Season 7

Complete listed story — includes the ending

1. Tick Tock, Bitches

In media res: Aria, Spencer, and Emily are hastily digging a hole to bury someone they killed. Four days prior, A.D. locks Hanna in a shed with no doors or windows. They periodically torture her with a water hose and a cattle prod. A.D. leverages their control over Hanna’s fate to demand the identity of Charlotte’s real killer. The girls and their allies largely agree that Alison is guilty. The group splits up to make sure no lead goes unexplored in their pursuit of evidence. Aria and Ezra look around Alison’s house for a red jacket that Charlotte’s killer may have worn. The pair is forced to abandon the search when Elliott shows up unexpectedly. They leave undetected, but empty-handed. Aria sets aside her romantic confusion and spends the night at Ezra’s loft. Mary Drake formally introduces herself as the new owner of The Lost Woods. As Charlotte’s birth mother, she has the most compelling motive to be A.D. Spencer and Toby break into Mary’s motel room to learn what they can about her. Mary is apparently well-traveled and well-read. Her Radley file says she was a frequent patient at the sanitarium into her early adulthood. Caleb and Mona begrudgingly work together to track Mary’s every move. They eavesdrop on her phone calls and hear her talking to an unknown British man. Mary knocks on Spencer’s door looking for Peter and Veronica. She seems familiar with the Hastings family, but doesn’t go into detail about their history. Mary only came back to Rosewood because she found out Jessica was dead. Spencer visits Hanna in a dream and encourages her to look for a way out. Hanna escapes through a wall vent and flags down a car driven by Mary Drake. In her hospital bed at Welby, Alison has violent episodes that Elliott manages by restraining and sedating her. When Emily gets the opportunity to ask about Charlotte, Alison cries out for forgiveness. Emily is finally convinced of Alison’s guilt when she finds a red jacket in her bedroom. Caleb wastes no time before handing the jacket over to A.D. His tunnel vision throughout the ordeal makes Spencer feel invisible. Confident that Alison is Charlotte’s killer, Elliott reveals his duplicity to her. In a British accent, he promises to keep Alison at Welby for as long as she lives.

2. Bedlam

Hanna refuses to go to the police or see a doctor after making her escape. She doesn’t talk about what happened in the shed with A.D., but her demeanor gives away enough to raise her friends’ concerns. Hanna and Caleb discuss the moment they shared in the motel. They decide it was a mistake that shouldn’t change the status of their relationship. Spencer overhears their conversation, leaving her confused and hurt. Aria breaks up with Liam before finding out that Jillian has reassigned him to the book. Everyone agrees to be cordial for the sake of the project, but Liam’s attitude changes when he catches Aria and Ezra holding hands. Liam turns on Ezra, unable to overlook the way he and Aria originally got together. Hanna tries to restore her relationship by bringing Jordan to the bar where they first met, only to discover that the building no longer exists. Hanna realizes that she is looking for something that’s been gone for a long time. She returns Jordan’s engagement ring and, having unwritten her future, she agrees to go into business with Lucas. Spencer loses her job in D.C. due to her prolonged physical and mental absence. Mary opens up to Spencer about the incident that landed her in Radley. When they were teenagers, Jessica asked Mary to take over for her at a babysitting job. The parents came home to find their child was dead, and everyone believed Jessica when she said Mary was responsible. Alison calls Emily and makes a desperate plea for help before the line disconnects. Elliott has changed Alison’s patient instructions to disallow most visitors. Emily teams up with Mary, using her familial connections to get into Alison’s hospital room. Alison is barely lucid and struggling to connect with her surroundings. She is about to expose Elliott’s true intentions when he interrupts the visit. Elliott pulls Mary aside and starts a heated argument with her. Emily can’t hear the exchange, but the two apparently know each other better than she thought. Mary disapproves of the way Elliott is treating Alison. Elliott warns Mary not to interfere, reminding her of the payout she’s been promised. At night, Alison is drugged and wheeled through the halls of Welby. She sees the fluorescent lights of the operating room just before losing consciousness.

3. The Talented Mr. Rollins

Elliott’s lies are so numerous that the girls don’t seem to know one real thing about him. Emily starts working as a bartender at The Radley. She promises Sabrina that the incident with Ezra’s key was not an accurate representation of her character, and Sabrina agrees to give Emily a second chance. Hanna wears a replica engagement ring to hide her break-up with Jordan. Caleb confesses his recent infidelity to Spencer. Hanna and Caleb both maintain that the moment was just that, but Spencer isn’t convinced. She’s tired of being in love with someone whose attention feels impermanent. Elliott repeatedly overpowers, sedates, and physically restrains Alison. The liars present their concerns to the head doctor at Welby. He checks on Alison but finds no evidence that her care is being mishandled. Elliott’s connection to Mary remains a mystery. Spencer offers to get Toby on the case but changes her mind when she sees the ring on Yvonne’s finger. Desperate to rescue Alison, Emily goes to Toby herself. Toby searches a police database and finds a brief record of Elliott Rollins from 1958. Spencer hears from Jason who, it turns out, had no idea that Alison was hospitalized. Aria takes pictures of everything inside Elliott’s storage bench. Spencer analyzes the photos and takes note of the materials Elliott used to pose as Detective Wilden. She also recognizes a stimulant that can cause hallucinations if overdosed. Aria and Hanna go to Amish country to confirm another of Elliott’s lies. A young girl claims that Elliott and Charlotte were romantically involved. She has a set of dolls that Charlotte gifted her, each with the name and face of one of the liars. Aria pushes for Hanna to open up about her abduction, but Hanna is afraid to recount the experience. She ends up revealing a small piece of what A.D. put her through after seeing a cattle prod at the Amish farm. Elliott realizes his storage bench has been tampered with. He quickly packs up and smuggles Alison out of Welby. Alison covertly shares her location, and the girls drive into the woods with Hanna at the wheel. When Elliott pops a tire, Alison takes the opportunity to run. He chases after her on foot, Hanna hits the brakes too late, and Elliott flies head-first through the windshield of Lucas’s car.

4. Hit and Run, Run, Run

The odds of proving Elliott’s death was an accident are slim, so the girls decide to bury his body and make it look like he skipped town. Aria uses Elliott’s key card to sneak Alison back into Welby. Alison is afraid to return to her hospital room, but she must be found in Elliott’s restraints for his crimes to be exposed. Aria asks outright if Alison killed Charlotte. While Alison admits to being at the church that night, Charlotte was still alive when she left. Spencer is cleaning the floor of the barn when Caleb shows up unexpectedly. He pours his heart out through the locked door, and Hanna overhears everything. Once Aria swipes out of Welby, Spencer’s job is to put Elliott’s phone and jacket on a train out of state. A man named Marco asks to buy Spencer a drink at The Radley and, whether to strengthen her alibi or forget her relationship woes, she accepts. Emily has just finished packing an overnight bag with some of Elliott’s things when Spencer calls. She’s too drunk to drive, let alone take care of her part of the plan. Emily covers for Spencer and brings her home. As usual, Mona is several steps ahead of the liars. She gets Lucas’s windshield fixed by someone who won’t snitch and makes the girls aware of Elliott’s burner phone. Hanna begins to spiral thinking about the futility of covering up Elliott’s death. She confesses to Mona that, in hindsight, there was enough time to stop the car. The next morning, the girls are approached by Jenna Marshall. She claims to be in town for Toby’s engagement, but Toby is clearly surprised to see his step sister. The two allude to a failed attempt they made to reconcile a few years prior. Hanna encourages Spencer to tell Caleb the truth about Elliott, but when Spencer gets home, Caleb and his belongings are gone. Hanna realizes with horror that she’s lost one of her bracelets. She and Mona find it in Elliott’s car along with the missing burner phone. A call comes in from Jenna asking for “Archer.” Toby tells the girls that the man claiming to be Elliott Rollins is missing, and that finding him is the P.D.’s top priority. At Welby, Mary tells Alison that she’s “in charge” now that Elliott is gone.

5. Along Comes Mary

Alison is released from Welby under the condition that Mary lives with and supervises her. Mary regrets being manipulated by Archer, and while Alison doesn’t trust her estranged aunt, she knows how it feels to need a second chance. The man Spencer met the night of Archer’s death turns out to be the investigation’s lead detective, Marco Furey. The police find Archer’s car at the train station, but the trail doesn’t end there. Someone uses one of Archer’s credit cards to rent a car before heading out west. It is unknown who the driver is or why they are continuing to fabricate Archer’s movements. Prior to his death, Archer drained the money from all of Alison’s bank accounts, including her shares of The Carissimi Group. Mona analyzes Archer’s burner phone and reads through his texts. The night he took Alison out of Welby, Archer messaged his accomplice to inform them that Alison didn’t kill Charlotte. Aria and Emily investigate an apartment that Archer had been renting in secret. They find a wealth of evidence, most notably a copy of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night belonging to “Archer Dunhill.” Emily poses as Archer and invites his accomplice to the apartment, but Toby interrupts before the meeting can happen. Emily oversleeps and misses an important exam, but still receives an excellent grade. A.D. takes credit for the favor. Despite feeling put off by Emily’s distracted behavior, Sabrina happily agrees to a second date. Spencer finds out from Toby that Caleb disappeared on purpose to sort out his thoughts. Hanna asks what she can do to help, and Spencer urges her to consider where her true feelings lie. Aria answers Ezra’s phone when a call mysteriously comes in from Nicole. Ezra is finally in a good place with his grief, so Aria keeps the call a secret. She also doesn’t mention anything about the situation with Archer. When Ezra proposes, Aria doesn’t know how to respond. A.D. returns Alison’s red jacket with a note exposing her friends for turning her in. The girls suspect that Jenna could be Archer’s accomplice, especially after she extends her stay at The Radley. Jenna and Sara meet and quickly bond over their hatred of the liars. The devilish duo becomes a terrible trio when Noel Kahn enters the picture.

6. Wanted: Dead or Alive

The cops discover Archer Dunhill’s real identity and existing criminal record. Their latest theory is that he’s pretending to flee the state while continuing to lurk around Rosewood. Spencer pulls Marco aside and preemptively shuts down the idea of exploring a relationship. Aria is afraid Ezra would regret proposing if he knew the trouble she’s gotten into recently. Hanna remembers feeling the same way with Jordan, but she thinks Ezra can handle the truth. In the spirit of honesty, Hanna comes clean about her break-up with Jordan. Aria tells Ezra what happened to Archer, and the two make their engagement official. Caleb admits that his feelings for Hanna aren’t entirely gone. Spencer gives Caleb credit for restarting her heart when she thought it would never beat again. Hanna and Spencer discuss their break-ups, and Spencer encourages Hanna to reach out to Caleb. Mary is surprised and touched to hear that Charlotte used to go by “Drake.” She swears she never saw Charlotte after the day she was born. When Archer’s burner phone rings, Hanna hears the voice of Archer himself on the other end. If he really is alive, the driver that ran him down has a target on her back. Mary hides out in her room at The Lost Woods, as she expects Archer to come after her for flipping. Emily confronts Jenna directly about her involvement with Archer. Jenna says she helped Archer get his fake identity as a favor for her friend, Charlotte. Now, she suspects the liars were involved in Archer’s disappearance. Jenna prevents Sara from delivering a warning to Emily, and Sara’s dead body is later found in the hotel shower. Alison has a hard time being around her friends now that she knows they turned her in to A.D. The patrol officer outside Alison’s house is replaced by an assailant in a latex mask, and Alison narrowly keeps her life in the attack. She realizes with embarrassment how easily she fell for A.D.’s trick to separate her from her support system. The only way to be sure that Archer is dead is to return to the scene of the crime. Hanna and Spencer bring their shovels to the woods and confirm Archer is right where they left him, being eaten by the maggots. 'A' ending: A.D. watches footage of Hanna and Spencer digging up Archer’s grave.

7. Original G'A'ngsters

The recent attempt on Alison’s life inspires the girls to prioritize their friendship. Emily insists on treating her mother to dinner for her birthday despite the guilt Pam feels for celebrating without Wayne. A bachelorette party invites Emily and Pam to join the festivities, and they have a fantastic night. Ezra floats the idea of eloping to Tuscany. Aria is hesitant to leave her friends behind, but Emily encourages her to follow her heart. Aria and Ezra are headed out the door when the FBI shows up with news that Nicole might be alive. While Toby and Jenna tried to reconcile a few years ago, the progress they made reset when Jenna tried to kiss him. Someone breaks into Toby’s trailer to steal Mary’s Radley file, and Yvonne is hospitalized with moderate physical injuries. Spencer urges Toby to leave Rosewood. He takes the advice, making preparations for a move to Maine with Yvonne. The police rule Sara’s death an accident. Hanna looks for Jenna’s laptop in her hotel room, but finds only a locked box. Caleb gets the key, and Spencer helps photograph the contents: a stack of coded documents. The girls hide when Noel enters the room. He stashes Mary’s Radley file and makes an angry call to someone named Dr. Cochran. Caleb gets to work cracking Jenna’s code, and Hanna tells him about her break-up with Jordan. Jason comes home and promptly tells Mary to get lost. Alison protests his demands and arranges for the three of them to have dinner. Jason recruits Aria to come along and back him up, much to Alison’s annoyance. Aria and Jason briefly discuss a secret encounter from years back. Mary describes seeing Jason once at Aunt Carol’s house but says Jessica kept them from meeting. Alison takes note when Mary mentions a storm cellar on the property. The girls go to Aunt Carol’s to investigate. They find files Jessica had on each of the girls, although Aria’s is missing. A record of Mary’s treatment at Radley says that she gave birth a second time after Charlotte, and that Dr. Cochran was her obstetrician. A.D. sets off Spencer’s car alarm and manages to lock the girls inside the vehicle. A countdown begins, and when it reaches zero, the storm cellar explodes. 'A' ending: A.D. has files on Aria and Noel. They douse Noel’s in alcohol and light a match.

8. Exes and OMGs

After receiving a job offer as the Rosewood High swim coach, Emily discovers that Paige has returned to Rosewood and is also a candidate for the job. Hanna is visited by Mrs. Grunwald, who warns her about Noel. Meanwhile, Alison goes back to work at Rosewood High, but finds it difficult after her students play a prank on her. Aria struggles with her relationship with Ezra after telling him she deleted a call that came from Nicole's cellphone, and later, with Spencer, visits the doctor who delivered Mary's baby in order to get answers. Aria buys a plane ticket for Ezra to get him closer to the latest news on Nicole, delaying their wedding. After not getting any help from the Liars, Hanna goes rogue and decides to work alone in an unknown plan to try and discover who "A.D." is.

9. The Wrath of Kahn

When the typical methods of sleuthing aren't working, Hanna rages and ends up trying to make a deal with Noel Kahn (who she thinks is "A.D.") and indirectly drug him in order to lock him up; however, her initial goal fails. Emily turns to Paige for comfort, while her relationship with Sabrina plummets. Jason and Aria look into Mary's past where they learn that Steven Kahn, Noel and Eric's father, orchestrated the adoption of Mary's second child. Aria learns from Ezra that Nicole is still missing. At the Kahn's cabin, Spencer and Emily discover that Charlotte and Noel were working together to torture the girls in the dollhouse however the videos are stolen after someone breaks into Spencer's house. At the end, after unsuccessfully trying to drug Noel, Hanna knocks him out from behind.

10. The Darkest Knight

The Liars, Alison, Mona, and Caleb team up with Rosewood P.D. to find Hanna. Emily and Paige continue to rebuild their friendship. Alison reveals to Emily that she's pregnant. Spencer learns that Toby and Yvonne are planning to leave Rosewood. Aria finds out that Nicole is alive. Noel manages to escape and leads the Liars to an abandoned school for the blind where Jenna, armed with a gun, attempts to murder the Liars with Noel. However, Noel, while attacking Hanna and Emily, trips on his axe and accidentally kills himself. Jenna then shoots at the Liars and gets Spencer. Jenna corners her and is about to execute her when Mary Drake knocks her out and reveals that she is Spencer's biological mother. While leaving town, Toby and Yvonne are in a car accident. "A.D." ending: "A.D." drags an unconscious Jenna from the abandoned school, and Jenna asks if it was they who shot Spencer. They throw her their mask and she realizes it is "A.D.", as they put up their hoodie.

11. Playtime

One week after the events of the last episode, Toby is well but Yvonne is in a coma while Spencer has recovered. Ezra arrives and reveals he hasn't told Nicole about him and Aria getting married. Hanna and Caleb are back together and Mona helps her get back into the fashion business. Emily is appointed coach of the varsity swimming team and Paige is made an athletics supervisor at Rosewood High. The Liars are given an interactive board game by "A.D." which shows the area of notable places of Rosewood and figurines of the Liars. Spencer plays the game and receives a puzzle piece and a letter from Mary. Hanna tries to destroy the game but a video appears showing that "A.D." knows they killed Rollins. "A.D." ending: "A.D." has Jenna in a dark room without her glasses. She's drinking a cup of tea and asks for more information about the game. "A.D." takes the teacup and throws a binder with a lot of papers written in braille on her lap. After reading the top of the first page, Jenna mutters "end game".

12. These Boots Were Made for Stalking

The Liars question what to do with the board game. Emily refuses to play and leaves. Aria learns that Ezra might have been engaged to Nicole before she went missing and while they started dating again. Meanwhile, Emily battles with a student named Addison Derringer who despises her. Spencer asks Marco to track down Mary Drake and shows him the letter that her mother had written to her before she was born in Radley. Jenna, having been in hiding, returns and claims that Charlotte left behind money for her eye surgery. She further says Noel wanted it, threatened Jenna, and murdered Sara. Emily confronts Addison but Paige interferes and reveals that Addison sent an email to a friend gloating about how she was going to get rid of Emily.

13. Hold Your Piece

Hanna is sure Jenna is to blame for a recent professional setback and is forced to bring Caleb up to speed on current events. He tries to help take apart the game but is hurt by a poisonous gas when he tries to remove one of the buildings on the game. Aria and Emily team up to investigate Sydney for more information about Jenna and her connection to "A.D." and discover that she is working for "A.D." after they find her making a deposit for a surgery for Jenna. They realize that "A.D." is paying Jenna off for helping with the blind school and confront Sydney, who claims that "A.D." is simply an anonymous client. Sydney leaves, however, Aria plants a tracking device in her bag. At the hospital, Yvonne finally wakes up from the coma. Toby suggests they get married there and they have their own hospital room ceremony by themselves, right after, Yvonne passes away. Spencer grows closer to Detective Furey, while Aria struggles with her current situation with Ezra, and Hanna's turn at the game is more intense than she bargained for, leading to shocking consequences.

14. Power Play

Ali's turn at the game forces her to make a drastic decision to abort her child but is haunted when "A.D" reminds her of when she was in the psychiatric hospital and was wheeled into an operating room. Alison is traumatized to remember that Emily's donated eggs were implanted inside her uterus, realizing Emily is her child's mother. Spencer has a long overdue conversation with her father about his past sins and recent whereabouts. Emily continues to navigate working at Rosewood High with both Ali and Paige, learning the truth about Ali's pregnancy. Meanwhile, Paige contemplates leaving Rosewood, but decides against it, resulting in her and Emily renewing their relationship. Aria continues to question the fate of her relationship with Ezra after Nicole's arrival and bristles under "A.D.'s" taunts. While searching for Mary, wanting answers from her, Hanna and Spencer run into Pastor Ted, who eventually reveals himself as Charlotte's biological father. He also reveals that Lucas was Charlotte's old childhood friend. Meanwhile, Aria discovers that Sydney is on the A-Team, working with "A.D.". Sydney and "A.D." offer Aria the chance to join the A-Team.

15. In the Eye Abides the Heart

After being blackmailed by "A.D.", Aria supplies info to them about the Liars findings. Detective Furey reveals to Spencer that she used Archer's credit card to buy drinks when they first met and she is now a suspect in Archer's death. After some arguing, Ezra finally agrees to leave Nicole behind for Aria, while Emily encourages Ali to not get an abortion and raise her child. Emily tells Paige that she is going to help Ali raise her baby. That night Paige and Alison discuss Emily, while finally making up after years of hate. Realizing that Emily loves Alison, Paige leaves Rosewood and Emily for good. After learning about Lucas' relation with Charles, Hanna sets out to prove he is innocent, but finds more evidence that he is "A.D", when the Liars find a comic book made by Lucas and Charles, that heavily resembles the "A" game. Hanna tells Mona about the game and tries to convince her to help. Meanwhile, "A.D." sends Aria to retrieve the comic book for them, and in return she is gifted the official "A" uniform. "A.D." ending: "A.D." is busy playing around with Aria's face that they created during their snapchat videos, while "A.D.", masquerading as Aria, holds a secret file of Aria's, while they laugh uncontrollably.

16. The Glove That Rocks the Cradle

Spencer steals a flash drive from Marco's apartment about Lucas' alibi confession to the police the night Archer was killed. "A.D." sends Aria to destroy Alison and Emily's nursery. In Hanna's turn at the game, "A.D." makes her pick up something at the computer repair shop and bring it to Rosewood High School. The Liars have a confrontation with Lucas where he explains to them that he didn’t know Charles and Charlotte were the same person, or that Charlotte was "A". A second comic book exists and depicts turning vengeance into a game. Aria breaks down in remorse after her plot to destroy the nursery. Meanwhile, Caleb and Hanna return to Lucas’s loft with the hard drive Hanna picked up. The audio file contains a Patsy Cline song. Hanna remembers that "A" played a different Patsy song in the Dollhouse. Alison finally admits her feelings to Emily. "A.D." ending: "A.D." has the second comic book. They are shown sketching the ending of the comic book. They draw a gravestone and write "Here lies".

17. Driving Miss Crazy

With Mona making inroads in the game, Emily reluctantly teams up with her to investigate the doctor who performed Ali's procedure. Ashley returns to Rosewood to check on Hanna and asks Caleb what his intentions are with her daughter, to which he admits that he wants to marry Hanna and the two become engaged. Meanwhile, "A.D." sends Aria to deliver a gift to the Hastings family that contains a voice recording of Peter and Mary discussing Jessica's murder, leaving Spencer more confused than ever about whom to trust. Ezra notices Aria's change in attitude and fears he may have lost her; and "A.D."'s machinations cause Aria to have a terrifying nightmare.

18. Choose or Lose

The Liars have been served with search warrants at their homes. Spencer goes to the police station where she finds out that the case is now being investigated by Detective Tanner. The Liars are sent a phone with a timer that tells them to "Choose or Lose". Caleb and Hanna get married at the courthouse with Ashley as a witness. Caleb and Ezra find the cell tower location from which the game phone has been sending signals from, and later discover that they are being sent from Mona's house. While leaving to find Spencer, Aria discovers Archer's corpse is in her car trunk, just as a police car pulls up to confront her.

19. Farewell, My Lovely

The Liars are told by Caleb that Mona has the board game and jump to conclusions that Mona is "A.D.". Mary meets with Spencer at Lost Woods Resort and gives her ownership of the building. Mona reveals that Charlotte never recovered and was going to resume the A-game. She confronted Charlotte and threatened to push her out the window but never planned to go through with it. When Hanna, Caleb and Spencer take Mona back to their car, the final two puzzle pieces are waiting. Later, the Liars gather in a room at the Lost Woods and put the two final puzzle pieces in. When the pieces are in place, the game says "Congratulations. Claim the grand prize", a picture of Archer. Augmented reality shows a man walking toward Aunt Carol’s house. The Liars are arrested by Tanner at Aunt Carol's where Archer's body is found. Mary lies and says she killed Archer, also confessing to Jessica's murder, saving the Liars from a murder charge. Mona reveals that after she stopped threatening her, Charlotte attacked Mona and in the struggle she accidentally killed Charlotte in self-defense. "A.D." ending: "A.D." drives off into the sunrise with the Liars' game pieces in a plastic bag.

20. 'Til Death Do Us Part

A year later, Aria and Ezra prepare to be married while Alison and Emily have twin daughters, Grace and Lily but Alison soon proposes to Emily who accepts. Before the wedding, Ezra goes missing and Aria becomes frantic that after finding out about her fertility, he had abandoned her. On the other hand, Spencer is kidnapped by Mona working for A.D. and brought to a bunker. There, A.D. is revealed to be Alex Drake, the identical twin sister to Spencer and that she met Wren and in turn met Charlotte who she was close with. After Charlotte's death, she returned to Rosewood but became jealous of her sister's life and impersonated Spencer while vowing revenge. Wren is revealed to have died after Alex killed him because he tried to stop her plan and that he fathered Alison's twins. With the help of Mona, the group find Ezra and Spencer and they manage to escape from an axe-wielding Alex who is arrested alongside Mary, after she tries to convince Toby that she is Spencer. Mona is revealed to have kept Alex and Mary in her personal Dollhouse, while the Liars are gathered one last time before Aria leaves for her honeymoon. Addison's friends are having a sleepover in Rosewood, but finds Addison has gone missing, ending the series.