"Template:Ep/1x07" is the 7th episode in Season 1 of Pretty Little Liars, airing July 13, 2010 - and the 7th episode overall.
Synopsis
At the homecoming dance, Spencer, Aria, and Hanna scream for Emily. They call her, only to find her cell phone abandoned outside the chemistry laboratory. The enter the lab to find it upturned, with broken beakers and blood on the floor. They mistake it for Emily's, though, instead of Toby's. Toby is then seen dropping a bloody, unconscious Emily off at the emergency room.
The next day, Emily is back inside her room, recovering from her wounds. Aria and Spencer come to visit and quickly inform her of Toby's sordid past with stepsister Jenna to keep her from contacting him again. Emily is not completely trusting that Toby killed Alison and had intended to kill her likewise. Meanwhile, Officer Barry comes to the house to let Mrs. Fields know what had happened the previous night; Toby Cavanaugh had taken Emily to the emergency room before driving away. Mrs. Fields covers up her shock at hearing that Emily had not gone with Ben, not wanting Officer Barry to know that she hadn't been aware of who her daughter's date was. Pam also learns that Toby had taken off on his motorcycle after taking Emily to the emergency room and is now nowhere to be found.
It seems that Emily thinks that she was injured due to Toby attacking her, and not from tripping on her dress as she had run away from him. However, she hadn't admitted her belief to the police. Hanna comes over next, while Spencer and Aria try to convince Emily to come forward to the police. Hanna whips out Toby's psychological profile from her pocket; she had tried to return it, but when she arrived at the office, she saw cops looking for that very piece of evidence!
Later, still recovering from her head trauma, Emily awakes to find a surprise visitor: Jenna, who begins to threaten and grill her with questions about her stepbrother’s whereabouts. The girls, sans Emily, head toward the shed to hide Toby’s file that Hanna stole, but in a panic, Aria decides to throw it in the river instead – moments before Emily finally gets through to their
Cast your bread out to water...and it will come back to you.
cell phones pleading not to destroy it. Oops! All the while the girls bicker, panicked, and in the process Hanna complains that only she gets caught for her mistakes; unlike Spencer, who got away with stealing Melissa's essay, Hanna had to pay bitterly for shoplifting. Later, we see a gloved figure - no doubt: "A" - gingerly pulling the sheets out of the water.
Ms. Shepard
Aria begins to wrestle with the separation of her parents, further mitigated by their refusal to actually speak to each other and instead communicate through their kids. On top of all of this, she receives flowers from a surprise suitor – Sean, who admits to having fun with her at Homecoming once Hanna ditched him. Later, Aria reels from the sudden disappearance of Ezra, who by all counts has skipped town. In place of Mr. Fitz, the English class gets a substitute teacher, the familiar "Miss Shepard." Meanwhile, Hanna finds herself increasingly attracted to the geeky, different Lucas, who takes photos of the discordant Sean and Hanna for a belated homecoming royalty shot.
Homecoming king and queen in the aftershot
Later, Lucas and Hanna bond over fun internet videos. Hanna finally confides in Emily that she knows about her lip-lock with Maya, assuring her that it will stay just between them until she’s ready. Hanna encourages her to not let "A" intimidate them all.
The Bitch Board.
Spencer tries to repair her burgeoning relationship with Alex, who’s now been reduced to kitchen duty at the Hastings’ country club. She helps him with his kitchen chores until she discovers a nasty prank called The Bitch Board that he and some of the other club workers have created that pokes fun at the elitist members (which include Spencer as well as her sister, Melissa.)
A day later, Emily discovers cops in front of the Cavanaugh house, with a shaken Jenna in tears – just as she receives a text from "A": "Thanks for getting Toby out of my way." She sees a smashed up motorcycle, but is too afraid to ask if Toby is alive.
Notes
Guest Stars
- Tammin Sursok as Jenna Marshall
- Chuck Hittinger as Sean Ackard
- Brendan Robinson as Lucas Gottesman
- Brant Daugherty as Noel Kahn
- Parker Bagley as Jason DiLaurentis
- Ryan Merriman as Ian Thomas
- Bryce Johnson as Darren Wilden
- Shane Schoeppner as Memorial Attendee
Featured Music
- "Let Me Down Easy" by 2AM Club
- "Wish You Well" by Katie Herzig
- "Starting Now" by Ingrid Michaelson
- "Siempre Tu" by Diego Boneta
- "Icarus" by White Hinterland
- "Where I Stood" by Missy Higgins
Quotes
Pam Fields: "My daughter doesn't lie." Officer Barry: "Everyone lies." |
Hanna: I really can't afford to take more field trips to the precinct. |
Spencer: You stole sunglasses? From who? Hanna: Not from a person. From a store. God, I have some class. |
Lucas: I didn't mean to invade your personal... skin. Hanna: It's okay. The leprosy cleared up. |
Byron: I don't wanna leave. Ella: I don't want you to stay. |
Spencer: You taking something for the pain? Emily: Yeah, but nothing that dulls my mother. |
Aria (to Byron): Are you moving out? Just tell me now. I don't wanna find out when I'm setting the table. |
Jenna: I've kept quiet about a lot, Emily. The least you can do is get me that file. You owe me that much. |