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Emily and Paige’s relationship also took a pretty serious nosedive, but as Emily said — and as Shay Mitchell told us earlier this week — Paily “will always have a special connection.”

ALI’S ARMY | Never one for subtlety, Alison arrived at the ice ball with her entire new crew in tow, which included two 

familiar faces: Sydney, who’s “not gay,” and Jenna! The masked ladies told Emily they’re only following Ali’s lead because they fear her — and they’re pretty sure she killed Mona — but do we trust them? Do we trust 

? We certainly don’t trust Cece Drake, who also made a cameo at the ice ball to warn Alison that her former “friends” are on to her.

A NEW CONNECTION | While the rest of the liars were ballin’ for charity, Spencer and Hanna broke into Alison’s house — because everyone on this show is a criminal — to search for anything that might connect her to Mona’s murder. In addition to a near-death experience with a knife-wielding “A,” Hanna also discovered a letter proving that not only did Ali know Bethany, but she invited her to Rosewood for Labor Day. Toby claimed that’s enough of a link to clear Spencer’s name, but I’m not holding my breath.

WHAT THE HELL? | The rest of the hour was devoted to Ali’s ghostly visit from Mona, who helped her remember the first lie she ever told: When Alison was a little girl, she found two dresses at Christmas, but her mom made her lie and say she only found one. So, who was the other dress for? Bethany? Ali’s twin? We didn’t get an answer — surprise, surprise — but we 

get a creepy peek into Ali’s future, complete with ghosts and demons. (I can’t believe Alison even asked, “Am I going to hell?” Like, girl… of

you are.) But who was Mrs. D talking about when she said, “They’ll be coming for you”? I’m getting major 

-ers, was this Christmas special worth the hype? What new theories have you hatched after all this holiday sleuthing? Grade the episode below, then drop your thoughts in a comment.

Absolute rubbish of an episode. I hope they never do a Christmas special again.

This episode just made me miss Ravenswood, which, by the end, was better than PLL had been in years.

Did anyone else catch the fact that Mrs. D was in the black widow outfit? But Mrs. D was already at Wilden’s funeral…leaning towards Mrs. D having a twin.

I’m not putting too much thought into what she was wearing. I thought she was just meant to symbolize the Ghost of Christmas Future, so they stuck her in that costume.

You know it’s entirely possible that Ali could have wanted to get to know Bethany.

An entire episode filled of rubbish. NOTHING happened. Paily drama (as friggin’ usual, why can’t they be happy for a couple of episodes without this stuff?), the boxer scene, which I found almost embarassing, Alison being visited by Mona’s ghost… bloody hell, gimme back the Halloween specials, at least those were entertaining.

The boxer scene felt really forced….I mean how awkward, especially for Ezra having been their teacher a year ago!

Exactly! I have nothing against Ezra, but come on… the guy was their teacher (and stalker) for a couple of years! Was it really necessary for them to put this scene just to flash the guys’ abs?

I literally fell over laughing when they came down the stairs with the boxers. So they just all happen to have Santa Claus boxers on hand? Felt kinda weird and orgyish to me lol.

I think the girl in Radley was Mrs D’s real daughter and Ali was adopted. “They are coming for you” is Ali’s birth parents. Cece is probably her biological sister who tracked Ali down as a teen and told her she was adopted. LOL because this show is ridiculous and that’s the craziest thing I can think of that doesn’t involve a twin :)

This shows has so many characters I can’t even remember who is who. It took me 20 minutes to remember Cece’s name and who was that Santa Aria talked to (detective Holbrooke).

I liked the “Sidney-who’s not gay” comment, made me laugh so much and it was pretty good but the pacing was the only part I didn’t like and I had hoped there would of been more Mona. Otherwise a nice episode that gave nice Christmas vibes.

I appreciated the Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” homage with Toby (James Stewart) in the wheelchair with the broken leg holding a camera playing lookout for Hannah and Spencer (Grace Kelly). I’m a huge Hitchcock fan, so that gets a plus in my book.

I got a major disturbia vibe from the whole Toby in a wheelchair with a camera thing…

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