Pretty Little Liars Halloween (2012) Episode

If anyone reads this blog (which I doubt because I don't have any followers, but I like doing it so...I keep doing it), you don't know that I LOVE Pretty Little Liars. I never really write about it - because this is like ranting for me and I only rant about things I hate - but this year's Halloween episode was so exciting that I have to. And there was something I noticed that I don't think anyone else noticed and I have to put it out there on the chance that someone will see this. So this entry won't be that long since it's only one thing.

There were plenty of things revealed in this episode and a lot of different clues that we could use to figure out who "A" is, but most of those have already been written about. I've looked through a lot of different articles to see if what I noticed had been written about and it HASN'T!! How no one could see this is beyond me, but alright. Let's get to it.

For a while now, fans of PLL have been talking about the theory that Aria is "A". No one can really explain her motive for this (except for the fact that Alison was going to tell Aria's mother that Aria's father was cheating on her, so Aria would have a reason to want Alison dead. But even that doesn't explain why Aria would want to torment Spencer, Emily, and Hanna), but you can't deny that there are a ton of clues that point to Aria. So, I've had my eyes peeled looking for more clues pointing to Aria. Tonight, I found a BIG one.

Aria is sitting on the train by herself, looking out the foggy window, when Adam Lambert comes over. He says that she doesn't look like she's having very much fun. They then have a conversation where she explains that she is having fun, it's just that her boyfriend couldn't make it so she's bummed about that. He then asks her name and she tells him, but the train is (I'm assuming here) passing another train and he can't hear her over the noise. She says her name again, but he still can't hear, so she writes her name on the foggy window. When she does, the first A in her name is written normally, but the second A is the one that got my attention. It was written exactly like "A" writes their nickname on notes or cards - anything that is handwritten.

This could mean a number of things, but I'm only going to go over the few easy answers: 1) Aria is "A"; 2) Someone very close to Aria (for example, Ezra) is "A"; or 3) The writers of the show want us to think that either Aria or someone close to her is "A". I'm going to tell you what I think.

I, sadly, think that Aria is a part of the A-team. There are just too many things that either point to her or make you think she may be "A". Let me tell you a couple of these clues, just in case you haven't come across them. In the intro to the show, Aria is the only one who shushes. At first, that didn't seem like such a big deal. All they did is just pick one girl to do it, right? I don't think so. In this show, you have to over-analyze everything. They could easily have done like New Girl does with their intro and switch between three or four different intros, but they didn't. This has to symbolize something, right? They've said
that we also need to pay attention to the season posters for clues, too. The first two season posters also only have Aria making the shushing motion she does in the intro to the show, but the season 3 poster is the one that everyone is really paying attention to. Aria has handcuffs around her ankles. I wonder why that could be...

Now for the big clues. I'm not going to list each and every clue that points to Aria on here, only the two big main clues. The first one is the "Black Swan Dress" theory. In "A's" room in the motel, we see a drawing of the Black Swan dress, supposedly the costume that "A" will be wearing at the masquerade ball. It's made of a black, feathery material and is worn with black heels and a black mask. We also see a girl at the ball with the same costume on. But... A while back, someone Tweeted Marlene King, the writer of the show, saying that Aria's outfit in the same episode - a truly ugly red and black checkered dress - was super ugly.
 
Marlene Tweeted back saying that there was a specific reason for Aria's costume and that it would all make sense in time. Ever since, people have been pouring over Aria's costume, trying to make sense of what Marlene said. Well, someone figured it out. If you go onto Google Images and look for "Black Swan poster", a poster for the movie Black Swan with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis will come up. It shows a swan made of red and black checkered stripes, just like Aria's dress. Could it be that Aria is the one in the black swan dress?

The second big clue is something that no one noticed for a long time. The director of Pretty Little Liars, Norman Buckley, Tweeted something that made fans go back and look at season 1, episode 12, "Salt Meets Wound". He said: "there's a big old clue i put right in front of everyone's nose in episode 112. no one spotted it." Of course, a lot of people put out TONS of theories on what he could be talking about, but there is one that was discovered that sounds just right and wouldn't be too obvious. This is the episode after Hanna was hit by the car driven by "A", just after she sees who they think is "A" write something - "I see you" - on the back of Ezra's car when he and Aria are making out. Aria and Ezra see the message in this episode and Hanna tells Aria it was Noel Kahn. At the end of class, Aria comes up to Ezra - who is behind his desk and in front of the blackboard - and says, "I know who wrote that message on your car..."

The camera then turns to Ezra who looks up at Aria. The camera turns back to Aria, who says, "It was Noel Kahn." 

The camera turns to Ezra yet again and he replies. What we're supposed to be paying attention to in this scene is the blackboard. When the camera turns to Ezra the first time, if you look just to the left of Ezra's head, you'll see the sentence, "It was A."

Then, when it turns to him the second time, he's moved just a little so that it now says, "But I was A." 

This doesn't make much sense when thinking about the fact that it was Noel Kahn who wrote the message on the back of the car, but I think that is beside the point. I think the director was just trying to find a way to tell us that Aria is "A" with the blackboard, that way it wouldn't be obvious.

So, there are the main clues pointing toward Aria being "A". Now, onto my theory of the clue on the Halloween episode.

 As I said, Aria writes her name on the foggy window and the second A is written just like "A" signs their A on handwritten notes. It's definitely done on purpose. After she writes her name on the window, Adam explains that he has another set to get ready for and that she better come watch. She says she will and he leaves. While this is taking place, you can see the Queen of Hearts watching them. Right after Adam leaves, the Queen opens a tiny compartment on one of her rings. It is filled with some kind of white drug that will knock someone out for a bit. The Queen walks over while Aria is looking out the window and pours the white drug into her drink. The scene ends.

After a while, Spencer goes looking for Aria because Garrett has just told her that Aria's dad was with Ali the night she died. Spencer finds Hanna as she's looking for Aria and Hanna comes with her. The two of them go to where Aria was sitting, only to find Aria's purse minus Aria. They happen to look up and see the spot on the window where Aria wrote her name...only her name has been erased, leaving only the first A visible - clearly a sign from "A" that they have Aria.

I think that Aria is "A" and that, by writing her name on the window with the second A clearly written just like "A" signs their nickname, she was broadcasting to the other girls and other people who want to know who "A" is that she is "A" - or at least one "A". The Queen of Hearts is another part of the A-team and saw that Aria was broadcasting who she was - the Queen clearly did not like this and decided to teach Aria a lesson. The message was loud and clear:

DO NOT do that again...

So, that's my theory. Any PLL fans see this? Comment and let me know what you think!

~Oblivious