Pretty Little Liars recap: 'The Gloves Are On' 

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Now that we’re getting deeper into the season — and I’m less distracted by the Liars’ new haircuts and new boyfriends, with one shocking exception — it’s interesting to see the ways the show is still the same, as if the writers are just filling out

“Hanna did ______, and now Ashley Marin might go to jail.”

“The effects of ______ [insert lie] are spinning out of control.”

Instead of Jenna lurking around in the shadows with sunglasses, leaving us to wonder if she can see or not, we have Sara Harvey lurking around in the shadows with gloves, leaving us to wonder if her hands are actually burned or not. That said, we do have a few secrets that finally came out this week — but as we all know, in Rosewood that only means 10 new secrets are following close behind.

We open with Hanna, Emily, and Spencer at the Radley spa because everyone knows the best place to relax is in a sanitarium that’s probably haunted (and I think they said it smells like burnt hair? Delicious). And who could be sitting in the next room? Why, it’s Sara Harvey — who you’d think would be avoiding her old hospital like the plague, but I guess not. Emily demands to know why Sara was at the cemetery, but Sara just says she was “saying goodbye to someone.” Fishy.

Upstairs, Officer Lorenzo is questioning Ashley Marin about the deleted security camera footage, which the cops obviously found out about right away. Couldn’t Hanna have called Caleb in to create some sort of loop with the right timestamps so it would look like no one was in the lobby? Anyway, when Ashley questions Hanna, she gets defensive: “I’m not in high school anymore,” she says, meaning she doesn’t tamper with evidence anymore. Big, big lie — the first of many this week.

Over at the Hastings’ house, Melissa and Spencer chat about campaign stuff, interviews, and lying. “If you can avoid addressing certain things, you should,” Melissa advises Spencer, which is pretty much the motto of this entire show, so that wasn’t really a surprise. Another great line: Melissa asks Spencer what’s going on with Caleb, and Spencer assures her they’re just friends. “Really?” Melissa asks. “Because I know you like to shop out of other people’s carts.” That was a well-deserved burn, Melissa. “Maybe you’re more comfortable with lying than you think,” she tells Spencer. Um. Duh.

Aria is still trying to get this book out of Ezra, even though he might be a murderer, and he’s definitely on the road to becoming an alcoholic, too. Liam tells Aria the editor is ready to give up on Ezra because he seemed drunk at 11 a.m. when she called. Now, as Aria and Ezra meet for an early meal, he orders a beer. Ashley Marin tells him that because of an incident, she’ll have to give him an iced tea. Wonder what that was about. Aria asks Ezra about the disturbing images she saw on the flash drive he gave her, which he chalks up to research. He does, however, hand her 1.5 chapters written in a notebook — which Aria promptly goes home and types up, thinking that if he sees the words typeset, it will motivate him to finish.

It doesn’t, really, but Aria thinks the work is so incredible she takes it upon herself to finish what he started: She sends the pages to Jillian, and Liam tells her Jillian

them. Only problem? Now it’s up to Aria to keep writing the book Ezra’s thrown aside. Here’s hoping this potential disaster just ends in a book deal for our girl? And by the way, Ezra was writing about two people being the perfect match for each other. Emily is convinced it was about Aria. Aria says, “It was high school,” and Emily reminds her: “Not for him.” Truth. (Also, it’s fun to remember how creepy that relationship would have been in real life, isn’t it?)

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Meanwhile, secrets are finally coming out between Emily and her mom after Mrs. Fields finds a letter from Pepperdine addressed to Emily. She, understandably, doesn’t take the news that Emily dropped out too well. The most heartbreaking part? When she holds up Emily’s graduation photo and asks, “Did you get that at a costume shop?” Seriously devastating line and mental image. Luckily, everything (well,

everything) is out in the open now, and by the episode’s end, Mrs. Fields makes Emily promise not to go through anything alone — the two of them need to stick together. We’ll see if Emily keeps it, because…she still hasn’t told her mom about those mysterious injections.

And now for a face I didn’t really expect to see in this future Rosewood, but whatever: It’s Lucas! He’s some sort of tech millionaire now after selling his first company for $$$$. He and Hanna catch up, and clearly it’s been awhile because he sees her ring and asks if Caleb finally proposed. Awkward (also STOP REMINDING ME THEY’RE NOT TOGETHER). In Lucas’ gorgeously cool apartment, Hanna asks for a big favor: Will Lucas be her alibi on the night Charlotte was killed? Ever the loyal puppy (except when we thought he was on the “A” team… Was he on the “A” team? I can’t remember anything anymore), Lucas agrees. They go together to the police station to be questioned by Officer Lorenzo — who quickly pokes holes in their story. He’s actually a pretty smart cop now that he’s not distracted by dating high school girls! Who’d have thought? Oh, and that fancy apartment? Lucas gives Hanna the keys so she can stay there while he’s away on business. Wonder what Jordan will have to say about that.

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