‘Pretty Little Liars’: 5 Burning Questions From The Season 3 Finale

Wed, March 20, 2013 1:29pm EDT by 28 Comments 47,108 Article Views
Pretty Little Liars Finale Theories
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So many questions, so few answers. Help us decipher five of last night’s biggest revelAtions!

Like all good season finales, the March 19 episode of Pretty Little Liars answered the biggest questions lingering on fans’ minds, while also introducing a million new ones to ponder during the hiatus. HollywoodLife.com picked our top five burning questions from last night’s mind-blowing finale, and we’d love to hear your theories.

1. Who Set The Fire?

Toby (Keegan Allen) is most likely going to take the fall for lighting the house on fire — the arsonist gave him the lighter once the deed was done — but I’m pretty sure he’s not the guilty party. So who is? Alison (Sasha Pieterse) pulled the girls, including Mona (Janel Parrish), out of the burning building, so I don’t think it’s her. Could it be Jenna (Tammin Sursok) or Shana (Arielle Miranda)?

2. What (Or Who) Is In The Trunk?

The final shot of the finale — if you ignore Alison literally pulling someone out of the ground — was of the girls opening Wilden’s trunk and gasping. ”Yep I know what’s/who’s in the trunk,” Nia Peeples — who plays Emily’s mom — tweeted. “Can’t tell you!”

Considering it could be a person, my money is on Jason (Drew Van Acker). Did we ever see him after his body went missing from the hospital? Did anybody even look for him? He was the only surviving member of the N.A.T. club, so he’s always been a target.

3. What’s Wilden’s Connection To Shana & Jenna?

Does Wilden (Bryce Johnson) know everyone in town? After being connected to Alison and CeCe (Vanessa Ray), the finale revealed that Jenna and Shana also know him, as they were filmed carrying his body away after Hanna’s mom ran him over. What’s going on here?!

Bonus question: How is Melissa (Torrey DeVitto) connected to the other girls?

4. Are Jenna & Shana Together?

Did anyone else feel sparks when Jenna and Shana held hands in the woods? Shana may have been comforting her (apparent) friend as she prepared to lose her sight again, but considering half the girls on this show are lesbians — or at least bisexual — would it really be that surprising to find out there was something going on there?

5. Are Toby & Mona Not-So-Bad After All?

Toby told Spencer (Troian Bellisario) that everything he was to keep her safe, but if you look back on some of the acts he committed as “A,” they were pretty heinous. As for Mona, she admitted she had no idea who the girl in the red coat was, leading the girls to believe she might not be all bad.

But who’s really telling the truth? Don’t forget: Toby and Mona are both A+ liars.

HollywoodLifers, we’ve got three months to go before the fourth season starts, so drop some comments with your best theories!

— Andy Swift

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Mercédesz Jaczina (@miathebest0331)

Posted at 9:32 AM on March 23, 2013  

I KNOW WHO SET THE FIRE!!!
There are clues about it in the finale!! It was Shana!
Clue number 1: At 9:37 Jenna told Shana: -They all will be together this Friday! You know what you have to do!
Clue number 2: At 17:53 Melissa gave Shana an invitation card! And the fire has been set with what??? With an invitation card!

Question answered:)

P.S.: Sorry for my grammar errors but I’m from Hungary:)

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Trissette Fernando

Posted at 7:49 AM on March 22, 2013  

lets just get something straight mona is lying when she said she hadnt met red coat because duh! in 2×25 mona said to her “ive done everything you asked” in the finale scene….so pretty much shes evil and cant be trusted

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dartangnonlassy

Posted at 6:30 PM on March 21, 2013  

Alison is alive as I had to assume given all the build up and I really want to get to know this character beyond the occasional flashback. It does not surprise me that Toby has been assuming the initial A and torturing his beloved and her friends, but I was really hoping A would be a total surprise. This is exactly why I love this show; the writer’s keep it interesting. I’ve started working nights at my job a DISH, which makes it a little harder to catch weekly episodes. By putting DISH Anywhere on my tablet, I now have access to all my live and recorded programming. Even though I ‘m working, I don’t have to worry about missing any of my shows because I can watch them on my lunch break.

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A

Posted at 4:25 PM on March 21, 2013  

On another note, Toby is getting more gorgeous every episode!

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Anum

Posted at 11:22 AM on March 27, 2013  

totally agree

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A

Posted at 4:23 PM on March 21, 2013  

I love this show but I am so tired of it. It’s now becoming so predictable and unrealistic. Gee whiz the town is only 5 mins big, it shouldn’t take that long to figure it out. I would’ve gave up on finding out who the bish A is a long time ago.

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Juliana

Posted at 2:59 AM on March 21, 2013  

The producers announced that its NOT the same story as the book.. Idk if its true but we’ll see..

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Trissette Fernando

Posted at 7:51 AM on March 22, 2013  

yes the produces did say that but if you read any of the books you may have noticed the series very sutlerly follows along with it and pretty much is the same but its so suttle that no one really notcies that much

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amanda henry

Posted at 2:52 AM on March 21, 2013  

I guarantee it was toby pulling someone out of the ground. .the lighter had a compass drawn on it and it looked crooked like it was pointing somewhwere like the direction he needed to go to find the person. Also bet alison had a twin.. ive said since the first season that she wasn’t deadand watch it will be her twin the got killed or something along those lines.

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alice

Posted at 2:18 AM on March 21, 2013  

it was da most amzing shit everrrr

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akire

Posted at 12:00 AM on March 21, 2013  

why do you think it’s Ali that’s pulling someone out of the ground? I thought that was her IN the ground…?

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alice

Posted at 2:23 AM on March 21, 2013  

nope its Courtney and Alison. this confuses me as it was meant to be Courtney in the ground and Ali who put her there, assuming they are using the twin theory like in the books.

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A

Posted at 4:26 PM on March 21, 2013  

Yeah I thought it was Ali in the ground too.

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MariiGoldd

Posted at 7:57 PM on March 20, 2013  

I think that the twin story is being applied to the show. There could be two red-coats! Alison and Courtney, from what we know there is definatley someone who hates the girls maybe its Courtney! And maybe she thought she killed Alison. But Alison was the one being taken out of the ground by someone maybe even Toby. Alison pulled the girls out of the fire and ran away so she wouldn’t get caught (by Courtney, maybe Alison’s plan is to take her down). We can obviously see that Alison does care about the girls so she mustn’t be BigA and Courtney’s motif for the girls is to probably bring down Alison and her friends. From the Halloween episode about the twins, maybe Courtney is crazy.

That’s my theory so far! But can’t wait for season 4!

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deana

Posted at 9:10 PM on March 24, 2013  

ali does care about the girls and then why did she pull them out of the fire…

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Alivia Schulte

Posted at 12:48 PM on April 2, 2013  

But Ali Killed Courtney

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Annoyed

Posted at 7:56 PM on March 20, 2013  

How are we supposed to do anything on your website with all those ads that i cant stop or mute. Very annoying

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ada

Posted at 5:59 PM on March 20, 2013  

i think that the red coat is really allison, and she was trying to save her friends from the a-team. that’s why she blackmailled toby, mona and the others people who helped her. “a” is a team formed of melissa, jenna, shana, wilden, cece and others. ali knows something about them and they want her out of their lives.

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Kimberlyn

Posted at 5:48 PM on March 20, 2013  

Ugh! Even though i know the ending of the story i cant wait for season 4!! Now i knew who the girl in the red coat was the whole time (NOT ali) but im excited to see whos in the trunk. im like 80% sure that it was either jenna or shana who set the house on fire, i would say melissa but spencer is her SISTER i dont think she would kill her. but maybe.. hell with this show you never know. I know melissa and shana and jenna arent working with A because they locked them into the house with mona which is part of the A team, and the girl in the red coat pulled them out so she didn’t want them dead. I know why the girl in the red coat wants the girls punished, though. Good luck finding out. Or you could just read the books. Or go on google lol. HURRY UP SEASON 4

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elizanboo

Posted at 8:10 PM on March 21, 2013  

I feel like I need to scream this when I read comments :”Just because you read the BOOKS doesnt mean you know how the SHOW will end”. lol. Look at the vampire diaries. Shows rarely completely or even kind of follow the books they were based on besides general character traits.

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Nairobi Oceanna Lewis

Posted at 5:48 PM on March 20, 2013  

i dont know what to say about all of this

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Caroline

Posted at 5:28 PM on March 20, 2013  

In the season 2 Halloween episode Wilden is talking to Jenna at Noel’s party.

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elizanboo

Posted at 8:10 PM on March 21, 2013  

valid observation. Thanks

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Juliana

Posted at 4:45 PM on March 20, 2013  

We’ll when Mona was in radly the person in the red coat was visiting her. So most likely she’s lying.. And wasn’t shauna the girl that Paige met up with at the bar and the costume shop?? Hmm…

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Jennifer

Posted at 3:56 PM on March 20, 2013  

And what about Melissa?! She was in the NAT club and looking very suspicious!

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Kali

Posted at 3:09 PM on March 20, 2013  

OMG WE HAVE TO WAIT THREE MONTHS UNTIL THE NEXT SEASON JESUS F**ING CHRIST!! But I think Jenna set the house on fire and shanna but I think the body that was in the trunk is either mya (Emily’s girlfriend) or Jason (Allison’s brother) but 3 months to find out UGH SUCKS BALLS LOL

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tee-z

Posted at 3:49 PM on March 20, 2013  

Naw Mya’s body was found in Emily’s house

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Mickie

Posted at 1:45 AM on March 21, 2013  

I think it’s cece’s body didn’t Jason tell spencer that he was stayin with a friend out of town while he recovered???

 
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