Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017): Season 3, Episode 15 - Mona-Mania - full transcript

Previously on
Pretty Little Liars.

Is this a bad time?

What are you doing here?

My doctors released me.

The cops still don't
know who killed Garrett.

They can't even find the
gun he was shot with.

Why do you obsess about this stuff?

Does Mona have something on you, Lucas?
Did you do something?

Mona's up to something. We need
to bust into creepy's closet

and see what else he saved for her.

This isn't Mona's. This is Ali's.



Did you ever ask your dad

about him meeting up with Ali that night?

Garrett lied about a lot.

Why are we suddenly gonna
believe anything he said?

How's Meredith?

Did you and your friends do this to her?

"A" set us up. That's why
Meredith opened that shed.

"A" sent her over there and
made it look we did it.

You've killed her.

I've never seen a dead body before.

You killed her.

I think I've seen this one before.

Why don't you say something?

Why did you phone back?



Listen, I wanted to talk to you
about that explosion at school.

We've already talked.

No, wait, you talked, I got accused.

Meredith got a call from the principal.

He believes they found
out who was behind it.

And I know that you are still upset at me

for thinking that you
were somehow involved.

And I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.

- Find you out.
- This is why you've come back.

I have seen this one.

That guy keeps a severed head in a hatbox.

I had to find you out.

Now I have.

You've come back here to be alone with me,

same as you was there in the kitchen
the other night, didn't you?

Either there's something in that journal

that explains why Aria's
dad would meet up with Ali

the night she died, or we have
to believe Garrett's story.

We couldn't do this at lunch tomorrow?

Do you wanna run into Harold and
his rusty bolt cutter again?

The school basement is creepy at night.

How does this prove anything Garrett says?

He was in Ali's room that night.

Maybe he just made that stuff
up from reading her journal.

Why? To stop us from thinking he did it?

Garrett was shot because he talked.

Kinda makes me believe he
was telling the truth.

I really hope it's not
true about Aria's dad.

I have enough daddy issues of my own.

I can't deal with having
issues about hers, too.

All right, you guys go in. I'll keep watch.

You hit the switch.

I can't find it.

There's somebody in here.

Hanna, look out!

- Did you see anything?
- I didn't get a good look.

Guys.

- Where's all of Harold's stuff?
- It's like he was never here.

Look, there's Ali's journal.

- Come on, let's go.
- No, wait.

Soy?

Unsweetened, no foam.

You deserve a medal.

You guys, I tossed and turned all night.

I'd wake up from a dream about
keep secrets from Ezra,

and then I'd fall asleep and

I would dream about
falsely accusing my dad.

Weirdly, both of them ended
with my teeth falling out.

Anxiety dreams.

In mine, usually there's always
a piece of gum in my hair,

and I just keep pulling and
pulling until I'm bald.

Academic decathlon.

I show up to state finals

with my underwear on the outside.

Are you still gunning for team captain?

Didn't you hear?

Brad Langfield got into a bike accident.

He's gonna need physical therapy.

The very grim upside is
that I'm running unopposed.

Are you the only one of us that got sleep?

Are you kidding? After last night?

- So everything's gone?
- Everything but a fake diary.

We've gotta talk to my mom about
where my dad was that night.

My teeth actually feel
kinda loose right now.

Hey, ladies. Losing sleep?

Me, too.

What exactly are you talking about?

Remember that creepy Harold guy,

from the lost woods motel?

What about him?

He was at our school, stalking me.

He bribed the real custodian
so he could have the job.

Why would he be stalking you?

I used to talk to him once in a while,

and he sort of ran with it.

When I told him it was inappropriate,

he didn't take it so well.

And after what happened at the 10k,

I told my parents,

and we went to the school administration.

You think that he rigged

that explosion in the
shed just to hurt you?

I guess the police are looking for him now,

but Harold's gone completely off the grid.

I really hope they find him soon.

- You sure it was him?
- Who else would it be?

Anyway, I just thought
you guys should know.

Okay, please tell me no
one else bought that.

I'm just glad it's over with.

Meredith thought that we did that.

So Mona did us a favor.
We did not ask for it.

We definitely don't owe her anything.

I wouldn't call anything
that Mona does a favor.

You know her better than any of us, Hanna.

What do you think?

I think there's more to the story.

Lucas, can I talk to you for a minute?

Not now, Hanna.

Look, I know it was you
last night in the basement.

I'm not gonna tell anyone.

I just... why were you there?

I was looking for something.

- Listen, we shouldn't be seen together.
- By who?

Who do you think?

Listen, if you wanna take the chance,

and believe that Mona is cured,

go ahead, drink the kool-aid.

No one is sipping her cuckoo juice.

I've seen you talk to her.

So what if I talk to her? I
know better than to trust her.

Lucas, why are you so freaked out?

The question is, why aren't you?

Have you tried stopping her?

I couldn't.

What do you mean, stop her?

Lucas, you didn't...

You almost blew up a teacher.

I just wanted to scare her. I
didn't want to hurt anybody.

So get a restraining
order or a can of mace.

- I should go.
- No, look.

If you need help, let me help you.

You can't.

Just promise me you won't try
another stunt like that again.

I had to do something.

As long as Mona is back here,

we're not safe.

Paige.

I have to get straight home.
Text you later?

Can you walk me to work, at least?

You know how it's been since Halloween.

My parents are just being cautious.

If I'm even a little late, I get blasted.

Tell me about it.

My dad almost made me quit my job.

You know why he's doing that, right?

- Things have happened to you.
- And to you.

Yeah, I get that he wants

to keep me safe because of what happened,

but I wanna keep moving forward.

How can you not think about
what we went through?

I'll never forget.

But looking back for me
ended in that lighthouse.

We've both been cooped up.

Some of the girls from the swim team

are having a party in the woods.

Don't you have a curfew?

Yeah. We'll go on the early side

so I can get back on time.

I think it'll do both of us some good.

- You in?
- Yeah, I'm in.

Cool. I'll text them and let
them know we're coming.

Okay.

- Hey.
- Hey.

They were all out of the times,

but I got you lots of
copies of the observer.

Thank you for helping
my freshmen to remember

that TMZ is not the only
source for current events.

If I think about this too much,

it makes me want to run out

in the middle of the street and scream.

Why, 'cause of what happened to Garrett?

No. That in the middle of all this,

people are forgetting that
a young girl was killed.

Yeah, and we still don't
know who did it or why.

I've actually been thinking

about what happened the
night Ali went missing.

A lot. You and dad, you
went to a barbecue, right?

After you dropped me off at Spencer's.

Yeah, it was some stuffy Hollis thing

at the chancellor's with cocktail wieners

and sliders and fancy dipping sauces.

You needed us that next morning,

and we slept in, your father and I.

I don't think we or I
ever apologized for that.

Mom, it's okay.

No, it's not.

But it's one of those moments as a parent

you wish you could do over again.

We thought we had a night
off from the kids.

A night off from the kids, huh?

- So you were out pretty late.
- No.

We left early.

I snuck a bottle of wine home in my purse.

I thought we'd save it,

but your father opened it
as soon as we got home.

We sat on the porch.

It was lovely, warm.

I remember.

Till the storm rolled in.

I'm pretty sure we were dead
to the world before that.

One too many glasses of red,

and I can sleep through a stampede.

And we slept through your
first call that morning.

It's so weird to think back to that night.

You were at a party with your friends.

I let Byron pour that extra glass of wine,

and we were all just enjoying ourselves

while something... terrible was happening.

Brad's parents said he should be able

to whisper in a week or so.

Guess he hit his trachea on the handlebars.

They figured out what happened?

His front wheel fell off.

- I guess there was a faulty nut.
- Wow.

Should we move on to new business?

First things first.

We have to welcome a new member.

- Mona Vanderwall will be joining us.
- Wait, what?

Word came down from the faculty
advisor this afternoon.

Joining in school activities
is part of her recovery.

I guess she has a note from her doctor.

You guys have history.

That's rough.

Yeah, if you're downplaying it.

Hey, sorry I'm late.

I had to get some signatures
and a copy of my transcripts,

and... oh, and this.

Okay, second item. Team Captain.

Running for position, Spencer Hastings...

And Mona Vanderwall.

Now that's rough.

Okay, why?

I played dumb for a really
long time, Spencer.

I'm not gonna do that anymore.

This is a chance to show
people who I really am.

I see. And when did you even...

I kept up with my schoolwork
while I was... away,

and I memorized the study guide...

Last night.

All right.

Andrew, as secretary, you
call the vote, right?

Right.

All those in favor of Mona as team Captain.

I had so time to campaign.

And Spencer?

A tie. Unbelievable.

So I guess we have a quiz-off.

Back of the study guide in the by-laws.

You read the by-laws.

Of course.

Tomorrow then.

Good luck.

Andrew, anything else?

No. Meeting adjourned.

Thank you.

Thank you.

- Hi, I'm Mona.
- Thanks.

Hey.

That was out of left field.

Come on. Don't tell me
you didn't enjoy that.

Honestly, I didn't.

Look, I know why you want
this; Yale will be impressed.

But when it comes to Mona...

What she wants is anyone's guess.

Nobody asked Mona to play.

So... put on your Hastings face

and spank her tomorrow
night like I know you can.

Good pep talk.

Maybe her phone was hidden or something.

If she's gonna dip bag into

the "A" bag to scare me
off the decathlon team,

she's got another think coming.

Is being Captain brainiac
really that important?

Do you know something we don't?

No. I'm just saying,

if Mona's back to her old tricks,

then maybe we should stay away from her.

Like sabotaging Brad so
she could run against me

for team captain? That's so...

...Ali.

She's coming over here.

Hi, Spencer.

Listen, I just wanted to thank you

for being such a good sport.

I know that the two of us
running for the same position

could have caused some tension.

I didn't mean to
make a big deal of that.

I would've called or texted, but...

Oh, no, Mona, I got your text.

Yesterday.

I'm not allowed to have a cell phone.

No texting, no Internet.

Part of my release terms from Radley.

No Internet. So how did you
post that apology video?

The vice-principal said that
I could have limited access

to the computer lab.

Homework only, supervised.

That was certainly calculating,
but I wouldn't call it trig.

I thought it was the right thing
to do, so I asked Jason and...

- He's helping you?
- He supervised.

It was my idea.

We know you were sneaking
out of Radley, Mona.

How are we supposed to
believe anything you say?

- Mona?
- The doctor said that

people might have some trouble.

It's just been a little more
overwhelming than I thought, you know,

to confront the past and

work it out with all of you.

Can you excuse me?

That was part of her act, right?

Yeah, let's go.

It's my week to monitor detention, so...

I just need a minute.

I saw you and Aria talking
yesterday after school.

Looked pretty intense.

Just mother-daughter stuff.

I assume it was about this.

I just want you to know that
I won't be pursuing things.

Because the person who did
that to you was identified.

I jumped to a conclusion.

Aria and I haven't had the easiest time.

And I hope I haven't made
things harder for us.

I'm seeing someone now,
and Byron has moved on.

I'm sure that we can keep
things professional.

I would like that if we could.

I have to monitor detention.

Spencer says Jason checks out.

Apparently, he was working with Mona,

but just her Internet nanny.

Great. We still don't
know who's helping Mona.

I talked to my mom yesterday.

You look a little green.

Yeah, I've been feeling queasy.

I think the stress is just getting to me.

What did she say?

As far as my mom knows, my dad
was with her the whole night.

But she slept through that storm.

She could've easily slept through
him sneaking out of the house.

He knows how she gets after a
couple of glasses of wine.

I just don't wanna believe
that it was intentional.

So you're saying he wanted her
to sleep through the night?

But it still doesn't mean that
he snuck out to meet Alison.

Maybe he met up with Meredith.

Were they still together then?

No, they weren't seeing each other.

That's what he told me.

In the journal entry, he said
he promised to meet Alison

when she came back from her grandmother's.

At was the same night she died.

Maybe he agreed to meet
her at a different time.

No, he didn't. It said that...

I'll show you.

Guys, the pages aren't in here.

- Check the other boot.
- No, I put it in the left one.

- You're sure it's this one?
- Yes.

That's quite a mess you're making.

Did you lose something?

No. Yeah.

We're just looking for
the other one of these.

Oh, here it is.

Crisis averted.

Um, I thought that you
had a meeting tonight.

I canceled it. I have to
pack for a conference.

I have a colleague who had an emergency.

- I'm filling in.
- Okay.

Remember when Mike used to
raid your Halloween candy?

You always used to stash
it in your snow boots.

He never thought to look there.

I always thought that was pretty clever.

Well, I'll get out of your hair.

He knows.

Tajikistan to ***, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan.

Alphabetical order, you are good..

Okay, toss me some hard stuff.

We haven't touched anything
from earth sciences.

I made these flash cards

for the periodic tables
that I wanna go over.

Have you seen those?

I can come with you, and
I can rub your shoulders

between rounds, and wrap your knuckles,

and hold your spit bucket.

This is not a prize fight,

- but I would like to punch her.
- Spencer...

No, I would love for you to be there,

- but don't you have dinner with your boss?
- I can cancel.

I've got this, and thanks to you,

I'm gonna wipe the floor with her.

You know, this isn't about looking good

on college applications anymore.

There are 42 clubs at rosewood high.

Mona could've picked any one of them.

She's baiting me.

And the only way to stop
her is to beat her,

fair and square.

I don't have time for flash cards anymore.

I have to get changed, and
you're gonna be late for dinner.

- My boss.
- Okay.

Hey. Sure, no problem.

I'll stop on the way.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Yeah, I'm just leaving right now.

Hey, your mom let me up.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Look, um...

I know you warned me about Mona,

but we kind of poked the bear today,

and I just wanna make sure she
didn't take it out on you.

Mona's not my problem anymore.

I'm leaving rosewood high for good.

She can't get to me if I'm home-schooled.

So she was blackmailing you.

Try still blackmailing.

For how long?

Since the masquerade ball.
I got an anonymous text

to go to go distract Jenna.

And then, after that,

when she was in Radley,
she got a contact again.

I picked up an envelope
from Jason DiLaurentis.

And brought it to her.

Then when I told her that I was out,

that I was done,

she tried to run me over.

Oh, my God.

Lucas, are you okay?

This S.U.V. just swerved
at me out of nowhere.

I didn't see the driver,
but it had to be Mona.

So when you were doing things for her,

did you ever meet with anyone else?

As far as I could tell, I
was just the middleman.

She's completely protected.

It's just easier if I bow out of school.

Maybe that way, I can protect myself.

Why would you want to protect
yourself from school?

What does she have on you?

Test answers,

to every course the school offers.

I was selling them.

To who?

Anyone with cash.

After she tried to make me road kill,

I shut everything down
and covered my tracks.

Now I just have to disappear.

Why don't you tell me what
you were doing in her room?

I don't know why you just won't tell me.

Why would you question? It's
my house, it's my daughter

you're gonna walk away
in the middle of this?

I can't even look at you right now.

Meredith, listen. Listen. I will
not let you run away from me.

Byron, my arm.

Look, I didn't mn... dad?

What's going on?

Everything's fine, Aria.

Are we even close?

What does it say on the G.P.S.?

A few more Miles, then
we're gonna make a left.

That's really far out of town.

Paige, are you okay?

I just need to pull over for a sec.

Paige.

- Are you okay?
- I couldn't breathe.

- Hey...
- Don't.

I'm sorry. I just can't go, okay?

Hey, that's fine. It's just a party.

It's not just a party!

I can't do anything since Halloween.

I've been able to hide from you

because your parents are protective.

I told you I had a restriction, too.
I don't.

I can barely leave my
house to go to school.

Why didn't you tell me any of this?

Because I didn't want you to know.

You like strong women, right?

After Nate was gone, I thought
everything would be okay again.

And then, Garrett died.

And now, all I can think about

is when the next bad thing is gonna happen.

I know you're scared.

I'm scared.

And now, I've ruined your night.

No, you haven't ruined anything.

Why don't we go for a little walk.

Okay? Get some air. Okay?

What kind of person... oh, hey.

I bought a "get well soon" card for Brad.
Did you wanna sign?

The whole team already
sent him flowers, so...

I know, but there's no such
thing as too much encouragement

when you're on the mend.

Three rounds. Most correct answers wins.

You've got ten seconds
after you ring the bell.

I'll read the questions.

Sam and Conrad will keep time and score.

We good?

Let's do this.

Alexander Hamilton emigrated
to the United States

in 1772 from what Caribbean island?

Nevis.

St. Croix.

Mona's got the quick draw,
but one goes to Spencer.

Next question. Luciferin
and luciferase are present

in what biological phenomenon?

Bioluminescence.

Next question.

I followed you.

You were really upset, and my da...

my dad, I have never seen
him that angry before.

Is there something going on,
something that I should know about?

You can sit down, you know.

- Did you hear?
- Some of it.

It sounded like you
caught my dad in my room.

Do you know what he was doing?

Rifling through papers.

That wasn't the first time I caught him.

He was going through my purse yesterday.

What? Did he say why?

He thought it was yours. When I
came across him in your room,

I asked him what was going on.

He wouldn't tell me.

He seemed... caught.

Defensive.

I couldn't shake the
feeling that he was lying.

So later, he went to drop
Mike off at a friend's.

And I went on my own search.

I found these...

In his dresser.

Those are mine. Did you read this?

Do you know what these mean?

I knew what was going on back en.

Your friend Alison, blackmail.

That doesn't make sense.
You weren't together then.

Aria, he came to see me...

The night she disappeared.

He was with my mother the entire night.

Did he tell you that?

Why would he come to you?

He thought I had something to do with it.

He still believed I destroyed his office,

and figured somehow, I was...

Pushing her to ask for more money.

Was he with you the entire night?

He left my apartment to go meet her.

I tried to change his mind.

I begged him.

The next day, she was missing.

I'm pretty sure it's
the maxilla and mandible.

Operation petticoat. No, wait...

Operation Pegasus, The Battle of Khe Sanh.

Catherine of... Aragon?

Catherine of Braganza.

Charles Henry and...

The amish, the mennonites and...

"A lesson in vengeance," by Sylvia plath.

Plate tectonics.

A picaresque novel.

I think she meant a bildungsroman.

The first territorial legislature...

The rosetta stone established
the divine cult o...

Pericles, beowulf and...

Three noble gases? Helium, argon and xenon.

I'm sorry. I know you really wanted
to go to that party tonight.

No, it's fine. We'll stop and get
frozen yogurt on the way home.

Anywhere with lights and people.

And you, of course.

Your car is funny.

Great. A flat.

There's a light in the glove box.

Figures something like this would happen.

Can I get a little light down here?

Little to the left, please.

Paige, just breathe. Let me help you, okay?

Somebody slashed it.

Okay, can we, like, walk or
jog or sprint back to town?

Em, where are you going?

I think we lost him.

No, I swear I had him.

Let's get back to town, please.

Come on.

Let's go home.

Five seconds, Mona.

Four, three, two, one.

The hanseatic league.

That's what we were looking for.

End of round two, Spencer's
up by three points.

Why don't we break?

I'm good to keep going.

- Mona?
- Yep. I guess so.

Are you sure? I think
she could use a break.

She's fine. Just ask the questions.

Yep.

Here we go. Round three.

The house of Habsburg,
the house of Burgundy,

the crowns of Castile and Aragon.

Spencer, right again.

Oh...

The ogallala aquifer.

Madame C.J. Walker in 1910.

Spencer, you have ten seconds
to begin your answer.

Get it right, and you win.

Too easy.

Fifteen countries that became independent

with the dissolution of the Soviet union,

in alphabetical order.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,

Estonia...

Spencer.

Yeah, sorry. Just one second.

Uh, Georgia.

Uh, Kurdistan... sorry.

Kazakhstan, then Kurdistan.

Um, Lithuania.

You forgot Latvia.

- Russia.
- You forgot Moldova.

Spencer, that's time.

Let's see, what's left?

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Mona, if you want the win,

I need to hear the entire
correct answer from you.

By population or gross domestic product?

Aria, is that you?

I'm glad you came back.

I just need to get a few things.

I'd like to talk.

Okay.

Listen, about earlier, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to scare you.

Tough loss.

We can still shut this down.

Go to the faculty advisor,
plead special circumstances.

After everything, they'll
have to hear you out.

Would you wanna win that way?

Hey, I just got your text. You okay?

Um, I lost.

Did she cheat?

Yeah.

I don't know.

Um, I just really blew it, and
I need to get outta here.

Toby's not home?

No, he's still out at dinner with his boss.

Okay, we'll go.

Okay. Thank you.

In one second.

- What are you doing?
- Just hang on.

Mona, can I talk to you for a minute?

Sure. Oh, there's still more
cupcakes if you wanna join.

I'm on to you.

Okay, nothing's changed.

You are still pulling strings
and pushing buttons.

Manipulating lives, using people's secrets.

I wasted months visiting you,

defending you, feeling guilty
for everything you did to me.

And I kept thinking, maybe
if I was a better friend.

You almost reeled me in.

"I'm scared, Hanna. I need you." Bull crap.

I know you're still "a," and I
know what you're doing to Lucas.

Whatever Lucas said... - no, I'm done.

I don't wanna see you, I
don't wanna hear from you,

and I don't wanna know you.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

We have a competition in, like, a month.

Overnight travel.

I'm not gonna be able to
survive a weekend with Mona.

Maybe we should throw her
under a bus, literally.

Here's more ice.

This isn't working.

I'd actually need to remove my brain,

and soak it in an ice bath....

"cut Mona off? Big mistake.

You're not the only one who
can slice and dice. A."

It's not Lucas? - 100% not Lucas.

Mona just used him like an
evil personal assistant.

I think there's more people
out there who are way worse.

You shouldn't have yelled at her like that.

Spence, she had it coming.

I know, but if she's up to her old tricks,

that text won't be the end of it.

So what? We know her tricks.

I'm not gonna live my life in fear.

Mona can't hide from us anymore.

Do you remember when she started
to unravel the other day

in the courtyard?

I saw her crack like that tonight.

I thought I could rattle her
cage and send her running.

That's what made me lose.

- How?
- 'Cause I got cocky,

and competitive.

I saw this soft underbelly, and I lunged.

So you think she showed you
a weak spot on purpose?

That's what I'm worried about.

She doesn't have to hide
behind "A" anymore.

She can take us on right in the open.

Did your parents say it was okay?

I told them I was sleeping
downstairs on the couch.

My dad's gonna call the
auto club in the morning.

Maybe by then, we'll have an excuse
for why the tire was slashed.

I feel like this is all my fault.

I told you about "a."

It makes sense that you're
worried all the time.

Panicked.

Em, I don't blame you.

I just wonder how you can do it.

You chased somebody through
the woods tonight.

You refuse to be scared, even
after everything that's happened.

I still get scared.

Mostly, I get angry.

I don't deserve to live like this.

Neither do you.

- I'm sorry.
- Don't be.

I feel safer with you here.

Paige, I think that maybe
you should see somebody.

Just promise me you'll
at least think about it.

Promise.

Okay. Get some sleep.

Where is he?

Your father went to campus
for a little while.

He had some work to get done.

Feeling any better?

No. Um, I thought it was
all the stuff with my dad

that was tying me up in knots.

Now I think I have the actual flu. Yay.

It's my powerhouse potion. All herbal.

I make a big pot at the
first sign of anything.

Trust me, it works wonders.

I don't think Byron knows
we have those pages.

So if you want, I can take them...

no, don't worry. I hid them.

Is there any way this was
some horrible accident?

Your father would never
intentionally hurt that girl...

Would he?

Well, he'll be gone for a few days,

so that gives us time to figure it out.

Meredith, he's my dad, and
I obviously love him,

but you don't think that we should
keep this a secret, do you?

We both love Byron.

Whatever happens next,
it's gonna be tough, Aria.

Get some sleep.

Meredith.

Thanks.

For the tea.

He's leaving. I'll call you back.