'Pretty Little Liars' Halloween Special: [Spoiler] Is Killed On The 'A' Train

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Plus, Aria learns a potentially twisted family secret relating to Alison’s death!

Fact: No one does Halloween like the good people of Rosewood. The Oct. 23 episode of Pretty Little Liars found our girls narrowly dodging death, while rocking killer costumes and grooving out to the musical stylings of Mr. Adam Lambert. Of course, not everyone enjoyed their ride on the “A” Train, as one character did come to an untimely end. Drumroll please…

It was Garrett (Yani Gellman). We’re not sure exactly how he died, or who killed him, but we do know that “A” trapped Aria (Lucy Hale) in a box with his corpse — which may have been the most disturbing moment in this show’s history.

But before Garrett died, he dropped a little knowledge on Spencer (Troian Bellisario): He swears he really didn’t kill Alison. Jenna (Tammin Sursok) wanted her dead, so he pretended to hit her with the lacrosse stick, then later spotted her having an intense chat with Byron (Chad Lowe) behind a tree. Seriously, you can’t even trust trees in this town!

Who’s that ghost?

But not all of the action went down on the train. Back at the Marin residence, Ashley (Laura Leighton) and that sexy priest were facing their own little dilemma: One of the trick-or-treaters, a creepy little girl in a nightgown, wouldn’t leave their house. She kept talking about how her sister doesn’t like her, and how she’s always trying to make her look bad.

Am I crazy for thinking that — somehow — that little girl was young Alison? Or young Alison’s twin, if we’re going by the original book series? Don’t forget that last year’s Halloween special opened with a huge reference to Ali’s twin sister, so unless proven otherwise, I’m not ruling that out as a possibility.

The little things:

While I enjoyed the tricks “A” had in store for us this week, I also enjoyed the treats we got from each of the couples in their quiet moments. Example: I loved the scene where Paige (Lindsey Shaw) poured her heart out to Emily (Shay Mitchell). It was a really vulnerable side of Paige that we don’t get to see very often, and she and Emily are pretty adorable together.

I also loved Hanna (Ashley Benson) and Caleb’s (Tyler Blackburn) reunion on the train. As the couple with the best collective hair on the show, they should always be standing outside in strong winds. Always.

Burning questions:

1. Who did Aria stab with that screwdriver while she was in the box? Was it Toby (Keegan Allen)? When new episodes start again in January, keep an eye out for someone with a sudden hand injury!

2. Who (or what) was crawling out of the grave at the end of the episode?

3. Does Ezra (Ian Harding) know something we don’t? He was making crazy eyes when he finally arrived on the train — like, even more than his usual “s**t, I don’t want to go to jail” eyes.

4. Do you think Byron was more ‘involved’ with Alison (Sasha Pieterse) than anyone knew?

OK, it’s your turn to talk: Drop me a comment with your personal review of the Halloween special, as well as any answers you think you may have to my burning questions!

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I really think that Ali is alive and thats her twin like in the books. Esp if you go back to the episode where Hanna swore she saw Ali standing outside the door. Come on! I also believe that Ezra is somehow apart of it all. God I cant wait for it to start back up its driving me crazy. Im a huge PLL fanatic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I honestly think that the person we least think is A everyone already thinks its aria like wtf? I really dont think big A is aria shes just to sweet and really there isnt a real purpose behind her being A I mean the girls never did anything to her. Now if I had to pick one of the girls who could be A i would say Hannah has more potential then any of them. just because she was best freggin friends with mona like how can u not realize your bestfriend is a psycopath? I think I’d realize it. and the girls always use to make fun of her because she was big. Im probably wrong! but just thought I’d share my opinion

well i do think that aria is a because when they are on they are on the train A is wrote on the window and a is the same letter that starts with her nam and Aria knows that Ali and who ever A is has a deep secret on all thepll girls.

aria may be too sweet but thats just an opinion.she could really be mean on the outside, like it was just an act. mona was sweet, but she turned up on the A team. but i really dont see how A could be Aria. how could she be sending all of those text to everyone+herself if shes with the pll girls?

I can’t wait to see what happens next, follow @noyerwithanr for pll tweets

I don’t think that girl was Alison’s twin, but maybe her little sister, another person she likes to torment…

My theories for the questions:

1. There was a couple trying to push Aria off the train… Maybe it was either Mona and Toby or Jenna and Noel.

2. Honestly, I have no idea about that. I’m sorry if I’m offending the show somehow, but that was so supernatural that it could be a little ridiculous… unless there is a very good plot behind this all.

3. Ezra and Aria… There are a lot of things in fanmade videos on the internet that accuse them of being A. And they’re pretty convincing. This is just one more of them. Aria is the one who most gets targeted by the guessers…

4. My theory is that Byron was being blackmailed by Alison just like Peter Hastings was… Maybe she was using the fact that he was cheating on his wife with Meredith…

A lot of things to think through…

as aria heard the voices from “A” toby and jenna were talking to each other about jennas costume remember? i get how jenna could have been on the train because she ran away from the mental hospital.