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Pretty Little Liars

★ 7.3 190K votes 2010–2017 7 seasons · 160 episodes Ended ABC Family
Fumbled the FinaleSeries finale "Til DeAth Do Us PArt" scored 5.4, against the show's 7.8 average.
Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 10/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 10/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 9/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 9/10Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10Suburban underbellyDark currents beneath tidy suburban surfaces.This show: 7/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Troian BellisarioAshley BensonLucy HaleShay MitchellSasha PieterseIan Harding
Written by
I. Marlene King
Starring
Troian BellisarioAshley BensonLucy HaleShay MitchellSasha PieterseIan Harding
Written by
I. Marlene King
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About

"Addictive paranoia dressed up as teen soap"

Four friends are stalked by a mysterious figure named "A" who threatens to expose their secrets after their queen-bee friend disappears and turns up dead. What starts as a small-town mystery becomes a sprawling web of blackmail, romance, and shifting suspects. It's soapy, glossy teen drama with genuine hooks: the paranoia is contagious, the twists keep escalating, and the friendships feel real even as the plotting gets increasingly baroque. Best enjoyed as a binge-able guilty pleasure rather than a tightly plotted mystery, since answers often raise more questions than they resolve.

Watch it for

the twisty, escalating mystery of who's tormenting these girls and why.

Maybe skip if

you need mysteries to have airtight, consistent answers by the end.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12010
7.827K2219h 24m
Rosewood is a perfect little town with a great many secrets, the ugliest of which belong to the four prettiest girls in town: Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily, friends whose darkest secrets are about to unravel. One year ago, Alison, the Queen Bee of the group, disappeared, and the girls stopped being each other's BFFs. Now they start getting messages from "A" saying things only Alison would know. "A" spills their secrets, watches their every move and makes some very scary threats. The girls reunite to discover what's going on: Is Alison back or is "A" someone else altogether? Share the mystery with the complete Season One of the enthralling new series based upon the New York Times bestselling series by Sara Shepard.
Season 22011
8.125K2518h 31m
Season two begins moments after the explosive season one finale and the girls are the talk of the town. Surprises and challenges will be in store for each, and "A" may succeed in her quest. Emily, Hanna, Spencer, and Aria are crumbling under the constant pressure of A's relentless texts and the knowledge that A inexplicably knows every little detail of their lives, including their thoughts, and is watching and anticipating the girls' every move. Spencer's family is falling apart. Aria and Ezra's relationship gets even more complicated, and Aria's brother Mike finds himself in trouble with the law, while their parents find themselves tested like never before.
Season 32012
8.122K2417h 31m
Season 42013
7.921K2417h 38m
Season 52014
7.920K2518h 1m
Season 62015
7.119K2014h 17m
The girls may have gotten out of the Dollhouse but what happened to them during their time of captivity has lasting effects. With worried loved ones watching over them, the PLLs are home and trying to heal, with not much success. Even with suspected tormentor Andrew in custody, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer fear they are far from safe. Meanwhile, Alison must deal with her past indiscretions and her notoriety around Rosewood.
Season 72016
7.315K2014h 48m
After Hanna's shocking abduction by "Uber A", the PLLs and company desperately race against the clock to save one of their own. The only way to do this is by handing over evidence of Charlotte's real murderer to "Uber A". In order to do so, the girls must decide what blatant lines they are willing to cross that they have never breached before; and once they cross that line, there is no turning back.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Troian Bellisario Spencer Hastings
Ashley Benson Hanna Marin
Lucy Hale Aria Montgomery
Shay Mitchell Emily Fields
Sasha Pieterse Alison DiLaurentis, Alison Rollins
Ian Harding Ezra Fitz
Laura Leighton Ashley Marin
Janel Parrish Mona Vanderwaal
Tyler Blackburn Caleb Rivers
Keegan Allen Toby Cavanaugh, Officer Toby Cavanaugh

Crew

I. Marlene King

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