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In the Eye Abides the Heart is the fifteenth episode of Season 7 of Pretty Little Liars. It aired on May 23rd, 2017.

Synopsis

After being blackmailed by A.D., one of the Liars begins to supply info to the dark side in order to protect those closest to her. Detective Furey questions how much the PLLs know about what happened to Archer Dunhill. Aria tries to issue an ultimatum to Ezra in regards to Nicole, while Emily struggles with how to support Ali. After learning something surprising about Lucas, Hanna sets out to prove her friend is innocent and uncovers even more troubling info. And another person is brought in on the secret of A.D.’s game.[1]

Plot

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Spencer visits Marco at the police department

Emily and Alison sit in Alison's house and discuss their situation, they're both angry. Emily suggests getting blood tests to be absolutely sure the baby is biologically Emily's. Aria has a FaceTime call with A.D., Aria tries to cut ties with them but they threaten her with exposing what she's been doing to the other girls. The girls meet up in The Brew, they discuss Lucas being friends with Charles, Hanna is sure that Lucas would not hurt them and just looks guilty, but the girls are not so sure, Spencer tells them to remember that not everybody tells you everything. The girls agree to search Lucas' loft for clues, although Hanna believes the girls are wrong about Lucas' involvement. The girls begin to leave as Aria gets a call, she checks it after they leave and sees a missed call from a blocked user (A.D.). Spencer visits Marco at the police department with cupcakes to talk, she questions him about the finger and what he thinks happened. Marco states that a nurse at Welby says Mary and Emily visited Alison and Archer which resulted in him arguing with Mary. Their huntch is that Mary and Dunhill were working together but things went bad and she is why he disappeared and then died. Marco clarifies that it's only one of the their theories. Marco asks Spencer if she thought Mary was involved when she asked him to look for her, she denies this. Marco retracts realizing it wouldn't make sense for Spencer to point them towards her birth mother if she was a murderer. Spencer lies and corrects him that she didn't know that Dunhill was dead when she asked him to look for her. Marco seems weary as he agrees, he then thanks her for bringing cupcakes.

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Aria informs A.D. about what Hanna and Spencer did

Aria enters Ezra's apartment as he's on the phone with Nicole's father. Ezra says that Nicole's parents want him to come back. Aria comments that she can't imagine what they're going through. Ezra tells her that they are happy but nervous and treating her like she's fragile. He grabs his coat and keys and tells her he's going to run errands. He stops before leaving to ask if she is okay. She affirms and he kisses her before he leaves. Aria gets a FaceTime request, she accepts and A.D. lectures her for sending them to voicemail back in The Brew. Aria asks what they want, A.D. asks her what she talked to the girls in The Brew about. Aria informs them that Spencer and Hanna went looking for Mary but didn't find her. A.D. questions what they found, Aria tries to hide but A.D. tells her not to push her luck. She says that they found the place Mary hid for a few days and talked to Charlotte's father. A.D. then hangs up. In the teachers lounge at Rosewood High, Emily informs Paige of what Alison was going through, due to Paige's new understanding of Alison being pregnant. Paige states that she feels bad for Alison, Emily thanks Paige for understand the situation and not being angry. Alison and Emily are later on a phone call, Alison states that Dunhill isn't the father of the baby, the blood test revealed a different blood group. Emily hovers and Alison questions if she's still on the phone. Emily affirms and Alison questions what she is thinking. Emily informs her that she's not thinking at all.

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Emily and Hanna find a comic book with author credits to Lucas and Charles

Spencer arrives in the Hastings' barn and realizes her bed pillows have moved, she's explores further and finds a wine glass with a bit of red wine left over. She then sees a wine bottle near the door with a folded piece of paper to act as a cork for the bottle. She picks it up and takes out the paper. The note reads "Need to talk, please - Mary". At Lucas' loft, Hanna and Emily go searching for things that could tie Lucas and Charlotte together. As they go through things, Hanna questions what Emily and Alison are doing about the baby, Emily says it's Alison's decision, Hanna tells her that she still has a say in what happens as the blood test proved Emily is the biological mother. They go though a box of comic books. Hanna states that she was a cute baby, Caleb was too and she's been thinking about having a baby with Caleb, Emily tells her "it's not like making a lasagna.", Hanna tells her she knows but she's just saying she's been thinking about it. They find a singular comic book wrapped up. They take it out and to see it named "Arcturus, The Protector" and that the author credits are to Lucas and Charles.

Alison is sat at the police department, Detective Furey tells Alison that they looked up other patients who may have found out Dunhill was a fraud doctor. Most of them weren't available at the time to commit the crime, and the others would have needed him alive so they could sue him. Alison questions why most of them weren't "available", Furey tells her that he thinks Dunhill was killed the day he left he hospital. Alison questions why someone would send Furey, Dunhill's finger if they wanted Furey to think Dunhill was alive. Furey agrees that it's confusing and could only make sense if there was more than one person involved in the crime, possibly even four. Furey states that the more people involved in a crime, the more likely someone will get nervous and look for an "out". He offers her a gluten-free cupcake (ones that Spencer had made) but she declines.

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Emily talks to Spencer about Emily and Alison's situation

Later, Hanna and Emily show Aria the comic they found. They tell her about the story as they read it already. Hanna and Emily inform Aria that Lucas was there when the whole thing started, he's known way more than he ever said. Aria questions if it means Lucas is A.D., Emily says it's possible, Aria then says it could be possible that Lucas is the father of Alison's baby. Hanna is argumentative about it. Emily tells them no one can say anything about the comic to Alison. In the Hastings' barn, Spencer finishes writing a note to put back into the bottle. She puts the bottle back where she found it and hopes. Aria is in an unknown location as she informs A.D. about the knowledge of the comic book and where it is. Aria questions if they are Lucas, they answer: "Would I tell you if I was?". They compliment her spy skills and inform her she's going to be a thief for them next showing her the number "214". Emily goes to the Hastings' barn to talk to Spencer, she drinks wine and Spencer tells her not to ask her what to do. Emily says she didn't come here for that but seconds later asks what she's supposed to do. Spencer tells her to flip a coin to have a better chance at happiness. Emily states that she doesn't have the right to ask Alison to have the baby, until they know who the father is. Spencer tells her that they won't know before she would have the baby. Emily tells Spencer that she would never want to write a little like Mary did, adding that she could feel Mary's regret coming off the page. Spencer looks at her door where she put the bottle, and notices that the note is gone, assuming Mary took it.

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Emily asks Alison to think about keeping the baby

Hanna arrives back at the loft and takes out the box of comics, she notices that the comic book is now missing. At Alison's house, Emily tells Alison she wants her to have the baby. She admits she asking her for more than she should but wants a chance to raise the child. Alison tells that they don't know who the father is, Emily combats this saying that they know who the father isn't. Emily states that whoever impregnated Alison, she doesn't want them to win. Alison rhetorically asks why that's a good enough reason to have a baby. Emily tells her it's not her only reason for wanting to, and understands if the answer is, asking her to think about it. At The Brew, Hanna is on the phone to Spencer, she informs Spencer that the book is gone, Hanna adds that whoever took it knew where to look for it. Spencer tells her to drink some coffee and wait for Emily to come back to the loft. Hanna tells her that it's not much of a plan, so Spencer tells her that it's all she's got to say right now.

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Mona explains the board to Hanna

At The Brew, Mona walks in to inform that Lucas is selling the space Hanna uses as an office. Scared, Hanna tells Mona that she needs to show her something but she cannot tell anyone else about it. At Rosewood High, Aria puts a package into the "214" locker for A.D., she walks away but the locker next to it squeaks, she opens it and finds a black hoodie. At The Radley, Emily informs Paige that she wants Alison to have the baby, but Ali herself as not decided yet. Paige walks away, Emily questions where she is going so Paige tells her that she is buying a round of drinks for them. Hanna and Mona are at Alison's house, Hanna is showing Mona the game board. Mona inspects the board and tells Hanna that "it has a finite amount of power, like one of those rovers you send to Mars, you're going to have to finish the game before the batteries can run down." Mona tries to pick at it and it responds with trying to stab her with a knife. Mona becomes impressed and compliments the craft of the game. Hanna is less impressed and more scared of the game, telling her she brought her over to help not admire it.

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Paige tells Emily that Alison, Emily, Piage and the baby would not work together

Back at The Radley, Emily tells Paige they could all make it work: Alison and Emily raise the baby while Paige and Emily are in a relationship. Paige tells her that it wouldn't work, "everyone would be miserable, you think we'd be all post-modern and 21st century, but, it would not be like that, and you know it", Emily persists that they could try it. Paige tells her that one thing she learned from being in love with Emily is not to get greedy. Paige then tells her that this is the third time she's said goodbye and isn't going to say it again. Emily tells her she has to stay with Alison a raise the child, Paige responds with understand of who Emily is. They kiss as Paige cries and then leaves. Spencer searches through the Lost Woods Resort in the middle of a night with a torch, she sits down on a bed and waits. At Ezra's apartment, Aria tries to talk to Ezra about leaving to help Nicole for two days, however Aria has put up with a lot and sees this as a breaking point, telling him to stop trying to fix things with Nicole and her family and instead stay with her. Despite her best efforts to get him to stay, he leaves. At Alison's household, Alison is sleeping and is awoken by Paige, Paige tells her that she knocked and the door was open.

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Spencer remembers a mistake she made: she signed a bill in her name on Dunhill's credit card

Back at the Lost Woods Resort, Spencer checks the time before she gets a message, she checks it and the door creaks. Detective Furey comes in and informs her that he saw her leave the Hastings' barn and come here, so he follow her, she adds that he waited a whole hour, he corrects that it was 58 minutes. Spencer questions "doesn't that seem a little odd to you?", Furey tells her that he has a list of things that seem odd to him about the case. Furey questions who she was going to meet at the resort, she denies that she was meeting anyone. Furey tells her that she asked him to help her once and he was glad to, but now things have changed and he can't help her if things keep going the way they are. Spencer questions what things and Furey tells her that every theory he has on the case leads back to Spencer and her friends but especially Spencer. Spencer questions why especially her, Furey tells her that everyone is connected to Dunhill, but Spencer is connected to Dunhill and to Mary. Spencer excuses herself to leave but Furey asks if she knew that Dunhill was at the bar the night he was murdered, she lies that she doesn't and questions how he knows, Furey tells her a purchase was made on his credit card at the bar. Spencer has a flashback to being at the bar and realizes a huge mistake she made while drunk: she paid for their drinks using Dunhill's credit card and signed the bill in her birth name, which messes up the timeline and makes her a suspect. He tells her that if the signature brings her into it, he can't control what happens next. Spencer leaves.

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Paige asks Alison if she is in love with Emily

At Alison's household, Paige talks to Alison about Emily and moving out of Rosewood. Paige states that it's time to leave Rosewood and do something else, "I got what I came for, not what I thought I was gonna get, but it's what I was supposed to have.", Paige extends her apologies for Alison's situation, Alison thanks her. Paige tells her that she doesn't want to make things harder and asks if Alison actually loves Emily. Alison has a tough time admitting that she loves her but admits that she feels strong emotions around Emily that align with love. Paige thanks Alison for the water and Alison, confused, tells her that she didn't answer the question. Paige states that Alison didn't lie to her, "old Ali might have, just to get me out of the house" and heads for the door. She stops to tell Alison that she will have a beautiful baby, and leaves.

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Hanna pleads with Mona to play the game to help them win

At Lucas' loft, Mona draws up plans for Hanna about how the layout of the game seems to her and what is in the game board. Mona tells her that it is not listening all the time, as that would drain too much power. Hanna questions if they should cover the camera on the phone. Mona tells her it would just make the creator angry. Hanna questions how to open it up. Mona informs her that when the game board was closed up, it was sealed, meaning the person who made can't even get back into it, "When the game ends, the game dies". Hanna questions if Lucas could have made it because he knows about games and computers, Mona enlightens her that it's not a game or a computer, "there's electronics in it but the heart of the thing is mechanical." As Hanna becomes more desparate, she asks Mona for help, she wants her to play the game. Mona rejects this, Hanna persists that she is the only one not afraid of it, Mona tells her the reason she isn't afraid is because she is not a victim of the game. Hanna persists once again but Mona is still against this because this is the exact thing she was addicted to and no longer does: "Playing with people's live like this, it's an addiction, you're not dealing with a healthy person, you're dealing with an addict. I know, I know more about it than I ever wanted to." Hanna tells her to imagine how she will feel when she beats the game.

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Alison tells Emily she's keeping the baby

At the airport Ezra waits for his flight, he begins to walk away and sees "Spencer" with Wren Kingston. She sees him and greets him, telling him that the last time she saw Wren was before Charlotte died, he helped Charlotte sneak into Radley, so she's asking him not to tell anyone because she doesn't want Detective Furey to find out. At Alison's house, Emily arrives and Alison tells her that she has thought about keeping the baby, and is going to. Emily questions if she is sure and Alison denies this but if Emily helps her than things will be okay. Alison is visibly scared to have the baby but Emily shows her support. She thanks her and hugs her, Alison thanks Emily back for trusting her. Ezra arrives back at his apartment and Aria apologies for the way she said things, vocalizing that she is afraid about their relationship falling apart over taking care of Nicole. Ezra reveals to Aria that his flight was not cancelled, he just didn't get on it. In the background, Aria's phone rings but she doesn't hear it. Spencer gets out of the shower in the Hastings' barn and sees the wine bottle, the note inside from Mary reads "You brought the police. I understand. Goodbye." unknown to Mary that Furey was secretly following Spencer and wasn't there with her. At the end, A.D. is playing around with the technology they use to create an AI character that looks like Aria to FaceTime Aria.

Notes

  • This episode marks Wren's first appearance since "The Mirror Has Three Faces".
  • Wren shares his first scene back into the series with Ezra, per Julian Morris request since he's good friends with Ian Harding in real life.[2] Ezra runs into Alex and Wren at the airport while waiting for his flight to go visit Nicole and her parents.
  • Mona is brought in by Hanna on the secret of the board game. Hanna asks her to find a way to shut it down before her second turn.
  • Aria is the driving force behind this episode and Lucy Hale got to take her character in a different direction from her usual romantic subplot.[3] She takes A.D.'s offer to join them and do their biding after being blackmailed.
  • Marco reveals to Spencer that someone used Archer's credit card to buy drinks at The Radley the night they met their for the first time and he is highly suspecting of her involvement in Archer's death. Unknown to Marco is the fact that it was indeed Spencer, who in a drunken state of mind, mistakenly paid for their drinks using Archer's card instead of her own.
  • Hanna and Emily find a comic book written by Lucas and Charles in Lucas' Loft, which is later stolen by Aria on A.D.'s commands.
  • A.D. gives Aria the infamous black hoodie after Aria successfully delivers the stolen comic.
  • Paige and Emily break up after Paige finds out that Alison is pregnant with Emily's baby. Before leaving Rosewood, Paige urges Alison to confront her feelings for Emily.
  • Ali decides to have the baby after much contemplation.

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Trivia

  • The table read for this episode occurred on August 15th, 2016.[6]
  • Filming for this episode began on August 16th, 2016 [7] and wrapped on August 24th, 2016.[8]
  • Troian Bellisario makes her debut as a director with this episode. She's the second actor of the main cast, after Chad Lowe, to direct an episode on the series.
  • The episode's official press release was made public on May 9th, 2017.[1]
  • The intro in this episode features Aria doing the 'Shhh'.
  • The episode was watched by 0.85 million viewers on its original broadcast, hitting a new series low.

Featured Music

  • "Meadows" by Wild Child - (The Liars are sitting around at the Brew and are talking about how Lucas could have been working with Charlotte and they're going to check his apartment)
  • "Black Out Days" by Phantogram - (Mona shows Hanna the real estate listing for their factory space and tells her how Lucas' company has put their workspace up for sale)
  • "Wants What It Wants (Hushed)" by Andrew Belle - (Emily and Paige talk about Alison's baby; Paige suggests a next round of drinks)
  • "Love Will Make Me Stay" by Butterfly Boucher - (After digesting news, Paige decides to leave Emily)
  • "Breathe" by Fleurie - (Alison tells Emily that she's going to keep the baby only if Emily will help her take care of it; Emily promises to help; Spencer receives Mary's goodbye letter)

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