Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017): Season 2, Episode 23 - Eye of the Beholder - full transcript

Previously on
"Pretty Little Liars..."

I just can't ever picture
Alison wearing this.

A picture of
Vivian Darkbloom.

- They offered me the job.
- What'd you say?

- My dad, is he your father too?
- Who told you?

- It's really none of your business
where he is. - Oh, it's my business.

I just didn't know
that until recently.

Ezra's taking that job
in New Orleans.

- What job?
- The job that dad set him up with.

I want to understand
what this is.

- What's wrong?
- It's Spencer.



Before you and she got together,
she was seeing someone else.

He's back now.

If you're not gonna
give me any answers,

I'm gonna have to go
looking for them myself.

Give me your phone.
Hanna!

Vivian?

♪ Wake up wake up
the stars are out ♪

Well,
he recognized the coat,

but when he saw it first,

he thought it was
Alison... Vivian.

When we noticed you didn't
come back, he was gone.

He was cute from the back.

So was his front,

under different
circumstances.



He's been in Florida
for, like, a year.

What did you tell him
exactly?

Uh, I told him that I was
a friend of Vivian's

and that I hadn't seen her
since she gave me the coat.

- Can I see that number again?
- Yeah.

Thanks.

Duncan Albert?

He said he met her
in Brookhaven?

Yeah, in a bookstore.

Couple places down from that
creepy doll hospital.

Well, whoever Duncan is,
he's connected to Alison

and what she wanted
in Brookhaven.

How do we know that he
wasn't just some guy

she flirted with
in a bookstore?

I don't think Alison wasted
Vivian on flirting.

When she put that wig on,
she wanted something.

She was looking for "A".

Duncan was part
of that trail.

I'll call him.

Aria, you don't have to.

Any one of us could've
been wearing that coat.

But it was me.

Hanna: She had
the operation.

Aria: Spence?

♪ 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 ♪

I'm not being unreasonable,
I'm being your Mother.

No, you are cutting me
off from the world.

I'm not the one who
ruined your phone, you are.

And since you were
okay about doing that,

I guess that means you
don't need a replacement.

I can't go around
without a phone.

It's like going around
without a brain, or shoes.

Phone is a privilege,
not a right.

Suppose there was
an emergency.

I'm sure Emily would let you use
your phone in an emergency.

Sure.

I mean, well, yeah.

Okay, no.

Emily and I only have
one class together.

I need my own phone.

Today is about
what I need.

I need to know more about what's
going on in my daughter's life.

When you decide to talk about
that, we can discuss a new phone.

I'll see you
both at dinner.

It's really old,
like six months.

But it works pretty
good for an antique.

The number bills
to my acccount.

Your mom never
has to know.

Oh. Mona,
you are a life saver.

Well, what's the point
of doing something for someone

if it doesn't make
you look good?

I'm already number one
on the speed dial. Ciao!

If only we could harness
Mona's sense of entitlement,

we could light
the Eastern seaboard.

Yeah, well, I don't care.

I got a new phone and didn't
have to go through Caleb.

He's safe in Montecito.

Did you get through
to Duncan yet?

Yeah, he's coming after school.

I'm gonna meet him
in the Courtyard.

That sounds safe.

( Bell rings )
Yeah.

Later.

Bye.

( Phone chimes )

_

( Exhales )

Hello.

Hello.

You're back.

And-- uh, obviously,
you're back.

You are.

Yeah, we're back.

Are you okay?

Fine.

Uh, Jenna's eye.
She got the surgery.

Yeah, she did.

Just the one eye?

They do it in
one eye at a time.

How did it go?

Well, we don't know yet.

I was a little surprised
to see you guys together.

Why?

I don't know.

Yes, I do, actually.

You went through so much
to get away from her,

and now you're back to just
guiding her around.

Not for much longer.

Besides, she's my sister.

Step-sister.

She's been through a lot.

Worse than any of us.

That's coming to an end.

Better get used to that idea.

Toby...

I've been thinking
a lot about us.

It's a little late
for that, isn't it?

( Door opens )

Toby? I'm ready to go.

Spencer, is that you?

Yeah.

I thought so.

( Sighs )

So, were you looking
for Vivian in Brookhaven?

Can I ask you
a question first?

Sure.

Is Aria your real name?

What? Yes.

Of course it is.
Why would you ask that?

Because Vivian's real
name wasn't Vivian.

And if you're her friend,
you'll know her real name.

Alison.

We have a winner.

So where is she?

Duncan...

Alison's dead.

I'm-- I'm sorry.

She disappeared
Labor Day weekend

year before last.

Disappeared?

What happened?

Look, I-- maybe--

What happened to her?

She was killed and...

They didn't find her
body for a year.

Do they know who did it?

No.

The cops must have
some ideas.

Yeah, we-- we don't
really trust the cops.

Who's we?

Me and some
of Alison's friends.

You're the one who
kept the journals.

The writer.

She talked about you.

There are four
of you, right?

She talked about us?

Yes.

She talked about
you guys a lot.

Did she ever...

talk about anyone else?

Someone that she
might've been afraid of?

Look, maybe we shouldn't be
talking about this here.

Did you only meet her
in that bookstore?

No.

No, we spent a lot of time
together that summer.

In Brookhaven?

Near Brookhaven.

Well, I--
I could meet you there.

I'll call you.

The weekend you said
she disappeared...

I saw her that weekend.

Spencer: Duncan saw
Ali that weekend?

Are we sure we believe him?

He-he was all torn up
when I told him she was dead.

He couldn't have
been faking that.

Em, you okay?

Sure.

( Engine starts, revs )

( Tires screech )

Why is Garret
in such a hurry?

( Phones ring and beep )

"Where there's smoke,
there's payback, 'A'"

Wait, what's going on?

I don't know.

What are they talking
to the fire department about?

They're talking
about that night.

The Jenna thing.

Are you serious?

What could Toby
be telling them?

I did such a good job
of screwing him up,

he might say anything Jenna
wants him to say.

That we were the ones
who blinded Jenna?

Alison and us.

( Inaudible )

Remember that old movie

about the blind lady
who got her sight back?

I don't remember.

She filled her room with all
the beautiful things she owned

so she could see them
when she opened her eyes.

I'm gonna do that.

Before they take
the bandages off,

I'm gonna fill my room
with the things that I love.

You'll be there too.

That woman in the movie
was a mean old bitch.

I thought you said
you don't remember.

( Background chatter )

I hope you didn't take
that cast off by yourself.

I was out of town.
I saw another doctor.

Well, don't favor it.
Did they give you exercises?

Yes.

Good.

I'm Jenna,
Toby's sister.

Hi, Jenna.
I'm Dr. Kingston.

I helped your brother
when he had his accident.

I remember.

Does Spencer
know you're back?

Yes.

Nice meeting you, Jenna.

Thank you for looking
after my brother.

Glad to be of service.

So that's Spencer's
personal physician?

That's him.

I bet even a lie would
sound good in that accent.

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

I don't know.

You thinking about Toby?

Is it my fault?
Did I make that happen?

You broke off with him
to keep him safe.

Yeah, I wanted him safe,

and he ended up
back with Jenna.

It's like out of the frying
pan and into the volcano.

I made you help.

What are friends for?

Have you heard
from your dad?

He emailed me on
a layover in Germany.

Are you okay?

You never get used to it
if that's what you mean.

My mom's gonna be
back here next week.

Have Maya's parent's
heard from her?

No, they haven't.

I have.

What?

- Yeah, she's all right.
- Where is she?

She hasn't told me yet.

Are you gonna
tell her parents?

She asked me not to.

But I keep thinking how
my parents would feel

if I was missing.

You know, I don't know.

( Bell rings )

Better go.

Spencer. Emily.

Hey, I'm so sorry that
I haven't called you back.

My reserves have
been really depleted, and--

This isn't about--

Um, I've got some
of Alison's things.

I've been through them, but, I'm not
really sure what to do with them.

What kind of things?

They're in a bag that was left
in the house when we moved out.

Your friend Maya said
her family found them.

She said that they packed up some
of Ali's things by accident.

Maya dropped them off
at the house.

Maya did?
Did you talk to her?

The bag was on the porch.

And then I saw in the paper
Maya was missing. Is that true?

Yeah.

So the bag has
Ali's stuff in it?

Yeah, some of the
things from her room.

I just thought you guys
might wanna have a look.

( Knocking )

Yeah?

Can I interrupt?

Yes. Come in.

( Grunts )

I could offer you
chocolate milk or an apple.

Thank you, but no.

I was thinking about
the conversation we had

in your apartment.

Yes.

I've never had a conversation
like that before.

Neither have I.

So, I wanted to make sure

I didn't leave you with
the wrong impression.

Just because I wanna talk about
this does not make me an ally.

I know, compared to
my husband's attitude,

it may look that way.

But I'm not.

The only person I care
about here is my daughter.

So you--
you want me gone too.

Out of sight,
out of mind.

That's what Byron
is thinking.

That's why he engineered
that job offer for you,

but I don't really have
an opinion on that.

Yes, you do.

Yes, I do.

Ella...

It does actually matter
what you think of me.

Has Aria ever mentioned
someone bullying her?

Um, bullying is
not the right word.

Do you know of
anyone who would

use this situation
to hurt her?

Not-- her, not intentionally.

What about you?

Is there someone who would want
to hurt you intentionally?

There might've been,

but not any more.

Frankly, I'd love
to take that cane

and whack her
like a piñata.

- Mona!
- Just kidding, sort of.

But she poached Noel Kahn
right out from under me.

And she did that blind.

What's Jenna gonna be like
if she gets to see again?

I can't even
think about it.

Spencer is lucky to
be finished with Toby

and the House of creeps.

Okay, she is
still hurting here.

Look, Spencer's
really smart.

She said some things to me when Noel was
slicing up my heart that really helped.

I get that they're broken up,
but you shouldn't hate her.

I just wish there was a way

to get Toby away from Jenna
for at least five minutes.

Are we scheming?

I think so.

Goody.

Thanks so much for
meeting me here.

My schedule's just
been really stacked.

Are you sure you
wouldn't want something

a little easier to handle?

Oh, no, it's not for me.

I told you,
it's for my cousin.

Yeah. He's going through this
really big rockabilly phase.

So, I told him
I'd keep an eye out

for appropriate
transportation.

Oh! Look,
a cassette player.

How de-classe.

Your cousin's gonna have
to find another truck.

Just give me five minutes.

He's all yours.

We have to talk.

We've got nothing
to talk about.

I get how you're
mad at Spencer.

But you're so mad, you don't
see what you're doing.

Toby, you can not let Jenna
back into your life again.

What you need to do is
shut up about my sister.

If you're doing this
to hurt Spencer--

You have no idea
what I'm doing.

Or why I'm doing it.

Okay, fine.

I don't know anything.
But what about you?

Did you forget everything
Jenna did to you?

No. Did you forget
what you did to her?

Maya said this was in the
attic, like it was hidden.

Have you looked inside?

Just enough to
know it's Alison's.

( Knocking )

- Hey.
- Hey.

Okay, so Duncan just called
back and he wants to talk.

Is that Alison's bag?

Yeah, that's it.
Come take a look.

I can't. I told Duncan
I'd go meet him.

Where?

A place called Hallow Acres.

He said he used to go
there with Alison.

Okay, just give us a call
as soon as you can.

I will. Promise.

Hey, Em. Bye.

Bye.

( Fur Elise plays )

She had that
when she was a kid.

If there's anything you guys find
in here you wanna keep, take it.

Should bring the bag back
to the house when you're done.

Okay.

If I'm not there, just
drop it on the back porch.

Thank you, Jason.

Did he ask to come here?

No. I invited him.

Don't ever do that again.

We don't need to
complicate things.

I'm trying to
un-complicate them.

Well, don't.
Leave it alone.

There's nothing
for you to fix.

So, what?

We're just supposed to go back
to the way it was before we all knew?

Further, if possible.

( Plane engine revs )

Hi.

You're late.

Yeah, it kinda took me
a while to find you.

You and Ali came here?

On the days,
I took her flying, yeah.

Flying! In a plane?

Usually.

You have, like,
a license or something?

Not like a license,
an actual license.

Pilot since I was 16.

So, you're ready?

I'm sorry.
Ready for what?

To talk about Alison.

( Sighs )

I thought we'd
find something.

Me too. I don't know
why, but I did.

It's just stuff.

Disconnected stuff.

How often did you
take her flying?

On and off that summer.

As often as I could.

Can I ask you
something else?

Was I in love with her?

I could've been,

if somebody hadn't
gotten in the way.

Another boy?

That's what I figured.

At least I had her
all to myself up here.

It made her feel... safe.

Safe?

Yeah, nothing
could get to her.

She had control.

Do you wanna try it?

Do I wanna what?

Take the yoke.

No, thanks.

You wanna
understand your friend?

What she was looking for?

Take control.

All right, you got it?

I got it.

How does it feel?

I don't know.

She'd sit in that seat,

I could just see
her face change.

No masks,

nothing to hide from,
or be afraid of.

They couldn't get to her.

Who's they?

Maybe a stranger.

Maybe some boy she knew.

Maybe a friend.

( Turbulence, gasps )
Keep it level.

Okay, I-- I don't wanna
do this any more.

Just a little bit longer.

I've done some reading
since we talked.

The papers said a man
named Ian Thomas

confessed to killing Alison
before he committed suicide.

Left a note and everything.

The note--
the note was fake.

We-- we don't
think that he did it.

We think that he--
( Gasps )

We think that he was
trying to protect somebody.

Look, Alison called
me from Hilton Head

Sunday that
Labor Day weekend.

She wanted me to fly her
from South Carolina

to a field outside
Philadelphia.

You flew her
from Hilton Head?

Picked her up that morning.

She was different that day.

She figured something out.

Wait, if Ali was with you,

she was in town six,
seven hours

before we thought
she got there.

( Background chatter )

I got a message you
wanted to talk to me?

Yes, I do.

I got another call
from Professor Schaffer

about the associate Dean
position in New Orleans.

He wants my decision.

Oh, it's a choice
assignment.

It is, and I'm gonna call
him in a few minutes.

But, I wanted
to tell you first.

Why me?

Well, because you were so
instrumental in my being considered.

( Sighs )

Well, I wouldn't
say instrumental.

I mean, I might've
mentioned your name.

It was very
generous of you.

That's why I don't want there
to be any misunderstanding

when I tell you that
I'm not taking the job.

( Chuckles )

Well, I--

I think you're
making a mistake.

Possibly, but it's not the
mistake you think I'm making.

You need to reconsider this.

Seriously reconsider it.

I know it is
a spectacular job

that will put my career

years ahead of schedule,

but if I took it, I'd never be
completely sure why I took it.

And I don't want you to have
that kind of power over me.

Where do you get the nerve
to talk to me this way?

After what you've
done to my family?

I'm sorry about that.

Well, I don't accept
your apology.

You need to go.

For the sake of
everyone involved,

you should simply leave.

It's like this, Byron.

You think I'm the kind of man
who would take this way out.

And I know I'm not.

Well, we could've resolved
this and moved on,

but apparently, ego is
going to get in the way.

Whose ego are
we talking about?

( Phone beeps, rings out )

Aria, it's me.

Call me when you can.

I love you.

♪ So then my friend ♪

♪ you're in the deep end ♪

♪ well, it's never good ♪

Maya:
"I'm fine, don't worry.

I won't take chances,

because I'm not as brave
as you think I am.

You are the brave one.

No, I'm not.

Maya: "You know what else
I love about you?

You know how to be still.

In the middle of everything,

at a swim meet with all the
craziness and pressure,

I look at you
and you're still.

I wish I could do that,

but I'm impatient.

I shouldn't
have come back.

I should've just left
and we'd always have had

that last night
instead of this mess.

I guess goodbyes are the only
perfect things we get.

Don't tell my folks.

I'll talk to them
when I'm ready.

-- Maya.

♪ Let it ♪

♪ play out ♪

♪ I hope that the sun ♪

♪ I hope that the sun
finds you now ♪

Is he coming back for that?

No, I'm taking it over.

Don't go in the house.

Just give it to him
and come right back.

Mom, we can't go on like this.

You have to deal
with what's happened.

This is how I choose
to deal with it.

By ignoring it?

Maybe it'll just go away?
That's not going to happen.

Look, we each know little
chunks of the truth

and we have to share
what we know,

otherwise this is all
gonna come apart.

Come apart.
It's gonna blow apart.

Do you think that
that boy

has this family's
interests in mind?

Do you?

That boy is my brother.

He's the one who wants
to blow things up.

That's what they've
always wanted.

Your father and I,

we've been the ones who
have kept things together.

( Sighs )

Do not listen to Jason.

Did dad tell you that I thought
he was being blackmailed?

What'd you say?

Yeah, Jason found money.

Ali had it

and he thought it was because she
knew that dad was his father

and she was blackmailing
him that summer.

You talked to your
father about this?

Yes.

And what did he say?

He denied it.
And I believed him.

And then I didn't
believe him.

And then I looked
in the checkbook

and I thought that it was
true and he told me

that he used the money
to pay for a detective.

A detective?

Yes, because he thought
that Meliss--

Do you see?

Do you see how this all just
spins and feeds on itself?

Mom?

The detective wasn't
your father's idea.

It was mine.

Wait, so he wasn't there when
you dropped it off?

No, the house was dark,

So I just left it
on the back porch.

Then I came back here and
I found you lurking in the hydrangeas.

Okay, I was not lurking,

I was just working up the
nerve to tell you about Toby.

( Scoffs )

Did I mess it
up even more?

I don't see how that's
humanly possible.

I guess there was nothing
important in that bag?

I don't know what we
though we'd find.

Just a bunch of kid stuff.

Man, times are tough.

Michele Obama wore this
same blouse two years ago.

Wait, where did
you get this?

I was sitting on it.

That stuff in the bag
was wrapped up in newspaper

from July, 2009.

So?

So we thought Maya's parents
wrapped that stuff but Ali did.

Before she disappeared.

Spence, look.

Yeah, this one's
highlighted too.

Wait, Hanna,

go through the back yard and
take that bag off of Jason's porch.

I'm gonna call
Aria and Emily.

Did something just happen?

We were looking
in the bag for clues

but we should've been looking
at the whole bag as a clue.

You were trying
to buy him off.

How did you think
he would react?

You sound very close
to defending him.

I'm not defending anyone,
believe me.

But I don't know what you thought
you were going to accomplish

by strong-arming him.

Strong-arming?

A dream job with housing?

That's what you call
strong-arming?

You should've known
what he was gonna do.

- When I talked to him--
- Wha--?

Wait, you talked to Ezra?

Yes, I did.

It is possible
to communicate

with something other
than threats.

So he was getting
mixed signals from us.

This family invented
mixed signals.

Well, he's talked to Schaffer
by now and turned him down.

It's out of my hands.

What it's out of your hands?

I know how you feel about the way
I'm handling this situation.

Yeah, it's complicated.

Well, maybe we're
making it complicated

when the answer
is really simple

and right in front
of us.

It will not be so simple
if she runs away or elopes.

I don't want Aria with him
any more than you do,

but if you back him
into a corner,

nobody will end up happy.

( Clanking, rattling )

( Panting )

Jenna!

( Coughing )

Hanna!
Hanna!

( Coughing )

You okay?

Fine, just get her down.

I got it.

- Toby?
- I'm here.

- A hospital?
- You're okay.

Was there a fire?

Do you remember
where you were?

Um, I-- I got a text.

I listened.
It was from Jason.

He said he had
to talk to me.

You were gone,
so I took a cab.

I rang the doorbell,
someone opened it, and...

That's all I can remember.

Did Jason's house
catch on fire?

Yes.

( Gasps )
I woke up in that place.

And-- and I couldn't see.

And there was smoke
in my throat.

How did I get out, Toby?

Did Jason get me out?

No.

It was Hanna Marin
who got you out.

Wait, so he flew
her on a plane?

From Hilton Head to an
airstrip outside Philadelphia.

What about the bus ride
from her grandmother's?

We never actually saw her
get off the bus.

We only saw her
get out of the cab.

She could've been in Rosewood
hours before that.

Doing what?

Hanna!

What happened?
Are you all right?

No, I'm fine, I just
need to wash my hair.

I'm all smoky.

( Soft groan )

Did you get this
in the fire?

There was something that
I needed on the porch.

And there was glass.

Well, you're not
gonna need stitches.

So, I just clean this up,
put a dressing on it,

and send you home
with some antibiotics.

Thank you.

How's Melissa?

Um, she's in Philadelphia.

Oh. I see that
the carpenter is back.

And his sister.

She's not what
I was expecting.

What was she doing
in that house by herself?

I don't know.

Spencer, I hate
to break this to you,

but you have a very
complicated life.

( Laughs )

Is that
your medical opinion?

Yes. Yes, it is, actually.

Well, the condition
is hereditary,

so there's really not much
I can do about it, I'm afraid.

All right, well,
don't be so certain of that,

'cause modern medicine's made
great advances in this field.

You have to agree,

fate keeps shoving us
into the same path.

Don't confuse
fate with just...

Really bad luck.

As much as I hate to do this,

I have to ask you
a direct question.

Do you want to agree
that certain things

between us never happened?

No.

I wouldn't take
back anything.

What was Jenna
doing in my house?

Don't you know?

No. I was halfway
to Scranton

then I got a call
from the police

saying there
had been a fire.

How bad was it?

First floor is pretty much
damaged in the back,

but I won't really know
much else till morning.

I'm so sorry.

I should probably go
talk to Spencer's mom.

( Inaudible )

♪ So it didn't go to plan ♪

♪ it's hard to understand ♪

♪ that now I know
this is just our story ♪

♪ I will set out on my way ♪

♪ you're never in one place ♪

♪ and now I can learn to walk ♪

Hi. Mrs. St. Germain.
It's Emily.

I wanted to talk to
you about Maya.

I know you're worried
and I think she's okay.

No, but I heard from her.

I got an email.

♪ We can throw
the past away now ♪

♪ 'cause we don't
need it any more ♪

♪ one day at a time ♪

♪ 'cause I still believe ♪

♪ that it's ours
for the taking ♪

Spencer, Jenna wants
to talk to you.

All of you.

Okay.

Are you all right?

( Sighs )

I think so.

♪ One day at a time ♪

Jason was miles away
when the police called him.

He didn't send
you that text.

Somebody did.

Any one of us.

You can't blame
this on us.

( Sobs )

I don't.

( Sobbing continues )

You should go.

Wait.

Hanna, are you there?

I'm here.

Toby said that you were
the one that dragged me out.

Is that right?

Yeah. That was me.

Why?

You're welcome.

Emily:
There all from that summer.

Spencer: There's gotta
be some kind of key.

We're the key.

Ali said we know more about what
happened than we think we do.

Who tricked Jenna
into that house?

If it was anybody but Jenna,
I think it'd be "A".

Garrett can't be happy that Toby's
back in that house with Jenna.

She was supposed to die
in there, wasn't she?

( Chime plays, stops )

That's everything.

No, it's not.

Does anybody recognize this?

Is there anything
on the back?

Yeah, number 1.

It's just half a postcard.

How do we find out
where it's from?

Yeah, where's
the other half?

Wait, this isn't from July,
it's from the end of August.

Look.

It's-- it's Labor Day events
from Philadelphia,

Brookhaven and...

Rosewood.

When did Duncan say he left
Ali at the airfield?

Before noon on Sunday.

Well, is this where she was when
we thought she was on that bus?

Spencer: Who did
she plan on meeting?

( Fur Elise plays slowly )