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Thrown From The Ride is the fourth episode of Season 5 of Pretty Little Liars. The episode aired on July 1st, 2014.
Summary[]
Han finds a book belonging to Shana
In the school courtyard, Hanna and Aria are browsing through the books set out for sale. Hanna thinks Aria doesn't like her new hairstyle. Aria says to Hanna that she really likes it, but is confused as to why Hanna suddenly wanted to change her hairstyle. Hanna finds a copy of The Scarlet Letter. She opens the cover and finds that it belongs to Shana.
Hanna’s look makes Aria ask her what’s wrong. At first, Hanna is hesitant, but finally she reveals to Aria that the book belonged to Shana. Aria takes it from Hanna and goes through the pages. She stumbles upon a few underlined lines, which she reads out loud. Hanna thinks that it’s just probably a school assignment, but Aria thinks it’s about being ‘A.’ Hanna says she shouldn't go through her things and that she should forget about her.
Mona arrives and picks up the book. She asks Aria and Hanna to buy it for Ali, so she can catch up before coming back to Rosewood High. Hanna snarkily says Ali can get her own copy. Mona replies that Shana won’t be needing it anymore since she probably moved back to Georgia. Mona also wonders if Shana moving out may have a connection with Ali moving in.
Ken wants to move
Alison is packing her clothes to give away, when Kenneth comes in proposing they move out of Rosewood for a fresh start. Ali says she can't leave her friends behind. Kenneth thinks they can visit Ali and spend the whole summer at their new home outside Rosewood. Ali refuses, saying she's lost everything and begs Kenneth not to take her friends away, too.
Hastings backyard
In the Hastings' kitchen, Veronica comments on how their whole backyard has been destroyed. Spencer asks her mother if she slept downstairs last night. Veronica says she couldn't sleep because of the sounds of the digging coming from the backyard. Spencer tells her mom that Melissa wanted to tell Spencer a secret, but was stopped by Peter. She thinks it has something to do with Jessica's murder. Veronica believes the only thing Melissa's been hiding is the fact that she got back together with Wren. Spencer starts insisting that Veronica knows something is wrong, but then they're interrupted by Peter's arrival.
Veronica lies to Peter
When he asks them what the matter is, Veronica lies and says they were talking about Jessica's tragic death. When Peter leaves, Veronica asks Spencer if they could hire Toby to fix their backyard. Spencer says Toby is unavailable as he's working somewhere else. Spencer says she'll find someone else to help restore the backyard. Spencer wants to talk about Melissa's secret with Veronica, but she doesn't want to discuss it.
In an empty classroom, Lucas asks Mona to call off her team. Mona thinks Lucas is being naïve. Lucas tells her he feels sorry for Ali, as she suffered a lot in the past two years being tied up and held hostage. Mona tells Lucas that Ali being kidnapped is just a story and she can prove it.
In the locker room, Emily and Sydney talk about Sydney’s swimming skills. They discuss when they’ll meet up tomorrow. Emily says her mom has been constantly asking her questions about Ali. Sydney thinks that it's very natural for her to ask questions. Emily receives a call from Alison, but she ignores it. While leaving the room, Emily blocks Paige’s way and apologizes. Paige says that it's not a problem.
Liars eating lunch
Spencer, Aria, and Hanna are having lunch sitting outside. Spencer comments that eating lunch at the cafeteria has become unbearable. Hanna compares themselves to lobsters in a restaurant. Spencer assures her that they are not lobsters. Emily joins them. While Mona is looking at them, Aria thinks she knows she killed Shana. Spencer recommends Aria take a psychological selfie as she's letting paranoia get the best of her.
The girls discuss how everyone’s been asking stupid questions about Ali to them. Suddenly, all their cell phones start to beep all at once. They get scared, but calm down when Spencer tells them it’s just Ali and not ‘A.’ According to Spencer, Ali said in the text that they’ll have to wait for the coroner’s toxicology report to determine Jessica’s cause of death. Hanna says the cause of death is murder. Aria suggests that the cops could think she was poisoned. Hanna thinks Jessica was buried alive. The girls assure Spencer that her family had nothing to do with Jessica’s death.
Ali almost signs as "A"
In her room, Alison is sending a text to Emily that reads: “Can you call me back, please?” At first, she signs it as ‘A’, but then she changes it to ‘Alison’. Keneth comes in and informs Ali that she needs to go for a medical examination, because Holbrook asked her to. Kenneth says he postponed it before because of Jessica’s death, but he cannot postpone it any longer. Ali starts crying, saying she doesn’t want to go, even after assurances from her father that he’ll be right there with her just outside the door. Kenneth indirectly asks Ali if her kidnapper raped her, but Ali assures him that nothing like that happened. Kenneth is relieved to hear that. Ali asks her father to make a sandwich for her. Kenneth asks Ali to buy all the new clothes she needs. Ali continues to cry after her father leaves.
Andrew catches Spencer in the school hallway, saying he just wanted to check on how she’s been holding up. She says she’s no longer taking any pills. Andrew says he didn't mean that. Spencer asks Andrew to help her with their backyard.
Becca texts Aria
Aria is at the school computer lab, surfing through her e-mails. Suddenly, she receives a chat message that reads: "If it were me, I could never forget. It would haunt me for the rest of my life." Aria responds, asking who they are. She gets a reply telling her she's Becca from AP History, and she was talking about Alison.
Shana wakes from the dead
She's a bit relieved and immediately starts searching for news on Shana. She finds a video of Shana’s funeral and watches it. While it's playing, tears start falling down Aria’s cheeks when she sees Shana’s dead body in a casket. Suddenly, Aria sees Shana moving and looking straight at her. She abruptly pulls the headphones from her ears and notices that Shana is still lying in her coffin.
Hanna is at the Brew when Lucas approaches her. Lucas tells her that he's going back to Rosewood High, as he realized homeschooling was not the correct choice for him. They talk about Ali's return. Lucas asks Hanna if Ali is coming back to school. Hanna says she doesn't know. Ali calls Hanna and asks her to accompany her to the medical examination. Hanna agrees to go with her.
Emily bumps into Paige at the swim team locker room. Paige appreciates Emily helping Sydney. She asks Emily about Ali. Emily says she doesn’t know, as she doesn’t know the proper things to ask or say. Sydney comes, and Emily offers Paige to join them.
Andrew and Spencer are working, talking about random stuff, making jokes, and flirting when Spencer tells Andrew about her worried mother. Spencer freaks out when she sees a dead rodent. They discover a rat poison, which Spencer is surprised to see, as the Hastings have never had a rat problem.
Emily, Paige, and Sydney share some hot pizza and talk about the time Paige first made Emily try the Buffalo Chicken pizza with Ranch at a party. Paige sees Mona, looking at her from the opposite table, and immediately becomes uncomfortable.
Alison is in the examination room. Hanna is with her as well. The doctor comments on Ali’s lungs, saying they are powerful. He takes a look at Ali’s head, where she was hit, and asks her to come back in for an X-ray.
In Emily's room, Emily tells Aria and Spencer about Paige becoming quiet suddenly while they were hanging out. Aria thinks she's afraid Emily will reject her again. They discuss how they've minimized contact with Ali. Spencer's reason is that Jessica was buried in her backyard. Emily thinks Aria is trying to imply that she's scared of getting close to Ali again. When Aria asks her if she still has feelings for Ali, Emily says she doesn't know. Emily comments on how they have the life they've wanted for the last two years, and yet things are still not like they were before. Aria asks Emily if she wants to know everything about Nate after killing him. Emily recalls the package she received from Nate's mom and how she was obsessed with it. Emily says she kept thinking how hard it must've been for Nate's mom to write Emily's name and how her hands must have shook.
Ali's cut
The doctor notices an injury on Ali's thigh and asks her why she didn't tell the police about it. Ali says she thought it wasn't important. The doctor asks her how she got the injury; she lies to him, saying she got it when she jumped out of her supposed kidnapper's car and landed on a sharp rock. The doctor says the injury was made with a blade or knife. Ali continues to weave her web of lies and says that it all happened so fast and that she didn't even know she was injured before she saw the blood. Ali says that since she was blindfolded, she doesn't remember if the rock had any metals on it or not. The doctor tells Ali that he'll need the nurse to do her blood work. He also says she needs to fix a time and visit a trauma counselor.
Back at the Hastings house, Spencer asks Veronica about what she’s been thinking. Veronica says it was nothing. She says that Andrew did a great job with the yard. Spencer says she’ll make Andrew dinner as a thank you.
Veronica thinks Peter killed Jessica
Spencer questions whether her mother trusts her. Veronica says it's not about trust. They both say they don't want to be alone. Veronica confides in Spencer, saying that ever since they found Jessica buried in their backyard, she has had a sick feeling in her stomach. Veronica says that after Ali went missing, Jessica came to the Hastings and said she was sure that Spencer did something to Ali and that she would go to the police. Peter threatened her, saying she'll tell Kenneth about their affair and destroy their marriage if she does. But since Ken is divorcing her and Ali is alive, then there's nothing stopping Jessica from going to the police. Veronica thinks Peter killed her to keep her quiet, but she wants to believe he didn't have anything to do with her murder.
Ali gives Han the recording of the visit
Ali gives Hanna a recording of the time she just spent in the hospital. She asks her to give the girls each a copy of the recording so that all of their stories match hers. Hanna confronts Ali about the scar on her thigh. Ali says she hoped she was blindfolded when she got the scar.
Spencer researches rodenticides and their effect on humans when she receives a text from Ali, which reading: "Need to speak to you. Call me."
Paige lets Mona have it
Paige walks over to her car when Mona appears in front of her and tells her how Ali refused to leave Rosewood. Mona thinks that with the assistance of Paige, she can make Ali leave Rosewood. Paige refuses to help Mona. Mona makes it clear to Paige that if she's not with her, then she is now against her because she can't be on both teams. Paige asks Mona if she ever wondered how she became the very thing she's so afraid of, which is Alison.
Aria is watching Shana’s funeral video again with tears in her eyes.
Website from people Ali bullied
Ali goes through a page on the internet where the people she bullied posted a lot of mean things about her after she went missing. Spencer arrives and asks her not to look at those things. Ali thinks she should leave Rosewood. Alison tells Spencer that Jessica had Losartan in her system, which was for high blood pressure. Since Jessica had low blood pressure, the Losartan made her heart stop working.
Spencer also thinks her dad killed Jessica
Spencer looks shocked, and Ali can sense that Spencer thinks it was her father; Spencer confirms this by agreeing that she believes her father killed Jessica. Ali says she knows how it feels thinking your parent could be capable of something like that. She says she's still struggling to find a good enough reason that her mother could just watch while someone killed her and let them just walk away. They talk about monsters and how they used to be just once-upon-a-time and just under their beds, but now they're just out there.
Aria visits Ezra and tells him her feelings about Shana’s family. She seeks solace from him.
Paige visits Emily and warns her about Mona’s army indirectly, and asks Emily to keep her distance from Ali when she returns to school, for her own safety.
At the Rosewood Mall, Hanna is trying on new dresses.
Aria wants to donate cash to Shana’s grandmother. Ezra starts playing checkers with Aria to make her feel better.
Han starts to steal again
Hanna is still trying on dresses when her phone rings. It’s Spencer; she tells her she's confused about how Ali didn't even mention the recordings when she visited her. Spencer thinks they should not continue to add to the lies they’ve already told. Hanna is frustrated and asks Spencer to memorize the recording. She puts her phone in the bag and steals the dress she’s wearing by placing it underneath the clothes she wore to the mall.
Spencer is cleaning up after dinner with Andrew. She’s angry about Ali asking them to lie for her yet again and cuts her hand while trying to clean a knife. Looking for an antiseptic, she discovers Losartan, which belongs to her father.
While playing cards, Aria suddenly asks Ezra if she can stay in his apartment for the night so she doesn't have to be home alone, but then suddenly changes her mind.
Last time Em will lie for Ali
Emily is at Ali’s house; she tells her that maybe she should leave and start over somewhere else. Emily thinks it's not safe with the bullied students wanting revenge on Ali, but Ali is as defiant as ever and says she’s going back to school. She mentions that if they stick together, then they would be safe. Emily promises to memorize the tape, but says it’ll be the last time she lies for Ali.
Peter tells Spence her mom will be at the Spa
At Spencer’s house, Aria tells Spencer about the time she spent in Ezra’s apartment. Just then, Mr. Hastings walks in and tells Spencer that her mother will be spending a couple of nights at a spa. She snapped at the police, who came back to finish their jobs, so Peter thinks she needs to relax. Spencer is not happy about not being consulted or told previously.
In the final scene, Alison is once again going through her internet hate page.
Title and Background[]
- The "ride" can refer to several things. Vehicles (like cars or boats), a ride at an amusement park (e.g., roller coaster), an emotional roller coaster, or an animal you can ride (such as a horse).
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
- Brandon W. Jones as Andrew Campbell
- Brendan Robinson as Lucas Gottesman
- Lesley Fera as Veronica Hastings
- Nolan North as Peter Hastings
- Lindsey Shaw as Paige McCullers
- Chloe Bridges as Sydney Driscoll
- Jim Abele as Kenneth DiLaurentis
- Aeriel Miranda as Shana Fring
- Michael Rothhaar as Dr. Cassano
Trivia[]
- The table read was on April 22, 2014.
- Filming began on April 23, 2014, and wrapped on April 30, 2014.
- This episode was watched live by 2.13 million viewers.
- Hanna got a brand new look. She now has black highlights.
- Shana’s funeral could count as the fifth one overall, though it was only seen through a video.
Featured Music[]
- "Overdose" by Little Daylight - (Aria checks her email, gets an IM from someone she thinks is "A" for a moment).
- "Your Black Heart" by The Cold and Lovely - (Hanna talks to Lucas, then Alison calls her).
- "Gimme What You Got" by Matt White - (Hanna tries on new clothing, Aria and Ezra are together).
- "Falling" by Amy Stoup - (Hanna shoplifts).
- "Carry You, Carry Me" by Matthew Mayfield - (Aria and Ezra play cards at his apartment, she asks Ezra if she can spend the night at his apartment, then suddenly changes her mind).
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