Pretty Little Liars season 5
Pretty Little Liars (season 5) | |
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Season 5 | |
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No. of episodes | 25 |
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Original network | ABC Family |
Original release | June 10, 2014 March 24, 2015 | –
Season chronology | |
The fifth season of the American mystery drama television series Pretty Little Liars began airing on ABC Family on June 10, 2014. Shooting for the season began on March 24, 2014,[1] and ended on November 20, 2014.[2] The season aired from June 10, 2014 to March 24, 2015.
Like the second season, the season consisted of 25 episodes, including a special holiday-themed episode, instead of a Halloween episode which was written by I. Marlene King and her assistant Kyle Bown and was directed by King.[3][4] It also contained the 100th episode and the episode was written by showrunner I. Marlene King. The promotional poster was released on May 28, 2014.[5] A second promotional poster was released after the hundredth episode was aired, on July 9, 2014.[6] A third promotional poster was released on January 5, 2015, as a promotion for the second half of the fifth season, which began the day after the release of the poster.[7]
It was announced on June 10, 2014 that Pretty Little Liars was renewed for two additional seasons, making the show ABC Family's longest running original series.[8]
The fifth season garnered positive reviews from critics and averaged 2.01 million viewers an episode, down from the previous season, and a 0.9 demo rating, also down from the previous season.[9] The premiere was watched by 2.72 million viewers, while the finale was watched by 2.65 million viewers.[10][11]
Overview
The girls try to adjust to the new world in which Alison is very much alive, while still trying to keep up with Ali's new lie about her whereabouts over the last two years. They try to live their lives free from 'A' after Aria manages to save them from Shana, the rooftop shooter, in New York. The girls think Shana was 'A', and with her gone, they no longer worry about 'A'. However, 'A' returns, blowing up the Cavanaugh house and leaving the liars more afraid than ever. With Alison back, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer notice how their friendship has changed since Ali's disappearance. The other residents in Rosewood also deal with Alison coming home, and it leads to Mona making an army against her, consisting of residents whom Ali bullied back in the day. The liars try to figure out who killed Mrs. DiLaurentis, and if there is a connection between her and the girl who was buried in Alison's grave, Bethany Young.
With Alison back, Hanna starts to have an identity crisis, and it progresses when Caleb comes back from Ravenswood and Alison moves in to the Marin house. Aria struggles with guilt after the incident in New York when she killed Shana to save the girls. She gets help from Ezra, and slowly starts to reconcile with him. Aria also begins to volunteer at Radley in order to find out information about Bethany Young, who was a patient there. Tension begins to swarm between her and Hanna when Hanna almost reveals what happened in New York to the new girl at school, Sydney. Emily tries to deal with her breakup with Paige, while struggling with her feelings toward Alison. She also helps the new girl, Sydney, with her swimming, until she finds out that Sydney knows Jenna. Meanwhile, Spencer deals with her parents splitting up and finding out what Melissa knows about the night Alison disappeared. Following several leads to find out more about Bethany, she learns that Mrs. DiLaurentis had spent some time with her. Furthermore, Melissa reveals that she was the one who buried Bethany because she was trying to protect Spencer, believing that Spencer killed the girl.
As the season progresses, the four girls begin to feel uncertain about Alison and whether she is telling them the truth, and Alison begins to lose their trust. The friendship hits a breaking point when Ali has to identify her so-called "kidnapper", and the girls realize that Alison has lied to them the entire time she has been back. They ultimately decide that she can't be trusted anymore. They then set up a plan to confess everything to the police. However, 'A' stops them before they can go through with the plan, and the liars find out that Alison has gone rogue. Teaming up with Mona, they discover that the police suspect Spencer of killing Bethany Young, and that Mrs. DiLaurentis had an affair with Bethany Young's father. Mona then tells the girls she thinks that Alison is 'A'. Subsequently, Mona is "killed", and Spencer is arrested for Bethany Young's murder.
The Liars team up with their significant others to prove Alison killed Mona. Through the clues Mona left for them, they were able to prove that not only she was responsible for Mona's murder, but for Bethany's murder as well, clearing Spencer of the charges in the process. However, the girls realize someone is still helping Alison, who they now believe was trying to drag them down with her in jail. Their initial suspect was Detective Holbrook, but Holbrook reveals to Hanna that Alison cut him off. They later discover that Mike, Aria's brother, has been secretly visiting Alison in jail, leading the girls to suspect that he was helping Ali. Subsequently, they learn that Mona was working with 'A' to have Alison arrested by faking her death, although the actual possibility that Mona may be dead remains unknown.
Furthermore, after realizing that Alison can't be 'A', the girls decided to work on proving Ali's innocence without incriminating Mike. However, 'A' has plans also for the liars. Hanna becomes a suspect in Mona's murder, and is arrested after her blood is found on Mona's clothes. Aria, Spencer, and Emily, along with Ezra and Caleb, try to get any evidence that could help Alison and Hanna, though 'A' keeps on getting one step ahead of them. Mike considers taking the stand on Alison's trial; while Caleb agrees with Mike, Aria and Ezra convinces him otherwise. Alison's trial ends with her being found guilty on Mona's murder, and subsequently, Aria, Spencer, and Emily are arrested as accessories. After being kidnapped by 'A' on their way to the prison, Hanna, Aria, Spencer and Emily awaken in a dollhouse lair, with rooms designed to look like their bedrooms with surveillance. They discover that Mona is alive; however she is going under the name Alison in the presence of 'A'. They attempt to leave during the "prom" 'A' forces them to create. Spencer then learns A's name: Charles, who is the oldest child of Kenneth and Jessica DiLaurentis. Upon managing to escape the dollhouse, they learn that they are surrounded by an electric fence and therefore trapped.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Special guest cast
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Recurring cast
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Guest cast
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Episodes
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
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96 | 1 | "EscApe from New York" | Norman Buckley | I. Marlene King | June 10, 2014 | 2.72[10] |
97 | 2 | "Whirly Girlie" | Joanna Kerns | Oliver Goldstick | June 17, 2014 | 2.16[12] |
98 | 3 | "Surfing the Aftershocks" | Chad Lowe | Joseph Dougherty | June 24, 2014 | 2.28[13] |
99 | 4 | "Thrown from the Ride" | Janice Cooke | Maya Goldsmith | July 1, 2014 | 2.13[14] |
100 | 5 | "Miss Me x 100" | Norman Buckley | I. Marlene King | July 8, 2014 | 2.25[15] |
101 | 6 | "Run, Ali, Run" | Norman Buckley | Jonell Lennon | July 15, 2014 | 2.13[16] |
102 | 7 | "The Silence of E. Lamb" | Joshua Butler | Bryan M. Holdman | July 22, 2014 | 2.06[17] |
103 | 8 | "Scream for Me" | Bethany Rooney | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | July 29, 2014 | 1.80[18] |
104 | 9 | "March of Crimes" | Chad Lowe | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | August 5, 2014 | 2.05[19] |
105 | 10 | "A Dark Ali" | Arlene Sanford | Lijah J. Barasz | August 12, 2014 | 2.05[20] |
106 | 11 | "No One Here Can Love or Understand Me" | Larry Reibman | Joseph Dougherty | August 19, 2014 | 1.80[21] |
107 | 12 | "Taking This One to the Grave" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | August 26, 2014 | 2.29[22] |
108 | 13 | "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" | I. Marlene King | I. Marlene King & Kyle Bown | December 9, 2014 | 2.09[23] |
109 | 14 | "Through a Glass, Darkly" | Chad Lowe | Joseph Dougherty & Lijah J. Barasz | January 6, 2015 | 2.01[24] |
110 | 15 | "Fresh Meat" | Zetna Fuentes | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | January 13, 2015 | 2.02[25] |
111 | 16 | "Over a Barrel" | Michael Grossman | Bryan M. Holdman | January 20, 2015 | 1.72[26] |
112 | 17 | "The Bin of Sin" | Tripp Reed | Jonell Lennon | January 27, 2015 | 2.00[27] |
113 | 18 | "Oh, What Hard Luck Stories They All Hand Me" | Joseph Dougherty | Joseph Dougherty | February 3, 2015 | 1.80[28] |
114 | 19 | "Out, Damned Spot" | Nzingha Stewart | Lijah J. Barasz | February 10, 2015 | 1.77[29] |
115 | 20 | "Pretty Isn't the Point" | Melanie Mayron | Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins | February 17, 2015 | 2.05[30] |
116 | 21 | "Bloody Hell" | Arlene Sanford | Maya Goldsmith | February 24, 2015 | 1.58[31] |
117 | 22 | "To Plea or Not to Plea" | Arthur Anderson | Jonell Lennon | March 3, 2015 | 1.49[32] |
118 | 23 | "The Melody Lingers On" | Roger Kumble | Joseph Dougherty | March 10, 2015 | 1.74[33] |
119 | 24 | "I'm a Good Girl, I Am" | Oliver Goldstick | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | March 17, 2015 | 1.70[34] |
120 | 25 | "Welcome to the Dollhouse" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | March 24, 2015 | 2.65[11] |
Specials
Special no. |
Title | Narrator(s) | Aired between | Original air date | U.S viewers (million) | |
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1 | "We Love You to DeAth" | The Cast of Pretty Little Liars | "Taking This One to the Grave" "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" | October 21, 2014 | 1.30[35] | |
Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse sit down to answer fans burning questions about the show, while Tyler Blackburn, Ian Harding, Janel Parrish, Keegan Allen and "Pretty Little Liars" crew members sit down to give insiders a glimpse at the behind the scenes workings of the show. It wouldn’t be Halloween, or "Pretty Little Liars," if it didn’t include some of "A's" victims in a "Dearly Departed"-themed segment with interviews from those who met a deadly end, such as Bianca Lawson ("Maya St. Germain"), Ryan Merriman ("Ian Thomas") and Bryce Johnson ("Det. Darren Wilden"). Also "Pretty Little Liars" super fans weigh in on their favorite OMG moments and what the show has meant to them. And everyone has a theory on who they think is "A!" |
Production
Development
The show was renewed for a fifth season on March 26, 2013, while in its third season.[36] I. Marlene King announced on Twitter that the fifth season would contain 25 episodes, including a Christmas special instead of a halloween episode, which the last three seasons have had.[4][37] Right before the season five premiere aired, on June 10, 2014, the series was renewed for two additional seasons through season 6 and 7, making the show ABC Family's longest running original series.[8]
On October 13, 2014, it was announced that the special Christmas episode would air as part of ABC Family's "25 Days of Christmas" programming event on December 9, 2014.[38] ABC Family announced that they would air a special behind-the-scenes halloween episode where the cast of Pretty Little Liars would be interviewed and answering questions from fans.[39] It was announced that the show would return with its winter premiere and remaining 12 episodes, which began airing on January 6, 2015.[40]
Casting
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The fifth season had nine roles receiving star billing, with all of them returning from the previous season, seven of which was part of the original cast from the first season. The season saw the four protagonists of the series continue the roles. Troian Bellisario played Spencer Hastings, who struggles with family drama. Ashley Benson continued her role as Hanna Marin, whom finds herself in an identity crisis as a result of Alison's return. Lucy Hale played Aria Montgomery who volunteers to work at Radley Sanitarium in addition to build up her relationship with Ezra. Shay Mitchell portrayed Emily Fields who is affected the most of Alison's return, which makes her confront her feelings towards Ali. Sasha Pieterse returned as Alison DiLaurentis, who moves back home after being presumably dead the last two years, which makes her the attention of the town. Janel Parrish played Mona Vanderwaal, who starts a group against Alison. Tyler Blackburn returned to the series as Caleb Rivers after playing the same character on Ravenswood, while Ian Harding continued his role as Ezra Fitz who is almost killed after being shot in the abdomen by Shana. In addition, Laura Leighton played Ashley Marin, Hanna's mom.
On March 12, 2014, it was announced that Tyler Blackburn would be returning as a series regular on the show after leaving halfway through the fourth season for the sister show; Ravenswood, and would return in the 100th episode.[41][42] It was reported that in the season premiere, a beloved character would be in great danger as of the casting of a paramedic and two surgeons for the first episode.[43] It was reported that Kenneth DiLaurentis would be returning, King said "Her father comes home and wants to take her with him".[44] On April 3, 2014, it was reported that Chloe Bridges was cast as Sydney, the newest member on the swim team who would befriend Shay Mitchell's character Emily. She appeared in multiple episodes, the first being the third episode.[45]
Tammin Sursok was reported to return to the show in the 100th episode. Her character hadn't been seen since the ninth episode of season four.[46] TV Line reported on June 26, 2014, that Mona's mother, Leona, was going to be introduced in the summer finale,[47] and was going to be played by Sydney Penny.[48] On August 5, 2014, it was announced that Will Bradley was cast as Johnny Raymond, a new painter who would be spending some time with the character Spencer Hastings. He first appeared in the 15th episode.[49] Author of the book series the show is based on, Sara Shepard, was announced to appear on the show, and appeared in the 24th episode as a news reporter.[50]
Broadcast
In Australia, the season premiered on Fox8 on June 13, 2014.[51] The second part premiered on January 9, 2015.[52] In the United Kingdom, the first part was released on Netflix on January 1, 2015, with new episodes streaming from the day after it airs in the US.[53]
Reception
Critical reception
The season premiere was down from the previous premiere, and down from the season four finale "A is for Answers", with a 1.1 at the target 18–49 demographic and 2.72 total viewers.[10] On Rotten Tomatoes the fifth season got a rating of 80% fresh based on 5 reviews.[54]
Live + SD ratings
No. in series |
No. in season |
Episode | Air date | Time slot (EST) | Rating/Share (18–49) | Viewers (m) | Rank (18-49) |
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96 | 1 | "EscApe From New York" | June 10, 2014 | Tuesdays 8:00 p.m. |
1.1[10] | 2.72[10] | 1[10] |
97 | 2 | "Whirly Girlie" | June 17, 2014 | 0.9[12] | 2.16[12] | 15[12] | |
98 | 3 | "Surfing the Aftershocks" | June 24, 2014 | 1.0[13] | 2.28[13] | 4[13] | |
99 | 4 | "Thrown from the Ride" | July 1, 2014 | 0.9[14] | 2.13[14] | 14[14] | |
100 | 5 | "Miss Me x 100" | July 8, 2014 | 1.0[15] | 2.25[15] | 10[15] | |
101 | 6 | "Run, Ali, Run" | July 15, 2014 | 1.0[16] | 2.13[16] | 8[16] | |
102 | 7 | "The Silence of E. Lamb" | July 22, 2014 | 1.0[17] | 2.06[17] | 8[17] | |
103 | 8 | "Scream for Me" | July 29, 2014 | 0.8[18] | 1.80[18] | 16[18] | |
104 | 9 | "March of Crimes" | August 5, 2014 | 0.9[19] | 2.05[19] | 7[19] | |
105 | 10 | "A Dark Ali" | August 12, 2014 | 0.9[20] | 2.05[20] | 13[20] | |
106 | 11 | "No One Here Can Love or Understand Me" | August 19, 2014 | 0.8[21] | 1.80[21] | 11[21] | |
107 | 12 | "Taking This One to the Grave" | August 26, 2014 | 1.0[22] | 2.29[22] | 4[22] | |
108 | 13 | "How the 'A' Stole Christmas" | December 9, 2014 | 0.9[23] | 2.09[23] | 11[23] | |
109 | 14 | "Through a Glass, Darkly" | January 6, 2015 | 1.0[24] | 2.01[24] | 7[24] | |
110 | 15 | "Fresh Meat" | January 13, 2015 | 0.9[25] | 2.02[25] | 7[25] | |
111 | 16 | "Over a Barrel" | January 20, 2015 | 0.7[26] | 1.72[26] | 14[26] | |
112 | 17 | "The Bin of Sin" | January 27, 2015 | 0.9[27] | 2.00[27] | 7[27] | |
113 | 18 | "Oh, What Hard Luck Stories They All Hand Me" | February 3, 2015 | 0.8[28] | 1.80[28] | 11[28] | |
114 | 19 | "Out, Damned Spot" | February 10, 2015 | 0.8[29] | 1.77[29] | 10[29] | |
115 | 20 | "Pretty Isn't the Point" | February 17, 2015 | 0.9[30] | 2.05[30] | 11[30] | |
116 | 21 | "Bloody Hell" | February 24, 2015 | 0.7[31] | 1.58[31] | 12[31] | |
117 | 22 | "To Plea or Not to Plea" | March 3, 2015 | 0.7[32] | 1.49[32] | 18[32] | |
118 | 23 | "The Melody Lingers On" | March 10, 2015 | 0.9[33] | 1.74[33] | 8[33] | |
119 | 24 | "I'm a Good Girl, I Am" | March 17, 2015 | 0.9[34] | 1.70[34] | 8[34] | |
120 | 25 | "Welcome to the Dollhouse" | March 24, 2015 | 1.3[11] | 2.65[11] | 1[11] |
DVD release
The Complete Fifth Season | |||||
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