Pretty Little Liars season 2
Pretty Little Liars | |
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Season 2 | |
File:Pretty Little Liars - Season 2 DVD.jpg | |
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No. of episodes | 25 |
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Original network | ABC Family |
Original release | June 14, 2011 March 19, 2012 | –
Season chronology | |
The second season of Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, premiered on June 14, 2011, and concluded on March 19, 2012, on ABC Family.[1] On January 10, 2011, ABC Family renewed the series for a second season.[2] The season premiere brought in 3.68 million viewers, which was higher than the season 1 premiere. The Halloween special aired on October 19, 2011, drawing 2.5 million total viewers.[3] The second half of season 2 premiered on January 2, 2012.
Overview
Picking up the night Ian Thomas's body disappears, Spencer, Aria, Hanna, and Emily are painted as liars by the news and police. The girls' parents request they see a therapist, Dr. Anne Sullivan. They initially refuse, and after a tense therapy session, their parents ask that the girls end their friendships with one another. This creates much tension, as the girls are forced to meet in secret. Spencer reveals that Ian may still be alive, suspecting Melissa to be hiding him somewhere. With the help of Melissa's ex-fiancé Wren, the girls follow them out to an old silo, where Ian's body is discovered, along with a suicide note. Emily later realizes that the note is composed of various messages from "A" and that "A" planted the note to make them think Ian had murdered Alison. Armed with this revelation, the girls begin investigating other potential suspects, such as Alison's older brother Jason, who has moved back to town, as well as Jenna Marshall. They later cut ties with Garrett Reynolds after learning of his romantic relationship with Jenna, who Ali had accidentally blinded in a prank gone wrong.
The girls confess to Dr. Sullivan that they are being tortured by "A", allowing Dr. Sullivan to piece together the blackmailer's identity. However, before Dr. Sullivan can inform the girls of who "A" is, she disappears. "A" forces the girls to do various tasks throughout Hanna's father's wedding day, such as forcing Aria to blackmail Ezra's former fiancé with a plagiarized college paper and sabotaging Hanna's father's wedding. Spencer is also forced to end her relationship with Toby Cavanaugh to keep him safe from "A's" wrath.
Emily is lured out to an old barn, where she is trapped by "A" who attempts to kill her using carbon monoxide poisoning. However, someone rescues her, and Emily has a vision of Alison. The girls arrive and "A" instructs them to dig up Dr. Sullivan before she runs out of oxygen. However, "A" has framed them, and they are subsequently arrested with the shovel Alison had been murdered with. Spencer's mother is able to get them out of jail and they are forced to endure community service.
Aria also reveals her relationship with Ezra to her parents before "A" can, which ends negatively. Aria's father makes numerous threats towards him, before causing him to lose his job at Hollis College. Although they break up briefly, Aria and Ezra begin seeing each other in secret with the help of her childhood friend, Holden Strauss. Unbeknownst to his overprotective parents, Holden participates in regular fighting competitions, despite having a severe heart condition.
The girls later attempt to trick "A" by making them think they have something that could give away their identity; Emily is confronted by "A" in an abandoned plant nursery. When Emily reveals the girls had tricked them, "A" physically attacks her, but Aria and Spencer arrive and corner them. They throw a vase into the air, shattering the glass ceiling and allowing them enough time to escape; however, Hanna arrives and hits "A" with her car, knocking them down momentarily. The girls chase them into the woods, but lose them. When they examine Hanna's car, they discover "A's" phone on the ground, which had apparently fallen out of their pocket when Hanna hit them with her car. The girls enlist Caleb's help in unlocking the phone, as Hanna and Caleb had gotten back together during the later half of the season.
Eventually, Alison is linked to an old doll hospital in town nearby called Brookhaven, and later a rural motel, The Lost Woods Resort. The girls attend a masquerade party, where they plan to confront "A" who appears to be a woman dressed as The Black Swan from Swan Lake. Spencer, accompanied by Mona, rides out to Lost Woods, while the other girls chase "A". Spencer and Mona are able to steal the key to one of the rooms, which is revealed to be "A's" Lair. Mona then reveals to Spencer that she is "A", while the woman at the costume party was only a decoy. Mona knocks Spencer unconscious, driving her to a nearby cliff. She gives Spencer the option of joining her "A" Team, or dying.
Spencer momentarily escapes, and the other girls learn of Mona's plan and rush to her aid. Spencer and Mona struggle, and Mona is knocked into a ravine, but survives. Emily learns that Maya was murdered, after she had seemingly disappeared. Mona is hospitalized in Radley Sanitarium, where she is visited by a blonde woman in a red trench coat, revealing Mona was working for someone else the whole time.
Cast
- Notes
- ^[a] Cast member Bianca Lawson is credited as a series regular from episode 11 until episode 20. Unlike the other series regulars, Lawson is only credited in the episodes she appears in.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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23 | 1 | "It's Alive" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | June 14, 2011 | 3.68[4] |
24 | 2 | "The Goodbye Look" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | June 21, 2011 | 2.66[5] |
25 | 3 | "My Name Is Trouble" | Elodie Keene | Oliver Goldstick | June 28, 2011 | 2.78[6] |
26 | 4 | "Blind Dates" | Dean White | Charlie Craig | July 5, 2011 | 2.42[7] |
27 | 5 | "The Devil You Know" | Michael Grossman | Maya Goldsmith | July 12, 2011 | 2.42[8] |
28 | 6 | "Never Letting Go" | J. Miller Tobin | Bryan M. Holdman | July 19, 2011 | 2.53[9] |
29 | 7 | "Surface Tension" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | July 26, 2011 | 2.36[10] |
30 | 8 | "Save the Date" | Chris Grismer | Matt Witten | August 2, 2011 | 2.41[11] |
31 | 9 | "Picture This" | Patrick Norris | Jonell Lennon | August 9, 2011 | 2.54[12] |
32 | 10 | "Touched by an A-ngel" | Chad Lowe | Charlie Craig & Maya Goldsmith | August 16, 2011 | 2.30[13] |
33 | 11 | "I Must Confess" | Norman Buckley | Oliver Goldstick | August 23, 2011 | 2.63[14] |
34 | 12 | "Over My Dead Body" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | August 30, 2011 | 2.98[15] |
35 | 13 | "The First Secret" | Dana W. Gonzales | Story by : Sara Shepard Teleplay by : I. Marlene King | October 19, 2011 | 2.47[16] |
36 | 14 | "Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | January 2, 2012 | 3.34[17] |
37 | 15 | "A Hot Piece of 'A'" | Michael Grossman | Oliver Goldstick | January 9, 2012 | 2.95[18] |
38 | 16 | "Let the Water Hold Me Down" | Chris Grismer | Bryan M. Holdman | January 16, 2012 | 2.78[19] |
39 | 17 | "Blond Leading the Blind" | Arlene Sanford | Charlie Craig | January 23, 2012 | 3.17[20] |
40 | 18 | "A Kiss Before Lying" | Wendey Stanzler | Maya Goldsmith | January 30, 2012 | 2.55[21] |
41 | 19 | "The Naked Truth" | Elodie Keene | Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins | February 6, 2012 | 2.25[22] |
42 | 20 | "CTRL:A" | Ron Lagomarsino | Joseph Dougherty & Lijah J. Barasz | February 13, 2012 | 2.11[23] |
43 | 21 | "Breaking the Code" | Roger Kumble | Jonell Lennon | February 20, 2012 | 2.54[24] |
44 | 22 | "Father Knows Best" | Chad Lowe | Charlie Craig & Bryan M. Holdman | February 27, 2012 | 2.49[25] |
45 | 23 | "Eye of the Beholder" | Melanie Mayron | Joseph Dougherty | March 5, 2012 | 2.58[26] |
46 | 24 | "If These Dolls Could Talk" | Ron Lagomarsino | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | March 12, 2012 | 2.47[27] |
47 | 25 | "UnmAsked" | Lesli Linka Glatter | I. Marlene King | March 19, 2012 | 3.69[28] |
Development and production
After an initial order of 24 episodes, it was announced in June that a special Halloween-themed flashback episode would air as part of ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween lineup, bringing the season 2 episode order to 25 episodes.[29]
On December 13, 2011, it was announced that the identity of A would be revealed in the Spring Finale.[30][31] Filming of season two wrapped on December 16, 2011.[32]
Casting
Janel Parrish, Tammin Sursok, Bianca Lawson, and Tyler Blackburn return in the second season as Mona Vanderwaal, Jenna Marshall, Maya St. Germain, and Caleb Rivers. Also returning are Yani Gellman, Torrey DeVitto, Lindsey Shaw, Claire Holt, Keegan Allen, Brant Daugherty, Brendan Robinson, and Julian Morris, who will all reprise their roles from the first season.[33][34][35] Annabeth Gish appears as Anne Sullivan, a therapist whom the girls' parents feel can help them on their problems.[36] Andrea Parker will play Jessica DiLaurentis, Alison's mother, who returns to Rosewood to help out with a fashion show being held in Alison's honour.[37] Actor Drew Van Acker also joined the cast playing Jason DiLaurentis, replacing Parker Bagley.
Ratings
Live + SD ratings
No. in series |
No. in season |
Episode | Air date | Time slot (EST) | Rating/Share (18–49) | Viewers (m) |
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23 | 1 | "It's Alive" | June 14, 2011 | Tuesdays 8:00 p.m. |
1.3 [4] | 3.68 [4] |
24 | 2 | "The Goodbye Look" | June 21, 2011 | 1.0 [5] | 2.66 [5] | |
25 | 3 | "My Name Is Trouble" | June 28, 2011 | 1.0 [6] | 2.78 [6] | |
26 | 4 | "Blind Dates" | July 5, 2011 | 0.9 [7] | 2.42 [7] | |
27 | 5 | "The Devil You Know" | July 12, 2011 | 0.9 [8] | 2.42 [8] | |
28 | 6 | "Never Letting Go" | July 19, 2011 | 0.9 [9] | 2.53 [9] | |
29 | 7 | "Surface Tension" | July 26, 2011 | 0.9 [10] | 2.36 [10] | |
30 | 8 | "Save the Date" | August 2, 2011 | 0.8 [11] | 2.41 [11] | |
31 | 9 | "Picture This" | August 9, 2011 | 0.9 [12] | 2.54 [12] | |
32 | 10 | "Touched by an A-ngel" | August 16, 2011 | 0.8 [13] | 2.30 [13] | |
33 | 11 | "I Must Confess" | August 23, 2011 | 1.0 [14] | 2.63 [14] | |
34 | 12 | "Over My Dead Body" | August 30, 2011 | 1.2 [15] | 2.98 [15] | |
35 | 13 | "The First Secret" | October 19, 2011 | Wednesday 8:00 p.m. | 1.0 [16] | 2.47 [16] |
36 | 14 | "Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares" | January 2, 2012 | Mondays 8:00 p.m. |
1.3 [17] | 3.34 [17] |
37 | 15 | "A Hot Piece of 'A'" | January 9, 2012 | 1.3 [18] | 2.95 [18] | |
38 | 16 | "Let the Water Hold Me Down" | January 16, 2012 | 1.1 [19] | 2.78 [19] | |
39 | 17 | "Blond Leading the Blind" | January 23, 2012 | 1.4 [20] | 3.17 [20] | |
40 | 18 | "A Kiss Before Lying" | January 30, 2012 | 0.9 [21] | 2.55 [21] | |
41 | 19 | "The Naked Truth" | February 6, 2012 | 1.0 [22] | 2.25 [22] | |
42 | 20 | "CTRL:A" | February 6, 2012 | 0.8 [23] | 2.11 [23] | |
43 | 21 | "Breaking the Code" | February 13, 2012 | 1.0 [24] | 2.54 [24] | |
44 | 22 | "Father Knows Best" | February 20, 2012 | 1.0 [25] | 2.49 [25] | |
45 | 23 | "Eye of the Beholder" | March 5, 2012 | 1.0 [26] | 2.58 [26] | |
46 | 24 | "If These Dolls Could Talk" | March 12, 2012 | 1.0 [27] | 2.47 [27] | |
47 | 25 | "Unmasked" | March 19, 2012 | 1.6 [28] | 3.69 [28] |
DVD release
The Complete Second Season | |||||
Set details[38] | Special features[38] | ||||
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Release dates | |||||
United States | United Kingdom | Australia | |||
June 5, 2012[39] | November 9, 2013[40] | October 3, 2012[41] |
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