Pretty Little Liars Episodes 61 & 62: Return of the Queen

Dead Ends

Our problematic fave returns to high school and we couldn't be more excited to welcome her back. We revel in the disparate reactions to Mona's return, the audience having more knowledge on the A team than the characters, and guessing at other people's involvement. We also discuss Aria's no good very bad day, Byron getting more and more suspicious, Paige reckoning with the being part of PLL and a turning point for Meredith. We also get reflective on theory crafting and being a fan theorist.
Episode 33 content warnings: bullying, stalking, violence, assault, mental health, grooming

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Chapters

1. Content Warning (00:00:00)

2. Double Mona Episode! (00:00:26)

3. Show Excitement & Theory Creation (00:01:30)

4. Episode 61 recap (00:08:26)

5. Emily’s house arrest (00:31:51)

6. Aria coming to terms with Byron (00:32:44)

7. Mona’s warm welcome (00:33:18)

8. Rosewood High faculty (00:34:30)

9. Mona whispering to Lucas & locker bullying (00:35:08)

10. Baby Gift (00:36:56)

11. Mona back at school (00:37:42)

12. Spying on Spencer (00:39:18)

13. Byron’s a bad liar (00:40:48)

14. Fitz’s boring plot line (00:42:08)

15. Support the troops (00:44:11)

16. Harold (00:45:12)

17. Byron jumping to conclusions (00:46:09)

18. Jason’s angle (00:47:17)

19. A the bike vandal (00:48:30)

20. Episode 62 recap (00:49:41)

21. Where’s Harold? (01:10:58)

22. Lucas & the explosion (01:11:20)

23. Brenton’s Childhood bedroom (01:14:14)

24. Mona vs Spencer (01:16:07)

25. Meredith’s Story (01:18:44)

26. Paige being the normal one (01:20:58)

27. Mona’s scheming (01:23:49)

28. When will the liars know about Toby? (01:25:38)

29. Jason & Mona? (01:26:06)

30. Brenton’s Theory Corner (01:28:22)

31. Future episode hype (01:34:32)

32. Plugs (01:36:31)