"Pretty Little Liars: 5 Years Forward" Takeaway
ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars: 5 Years Forward" season 6B preview show was last night and here are my key takeaways.
1. Haleb moves to Tribeca (New York) where Hanna goes to F.I.T. for fashion school and Caleb continues to work in the tech world. Haleb breaks up due to Hanna's constant traveling and not making time for their relationship. Hanna meets her fiance in Europe.
2. Spencer goes to Georgetown where she can finally focus on her academics and career. Distance causes Spoby to fall apart over the course of the 5 year time jump as Toby is comfortable with small town life in Rosewood and Spencer is working in the city pursuing politics.
3. Toby receives insurance money from his house being blown up in season five and buys three acres of land outside of Rosewood to begin to build his dream home. Toby is still a cop and meets Ivonne Philips after walking in on a robbery and taking down the suspect. Keegan Allen says Ivonne becomes important to both Toby and the overall story.
4. Toby and Caleb become best friends and often go fishing together. I smell a bromance when PLL returns in January! #Taleb
5. Emily drops out of Pepperdine University after Wayne passes away. She bartends and lives in California before returning to Rosewood along with the rest of the liars to speak to Alison. According to Marlene, Emily is the most damaged and comes back to Rosewood with a big secret.
6. While Emily returns to Rosewood with a secret, Marlene states that Hanna, Aria and Spencer will create their own secrets in the 6B premiere.
7. Alison is trying to forgive Charlotte and over the course of the 5 year time jump they will heal together. Charlotte is at Welby State Psychiatric Hospital and being treated by Dr. Rollins. Ali and Dr. Rollins are in fact dating but are keeping it secret due to Dr. Rollins being Charlotte's doctor.
8. Aria initially goes to college in Georgia and majors in photography but rediscovers her love for writing and transfers to a school in Boston to study writing and publishing. She falls in love with Liam whom she works with and reconnects with Ezra professionally through the publishing industry.
9. Ezra goes to South America with Nicole for Habitat for Humanity. He and Nicole are in a relationship and he feels that he is doing what he loves. However, that is taken away from him and he returns to Rosewood a broken man. He returns to a place he thought he would never come back to and turns to alcohol to dampen his pain.
10. Ashley Benson brought the PLL theme song, "Secret" by The Pierces, to Marlene King's attention.
11. Mona is still a Badass! Loved that scene between her and Alison! Mona attended Duke University and has a major in Political Science. Mona is starting a career in the public eye and is aware of the damage Charlotte could inflict to her career if she talks about the A game. In the exclusive clip between her and Ali, she says twice that she is 21 years old. It doesn't appear that this clip is a flashback to fill in the 5 year time jump, so did Mona graduate early from Rosewood High? Not a big deal but it did catch my attention.
Wardrobe note:
6B predictions:
1. Toby doesn't punch Caleb
2. Charlotte is killed in the second or third episode.
3. Jenna or Sara Harvey walk in when the PLLs turn around in the funeral pues.
