| “ | Guys, if we just stay calm and stick to the plan, we'll be fine, okay? This is about containment and right now, everyone who knows about Rollins 'is sitting in this car.' | ” |
Hit and Run, Run, Run is the fourth episode of Season 7 of Pretty Little Liars. It aired on July 12, 2016.
Synopsis
The PLLs desperately attempt to cover up their secret, and in turn, end up straining their relationships with their respective bed buddies by keeping them in the dark. While the aftermath of Haleb’s kiss weighs on Spaleb’s relationship, Spencer copes in ways she might later regret. Mona intervenes with the cover-up plan, for better or worse.
Plot
Liars digging Elliott's grave.
Frantic to cover their tracks, the Liars bury Elliott’s body in the woods. Aria urges the others to call the police, but the group decides that the best course of action is to bury the body, hoping that it'll appear that Elliott left town. Alison steals Elliott’s hospital keycard so the girls can sneak her back into Welby.
After the burial.
The girls begin to formulate a plan. Aria agrees to sneak Alison back into Welby, while Spencer will hide Elliott's phone and jacket in a train out of town. Realizing the potential repercussions of being the driver of the car when Elliott was hit, Hanna doubts the plan and panics that she'll go to jail for homicide.
Toby continues looking into Elliott.
At the police station, Toby continues to dig into Elliott’s past, keeping it secret from Yvonne.
Spencer turns Caleb away.
Back at Spencer’s barn, Spencer frantically tries to clean up the dirt and mud that the girls tracked in from the woods. In an effort to mend their strained friendship, Hanna asks Spencer if they can move past her kiss with Caleb. Just then, Caleb arrives at the door, wanting to discuss their argument about his kiss with Hanna. Spencer, not wanting him to see the messy interior of the barn and ask questions, insists that he leave. Hanna hides behind the door, listening in. Caleb reminisces about a moment he and Spencer shared in the past, revealing the depth of his feelings for her. Heartbroken, Spencer feels compelled to turn him away to protect him from becoming involved in their crime.
Aria breaks Ali back in.
At Welby, Aria and Alison break in with Elliott’s keycard. While Aria is checking to make sure the coast is clear for Alison to return unseen to her room, Alison disappears.
Spencer informs Em on more of the plan.
At the Radley Hotel, Emily bartends while Spencer fills her in on the latest developments. She tells Emily that she used Elliott’s credit card to purchase a ticket on an outbound train and, once the train arrives at the station, she will leave his cell and jacket on the train. Meanwhile, Emily will pack up Elliott’s things in an overnight bag, making it look like he left town in a hurry. Spencer also confides to Emily that Hanna kissed Caleb.
Aria puts Ali back in bed.
Meanwhile, at Welby, Aria searches for Alison, finding her huddled in a stairwell. Alison tells Aria that she can’t go back into that room. Aria promises that she and the other girls will come back and get her later. Agreeing to return to her room, Alison hesitates to allow Aria to strap her back down into the bed, fearing that she'll be defenseless. Aria asks Alison outright if she was responsible for Charlotte’s death.
Flashback of Ali and Charlotte.
Alison confesses that she told Charlotte on the night of her death about her relationship with Elliott and that Charlotte stormed out. Alison followed Charlotte into the church. A flashback shows the two of them arguing in the bell tower. As Alison leaves, she hears a noise in the tower, hesitates, and then leaves. Aria assuages Alison's guilt by telling her that if she hadn't left the church, she might be dead along with Charlotte. Before Aria leaves, Alison has her put the face mask back over her so that when the nurses check on her, they'll see the extent of the torture Elliott put her through.
Spencer has a drink with another man.
At the Radley bar, Spencer shares a drink with a stranger.
The car is gone.
Aria and Hanna head back to the scene to destroy Elliott's body. As they walk, Aria tells Hanna that Alison wasn't responsible for Charlotte's murder. Once they arrive, they realize the car is missing.
Spencer makes out with the guy.
Spencer continues chatting and drinking with the stranger at the bar. She kisses him passionately in the elevator before regaining her senses and leaving.
Aria looking for the car.
Back at the scene, Aria and Hanna are frantically searching for Lucas’s car. The tracks in the mud indicate that someone familiar with their actions drove off in the vehicle. Meanwhile, at Spencer’s barn, Emily arrives with Elliott’s bag just as Spencer calls her to say that she is too drunk to fulfill her part of the plan. As Aria and Hanna continue their search for the car, Mona unexpectedly appears, returning the vehicle.
Mona comes back with the car fixed.
Mona tells Aria and Hanna what she did.
Mona tells Aria and Hanna that she started tracking Elliott after she became suspicious about Alison's rapidly deteriorating condition. After putting a tracker on his car, she followed him out into the woods. Mona took Lucas' car to get the windshield replaced. She surprises the others by asking where Elliott's burner phone is.
Emily tells Spencer how it is.
Emily retrieves Spencer from Radley and confronts her about letting the others down. Spencer admits that she couldn't handle the realization that the 'A' nightmare had begun again, and now, after Elliott's death, the situation is worse than ever.
Spencer thinks Mary is behind this.
The girls and Mona have brunch the next day at The Radley and discuss Elliott’s burner phone. Mona says she'll try to ping the phone in order to locate it and discover with whom Elliott was working. Spencer continues to insist that the person on the other end of the phone was Mary Drake.
Jenna's back.
Suddenly, Jenna Marshall appears in the lobby. Jenna, who's back in town for Toby's engagement, approaches the girls and wastes no time in dropping hints that she knows what the girls have been up to. Hanna again unsuccessfully tries to repair her friendship with Spencer. Hanna advises Spencer to tell Caleb the truth about the events of the previous evening.
Hanna tries to repair her and Spencer's friendship.
Jenna goes and sees Toby.
Jenna goes to see Toby at the station, saying she wants to make amends. Meanwhile, Mona tells Hanna that she's unable to track the burner phone.
Hanna realizes she lost her bracelet in the crash.
Hanna confesses her guilty feelings to Mona, admitting that she had time to stop the car but chose to run over Elliott because of what he did to her after the kidnapping. She also tells Mona about ending her engagement to Jordan. Hanna realizes that she lost her bracelet inside Elliott’s car, leaving a traceable link from his death straight to her.
Toby tells the Liars that the real Rollins has been dead.
Emily and Aria return to Welby to find Toby and other officers there. Toby demands that the girls come with him for questioning. Returning to the barn, Spencer finds that Caleb has left. Mary Drake visits Alison, telling her that she's the one in charge now. Meanwhile, Toby gathers the girls together and tells them that Elliott has been dead for 15 years: the real Dr. Rollins was 72 years old when he died of a stroke. The girls are stunned and now have no idea whose body is in the grave they dug.
Jenna is on the other end.
Mona breaks into Elliott’s car, and Hanna retrieves her bracelet. They find the burner phone inside ringing. Mona answers it and discovers Jenna on the other line.
Notes
- While Alison is watching them, the four girls bury Elliott Rollins's body, thinking the police won't believe their story and the accident will be considered first-degree murder.
- Alison is sent back to Welby, secured like Rollins treated her, and is revealed to be the Red Sweater Blonde. She tells Aria she didn't kill Charlotte. In a flashback, Alison followed Charlotte to The Church and up the church tower, where the sisters argued over Alison and Elliott. Charlotte later told Alison to leave.
- Mona was also found to be tracking Elliott's car the night he was killed. She later took Hanna's car before she and Aria had the chance to burn it, and had the windshield and car remodeled. Mona later discovers Elliott's burner phone, which he used to communicate with his accomplice.
- She also discovers that Jenna is connected with Archer Dunhill, the real identity of Elliott Rollins.
- This episode marks Jenna's first appearance since "How the 'A' Stole Christmas."
- Toby tells the Liars that the real Elliott Rollins died in 2002 from a stroke at the age of 72; Archer was using him as a false alias.
- A new character, Marco Furey, is introduced. Rosewood's newest detective, who's been brought in to handle the open homicides. He's first seen introducing himself to Spencer, charming her as time passes. They later start to make out before Spencer stops it.
- Spencer discovers Caleb has left.
Title and Background
- It refers to the hit-and-run that caused Elliott's death in the previous episode.
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 Rollins
Supporting Cast
- Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers
- Andrea Parker as Mary Drake
- Keegan Allen as Toby Cavanaugh
- Vanessa Ray as Charlotte DiLaurentis
- Nicholas Gonzalez as Marco Furey
- Tammin Sursok as Jenna Marshall
- David Bianchi as Bartender
Trivia
- The table read for this episode occurred on May 4th, 2016.
- Filming for this episode began on May 6th, 2016[1] and wrapped on May 16th, 2016.[2]
- The intro in this episode features Alison doing the 'Shhh'.
- 1.26 million viewers watched the episode.
- While Spencer and Emily are cleaning up evidence, Spencer mentions not getting the part of Lady Macbeth in a play. This might be an allusion to the 10th Pretty Little Liars book, Ruthless, where Spencer does play Lady Macbeth in the school play.
Featured Music
- "Borderline" by Tove Styrke - (While Emily tends the bar at The Radley she and Spencer discuss the plan to cover up Elliott's death as wait for Aria; Emily suggest to Spencer that her and Caleb's problem have nothing to do with Hanna)
- "Heatwave" by Wild Ones - (Spencer continues to drink at The Radley when a guy send a drink over to her as a compliment)
- "Shotgun 2 My Heart" by AYER - (Spencer is ready to leave when Marco introduces himself, tries to convinces her to stay for another drink which she does when she sees the surveillance camera and reconsiders)
- "Dive" by Jacq Becker - (Spencer and Marco continue to talk over drinks when Spencer notices the time and prepares to leave but before offering to pay for their drinks)
- "Kill of the Night" by Gin Wigmore - (Spencer and Marco make out in The Radley elevator and almost have sex when Spencer catches sight of herself in the mirror and calls everything to a halt)
- "Don't Look Back (feat. Ashe)" by Ben Phipps - (The girls have brunch at The Radley, they discuss covering up Elliott's death, his missing burner phone and finding his possible accomplice as they make sure they're seen on surveillance)
Memorable Quotes
Jenna: Oh, didn't you hear? My house blew up. |
Gallery
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