Based off the books by I. Marlene King, and then adopted into a television show, Pretty Little Liars was instantly a hit TV show for Freeform. Sadly, on June 27, 2017, the show ended with having accomplished seven seasons and one hundred and sixty episodes. However, the new spinoff show, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists premieres on Freeform on March 20.
When Alison DiLaurentis suddenly disappears, Spencer, Emily, Aria and Hanna must band together to find their best friend, while also dealing with an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their deepest, darkest secrets. Over the course of the show, the writers keep the audience hooked, desperately wanting to know who the mysterious A is. At the end of every episode, the audience sees a figure in a black hoodie and gloves, and gives a clue as to what is to come from A in the future episodes.
Now throughout the show, the audience might think that they have discovered the twisted A, but in reality, A lures in the background, and is not revealed until one of the later seasons of the show. The reveal of A is shocking, yet satisfying for the audience, and will lead to a sudden closing of that part of the show.
It isn’t until the next episode, where the girls return to their hometown of Rosewood five years later, to discover that there is yet another mishap - and a new A who titles themself as AD- is out for revenge because of that mishap. This puts the girls in a whole new position, and will leave the audience shocked at the bigger secrets that they have to keep the second time around. However, to the final episode of the whole show, there are two different endings, so you don’t know which one you are going to get - and they are both so different that each ending means totally different things when it comes to the plot - the ending of the show will change the whole perspective for the show entirely for the audience.
In terms of the show as a whole, in seasons one to five, every thirteenth episode is special, and is either Christmas or Halloween themed, yet it still applies to the show’s main plot. There is also an episode in the fifth season, in which the town of Rosewood and its inhabitants are all stuck in an old classic Hollywood noir film. Again, with the different style of the episode, it still revolves around the main plot.
Now the original author of the books that inspired the whole show, I .Marlene King has provided the writers with great source material, but that doesn’t mean that the writers wrote down the actual text and surprises word for word. The writers did end up shifting some of the details from certain characters to others, keeping the fanbase who has read the books still be shocked at some of the surprises that the writers have up their sleeves.
Of course, while every season has it’s main conflicts, and it is the liars (Spencer, Emily, Aria, Hanna and Alison) that are the glue to making the show successful. Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson and Sasha Pieterse are the reasons why this show is so successful. They are the reasons why there is a spinoff coming out on Freeform next month. The show was successful because of them.
Pretty Little Liars is such a great show and has such a strong following/fanbase. There is absolutely no doubt that the show is a GOOD GOOD show that is definitely the next biggest thing that you should binge-watch on Netflix. But take a word of advice, never look this show up on the internet. It could give you spoilers to the show which did ruin some surprises for me. It is a show that you can get hooked to pretty fast, and it will drive you crazy trying to figure out who the mysterious A is, what exactly happened to Alison, and what the dangerous A will be planning next. A thing to remember, never trust a pretty little liar; she could be hiding a dark secret that could change everything. (shhh…)- A.
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