4.6 Under The Gun Anyway, ignoring Spencer and Toby’s trip to Ravenswood, there was still plenty of drama going on back in Rosewood. Hannah’s problems are only getting worse, making it clear to everyone that this new A isn’t messing around. It’s grown far beyond high school hijinks and now the girls’ nemesis is capable of murdering a thorn in her side and pinning it on one of their families. If Hanna says anything, then A swears she’ll pin the murder on both of her parents – plausible given that the gun she found belongs to her father. The sheer amount of evidence stacked against Ashley Marin does nothing but encourage us to believe her side of the story, but sadly we can’t expect the same of the police. She’s arrested when it’s proven the gun Hannah tried to dispose of was the one used to kill Wilden, and Hannah’s told that she could face at least seven years jail time for attempting to conceal evidence. How is she going to get out of this one? Even if Ashley is proven innocent in the coming weeks, what Hannah did was still pretty illegal. Stupid, stupid Hannah. As usual, Aria’s storyline has nothing to do with A and everything to do with her love life, as Mike’s little upstart of a teammate decides to try his luck with the girl who slept with her teacher. Aria politely brushes him off but, the next day at school, he’s told the whole school that they hooked up. This kind of thing has happened on every teen drama ever made, but what makes the slut-shaming worse is that Aria has, in fact, slept with her teacher – and said teacher isn’t allowed to make her feel better any more. She’s smart to tell him to leave her alone, but it’s entirely possible that he took it out on Connor’s car outside the cafe. Emily’s plan to re-frame Jenna and Shana for Wilden’s murder via the video sent to Hannah backfires spectacularly when Red Coat, wearing an incredibly creepy Emily mask, is shown to have wiped the video and replaced it with an image of her own. Despite these moments still having an impact, the show really needs to start giving us some real answers soon. Its producers have said that the identity of Red Coat will be revealed in the fourth season, but whether that’ll be before or after the mid-season break is another question entirely. Are we destined to be eternally clueless? It’s getting as frustrating for us as it is for the Liars. Read Caroline’s review of the previous episode, Gamma Zeta Die, here. Please, if you can, buy our charity horror stories ebook, Den Of Eek!, raising money for Geeks Vs Cancer. Details here.
