In Emily’s room, Emily tells Aria and Spencer about Paige becoming quiet suddenly while they were hanging out. Aria thinks she is afraid that 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 is scared of getting close to Ali again. When Aria asks her if she has feelings for Ali, Emily says that she doesn’t know. Emily comments on how they have the life they wanted for the last two years and yet things are no longer like they were before. Aria asks Emily if she wanted to know everything about Nate after killing her. Emily recalls the package she received from Nate’s mom and how she was obsessed with it. Emily says that she kept thinking how hard it must have been for Nate’s mom to write Emily’s name and how her hands must have shook.
With Alison now back in Rosewood, she attempts to regain the role of leader of the group, but she finds her four friends are not as willing to blindly follow her every whim as they once were. Besides feeling the pressure from Ali, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer are also feeling under the microscope at school as the high school focuses their attention on the Liars. While most kids are morbidly curious about what happened to Ali, some are more focused on planning for Ali's return to school. Meanwhile, Aria's depression continues to spiral, and she looks for comfort from an unlikely source. #PLL #PrettyLittleLiars
