With all eyes in Rosewood looking at Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer, the girls are forced to seek help.
With the girls being forced to go their separate ways for a bit, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer need each other now more than ever. Emily struggles with her family's impending move to Texas, but when a college athletic scout approaches her after a swim meet, she sees an opportunity that could keep her in Rosewood.
As Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer try to keep their distance from each other, each girl looks to distractions to help fulfill the "separate time" request from their parents. Aria channels her inner artist and signs up for a pottery class at Hollis College.
Hanna helps Lucas score a date, while Emily deals with the aftermath of her mother spilling to everyone that she has a scholarship offer.
Hanna learns more about Caleb's foster family, while the other Liars deal with the resolution and closure of the news about Ian.
The night before the annual Rosewood Charity Fashion Show, Allison's mother reappears in town and requests that the remaining girls model in the show in honor of her deceased daughter.
It's Emily's moving day, while Hanna worries about Caleb's wheelings and dealings. Aria is concerned about a party that both Ezra and Jason are invited to and Toby reacts to a discovery about Spencer.
The pressures upon Emily come to a head when her father shows up for one of her biggest swim meets, and she winds up in the hospital. Meanwhile Hanna is dealing with her Dad's upcoming wedding and the possibility of Caleb leaving town.
Since Jason DiLaurentis came back to Rosewood, there have been a lot of questions about him. Some don't trust him and are suspicious of his motives for returning, while others see him in a different light. Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer are no different. Spencer is determined to find out what Jason is hiding at his house and decides to finally get some answers.
Aria is finding it hard to believe Spencer and Emily's revelation about Jason all the while dealing with her feelings for him. Hanna tries to play nice with her future stepsister. Meanwhile, "A" continues to torment Emily trying to push her to a breakdown.
Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer finally decide it is time to tell someone about "A." Meanwhile, Hanna's infamous grandmother drops into town for Tom's rehearsal dinner.
Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer have made a crucial mistake - they told someone about "A" and now they must pay the price. With the clock ticking and "A" calling the shots, the girls are sent on missions to do "A's" bidding in order to save their trusted confidant.
In the Halloween event set before Ali died, It's Halloween and Ali is keeping a big secret from Aria, Emily, Hannah and Spencer who all have secrets of their own.
A month has passed on "Pretty Little Liars" since Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer were arrested and a lot has changed in Rosewood, and with the girls. No longer the mighty four best friends, the Liars are at each others' throats and Emily has been iced out completely.
The girls have never been closer to discovering "A"'s identity and ask Caleb to use his hacker abilities to help them. The plan goes awry when Hanna doesn't see eye to eye with the girls' request and instead plans a surprise party for Caleb at the Hastings' lake house.
When Lucas goes missing Caleb searches tenaciously while Hanna hesitates because she doesn't want it to lead to Caleb's discovery of "A".
Aria is desperate to get Ezra to return her calls, while Hanna begs the girls to stop using Caleb as a researcher for "A". Meanwhile Spencer attempts to fend off Toby's attempts at salvaging their relationship.
After putting her foot down about Caleb with her friends, Hanna begins to feel that she is getting the cold shoulder from them. Aria, Emily and Spencer seem to be up to something, but she can't quite seem to figure out what it is.
Rosewood High's \"Truth-Up Day,\" is not just an opportunity for the students of the school to air their grievances and stop bullying, but also a chance for Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer to get answers to some burning questions.
Caleb\'s involvement in cracking \"A\'s\" phone has had Hanna worried from day one and now \"A\" is determined to punish him for it. With Det. Wilden and Garrett now circling Caleb on bogus hacking charges and in possession of his computer, Hanna and her friends are convinced that this won\'t end well.
Meanwhile, Spencer runs from her family troubles right into Wren's arms, as Ezra's new opportunity could push him away from Aria.
One father has a guilty conscience, one has a daughter he doesn't trust, one is hiding a secret from his daughter and the other father is MIA - all-in-all it is not the ideal time for Rosewood's annual Father-Daughter Dance. With fathers looking to make amends and daughters trying to keep the peace, the annual dance looks to be anything but fun.
The Liars don't know what they're in for when they meet Duncan, a boy from Ali's past. Meanwhile Toby strolls back into town, and Jason leaves the girls with a treasure: a box of Ali's old belongings.
Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer search for the meaning of new clues leads them to a doll hospital that holds some very familiar looking dolls and a little boy that knows more than he leads onto. But what would bring Ali to such a creepy and weird location on her hunt for "A?" And what can the four girls learn about the secrets that are stashed away on the shelves between forgotten playmates?
Meanwhile, Jenna's surgery brings about more than just the possibility of regaining her sight.
Rosewood's Junior League Masquerade Gala is the perfect setting for "A's" next game of cat and mouse with his/her favorite targets. But with Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer fast on his/her heels, will this game be "A's" last?