If a mystery is defined as “anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown,” then Pretty Little Liars isn’t about a mystery—or 20—but rather, the show itself is a mystery.
For more than four seasons, there has been one central question: Who is “A”? That’s what viewers want to know. Along the way, we’ve also asked smaller things like, “Is Ali alive?” “Who is board shorts?” “What does the N.A.T. Club have to do with any of it?” And yet, six episodes into season 5, we still don’t know the true mastermind behind the “A” team. Sure, there was Mona, and Toby was involved at one point, and then you had Shana, but what this episode proved is that “A” still has just as much momentum as ever. Honestly, “A” might be more on top of his or her game than ever before. And thankfully, as “A” progresses, so does the show.