Who is alisons killer

In true Nancy Drew fashion, Spencer was the one to spell it out for the audience: "A. And poor Alison even had flashbacks to the violating procedure!

Sinister Sister: Remember way back in season four when Alison's mom, Jessica DiLaurentis, was being buried in the Hastings backyard by an un-seen murderer? Well, now we finally know who was wielding that shovel: Mary Drake! Spencer's dad returned to Rosewood just in time to reveal the sinister, sister-killing truth: "[Mary] wanted [Jessica] to pay, she wanted her dead and when I refused to help, she turned on me too," he explained to Spencer.

She killed Jessica and did everything she could to frame me for it. The final scene shows a flashback the night Alison went missing. Her hand emerges from the ground. However, this time it's revealed someone tried to pull her out. Toby has a flashback of Alison at his home , where he is showing her his toy car collection. They have an intimate moment that leads to and almost kiss.

But they are interrupted when Toby's mom walks in, having just woke up. She looks tired and unhealthy and Toby tells her it's already four in the afternoon. She looks surprised and goes to make him a snack. Alison tells Toby his mother is lazy and he gets mad and orders her to leave. On her way out, she calls Toby a loser. Jessica DiLaurentis has a flashback of a time when Alison and her were having lunch. They are sitting outside when she tells her daughter that the blouse was revealing and Alison said she was happy with the yellow one.

Alison begs her mother to let her friends and her stay down at the shore for their sleepover. Jessica says no and Alison explains that her friends are falling apart, and that they need this. She once again says no and Alison holds her breath while staring at her mother intensely.

Jessica tells her to stop , even knocking her drink over in the process. She finally gives in and says they can stay for one night only. Alison smirks and breathes out. Aria talks to Hector Lime , the man who made the "Alison" masks, and demands to know if she came with someone. He said she was always alone He has a flashback of the last time he saw her.

Alison angrily stormed in his shop and demanded her money she earned for modeling. Hector tells her that he's waiting to get paid so he can pay her.

Alison, who appears to be in a rush, tells him to give her whatever he has. She then asks the quickest way to Route He tells her and she runs out before jumping in the passenger seat of a black car. The car drives away, as Hector watches. When pressed by Aria if he saw who was driving, Hector claims it was a bad angle, and he couldn't see who was driving.

The Mirror Has Three Faces. Spencer and Hanna ask Mrs. DiLaurentis if she knew a Dr. DiLaurentis says she only knew him the one time, and then has a flashback. Alison was playing the piano, when an angry Mrs. DiLaurentis enters the room. She slams the fall board down, almost chopping Alison's fingers off.

A shocked Alison asks why her mother was having a hemorrhage, and Jessica says she got a call from Radley saying Alison wanted to check herself in, saying she wanted to hurt herself. DiLaurentis hurried to Radley, but when she got there, it wasn't Alison It was CeCe Drake. Alison looks stunned and tells her that she didn't think she would have actually done it. Jessica says to enjoy it, because this is the last stunt they will play together.

She proceeds to tell her that the friendship is "toxic. Bring Down the Hoe. Emily sees a shade of blue nail polish on Alison's vanity and has a flashback. Alison was painting Emily's toes that same shade in her bedroom. She tells Emily that she needs to break up with Ben Coogan , because she knows he doesn't make her happy.

Emily says that she doesn't want to hurt him, and Alison says she has to stop trying to please everyone but herself. She says you have to go for what you want, otherwise you just end up with "mushy squash. Emily says that's terrible, and Alison mentions that one of her friends asked her to do it.

She then reveals that the guy pulled a gun on her. Emily asks if he goes to their school, and Alison replies "He doesn't go to our school The girls find out there are two Red Coats, one of them being CeCe. They believe the other is Alison, who appears to be helping her old friends; she saved Emily's life from the sawmill, and she led the girls to A's main lair.

A female eye is shown spying on them in the lair. Carla Grunwald talks to the liars, and reveals she did know Alison. She said that she has a sense of knowing things, and Alison would call her saying she is in trouble and is afraid of "A.

Carla drove to Rosewood and went to her backyard. When she arrived there, Alison's hand was coming out of the ground. Carla pulled Alison out of the ground, confirming Alison is indeed alive. Alison was crying and seemed very confused. She drove Alison to a hospital, and Carla ran in to get help. When she returned, Alison was gone. Carla says that Alison does not want to be found, not just yet.

Carla also says they need to leave Ravenswood, because "he" is watching them, hoping that they will lead "him" to Alison. The Liars find out Alison will be at a celebration Ravenswood is having, and must race to find her before "He" does. The girls dressed in their old-fashioned costumes, go to the celebration at the Ravenswood Cemetery in search of Alison.

They later see Red Coat running into a crypt. The girls follow her, but she disappears before they could catch her. They watch her from behind as she slowly takes off her hood and turns around. It is Alison. She asks them if they missed her, and then tells them that it still isn't safe yet. Emily asks Alison not to leave again, and she reveals that she wants to come home, but she needs their help. Then she tells Hanna to remember what she told her in the hospital Moments Later.

A light comes up behind the liars and she motions for them to be quiet. They turn around to see Ezra. He claims that Aria left her phone is his car and hands it to her, looking behind them. They all turn around. Alison is gone.

Emily is sleeping with her window wide open. Alison walks through the window, waking Emily up. Alison tells Emily how much she missed her, but Emily doesn't want to hear it. Emily says that she has been here the whole time, Ali is the one who was gone. Emily tells Alison she destroyed her because she thought she was dead. Alison picks up her journal on Emily's bed. Alison says she thought she was being smart, writing everything down in a journal.

Alison tells Emily she wants her help because she always saw the good in her. Emily says she doesn't see that anymore. Ali notices the Jenna-Thing string bracelet on her wrist, and is shocked to see she still wears it.

Emily wakes up from her dream. The Liars realize Ali used fake names in her journal. They read one story titled "The Cradle Robber". Hanna admits she is the Cradle Robber, and has a flashback to a time the girls were having a sleepover at Aria's. Alison had caught Hanna and Mike together, and tells her how wrong and gross it is. Hanna says "He was nice to me"! He just wanted to feel your boobs.

And you let him. Alison says "That doesn't mean you have to settle for being a Cradle Robber". Hanna begs Alison not tell Aria, and Alison agrees not to. Alison tells Hanna she will find someone who will love her exactly for who she is. It may just take her longer than the rest of them, that's all. Emily finds out Shana has been helping Alison, because they were childhood friends.

Emily asks for proof, and Shana tells her things only Alison would know. For example, Shana recited the exact conversation Emily and Ali had when Ali pulled her out of the barn, revealing Alison really did save Emily.

Shana tells Emily that Alison wants to meet Emily. That night, Shana drives Ali to an abandoned warehouse. Emily turns around, and Alison is there. They hug, and Emily begs Alison to come back. Alison says she doesn't know who she can trust.

Emily asks who she is hiding from, and Alison replies, "I thought I knew Ali says she trusts Emily, but is not so sure about the others. They hear a noise, and a scared Ali takes off to the elevators. Emily sees that it's Spencer. Emily runs after Ali, but it's too late. Spencer is reading a story in Ali's journal, titled "The Hart and the Huntsman". Spencer visualizes the story in her head, and we see Alison on a date. We do not see who she is talking to.

Spencer is playing "The Huntsman". Alison says to the man "So Spencer reads the mans dialogue. Alison asks what is wrong with it. The man says her story is only going to get more distinctive as she grows up. The man says. Alison then comments on what he ordered: Boysenberry Pie with beer. Alison says she might write a story about this very moment. She leans in and kisses the man.

Later, Spencer goes to the bar Alison and Board Shorts went to. Spencer has the same flashback of Alison's date, but realizes the man she was with was Ezra. We see Alison in a phone booth. She is talking to Shana. Alison asks Shana if she "can get it". Later, Shana asks Emily if she can get something for Ali.

There is something behind the French Twins poster in Alison's bedroom that Ali needs. Emily retrieves it, and it is a lot of money. Shana asks Emily to meet her later so Emily can give the money to Shana. Shana never shows, because "A" attacks Shana and she wakes up in her car. Ali calls Shana and asks if she got the money. Shana looks and sees the Rosewood Sign that reads "You are now leaving Rosewood.

Please come back again". However, "A" crossed out "please" with red paint and wrote "Don't". Shana gasps and hangs up before taking off. Alison tried to look through her wallet for some money, only having a couple of dollars. She stares at a picture of herself with the other liars. Alison gets on a bus, and cries. Thanks to Spencer's drug use, she has a dream that transports her and everyone to a black-and-white noir film world. In this dream, Spencer, dressed in her black and white attire, turns around and sees Alison.

Alison is staring a painting of herself that is unusually hanging on Spencer's wall. Ali is wearing the same dress and pose as the painting has.

Spencer gets mad at Ali and demands when she will get answers. Alison laughs in her face about how pathetic Spencer's drug use is. Alison says to Spencer "Maybe you're the one I should be afraid of". Alison vanishes. Later, the girls find Ali working at a nightclub. Ali is being her bitchy self. Alison says Spencer is bossy, and claims Spencer tried to kill her once.

Spencer says "lets see how long you last out here without us". Spencer claims Alison is setting them up for something. Ali asks Aria if Spencer told her. Aria looks confused, when a gunshot is heard.

They all run and hear Ezra's voice. However, it's actually Toby who says he hit Ezra with his car. Ali is gone. She's Come Undone. Spencer steals papers from Ezra's apartment. After their argument inside Spencer's house, Ali storms out. Spencer follows, angrily yelling at Ali to stop. Alison says that they are over. Spencer grabs a shovel and Ali yells "You are way out of your league, Spencer"! Spencer lifts the shovel, and says "Am I? You sure about that? Alison looks a bit scared and says "Why don't you put that thing down before you hurt yourself".

Spencer doesn't remember what happened next, but the paper says Mrs. DiLaurentis also witnessed the fight and paid CeCe not to tell. Spencer fears she could have been the one who tried to kill Alison. In a flashback, Jason was on the couch, when Alison and Jessica walk through the door. They are talking about "A". Ali, who appears to be scared, says the notes are anonymous and Jessica tells Ali she thinks it's Spencer. She tells Alison to defend herself and to smoke Spencer out.

Jason reveals himself and Jessica asks how long he was there. Jason smirks in response. Veronica has a flashback of a time when Spencer was using drugs for the first time. Spencer and Melissa had gotten into a huge argument and trashed each others things. Alison walks up to Veronica who is outside cleaning up the huge mess. She is visibly upset. Alison asks to help, but Veronica tells her to leave. Veronica says she doesn't understand what's happening to her family.

Alison says she wishes she knew too. Alison turns to leave, when she sees a sick-looking Spencer staring at her. Emily and Hanna sneak into Alison's room and manage to log into an email she was using.

They message Ali, and Alison calls them, asking how they found her. She tells them to meet her, giving an address. The liars go to that address, and try to find Ali. She sits down with them and tells them everything that happened the night she went missing. From Hilton with Ian to blackmailing Jenna in Philadelphia. After she gets a death threat from "A," Alison decides to find out who "A" was that night.

Ezra confronts her about lying t him about her age when they dated and asks not tot find him again. When the Liars are ruled out, she confronts Ian about his videos where he tells her that revealing will "bring everybody down. She went home thinking it was finally over, but someone hits her from behind with a rock and her mother buries her thinking that she's dead. Alison confirms that Carla Grunwald pulled her from the ground. Alison ran from her because she was scared. Alison is walking aimlessly, until Mona picked her up.

Mona gives her the idea to disappear and in return, she gave Mona tips on changing her look. Back to the present, someone id shooting at the Liars and they are chased up the rooftop.

Ezra appears and begins to fight "A", claiming he knows who it is. Hanna grabs the gun and they all yell for shim to take off the mask. The girls see in horror that Ezra has been shot. EscApe From New York. Afraid of being seen in the public eye, Alison watches Ezra being loaded into an ambulance from a balcony above. With height giving her an advantage, Alison notices 'A' lying flat on the top of the ambulance as it drives away. As the police drive past and break the flash mob up, Alison tells the other girls A was one step ahead of them.

Eventually, she meets up with CeCe and Noel. She gives CeCe her passport and her plane ticket. As the girls run out onto the stage, the lights in the Theater go out and Shana walks onto the stage with a gun. Shana tells them they she thought she had them all locked in the lodge, but Alison was late to the party. After Aria knocks Shana of the stage, killing her, Hanna embraces an upset Alison.

Arriving back in Rosewood, Alison hesitates as she gets off the bus, but Emily manages to convince her to take the final few steps. She goes on t say that she escaped her captor in Ravenswood and the girls hid her in the woods, in a shed that they all used to hang out in. Before Holbrook can press any further questions, Mr.

DiLaurentis arrives, reuniting Alison with her father. At home, she gets a text message, "the truth will bury you in a New York minute. Later, Alison sneaks at the Mausoleum saying goodbye to the girl who was buried in her grave, when Mona comes up behind her. Alison tells Mona that she can't be the person in hiding anymore and offer her hand in friendship. Mona then tells Alison that she was the one who sent the text message and threatens to make her life horrible.

As Jessica's body is lifted from the shallow grave and zipped into a body bag, a hooded Alison silently weeps by herself. Surfing the Aftershocks. She ignores everything and everyone around her until the day of the funeral. At funeral home, Alison relates a story to Hanna on how Jessica would drag her along to all her relatives' funerals. She tells Aria about Mona's threat and fears the outcome if she returns to Rosewood High.

She reads Ezra's manuscript and she asks Ezra if he left and he confirms it. She also thanks him for helping her and girls in New York. Peter Hastings notices her walking alone and calls out to her and offers her a ride home. Thrown From The Ride. Alison is having her medical exam, where the doctor tells her she has quite powerful lungs, before asking her to tilt her head so he can take a lot at the place where she was injured.

The doctor notices a scar on her thigh. She claims it happened when she escaped though the doctor does not quite believe her. She gives the girls a tape recorder of statements the girls had to memorize for when the police start asking more questions. Jessica has low blood pressure and the pills in her system were the wrong ones and they stopped her heart. You can do this". At school, she walks in with the girls with her head held against any odds. After school, she is at Emily's house where she confesses to Emily that not all of her kisses to her were just practice leaving Emily confused.

At the church, Mona confronts her with the New York incident and tells her to leave again. Alison is not deterred claiming if Mona had proof, she would've done something by now. So goes on to tell her she's afraid because it long until her army is won over. Angry and upset, Mona slaps Alison. Recovering from Mona's hit, Alison slaps her back, cutting her face and demands Mona to leave her alone before she turns and walks from the Church.

She tells the Liars what happened leaving out much of the argument. The next day, Mona shows people a fabricated video of Alison hitting her intentionally.

She pleads with the other girls that Mona has found a lot of ways to make them believe things were real when they're not. Emily tells Alison that maybe Mona deserved the slap, but Alison went out of her way to lie to them, again. After discovering who died in her place, she and the girls get a new message from "A" after Toby's house explodes. The Liars' cell phones are beeping and ringing with an incoming text message, and Alison says that it is from A, and when Ezra asks what it says, Aria reads it out loud, "Did you miss me, bitches.

A second explosion inside the Cavanaugh house occurs leaving Alison and the others ducking for cover. You get the idea. Were some of those killings accidental? But others, not so much. Oh yeah, Shana also caused that Thornhill Lodge fire that almost killed them all. Seeing as the identity of the twins' mother — who is said to have died by suicide years prior to when the show takes place — has yet to be confirmed, this latest revelation could be a clue that Clara is actually their mom.

Aside from the newly discovered photos of Bruce and Clara together, there's also the fact that the latter is the one who finds and holds onto Lennon's body after she's dumped in the cave.

A possible theory floating around is that because of Clara's cult life, she was forced to abandon Alison and Lennon, so Bruce had to create a cover-up story about their mother's death to protect the twins. There are still a lot of hazy details around Clara and her story, but she clearly plays a central role in this complex chain of events. Is she really the twins' mother?