4.21 She’s Come Undone She’s Come Undone wasn’t the cheeriest of adventures, but it let the dust settle after the revelations of the previous hour. Aria isn’t at all happy with this turn of events and, aside from attempting to confront Ezra at school, turn him over to the principal, and trashing his apartment, she also wants to run away (fair enough, seeing as she doesn’t seem to have parents anymore) from the rubble of her previously innocent and oblivious existence. As fans and theorists have pointed out since the beginning, Aria hasn’t ever been targeted by A like the other girls – another reason why the show should have stuck with EzrA as the answer – and this is her first taste of utter betrayal and destruction. But, for the viewers, it’s great. Aria has her fans, but she’s no doubt the least interesting and complex of all of the Liars and, with all of the meaty stuff she got to do in this episode, Lucy Hale came alive at last. Aria finally has a storyline that, though it’s admittedly still about boys, ties into the larger mystery and, with Spencer out of commission and Hannah taking over in the bad romantic decisions department (hurry back Caleb!), it arrived at exactly the right time. The smashing up of Ezra’s apartment might have been an obvious turn of events but, with her rage now working against the other girls, the show made up for it in other ways. The stakes have inadvertently been raised by Paige’s betrayal, of course, and I can’t be the only one wondering why she would possibly consider trusting the police department with such a vital clue after everything that’s happened. Detective Holbrook seems nice enough – at least Hannah thinks so – but we know by now that new players arriving in town are invariably bad news. Emily, Hannah and Caleb might be the only ones without an ounce of suspicion on them right now so, with far too many love interests for Hannah to choose from, my bet is that either Travis or Holbrook is going to be working against them. Ezra might not be A, but there’s no denying that this particular dalliance with denial has produced a far more interesting couple than we went in with. Ezra and Aria have become compelling characters, the moral ickiness of their relationship has been highlighted once again and, with access to his notes (though the manuscript has been burnt by A by now), Spencer is going to have a field day. That’s if she stays of rehab and/or prison long enough to sift through the pile of papers to picked up on the way out of his apartment, of course, but then I wouldn’t put it past her to solve the case from within a jail cell, such is her level of obsession. Read Caroline’s review of the previous episode, Free Fall, here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
