22. To Plea or Not to Plea

The D.A. offers Alison a plea deal: In exchange for her admitted guilt and the name of her accomplice, she will get a maximum of 15 years in jail. Alison doesn't want to give a false confession or name a fake accomplice. However, when she is attacked by a group of inmates, she begins to wonder if taking the plea could help her negotiate a move to a safer prison. Melissa and Spencer have a heart-to-heart about everything happening back home. Melissa says that leaving Rosewood gave her a fresh start, and suggests that Spencer could do the same.

Colin asks Spencer on an outing that looks a lot like a date. They go to the theater, get drinks, and end the night by sharing a kiss. Varjak's identity is still a mystery. The girls know that the Holly Varjak passport, along with the other evidence from the DiLaurentis house, was planted to make Alison look guilty. Ezra theorizes that 'A' hired James Neilan to pose as Mona's lawyer. Aria and Emily wait outside Neilan's office while Ezra tries to shake him down for information. Neilan won't budge, though, and Ezra leaves empty-handed.

Their plan is looking like a bust until they see Neilan leaving his office in a hurry. They follow him to a house in the middle of the woods surrounded by a tall fence. Emily makes it inside just before the gate closes, separating her from the others. Aria and Ezra look for another way in while Emily conducts a solo mission. She finds Varjak's name and phone number on a receipt in a trash can and watches a frantic Neilan pack up several things (a gun, etc.) before he leaves again.

The contents of the barrel from 'A's storage unit are identified as human remains. Detective Tanner strongly believes they are Mona's, and that Hanna is Alison's accomplice. Tanner's theory is seemingly confirmed when Hanna's blood is found on the clothes Mona was wearing when she died. The only option Hanna has left is to tell the police about 'A'. Before she can, though, 'A' remotely deletes their texts from all of the liars' phones. With no proof to show, Hanna is arrested. Alison sees Hanna being led to her cell, and when her lawyer asks for a final decision on the plea deal, Alison refuses it.