time separating personal from professional. He asks if she became interested in him because she needed a cop in her corner. She tells him to ask her case questions at the station. He gets in his car and leaves. Spencer gets in hers and is scared by Mary, she covers Spencer's mouth with her hands, telling her to drive. When they get there, Spencer refuses to go inside. Mary tells her it's sad that it's Mary she's frightened of. Spencer asks for a reason not to be. She confronts her with the device, Mary denies planting it but knows what it is, and says the hospital must have recorded it without their knowledge, adding that they did lots of heinous things. Spencer questions the things she did too. Mary tells her not to judge, Spencer would be surprised at what she would do to protect herself. Peter and Mary's full conversation is shown. Peter tells Mary she is never seeing Spencer again, Mary tells him Spencer is the one good thing she has. Peter points out that Spencer was created out of trying to punish Jessica. Mary retaliates that she was the only one punished when she was sent to Radley. Spencer figures out that the pills meant to stop Mary's heart, stopped Jessica's instead as they shared the same DNA and conditions. Spencer asks of her father's involvement, Mary says he supplied Jessica with the medication. She adds that killing Jessica meant standing up to her lifelong bully. Mary asks Spencer to stay with her, which sounds more like going on the run with her.

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Caleb proposes to Hanna in front of her mother

At Ezra and Aria's apartment, Aria receives a text from A.D. complimenting her on having a hand in blowing up the Hastings' family. At Lucas' loft, Hanna complains that she didn't get any shovels back and spent the last four hours getting Lucas' car detailed. Caleb tries to warn her that her mother is here, but Ashley comes in. They hug and Caleb says he ordered food to pick up from Ezra and Aria's apartment. Ashley asks Hanna why she was detailing Lucas' car. Hanna lies that the reason is because it's been her office on wheels and the state of it was disgusting. Ashley questions if Emily has moved out. Hanna updates her that Emily is living with Alison now. Ashley comments that Caleb and Hanna could live in Lucas' loft. Caleb says that when he's not at the hotel he would be at the loft, but the loft isn't permanent. Ashley next says she's glad Caleb is back with Hanna but she's curious what brought him back, asking if Hanna needed help. Hanna is annoyed that Ashley asked the question in front of Hanna. Caleb tells Ashley that he needed Hanna's help, figuring out how he felt about her. He works his way up proposing to Hanna in front of Ashley. Hanna smiles and Ashley states that they have something to toast to.

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Aria has a nightmare where Veronica calls her a "selfish little bitch" for contributing to blowing up their family

Aria begins having a nightmare that she is about to get married in jail. Mona sings "Jailhouse Rock" as a beaten up Ezra is brought down in chains, he is further beaten up after Aria is also put behind an open set of bars, she comes back out to go to Ezra. They meet in the middle and Veronica turns up to be the officiate. Aria takes the time to apologize, asking for forgiveness but Veronica tells her "Forgive you? Oh, honey, you're just a selfish little bitch." Veronica closes a book and Aria immediately wakes up. She realizes she was watching an old film that inspired the style of the nightmare, she turns it off and receives a message from A.D. telling her she's waited long enough and her reward is downstairs in The Brew. She searches downstairs for a puzzle piece but can't find it. Emily and Mona arrive back to the doctor with evidence he got handed enough cash to pay off his med school bill. They use it to threaten him into giving them information. The doctor says he never had anyone's names as it was handled electronically, he only gives them the donor's ID number.

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Veronica tells Spencer she is forfeiting her senator seat due to her husband's involvement in an attempted murder

At the Hastings' house, Veronica gives Peter the letter Mary wrote Spencer. He tells her that everything she wrote is a manipulative ploy, Mary will make her share responsibility. Spencer questions for what and references Peter and Jessica teaming up to kill Mary. However Peter is fine with what he helped Jessica in trying to do, and justifies that he tried to protect his family from a "deranged sociopath", stating that if it went right he would have done it again. He leaves and Veronica gives Spencer the letter. Veronica says they're not moving to Harrisburg, instead she's forfeiting her senate seat. Spencer tells her she did nothing wrong, Veronica comments that she is married to someone who did. Veronica begins to leave and Spencer tells her Mary didn't plant the recording, Veronica questions who did. Spencer stays silent. Back at The Brew, Aria is searching for her reward and sees a letter, she's given two puzzle pieces and told to connect them to the board. Aria looks to the side, and realizes Mona was watching her. Mona waves, making Aria uncomfortable, she leaves quickly. Mona seems to have figured out that she is being shady.

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Spencer tells Mary that she can't leave her friends and mom behind and tells Mary that she forgives her but that Mary needs to forgive herself

Hanna meets Caleb in the wood in a tent, this mirrors the situation when Hanna lost her virginity to Caleb ("A Person of Interest"). She came prepared with wine, two wine glasses and two cigars, she takes off the paper ring on the cigars to use as engagement rings. They put their rings on and kiss. Spencer goes to see Mary outside the Lost Woods Resort. She tells her that she is ready to leave Rosewood... but she can't leave the people in it. Her friends need her and so does her Mom, she apologizes for calling Veronica her mother in front of her birth Mom, but Mary tells her not to: "she is your mother, and you are lucky to have her". Mary says she hopes Spencer can forgive her. Spencer says she already has, but tells Mary to forgive herself and walks away. In a black hoodie, Aria adds her puzzle pieces and is told her "grand prize" is right behind her. She takes out her letter from a vase. Emily waits outside Mona's apartment, asking her to try to find out information on who planted a device in Spencer's house, she agrees. Emily tells her she narrowed down a list of names for the donor person but Mona is tired and tells her to talk tomorrow. Mona fully locks her door and sits down at her computer. Behind her, an entire board/map trying to work out who created Liar's Lament, chasing down who A.D. is., it's also revealed that Mona was the one to retrieve the shovels the girls used in burying Dunhill before anyone else could.

Notes

  • This episode marks Ashley's first appearance in Season 7.
  • This episode contains the first musical number in the show: Aria dreams about Ezra being in prison with Mona singing 'Jailhouse Rock' as the pair prepare to get married in prison by Veronica.
  • Caleb tells Ashley that he wants to marry Hanna and the two have an unofficial engagement in a tent in the woods, resembling their first time in "A Person of Interest".
  • Spencer and Veronica learn from a recording planted by Aria (under A.D.'s threats) that Jessica and Peter were planning to kill Mary Drake together. Mary later tells Spencer that she knew of this and replanted the medication so Jessica would die instead.
  • The Liars find out that the shovels they used to bury Archer are now missing. Later, Mona is shown to have stolen the shovels and built what appears to be a brand new lair with photos of Liar's Lament and a murder board.

Title and Background

  • The title is a reference to the 1989 comedy-drama film, "Driving Miss Daisy", starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Patti LuPone.

Main Cast

Supporting Cast

Trivia

  • The table read for this episode occurred on September 1st, 2016.[2]
  • Filming for this episode began on September 12th, 2016 and wrapped on September 20th, 2016.
  • This is both Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins' last episode for the show.
  • The episode's official press release was made public on May 17th, 2017.[1]
  • The intro in this episode features Emily doing the 'Shhh'.
  • This is the 47th and final episode of the series in which Ali does not appear.
  • The episode was watched by 0.97 million viewers on its original broadcast.

Featured Music

  • "Mambo No. 1" by Andrew Oye - (Aria and Ezra take dance lessons for their wedding)
  • "Silence Worth Breaking" by Brooke Annibale - (Detective Furey stops by Hanna's apartment to question her and Caleb about the flooding at the Radley Hotel)
  • "Hold Your Ground" by Fleurie - (Caleb bumps into Ashley at The Radley and she also questions him about the flood)
  • "Wish Something Would Happen" by Louis Schefano - (Caleb tries to reassure a panicking Hanna that no one will find out what they did, when Ezra brings them coffee and expresses regret over how the wedding plans are going; Aria says 'Hi' to Ezra then heads up to his apartment)
  • "Light Me Up" by Ingrid Michaelson - (Ezra shows Aria his ideal song for their first dance; (repeats) In the woods, Hanna asks Caleb if he really meant the words he said to her mother, he then officially proposes to her and they kiss)
  • "Jailhouse Rock (feat. Janel Parrish)" by Pretty Little Liars Cast - (Aria has a hunting, surreal, musical dream where she gets prepared to marry Ezra in prison with Veronica as their minister and Mona as his jailer)
  • "Break" by ADLT VDEO - (Aria desperately searches for her "reward" from A.D. in The Brew)

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