4. Don't Look Now

Complete story — includes the ending

Alison finally learns the truth from her father: Charles is the eldest DiLaurentis sibling. When Alison was a baby, Charles nearly drowned her in a bathtub. Mr. and Mrs. DiLaurentis admitted Charles to Radley and, when he was sixteen, he committed suicide. Mrs. DiLaurentis scattered Charles’s ashes without Kenneth’s participation. Alison doesn’t know whether to fear Charles or pity him. The girls sneak into a warehouse where all unclaimed Radley files are being stored. They find Charles’s patient record and note that it ends just after an increase in his medication. They also see Alison’s late Aunt Carol on the visitor log. Caleb’s overprotective behavior begins to wear on Hanna. Things come to a head when he admits to placing a tracking device on her car. She makes it clear that his actions aren’t acceptable, no matter how worried he is. Hanna asks for some space, and Caleb obliges. At Hollis College, Aria meets a fellow photographer named Clark, and the two strike up a friendship. Aria is developing some photos when she sees an ‘A’ message. It triggers a dollhouse memory in which ‘A’ cuts her hair short after she refuses to dye it pink. That night, Aria opens up to her father, finally accepting his emotional support. Spencer is haunted by a dollhouse memory in which she wakes up covered in blood, terrified that 'A' made her hurt someone. Spencer looks for Aria’s anti-anxiety medication in the trash, but doesn’t find it. She ends up getting marijuana from The Brew’s newest hire, Sabrina. Pam decides that she and Emily can’t continue to let Sara stay with them. Emily is protective of Sara, not wanting to ask her to return to an abusive household. Sara realizes that her presence isn’t welcome and moves back home on her own, assuring Emily that she will be fine. Jason tells Alison that he recently caught their mother tending to Aunt Carol’s empty house. They wonder if Charles could be living inside. Alison, Jason, Hanna, and Spencer decide to check the place out. They don’t find Charles, but there is a headstone in the yard with his name on it. The grave marker is surrounded by tree roots, indicating that it was placed a long time ago. ' A' ending: ‘A’ uses their computer to track the girls’ exact locations.