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I warned you bitches. Do you really want to end up dead?
A.D. to Alison

Exes and OMGs is the eighth episode of Season 7 of Pretty Little Liars and the 148th episode of the show overall. It aired on August 16, 2016.

Synopsis

Emily goes up for a position as the Rosewood High swim coach, only to learn that her ex-girlfriend Paige is also up for the job. Hanna is visited by Mrs. Grunwald after she has a vision that the PLLs are in danger. The girls track down the doctor who delivered Mary ’s baby in order to get answers. Ali decides to go back to work to help bring some normalcy to her life again.

Plot

Spencer, Alison, Aria, Hanna, Emily, and Caleb discuss Jenna and Noel being A.D. Emily questions what Alison had on Noel years ago. Alison reveals that Noel was the one who pushed the girl down the stairs at the frat/college party (in "The Badass Seed") when the girls previously thought it was Ian. Hanna becomes annoyed that the girls aren't completely onto the theory that Noel is A.D., she walks away and Caleb tries to talk to her but she knows that he is also not completely convinced. She tries to walk away again but a car comes at them and Caleb pushes her out of the way and gets hit instead. Hanna looks back and sees Noel as the driver, she looks at Caleb on the floor and screams, she wakes up and it's revealed to be a dream of Hanna's. Hanna tells Caleb about her dream and visits him to see if he is okay, which he confirms. Caleb informs her that he's going over the materials Spencer sent him but most of it is in coding that he can't crack. He sets her up with a new phone, one that can't be hacked.

Aria tells Emily her worries about her relationship with Ezra because Nicole could be alive. Emily reminds Aria that she had her reasons for deleting the voicemail Nicole sent to him. Aria reminds Emily that she lied to Ezra, as he walks in the door. Ezra questions what she lied to him about and Aria informs him. He switches topic and informs her about a update on Nicole, Aria apologizes for what she did and Ezra seems somewhat cold to her, but they hug before she leaves with Emily. Emily and Alison talk in The Brew about Alison going back to Rosewood High to teach her class again. Emily worries about her going back so quickly after she found out the truth about Archer Dunhill, her sister, and A.D. Alison informs Emily that she was given a clean bill of health and she's broke because Archer took everything before he was killed, so she needs a job. Emily wishes Alison good luck and they hug before she leaves. Principal Hackett arrives in The Brew to pick up a pastry order and bumps into Emily. He offers her a job at Rosewood High as a swim coach, to which she considers taking up.

Spencer finds a possible match of a Dr. Cochran that Noel may have been talking to on the phone, and insists her and Aria go and search for more information on him. At Rosewood High, Alison returns to her job but is blindsided by every student in her classroom dressing up "A" style in a black hoodie, they lift their heads up at her. She runs out to the bathroom and throws up. After school she talks to Emily, who reveals to Alison the swim coach offer she got. She encourages her to apply and Alison comments that neither of them thought they would be in the positions they are. Emily theorizes a way she can help fix Aria's relationship with Ezra. Spencer and Aria go to a hospital and speak to Dr. Cochran's daughter. His daughter tells them that she has not spoken to him in years, they don't have a good relationship and can't put them in touch with him, she also warns them to not go looking for him either.

Emily tries to talk Ezra around, she informs him that Aria was scared of losing him, Ezra gets a call in the middle of their conversation and Emily overhears that searchers are on their way to Nicole's camp. Hanna gets a visit from Mrs. Grunwald, who informs Hanna that she had a dream that scared her about a darkness around her and Caleb. Dr. Cochran's daughter phones Spencer back, and informs her that she had her office broken into and searched. She believes it was Spencer, who plays along because she gets Dr. Cochran's current address, his daughter gives Spencer a hint to bring him Whiskey otherwise he probably won't talk, Spencer texts Aria that Noel Kahn-believing him to be A.D.-may have done them a favor. Hanna and Mrs. Grunwald talk in The Radley Hotel, Hanna informs her that the person who she herself is worried about has done bad things already. She tells her that someone died in the hotel recently and Grunwald tells her that lots of people died and she can hear all of them crying.

Alison is teaching when a student becomes bitter towards her and she overhears herself being called to the principal office. Mrs. Grunwald warns Hanna that the source of the threat against her is very close to her. Noel Kahn is behind her at the bar and she drops a glass to get his attention. He walks over and Mrs. Grunwald's nose begins to bleed as she stares at him. Hanna becomes scared and confused as she looks at Grunwald and Noel walks off. Principal Hackett pulls Alison in and questions if she should take time off after everything. They are interrupted by a woman who need some files. Alison notices some Class of 2017 files and pushes back and assures him that she is fine being back and thinks it will actually help her recover mentally. Hanna confusingly informs Spencer, Aria and Emily that Noel Kahn is A.D., however they are still unsure, which makes Hanna more mad. Spencer calms her down by telling her that she and Aria are going to visit the person Noel may have been on the phone with.

Spencer and Aria visit Dr. Cochran, he attempts to close the door but Spencer puts whiskey in his eyesight and he lets them in. Dr. Cochran tells them patients at the Sanitarium were treated badly and it caused problems, his job was to make them go away. He tells a story of Mary Drake giving birth to two babies, one of which the girls already know is Charlotte. The second unknown baby was put into custody of family services. Later "society changed" and Radley let him go and he lost his license. Back at Rosewood High, Emily comes back to see Principal Hackett about the coaching position to find that Paige McCullers is back and applied for the same position. They catch up on things and discuss the last 5 years. Paige reveals that she tore up her knee and that it had healed, but not enough for her to compete in the Olympics. They wish each other good luck on the coaching position and drink wine. At night, Alison sneaks into the Principals office and checks out the Class of 2017 files she saw earlier. She hides under a desk when a cleaner/security person comes in.

At Ezra's place, Aria encourages Ezra to go back and help find Nicole, in fact she already booked a flight for him to go tomorrow morning. She cashed in their tickets to Italy to pay for the other tickets. He is appreciative and it brings him closer to forgiving her. The girls gather at Emily's apartment and discuss Noel being A.D. However, Hanna has had enough, she has flashbacks of being tortured and walks out to call someone to meet up with them. She says goodbye to Caleb and lies that she is going back to New York with Lucas for business reasons, however Caleb is slightly confused but wishes her a safe trip. Hanna walks away, and after a few seconds she comes back and kisses him. Aria says goodbye to Ezra at the airport, he begins to say something but she hugs him instead. She becomes emotional as he walks away from her. Sabrina and Emily hang out as they discuss Emily's potential new job, Paige is revealed to be watching them outside from a window. Aria zips up her wedding dress in its bag and "Spencer" goes through her family photo book, carefully looking at pictures, and Hanna is papering the windows of an unknown undisclosed location.

Notes

Title and Background

  • It refers to the Paily reunion and Hanna's decision at the end of the episode.
  • It could be a play on words and serve as a reference to the song Ex's & Oh's by Elle King.

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Supporting Cast

Trivia

  • The table read for this episode occurred on June 2nd, 2016.[2]
  • Filming for this episode began on June 6th, 2016[3] and wrapped on June 14th, 2016.[4]
  • The intro in this episode features Spencer doing the 'Shhh'.
  • The episode was watched live by 1.11 million viewers.

Featured Music

  • "Cold Blood" by Valen - (The girls and Caleb discuss the possibility of Noel being A.D. and his possible connection to Mary Drake, Hanna vehemently believes Noel to be A.D. while the other girls discuss wanting to find proof)
  • "Time Travelers" by Finneas O'Connell - (Alison tells Emily about her plans to return to teaching at RHS; Sabrina brings Emily a cup of coffee while checking up on her; Principal Hackett tells Emily about a job opening for swim coach)
  • "Bad Dream" by Ruelle - (At The Radley, Hanna discuss her and Caleb's relationship with Mrs. Grunwald then Grunwald tells Hanna about the darkness she senses around her and the source of said darkness is near her)
  • "To Be Your Honey" by Gemma Hayes - (Emily and Paige reminisce about old times over wine and apologizes to one another about the parts they played in their breakup two years before then toast one of them winning for swim coach)
  • "Daydream" by Ruelle - (Hanna hugs Caleb goodbye; Aria drops Ezra off at the airport, he kisses her goodbye; Emily and Sabrina discuss swimming job, Paige watches from outside the window; Aria puts away her wedding dress; Alex Drake goes through her family album; Hanna blocks out the windows of a rundown room with newspaper)

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