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Original G'A'ngsters is the seventh episode of Season 7 of Pretty Little Liars. It aired on August 9, 2016.
Synopsis
Jason returns to town to stop Ali from getting too close to Mary. The girls learn something new about Mary and Mrs. DiLaurentis that leads them to a storm cellar full of clues. Ezra gets a call about someone in his past who could change his course. Noel Kahn grows more and more suspicious and rises to the top of the list of suspects for Uber A.
Plot
Liars think they are about to get arrested.
Spencer gives the girls necklaces that symbolize their friendship. When Alison opens the bill that comes with her necklace, she finds a message from A.D. inside, which reveals that A.D. knows they killed Elliott. The girls are shocked when they see police officers arriving at the Radley, fearing that they are there to arrest them.
Jenna "crying" over Sara.
However, Emily discovers the cops are there because of Sara Harvey's murder, who was killed in Jenna's hotel room. The girls complain about the false cries of Jenna, stating she was pretending to like Sara. While Sara's dead body is carried on a stretcher, her hand accidentally escapes the sheet, and the girls are scared by the state of her hand.
Emily and Pam go for a run.
Later, Emily and her mother, Pam, are running and exercising through the city forest. Emily decides to take her to celebrate her birthday at the Radley. Spencer talks to Toby, questioning why Jenna returned to Rosewood. In a flashback, Jenna and Toby are in a summerhouse on New Year's Eve, and Jenna says she can not see some things in her mind, such as the face of Toby. He then lets Jenna touch his face in order to make her remember how it is, but Jenna ends up wanting to kiss him, but Toby pulls away and leaves. Back in the present, Toby says to Spencer that Jenna went to the summer house the next day. Then, through Toby's communication radio, they discover that someone broke into Toby's house. He then leaves running, and Spencer is disconcerted.
Ali and Jason argue over Mary.
In the DiLaurentis house, Mary and Alison discover that Jason returned to Rosewood, but Jason soon expels Mary from the residence, stating that Alison's health is under his care. Following, Alison argues with Jason, and asks him to take a chance to meet Mary. Anyway, Jason is still sure that Mary has bad intentions.
Ezra wants to elope.
Ezra is abuzz with the preparations for his wedding with Aria, and he then decides to elope to Tuscany, but Aria doesn't appear okay with that. Hanna invades Jenna's room in Radley to find clues about A.D., when Caleb enters the room and warns that he's working as technology security at the hotel. He says he'll help Hanna find something against Jenna; she accepts. Aria accepts Ezra's offer to elope, and they plan to travel the next day. Aria then receives a message from Jason, asking her to meet up with him.
Aria and Jason meet up for coffee.
At the Brew, Aria reveals to Jason that she's engaged to Ezra and asks him if he has told anyone about what happened to them; Jason denies. Aria says she didn't tell anyone about them; Jason says he'll keep the secret. Changing the subject, Jason enlists Aria's help to make Alison see who Mary really is. Jason then reveals that Elliott completely diverted the Carissimi Group's money.
Spencer and Hanna hide under the bed.
Back at the Radley, Caleb is disguised as a hotel masseuse in order to find, inside Jenna's bag, the key to open the mysterious box under Jenna's bed in her room. After Caleb has retrieved the key, he delivers it to Spencer and Hanna. The two girls go to Jenna's room to find out what's inside the box. They find several papers; then, someone slowly opens the door and starts to come in, and the girls quickly hide under the bed. The person hides Mary Drake's old Radley Sanitarium file inside the box and is revealed to be Noel Kahn. Still under the bed, Spencer and Hanna see him calling Dr. Cochran, saying he's impatient and out of time.
Emily take Pam out for her birthday.
At night, Emily and Pam get together for dinner and celebrate Pam's birthday. They talk about Wayne, the late father of Emily and Pam's husband. The dining plan goes down when a bachelorette party arrives at Radley, shouting, singing, and having over-the-top fun.
DeLaurentis Dinner.
Caleb and Hanna begin working on papers found inside Jenna's mysterious box. Caleb ends up seeing that Hanna is no longer wearing an engagement ring on her left hand, which eventually causes tension between the two. During the DiLaurentis's dinner, Mary offers wine to Jason, but he declines, since he's sober. A tense atmosphere is formed in the living room, but Jason reveals that he invited a friend, Aria.
Aria joins for dinner.
At the hospital, Spencer tells Toby that he should leave Rosewood with Yvonne and build a house for her away from the disturbing city. Pam and Emily receive two drinks ordered by the brides-to-be as a peace offering; Pam decides to join them. Meanwhile, Jason argues with Alison, saying Mary's not a good person, not even a way to replace their mother, Jessica. Then, Mary tells them about the day she saw Jason years ago.
Flashback of Mary seeing Jason.
In a flashback, Jason appears in Carol Ward's house, and Jessica quickly dispatches him. Through the window, Mary sees him and is crying. Jessica complains about Mary being there, and Mary says she's worried about what really happened to her deceased child, Charles, but Jessica expels her. Back in the present, Mary says that, when Jessica decided that a conversation was over, it was over. Mary then talks about a storm cellar in Carol Ward's house, and Alison and Aria grow suspicious.
Aria tells Em about her engagement.
Aria tells Emily about the cellar and that she and the others decided to visit the basement in order to find answers. Emily asks to see the cellar the next day, but Aria says she can't because she's leaving to elope with Ezra. Emily is happy that Aria will marry Ezra. Hanna tells Caleb about the end of her engagement, and she asks him if they're still friends; Caleb says they are.
Toby was building the house for Spencer.
Toby visits Spencer's loft, and he says he was building the house for her, not for Yvonne. However, he revealed he couldn't imagine his life without Yvonne, and then he said they'll move to Maine, where Yvonne has family. They say goodbye, and Spencer cries against the door.
Liars find out what Jessica was hiding.
Alison, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna arrive at Carol Ward's house and find the hidden cellar. Inside, the four discover that Jessica was investigating their lives and Alison's disappearance. Jessica also kept files of each one of the girls, except Aria. Within a Mary Drake file, Spencer discovers that Jessica was in charge of Mary's mental health and that she had authorized electroshock therapy. In another file, Emily discovers that Mary had a second child while he was hospitalized in the Radley, and that this child would be the same age as them. They then begin to think that this child — cousin of Alison — may be behind the A.D. mask, and wants revenge for something.
Nicole may be alive?!
Aria and Ezra are preparing for the trip to Tuscany when an FBI agent appears in the apartment, saying Nicole, Ezra's deceased ex-girlfriend, may be alive.
I SEE YOU.
The girls walked away from the cellar when Spencer's car alarm began to sound. They get into the car in order to stop the noise, but they end up getting trapped inside the vehicle. A countdown starts on the car's computer screen, so they think the car is about to explode. However, a message appears on the computer screen, startling them. The storm cellar then explodes, and someone writes "I see you" on the rear window of the car. Meanwhile, somewhere, someone is with Aria's and Noel's file that was in the cellar. This person then burns up Noel's file.
Notes
- This episode marks Jason's first appearance since "Game Over, Charles." He believes Mary still works with Archer.
- It's revealed that Aria and Jason hooked up during the five-year time jump.
- Noel Kahn breaks into Toby's airstream to steal Mary's file.
- Mary confesses to Jason, Alison, and Aria that Jessica had told her Charles had died under her care. She also claims Jessica spent a lot of time down in a storm cellar at their Aunt Carol's house.
- Toby goes to Spencer and reveals to her that the house he started building in Rosewood was originally for her--not Yvonne. He also tells her that he and Yvonne are going to move to Maine to begin their family.
- The Liars go to investigate the storm cellar and discover Jessica had turned it into her lair.
- Through photos, Alison realizes her mother must have known she was still alive and searched for her. Jessica had also kept files on all the Liars (except Aria) and had all of Mary's medical history.
- In there, the girls discover that Mary had a second child. Their gender is undisclosed, but they are the same age as the Liars.
- Ezra gets informed by the FBI that they have reasons to believe Nicole is alive.
- A.D., in a Black Hoodie, steals the files that Jessica had of Aria and Noel, drenching the latter with alcohol and lighting a match to burn them.
- This episode marks Sasha Pieterse’s 100th appearance as Alison DiLaurentis.
Title and Background
- The name is a reference to a real-life Swedish aptly named Original Gangsters.
- It could also be a reference to the 1996 action movie of the same name.
- Or it could be referencing either The Liars themselves or The A-Team.
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 (Credited only)
- Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis
Supporting Cast
- Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers
- Ian Harding as Ezra Fitz
- Andrea Parker as Mary Drake/Jessica DiLaurentis
- Keegan Allen as Toby Cavanaugh
- Drew Van Acker as Jason DiLaurentis
- Brant Daugherty as Noel Kahn
- Kara Royster as Yvonne Phillips
- Tammin Sursok as Jenna Marshall
- Nia Peeples as Pam Fields
Trivia
- The table read for this episode occurred on May 23rd, 2016.[1]
- Filming for this episode began on May 26th, 2016 and wrapped on June 6th, 2016.[2]
- The intro in this episode features Emily doing the 'Shhh'.
- The episode was watched live by 1.16 million viewers.
- When A.D. wrote the words “I see you” on the back of Spencer’s car, it was a reference to when A did the same to Aria and Ezra back in Season 1.
Featured Music
- "Who Are You" by Ivan & Alyosha - (The girls celebrate Aria engagement over brunch at The Radley; Spencer gives the girls monogrammed bracelets then the girls toast to Aria's engagement; A.D. has a message delivered to the girls).
- "Blood Love (Big Wild Remix)" by Young Summer - (Spencer has coffee at The Brew then decides to go over to talk with Toby, she questions him about Jenna's intention on her return which he tells her she came back for forgiveness).
- "Bright Side" by Johnny Stimson - (Overwhelmed by wedding details, Ezra suggests to Aria that they elope and get married in Italy).
- "She Devil" by The Knot - (Aria gets a text from Jason; Emily bartends at The Radley where she brings over a drink to Noel Kahn).
- "This Never Happened" by Nevada Wild - (Aria and Jason meet up at The Brew, they promise to keep their past tryst a secret then Jason asks for Aria to help find evidence that Mary was involved with Elliott and selling Carissimi Group funds).
- "Red Eyes" by Alexx Mack - (Emily greets her mother as she arrives at the bar at The Radley; Emily receives a text from Spencer which she lies to her mother about just when a bachelorette party comes in).
- "Follow The Lines" by Spencer Thomson - (Emily notices her mother not enjoying herself as the bachelorette party grows louder, she questions her mood then reminds her that her father would have wanted her to enjoy life like he did).
- "Paradise" by clementine & the galaxy - (Emily and Aria watches Pam as she dances; Aria tells Emily about the storm cellar and suggests that they go there but Emily convinces her go with Ezra to Italy to get married instead of hanging back).
- "My Type" by SAINT MOTEL - (Pam returns to the table to tell Emily about all the plans she's made with her new friends which Emily praises her for then Emily pulls her to the dance floor to enjoy the rest of the party).
Memorable Quotes
Hanna: Damn, my hair looked good. |
Hanna: That's great, now you have another cousin who wants to kill us. |
Gallery
 Original G'A'ngsters has a photo gallery. |
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