Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017): Season 1, Episode 5 - Reality Bites Me - full transcript

Previously on
"Pretty Little Liars"...

If she hadn't given you
back that ring,

you'd be married
to her right now.

Possibly.

Put your arm around me.

- Nice work.
- It was easy.

Well, I'm not.

I'll be back
for it on Monday.

As soon as the banks open,
I'll have the cash.

Here you go.

Is this some kind
of a joke?



I-I brought in a ring.

Not according
to the ticket.

Somebody broke
into our garage?

Did they get into the house?
Is anything else missing?

Looking for someone?

No. I thought that you were
the only one living here.

I am.

Melissa!

♪

Is this a suicide
note or a confession?

It's both.

Emily...
How do you have this?

I sent it to her.

I took a picture with my phone
before we called the cops.



It's weird- why would
Ian kill himself

just as he was about
to skip town with Melissa?

Maybe he realized
he was gonna get caught.

He couldn't hide forever,

even with Melissa
and Wren's help.

He was probably desperate.

Look, who cares
why Ian did it?

The important thing is,
Ali's killer is dead

and we're no longer
people of interest.

Why am I not feeling
relieved right now?

Oh, Em, come on.

For months, we've been about as
welcome in this town as a cold sore,

and plus, now people know that
we've been telling the truth.

And Ian is out of
our lives for good.

Yeah... but "A" isn't.

Can we please just slay
one dragon at a time?

- Hey.
- Hey.

What are you doing here?

I just came to return
some evidence

we took from
the field hockey office.

Hey, um, look,
I just wanted to say

that I'm sorry you all had
to be the ones who found him.

Melissa's
the one who found him.

I'm sorry. Then again,
could have been worse.

What do you mean?

Bodies decay.
He'd been dead at least a week.

Give my best to your family.

Yeah.

A week?!

No, that's impossible.
He was texting Melissa.

No, he wasn't.
I'm betting it was "A".

Why would "A"
pretend to be Ian

and then lead us
there to his body?

Does it matter?

The guy was scum,
and now he's dead scum.

Who cares if "A"
found him first?

What does "A" want?

You know what I want?

I want to enjoy
my life again...

before "A" finds
another way to ruin it.

Are you coming?

No, you guys go ahead.

Em, what is it?

We now know "A"
is involved.

Doesn't that
make you nervous?

Yeah...

But not as much
as Ian did.

Could we just please take a break
from looking over our shoulder?

♪

♪

♪

♪ Got a secret,
can you keep it ♪

♪ swear this one
you'll save ♪

♪ better lock it
in your pocket ♪

♪ takin' this one
to the grave ♪

♪ if I show you
then I know you ♪

♪ won't tell what I said ♪

♪ 'cause two can keep a secret
if one of them is dead ♪

+

Well, thanks for calling Jess.

I really appreciate it.

Oh, we're hanging in there.

Yeah.
Okay, I will. Bye.

Are you gonna answer that?

Reporters have been
calling all day.

Listen, you bottom-
feeding vultures,

stop sucking the life
out of my family.

Oh, I'm so sorry,
grandma.

Let- let me
give her to you.

Hi, ma.

Yeah, I know.
It's crazy here.

Let me call you back,
okay?

Did you reach somebody?

It wasn't easy.

Finally got ahold
of his aunt.

She wants nothing
to do with us.

Meaning what, exactly?

Meaning she doesn't want
to give him a funeral.

So what now?

We're responsible
for burying him?

Let's just- let's talk
about this later.

Oh, no, no, no. Veronica.
we can't put this off.

What options do we have?

We can turn him over
to the County!

I-I think... we need
to give him a funeral.

It's the right thing
to do.

Sweetie, no one expects us
to give him a funeral.

We'll regret it
if we don't.

Please.

I think she needs this.

Let us think
about it, okay?

Do you want ice?

Sure.

Uh... we don't have any?
Are you hungry?

Do you have any food?

No.

That's... on the list too,

after ice.

My mom's been
too busy to shop.

So, why are you here,
anyway?

Well, I heard what
happened, and I just...

Wanted to see
how you were holding up.

You don't have to check
in on me anymore, okay?

One fake date does not
a relationship make.

Wait. I'm sorry.

It's just...

It's been a stressful
couple of days.

Have you ever seen one?

A dead body, I mean.

Yeah.

Hanna?

Yeah, I'm in here.

Why didn't you answer
your phone?

It's off.
I'm charging it.

I left messages.

'Bout what?

That's not the point.

When I call, I need to be able
to reach you, always.

Okay.

Mom, what's wrong?

Did something
happen with dad?

Is it work?

You know...

This whole...
past year...

Whenever you have
left the house,

there's a part of me
that's been terrified

that you might
never come back.

Every time you walk out that door
I memorize the color of your top,

whether you're wearing
jeans or a skirt,

what kind of shoes
you have on,

just in case
I ever have to-

No, mom, don't.

Don't go there.

We don't have to worry
about this anymore.

It's over.

We can breathe again.

Yeah.

I never understood
what people meant

when they said they had
an out-of-body experience,

but after I heard
Melissa scream...

It was like everything
was in slow motion.

Look, it's...
going to take a long time

for that night to go away.

I think the hardest part is...

Hey, "Z", I wanted...

Sorry. I didn't realize.

Hey, Jackie,
this is Aria,

a former student of mine.

I think we've met,
actually.

Aren't you Professor
Montgomery's daughter?

Yeah, um, we met at
my parents' place, I think.

We- we met at my
parents' place, I think.

I-I was just on the way
to my dad's office

when I ran into...
Mr. Fitz.

She's not your
student anymore.

I think you can let the girl
call you by your first name.

Oh.

I just stopped by
'cause the psych department

moved their
conference to Friday.

We don't have to take over
your lecture hall after all.

Cool.

Nice seeing you again, Aria.

Mmm, you too!

"Z"?

All my college friends
call me that.

Yeah, well,
from ages 2 to 7,

my family used to
call me "pookie bear,"

but... all good things
must come to an end.

Aria.
I'm sorry. It's just...

Frustrating, you know?

The whole point of you
working here was so that

you wouldn't have to introduce
me as your former student.

You didn't have to offer up
that stuff about your dad.

You basically demoted me
to a pit stop.

Okay, whatever.

Clearly, we both
need to find some way

to warm people up to the
idea of us as a couple.

How about I start introducing
you as pookie bear?

Mmm! No.

How 'bout you just start
introducing me as a friend?

Okay.

Sounds like a plan.

Hey. Someone tried to deliver
a package to my house.

It's probably for my mom,
but she's out of town.

I was wondering if
I could sign for it.

Do you have any I.D.?

Sure.

Do I know you?

Uh, no, I-I don't think so.

Did you
go to Rosewood High?

Uh, n-no.

Um... excuse me.
I've got to make a delivery.

Look, somebody paid me
to drop off this bag

and pick up a package.

He found me online.
My name is Logan Reed.

Hey.

I made you some tea.

Oh, thanks.

Wren called,

to see how you
and Melissa were.

That was nice of him.

It's a good thing your father didn't
answer. He would have hung up.

He's not as
forgiving as I am.

I thought your teachers gave you
extensions on all of your homework.

Oh, they did. But...

Exams are still next week.

You work so hard.

You always have.

We made the arrangements
for the funeral.

No flowers, and as far as
I'm concerned, no tears.

Yeah.

Your father and I were very moved by
your desire to do this for your sister.

I just think she needs
some kind of ceremony.

You were right.

We did need to do this.

I called the girls to see if they would
come to the funeral to support you.

It's the least I can do.
I'm the one that separated you.

Mom, it's okay.
No, it's not.

It's not okay that
I didn't believe you,

and it's not okay
that I...

Will you give me
another chance?

That I allowed
a monster in my house.

But I promise I will
never do it again.

Of course.

I love you
so much, honey.

♪ Soul on lockdown ♪

♪ from open to closing ♪

♪ leave the fresh air
to paper planes. ♪

♪ A better life now ♪

♪ it must be hiding ♪

♪ far away from
the same old thing. ♪

♪ Yeah, got a long list
of enemies ♪

♪ what's another
gonna do to me? ♪

♪ I don't care
if you don't approve ♪

♪ don't want to hear about
what you think. ♪

♪ Do your best to get
the best of me. ♪

♪ Nothing in my blood is
ever gonna follow suit. ♪

♪ Follow suit ♪

♪

♪

Mike.

What were you thinking?

Hey! Mike!

He broke into your house?

Never got in, actually.
I caught him at the window.

The house was dark. I'm guessing
he thought no one was home.

I'm really sorry.

He's- he's never done
anything like this before.

Thank you for not
calling the police.

Don't worry about it.

I really don't know
what to tell you.

Look, if...

If I tell my parents,
they are gonna flip out.

But if I don't, then he's-

No, don't. He knows
he's been busted.

Um...

Why- why didn't you?
Call the police?

I've seen enough cops
in my house for one year.

Right.

Anyway... thanks.

Thanks again.

Yeah.

Bye.

Hey.

Hey.

Look, I'm-
I'm really sorry

that you got caught in a
full-on chick flick yesterday.

No worries.

My mom and I
usually try and save

our Eat, Pray, Love
moments for when we're alone.

Hey, don't apologize, okay?
You're lucky.

The only thing my foster mom
cares about is cashing the checks.

I thought you were
living at Lucas's. I am.

Then why is your foster mom
still getting money for you?

I mean, you don't
even live with her.

That's the deal.

As long as I show up
for that visit

from Child Services,
Janet leaves me alone.

No, Caleb, why do you
have to settle for that?

I'm sure there are so many
other amazing people-

Yeah, I'm sure
that there are,

but I could end up
with a lot worse.

It's a short jump from
Eat, Pray, Love

to drink, snap, slap.

Ian didn't commit suicide.

That entire suicide letter
is made up of "A" texts.

- What?
- How do you know that?

When I read it again, a couple
of words stuck out to me.

On a hunch, I checked
my old text messages.

Come here.

"I killed Alison.

"I lost my temper
because she knew too much.

"There's only so much
you can bury.

"It won't be that easy,

"but I know how to
get rid of the pain.

"I can't run from the law.

Come and find me. Ian."

So these are the parts
from the texts.

There are only five people
that know about these texts-

Us and "A".

It means that "A"
wrote that suicide note.

How did you
figure this out?

Please. I've been watching Wheel of
Fortune with my mom since I was 3.

If "A" wrote this,
that means that Ian

never actually confessed
to killing Ali in writing.

It gets worse.

Logan Reed, the guy who
dropped off the money for Ian

the night of the sting?

Well, I know where he works.

We need more answers.

Hey.

Can I talk to you
for a sec?

Look, I don't know
anything, okay?

Would you chill?
I'm not trying to get you in trouble.

I just want to ask you
a few questions.

I saw a posting online.

Someone was offering cash
to make a same-day delivery,

so I-I answered it.

So Ian paid you in cash.

Who? That-that guy
who killed himself?

No, I-I never even met him.

I never even spoke to him.
A woman hired me.

What woman?
What did she look like?

I never met her either.

When I spoke to her
on the phone,

she told me where to go
and what to say.

- So, how did she pay you?
- We used a P.O. Box.

Can you describe her voice or tell
me how old you think this woman was?

I don't know.
I don't know how to describe voices,

but I think I'd recognize it
if I heard it again.

Thanks so much
for your concern.

I will be sure to have all these
forms back to you by tomorrow.

What happened to
giving me a head's up?

Do you know how stupid
it makes me look

when I can't answer
questions about you?

Here's a crib sheet.
I like kung-fu flicks,

my favorite color is blue, and I
once went four days without a meal.

Cute. Don't let it
happen again.

It is a serious pain
in the ass

for me to come all the way down
here just to drop these off.

Mike, why are you
avoiding me?

I'm not avoiding you.

Every time I try to talk to
you, you run the other way.

It was stupid.
I was bored, okay?

Okay, let me get this straight.
You decide to commit a felony

because they take
wrestling off Tuesday nights?

Sure. Let's go with that.

Oh, Mike, come on,
I'm trying to help you.

Why did you break
into the house?

What were you looking for?

I didn't take anything, okay?

If it's such a big deal, I'll put
Emily's junky camping gear back.

- Let's just drop it.
- Wait.

You were the one that broke
into Emily's garage?

Did you break into Spencer's
house and body-check me too?

That wasn't on purpose.

- I felt bad.
- I could tell.

You running away into the night
was especially touching.

- I panicked, okay?
- So what?

What, you have something
against my friends?

Couldn't you have just broken
into some stranger's house?

I have.

I promise you,
I won't do it again.

Just please, don't tell.

Unless you want mom and dad
to start fighting again.

+

Hey, can I talk
to you for a minute?

I know a lot has
happened between us,

and I realize that if I expect
you to be honest with me,

then I need to be
honest with you.

I was angry when you
chose Ian over me.

And so that's why,
when I-

Sweetie, will you do me a favor
and set the dining room table?

I'm gonna go set the table.

So, mom,
I need your opinion.

Absolutely not.

What? I haven't
even asked you yet.

Hanna, it's a funeral,
not a Nicki Minaj concert.

So what? I can't
dance on his grave?

Can I at least
throw confetti?

Hanna, we are there
to support the Hastings.

It's hard enough burying
someone everyone hates;

You don't need
to call attention to it.

Is that how
grandpa's funeral was?

I wouldn't know.

Didn't go to my
father's funeral.

Did anyone go?

I assume whatever live-in
girlfriend he had at the time.

Well, then, how do you even
know he had a funeral?

Because it took me
forever to pay it off.

Had to spread it out
over four credit cards.

Do you ever regret it?

Not going?

No.

I left town by
the time I was 17,

and if I could have,
I would have left sooner.

So what stopped you?

Freedom costs, Hanna.

Can't put everything
on a credit card.

Who's ringing it this time?

- Hey.
- Hey.

Thanks for being here.

How's your family doing?

What are
the cops doing here?

Um... my parents
wanted them here

in case any uninvited
guests showed up.

I thought my no-party-crashers
policy was strict.

I think Spencer means "angry
mob with torches"-type guests.

I should probably get
back to my family.

Thanks.

Spencer, wait.

It turns out Ian wasn't
the one who hired Logan.

I can't talk about
this now, Emily.

Look, I know this
isn't the best place,

but you haven't
called me back.

Because I don't want
to talk about it, period.

I just can't do this
anymore, okay?

Look, maybe
Dr. Sullivan was right.

Maybe we are obsessed, and
maybe that's what "A" wants.

For us to stay obsessed.

Did you ever
think about that?

Keeping us
suspended in time-

the years are
passing us by,

and we're still rereading
old suicide notes

and hunting down
delivery boys for clues.

Don't you want
to know the truth?

Don't we owe that
to Alison?

It's not gonna
bring her back.

Nothing we ever do
is gonna bring her back,

and I need to focus on keeping
the people that are still here.

Ezra. I didn't know
you were coming to this.

Uh... I didn't plan on it.

Hey.

But after speaking with Aria,
I realized how important it is

to...

um...

show my support for
all the students by coming-

not only for Spencer,
but for all the students

affected by the tragedies
of this past year.

I'm sure the kids really appreciate it.
Come on, sit with us.

- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Sure.

ts:
♪ Turn our eyes away... ♪

I know this is gonna
sound weird, but...

I didn't know who else
to talk to at this point.

What's on your mind,
Emily?

It wasn't Ian
who hired Logan Reed,

the guy who delivered
the money in the woods.

He never met Ian.
He was hired by a woman.

And... how do you
know this?

He works at that delivery
service on Van Owen.

I spoke to him.

Well, that's
definitely strange,

but we're just about
to bury the killer.

What are you...
Asking me to do here?

I... I don't know.

If it'll make you
sleep better,

I'll try to find out
who that woman is.

You did the right thing,
telling me.

Okay.

Thank you.

♪ Turn our eyes away ♪

♪ Turn our eyes away ♪

♪ leaning on the hope that ♪

♪ one day even we ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ One day even we ♪

♪ will be saved. ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

♪ We must turn
our eyes away ♪

♪ Turn our eyes away ♪

♪ From this path
we've taken ♪

♪ washing clean our faces ♪

♪ Turn our eyes away ♪

♪ Turn our eyes away ♪

♪ Leaning on the hope that ♪

♪ One day even we ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ One day even we
will be saved. ♪

+

You waiting for Fitz?

Uh... just waiting
for my parents.

Who's he waiting for?

I don't know.

Maybe he came here for
the same reason we did.

To spit on Ian's grave?

To get closure.

Well... I still
think he's creepy.

Even if he
wasn't hiding Ian,

the guy's a freak,
and he always has been.

I'm gonna go.

Tell your parents
I said goodbye.

Okay. Bye.

Aria.

Can I talk to you?

Yeah. Should I round up
the rest of the student body

so you can just
address us as a group?

Look, I really did
come here to see you,

to take the next step,
but it just wasn't right.

Well, do you know when the
exact right place and time is?

Because we keep talking
about slowly moving forward

and dipping our toes
in the pool.

Aria, telling your parents is not
toe-dipping, it's a cannonball.

I know.

Ohh. This would be
so much easier

if I could just
blame it all on you.

Thanks.

You know what I mean.

I know that this
isn't anybody's fault.

That doesn't change the fact that I-I
really needed a hug from you today.

Not...

...later at your apartment
or tomorrow at Hollis,

but here, right now.

I'll- I'll call you,
later.

Excuse me. Hello?

Janet.

Yeah?

Hi. I'm Hanna.
I'm a friend of Caleb's.

That's nice, hon.
I'm sorry. I'm in a hurry.

This won't take long.

I just want to let you know that I
know about your deal with Caleb.

Deal?

You know what
I'm talking about,

and it's gonna
have to stop.

Do you see
that lady over there?

That's my mom.

She's also a senior partner
at the firm of

Dolce, Gabbana & Leibowitz,

so I suggest that you
give Caleb his money

and continue to give him his
money until he turns 18,

or else I'll have to unleash
Erin "Brocko-bitch" on you

and haul your butt
into court.

Hey.

Hi.

Thanks again for...
Helping my brother out.

Why are you so willing to
give my brother a free pass?

I don't know.

Maybe it's 'cause Ali used to
threaten to turn me in all the time.

Did she ever?

Ali was too smart for that.

Even as a kid.

She was fearless.

She needed to be.

I was always
jealous of that.

Of her.

I guess that's why my parents
can't even look at me anymore-

They know they lost
the wrong kid.

Don't say that.

Look...

Maybe you coming here
today was a mistake.

Just the opposite,
actually.

You don't know how good it
feels to know it wasn't me.

I don't remember a thing

from the night Ali died.

I blacked out and woke up
the next morning

with a wicked hangover
and...

And this.

♪

Who gave you this?

What- what does this mean?

I don't know, but...
It almost destroyed me.

You thought that
you killed her?

Like I said,
I was jealous,

and when I got loaded,
I got angry.

But...

Ian's confession
has changed everything.

He did it, not me.

Hey, I'm going out.
Do you need anything?

It's a girl.

It is?

Yeah.

Congratulations.

I'm sorry I chose
Ian over you.

I just... couldn't believe
that he would ever...

Do that to someone.

Finding out he wasn't
who I thought he was,

it's like...
losing him twice.

I'm so sorry.

No.

I deserve it.

I've lied so much...

To you, to the cops,
to mom and dad.

God, I thought I was
protecting an innocent man.

We all make mistakes.
I-I have too.

No - A couple of days ago...
Wait... - I found your-

Let me get this out
while I have the courage.

There's something that
you don't know, and-

Why do you have
Ian's phone?

I don't know.

Wait a minute.

You- you sent me
those texts?

What? No!

I know he's been dead
over a week!

I know he didn't send me
those messages!

No, Melissa, I didn't!

- You pretended to be Ian?
- No, I didn't!

How could you do that to me?

I swear to you,
I didn't!

You must really hate me!

I will never forgive you
for this!

+

Honey, you're
starting to scare me.

You've washed clothes that
haven't even been worn yet.

I can't help it.
Everything just feels dirty.

Come on, let's go downstairs
and have a glass of wine.

Or scotch.

Absinthe?

He was a coach
at our children's school.

I used to say hi to him
in the teachers' lounge.

You couldn't have known
what he'd done.

None of us did.

He really seemed
like a nice guy.

I guess we see
what we want to see.

Hey.

I'm going out, grab
food with my friends.

Can you stop
washing my sweats?

I smell like a candle.

I'll take that glass
of absinthe now.

Count it if you like.

That's okay.
I believe you.

Good. Then I guess
I won't be seeing you again.

I guess not.

Hey, Jen, it's me.

Yeah, don't worry.
It's taken care of.

Mom!

Mom!

♪ Someday we're gonna
look back on this and laugh ♪

Hey.

Hi. What's up?

I know the funeral
was today.

I just wanted to come
check on you...

And to give you this.

When Rappers brag about
showering their ladies with ice,

they mean something else.

I also got this...

Soup dumplings
and walnut shrimp.

That was sweet.

Before you get
carried away,

it's gonna need
to be reheated.

I probably should have
sprung for two bags.

Look, Caleb, you really
didn't have to do this.

How much do I owe you?

Nothing. I'm good.
Weirdest thing,

Janet showed up out of
nowhere and gave me

an envelope
filled with cash.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Wow. That's crazy.

I know. But I guess I shouldn't
look a gift horse in the mouth.

Yeah, especially when
horse-face is giving you money!

Well, I should probably go.

Goonies is on TV tonight.

Promised Lucas
I'd watch it with him.

Oh. All right,
well, that sounds fun.

You must not have heard me.

I said we're watching
Goonies tonight.

What was that for?

Dolce, Gabbana & Leibowitz?

Wait.

♪ if I lost my faith... ♪

♪ whoa ♪

♪

Okay, if we get caught,
we are in so much trouble!

Oh, please. Like we're the first
teenagers to sneak in a graveyard?

It's like chapter one
of every Stephen King book.

Guys!
Not helping.

Okay,
I think we're close.

Wait. Stop.

I'm- I'm not going any further
until you tell me why we're here.

I told you,
I think "A" set us up.

And I do too.

Emily's right.
This isn't over.

I thought I'd feel differently
once we buried Ian,

but I don't, and it's because "A"
is still alive and calling the shots.

But what does that mean?

I think "A" took the body
and made it look like a suicide.

Why would "A" do that?

So that the confession
in the suicide note

makes Ali's murder look
like an open-and-shut case.

But that would mean
that "A" was helping us.

This whole time, we've been
trying to convince the police

- that Ian killed Ali.
- Exactly.

And why would "A" help us when we know
that "A" ultimately wants to hurt us?

Ugh! I'm confused, and I'm
stepping on something mushy.

What Spence means is,
how do we know for sure

that Ian is Ali's killer?

What do you mean?
The "kissing rock" video.

And- and
the missing tree.

"A" gave us those things.

"A" is the one who handed us Ali's
killer on a silver platter.

And whatever "A" gives,
the bitch takes back.

Guys, look.

I know you want to kiss me.

- Come closer.
- Where's it coming from?

Oh, my God!

She was still alive!

on:
Thanks for meeting me.

I definitely think
the projector's over here.

ia: I don't know.
Had to be closer.

Are you sure
it wasn't further away?

Wasn't it
on the ground?

No, it was
definitely up in a tree.