r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 10h ago

Character Discussion Can we talk about the comedic gold that was Hanna Marin?

448 Upvotes

Undoubtedly, this has gotta be one of the most hilarious Hanna moments for me. It caught me completely off guard and had me rolling when I first watched it 😭


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 12h ago

Show Discussion just realized hanna’s dentist was also the fortune teller

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237 Upvotes

first time ever realizing this🤣🤣 the actress who also played as gypsy in gilmore girls was both the fortune teller in episode 6 season 1, then the dentist at the dentist office when A drugged Hanna and put a note in her tooth. has anyone else noticed this?


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 4h ago

Rant ⚠️ Scroll through this gallery and you’ll see how everything could’ve fit together perfectly. Marlene and ABC Family simply weren’t equipped to handle this kind of potential.

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This is what Pretty Little Liars ultimately comes down to: an enormous waste of potential. What should’ve been a psychological thriller centered around secrets, mental health, murder, blackmail, and revenge ended up becoming a stupid teen romance drama where forced romantic storylines were dragged out just to please the fans. One thing I absolutely hated was how, after a certain point, the writers started focusing almost exclusively on the Liars while pushing everyone else to the sidelines. I get that they’re the main characters, but come on… Melissa, CeCe, Wren, Jenna, Jason… these were OG characters with strong connections to the main storyline who deserved much more screen time and could’ve easily been just as important as the Liars themselves.

Seriously, why keep introducing filler characters for romantic subplots nobody gives a shit about instead of developing the characters who were already deeply connected to the mystery? I actually liked the romantic side of the show during the earlier seasons, but after a while, it started taking up way too much space at the expense of everything that made PLL so interesting in the first place. Sometimes I genuinely think about the masterpiece this show could’ve been, because unfortunately, we’re probably never going to get another opportunity quite like this one. And the most frustrating part? Marlene seems to have absolutely no idea just how much potential she wasted.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 8h ago

Character Discussion The friendship I wish we’d gotten to see in the show!

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One was more evil than the other, and that’s exactly why I loved them. The way they kept blaming each other while simultaneously covering for one another was amazing, because you could never really tell where their loyalty ended and their self-interest began. They were both shady, manipulative, and full of secrets, and they could’ve been connected to practically everything: from the NAT Club to Cape May, from the night Alison disappeared to the murders and all the cover-ups that shaped Rosewood’s history.

Unfortunately, the only scene we ever get of them together is Jason’s flashback, and it’s insane to think about all the potential the writers left unexplored. Their friendship could’ve connected so many seemingly unrelated storylines, creating a web of alliances, betrayals, and secrets that would’ve made the entire series feel much more cohesive. Imagine two women like them working together behind the scenes, each with her own agenda, willing to cover for one another when necessary but also ready to throw the other under the bus to save her own skin. Wouldn’t they have made an incredible villain duo?

I hate how they ruined CeCe’s character and completely abandoned Melissa’s. They both had their own stories, connections, and an enormous amount of narrative potential, yet the writers never managed to make the most of either of them. They’re genuinely my two favorite characters in the entire series, which makes it even more frustrating to think about what they could’ve become.

These two women could’ve accomplished so much together. They could’ve been the link between the NAT Club, Alison, Cape May, the Rosewood families’ secrets, and the A game, turning a bunch of disconnected revelations into one massive conspiracy. Melissa and CeCe had the potential to become one of the most iconic and dangerous duos in Pretty Little Liars, and the writers wasted it all.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 14h ago

Show Discussion 13 years ago today!!!

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204 Upvotes

13 years ago today we found out that Alison is indeed alive!


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 12h ago

TW: Ezria⚠️ “Ezra likes small women” 😬

124 Upvotes

Currently rewatching and I literally paused when Aria said that, I get really into the show and then moments like this snap me back into reality 🥲


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 7h ago

Question❔ Why did the show always seem to chicken out of love interest being a villain or major character deaths?

34 Upvotes

I'm on a rewatch, and I seem to notice the show constantly seems to reveal a love interest might be a villain, only for a few episodes later, they say they're sorry, and all is forgiven.

  • Caleb was originally spying for Jenna? Nah, he actually fell for Hanna.
  • Toby joined the A team? He did it to "protect" Spencer.
  • Ezra actually knew who Aria was when they met and was using her for his book? Nah he actually fell for her, took a bullet for her and is forgiven.

Same goes for major character deaths. Toby and Mona both had teases of being dead only for it to be revealed they didn't die


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 6h ago

Show Discussion Jenna returns in style for season 7! can she hear tho?

23 Upvotes

r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 3h ago

Rant ⚠️ Hannah telling Caleb to help Miranda find her uncle in Ravenswood

12 Upvotes

Rewatching PLL and honestly this is the MOST random, forced scene ever. I know it was for the Ravenswood spin-off but the writing was just so lazy, like c'mon. Would the Hannah we've known ACTUALLY let Caleb stay in this haunted creepy ass town? Couldn't they write a better scene? Like come up with a compelling reason to make us believe that Caleb COULD NOT leave Ravenswood. What the actual crap.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 39m ago

Show Discussion What are your controversial PLL takes that'll get you like this?👇🏻

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This is a safe space!


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 12h ago

Question❔ I love Spencer’s barn. Who wouldn’t want one at that age? In fact, all the girls’ parents were very permissive, letting them do so many things.

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41 Upvotes

r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 1d ago

Fan Art✨ The Liars as Halloween Movies🎃🖤

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683 Upvotes

Choose your favorite liar and that’s the movie you have to rewatch this week!


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 11h ago

PLL Meme Toby becoming a cop at 17 after training for like two days

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20 Upvotes

r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 21h ago

Question❔ Have any of you PLL fans here seen Desperate Housewives?

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111 Upvotes

I swear y'all if some of you have been needing a new show to watch similar to Pretty Little Liars, watch Desperate Housewives! It's full of drama, friendship, scandals, relationships, and there is a different mystery every season. If you love a mystery series with female leads, watch Desperate Housewives.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 33m ago

Question❔ WHO is Courtney??

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I have only watched the entire series through once and have rewatched up to season 6 twice and up to season 4 thrice.

I’ve been seeing people post about and reference a “Courtney”. Can somebody refresh my memory please??!?

Xoxo 💋


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 12h ago

Show Discussion kinda stopped watching after ali’s reveal

15 Upvotes

i’m an avid rewatcher, i watch at least once a year all the way to the end. but genuinely the storyline just becomes a headache to me at this point forward. season 5 is tolerable, but season 6 and 7… idk yall. i would rank the seasons exactly in the order they come in. 1 and 2 are my favs, then 3 and 4. the only episodes im really sat for season 5-7 are holiday episodes or themed dances. i’m back to rewatching off campus and abandoned PLL for now.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 18h ago

Question❔ What’s up with all the pedophiles?

42 Upvotes

I’m watching this show with my wife and I’ve lost count of how may adults they sleep with


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 10h ago

Question❔ Who was A?

7 Upvotes

I’ve seen the show many times and obviously I know who A is. What I mean is who played A? In all the ending scenes, who acted as A? I think it would be cool if the girls were able to act like A in the scenes where they’re fully disguised in the hoodie/gloves plotting at the end of each episode. Or do you think the actors actually on the A team like mona, Cece, Toby etc were the ones in the hoodie. Unless it was just a completely separate actor? I hope I’m making sense lol Anyone know any info?


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 56m ago

Question❔ Who fought the most between the 4?

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I’d say Hannah was always catching a stray. But Spencer mouth was slick sometimes. Emily got upset a lot and Aria was a shitty friend at times or too involved in her own world.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 1d ago

Character Discussion Spencer’s acting this season was incredible, especially from this episode onwards. I read online that she was 24 when she played Spencer on the show. She didn’t look that age at all. I LOVE HER!

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107 Upvotes

r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 21h ago

Question❔ Anyone feel like the girls never truly get to bust ‘A’

14 Upvotes

Now it’s been a beat since I watched the show but one clear frustration I remember is that it feels like the girls are only ever allowed to get as close to busting ‘A’ as he/she/they wants. Like I remember a scene where Aria has this laptop that supposed to have a BUNCH of stuff that would expose ‘A’. And this is around the time Aria and s taking self defense classes. ‘A’ shows up and Aria just stands there in shock as they take a staple gun to pin her behind plastic wrap as they take the laptop and leave. As soon as ‘A’ vanishes Aria easily frees herself. Now of course we can use the “Freeze Response” to justify it but it feels like they did ALL that work to get the laptop just to lose it without a fight.

Then I remember the time they set a trap for A at some carnival thing and it’s like ALL the guys and girls are there - I’m pretty sure even the police arrive - and have surrounded ‘A’ yet they still escape.

In general I just feel like because the writers are so keen on the big ‘A’ being a surprise to everyone, the girls are never given a true ‘A’ reveal. Mona, Cece, Alex, heck EVEN Shana, they all choose to reveal themselves. Any A that they do find out (Toby, Aria, Cece as red coat) is not a true reveal because those aren’t real ‘A’s and Red Coat Cece was just a trick.

Like over the course of nearly a decade these girls never truly grow as investigators. They never get the fruits of their labor. Most “clues” they find are either red herrings or retconned to be so.

What are your thoughts (especially if you remember the show more vividly 😅).


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 1d ago

Theories/Speculation Sometimes I like to lean into the Aria was supposed to be Big A theory

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32 Upvotes

I have been rewatching with my boyfriend and of course Arias name starts with an A but sometimes it is fun to imagine that these were clues. Check out her necklace in Season 2 ep 20


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 8h ago

Character Discussion Spoilers for Season 7

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This is mainly about Caleb and Hanna. Gotten in such a habit of just listing which episode I'd spoil for any new time watchers lmao. I just posted about the Spencer and Caleb thing and just got a bit further and OMG I'm so happy!!!! Hopefully this doesn't get ruined 😂

Anyways, the rest of this show.. They're so messing with my head I barely have words for any of the other characters.


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 21h ago

Show Discussion Caleb, Hannah, Miranda

7 Upvotes

I’ve watched it 10000 times and sorry for asking!

Can someone please explain, why does Caleb leave Hannah for Miranda? Why!?!

What does he persue Miranda?

I can never wrap my head around it! 😭 xx


r/PrettyLittleLiars • • 1d ago

Character Discussion Sean..

7 Upvotes

Lowkey he was a victim who got webbed into Hannah and A mess. But can I say poor Sean when they were at the dance and she was like what’s wrong ? And he was like “You said one dance it’s been five.” 😂😂 that was good