Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.
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Lucy Hale
Aria Montgomery
Troian Bellisario
Spencer Hastings
Ashley Benson
Hanna Marin
Shay Mitchell
Emily Fields
Sasha Pieterse
Alison DiLaurentis
Ian Harding
Ezra Fitz
Tyler Blackburn
Caleb Rivers
Janel Parrish
Mona Vanderwaal
Andrea Parker
Mary Drake
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22 episodes • 2010Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Jun 8, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 2 | The Jenna Thing | Jun 15, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 3 | To Kill a Mocking Girl | Jun 22, 2010 | 7.5 |
| 4 | Can You Hear Me Now | Jun 29, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Reality Bites Me | Jul 6, 2010 | 7.6 |
| 6 | There's No Place Like Homecoming | Jul 13, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 7 | The Homecoming Hangover | Jul 20, 2010 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone | Jul 27, 2010 | 7.5 |
| 9 | The Perfect Storm | Aug 3, 2010 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Keep Your Friends Close | Aug 10, 2010 | 8.2 |
| 11 | Moments Later | Jan 3, 2011 | 7.8 |
| 12 | Salt Meets Wound | Jan 10, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 13 | Know Your Frenemies | Jan 17, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Careful What U Wish 4 | Jan 24, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 15 | If at First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again | Jan 31, 2011 | 7.8 |
| 16 | Je Suis une Amie | Feb 7, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 17 | The New Normal | Feb 14, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 18 | The Badass Seed | Feb 21, 2011 | 7.8 |
| 19 | A Person of Interest | Feb 28, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 20 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Mar 7, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 21 | Monsters in the End | Mar 14, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 22 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Mar 21, 2011 | 8.4 |
25 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.1Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's Alive | Jun 14, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Goodbye Look | Jun 21, 2011 | 7.6 |
| 3 | My Name Is Trouble | Jun 28, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 4 | Blind Dates | Jul 5, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 5 | The Devil You Know | Jul 12, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Never Letting Go | Jul 19, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Surface Tension | Jul 26, 2011 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Save the Date | Aug 2, 2011 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Picture This | Aug 9, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Touched by an 'A'-ngel | Aug 16, 2011 | 7.8 |
| 11 | I Must Confess | Aug 23, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 12 | Over My Dead Body | Aug 30, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 13 | The First Secret | Oct 19, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 14 | Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares | Jan 2, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 15 | A Hot Piece of 'A' | Jan 9, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 16 | Let the Water Hold Me Down | Jan 16, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 17 | Blond Leading the Blind | Jan 23, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 18 | A Kiss Before Lying | Jan 30, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 19 | The Naked Truth | Feb 6, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 20 | CTRL:A | Feb 13, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 21 | Breaking the Code | Feb 20, 2012 | 8.1 |
| 22 | Father Knows Best | Feb 27, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 23 | Eye of the Beholder | Mar 5, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 24 | If These Dolls Could Talk | Mar 12, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 25 | unmAsked | Mar 19, 2012 | 9.0 |
24 episodes • 2012Avg: 8.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Happened That Night | Jun 5, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Blood Is the New Black | Jun 12, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Kingdom of the Blind | Jun 19, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Birds of a Feather | Jun 26, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 5 | That Girl Is Poison | Jul 10, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 6 | The Remains of the 'A' | Jul 17, 2012 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Crazy | Jul 24, 2012 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Stolen Kisses | Jul 31, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 9 | The Kahn Game | Aug 7, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 10 | What Lies Beneath | Aug 14, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Single Fright Female | Aug 21, 2012 | 7.8 |
| 12 | The Lady Killer | Aug 28, 2012 | 8.9 |
| 13 | This Is a Dark Ride | Oct 23, 2012 | 8.9 |
| 14 | She's Better Now | Jan 8, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Mona-Mania! | Jan 15, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 16 | Misery Loves Company | Jan 22, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 17 | Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno | Jan 29, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 18 | Dead to Me | Feb 5, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 19 | What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted | Feb 12, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 20 | Hot Water | Feb 19, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 21 | Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Feb 26, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 22 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken? | Mar 5, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 23 | I'm Your Puppet | Mar 12, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 24 | A dAngerous gAme | Mar 19, 2013 | 8.6 |
24 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.9Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Is for A-l-i-v-e | Jun 11, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Turn of the Shoe | Jun 18, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Cat's Cradle | Jun 25, 2013 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Face Time | Jul 2, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Gamma Zeta Die! | Jul 9, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 6 | Under the Gun | Jul 16, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 7 | Crash and Burn, Girl! | Jul 23, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 8 | The Guilty Girl's Handbook | Jul 30, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 9 | Into the Deep | Aug 6, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 10 | The Mirror Has Three Faces | Aug 13, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Bring Down the Hoe | Aug 20, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 12 | Now You See Me, Now You Don't | Aug 27, 2013 | 8.9 |
| 13 | Grave New World | Oct 22, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 14 | Who's in the Box? | Jan 7, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 15 | Love ShAck, Baby | Jan 14, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 16 | Close Encounters | Jan 21, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 17 | Bite Your Tongue | Jan 28, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 18 | Hot for Teacher | Feb 4, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 19 | Shadow Play | Feb 11, 2014 | 6.6 |
| 20 | Free Fall | Feb 18, 2014 | 8.3 |
| 21 | She's Come Undone | Feb 25, 2014 | 8.1 |
| 22 | Cover for Me | Mar 4, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 23 | Unbridled | Mar 11, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 24 | A Is for Answers | Mar 18, 2014 | 8.9 |
26 episodes • 2014Avg: 7.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EscApe from New York | Jun 10, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Whirly Girly | Jun 17, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Surfing the Aftershocks | Jun 24, 2014 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Thrown from the Ride | Jul 1, 2014 | 7.3 |
| 5 | Miss Me x 100 | Jul 8, 2014 | 8.5 |
| 6 | Run, Ali, Run | Jul 15, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 7 | The Silence of E. Lamb | Jul 22, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 8 | Scream for Me | Jul 29, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 9 | March of Crimes | Aug 5, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 10 | A Dark Ali | Aug 12, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 11 | No One Here Can Love or Understand Me | Aug 19, 2014 | 7.5 |
| 12 | Taking This One to the Grave | Aug 26, 2014 | 8.7 |
| 13 | We Love You to DeAth | Oct 21, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 14 | How the 'A' Stole Christmas | Dec 9, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 15 | Through a Glass, Darkly | Jan 6, 2015 | 7.4 |
| 16 | Fresh Meat | Jan 13, 2015 | 7.3 |
| 17 | Over a Barrel | Jan 20, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 18 | The Bin of Sin | Jan 27, 2015 | 7.1 |
| 19 | Oh, What Hard Luck Stories They All Hand Me | Feb 3, 2015 | 7.4 |
| 20 | Out, Damned Spot | Feb 10, 2015 | 7.8 |
| 21 | Pretty Isn't the Point | Feb 17, 2015 | 7.5 |
| 22 | Bloody Hell | Feb 24, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 23 | To Plea or Not to Plea | Mar 3, 2015 | 7.8 |
| 24 | The Melody Lingers On | Mar 10, 2015 | 8.4 |
| 25 | I'm a Good Girl, I Am | Mar 17, 2015 | 9.2 |
| 26 | Welcome to the Dollhouse | Mar 24, 2015 | 8.0 |
20 episodes • 2015Avg: 7.3Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Game On, Charles | Jun 2, 2015 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Songs of Innocence | Jun 9, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Songs of Experience | Jun 16, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 4 | Don't Look Now | Jun 23, 2015 | 7.6 |
| 5 | She's No Angel | Jun 30, 2015 | 7.4 |
| 6 | No Stone Unturned | Jul 14, 2015 | 7.3 |
| 7 | Oh Brother, Where Art Thou | Jul 21, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 8 | FrAmed | Jul 28, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Last Dance | Aug 4, 2015 | 8.2 |
| 10 | Game Over, Charles | Aug 11, 2015 | 5.1 |
| 11 | Of Late I Think of Rosewood | Jan 12, 2016 | 7.4 |
| 12 | Charlotte's Web | Jan 19, 2016 | 7.0 |
| 13 | The Gloves Are On | Jan 26, 2016 | 7.1 |
| 14 | New Guys, New Lies | Feb 2, 2016 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Do Not Disturb | Feb 9, 2016 | 7.1 |
| 16 | Where Somebody Waits For Me | Feb 16, 2016 | 6.9 |
| 17 | We’ve All Got Baggage | Feb 23, 2016 | 6.8 |
| 18 | Burn This | Mar 1, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 19 | Did You Miss Me? | Mar 8, 2016 | 7.3 |
| 20 | Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars | Mar 15, 2016 | 7.6 |
20 episodes • 2016Avg: 7.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tick-Tock, Bitches | Jun 21, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 2 | Bedlam | Jun 28, 2016 | 6.9 |
| 3 | The Talented Mr. Rollins | Jul 5, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Hit and Run, Run, Run | Jul 12, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Along Comes Mary | Jul 19, 2016 | 7.2 |
| 6 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Aug 2, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 7 | Original G'A'ngsters | Aug 9, 2016 | 7.4 |
| 8 | Exes and OMGs | Aug 16, 2016 | 7.1 |
| 9 | The Wrath of Kahn | Aug 23, 2016 | 7.5 |
| 10 | The DArkest Knight | Aug 30, 2016 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Playtime | Apr 18, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 12 | These Boots Were Made for Stalking | Apr 25, 2017 | 6.9 |
| 13 | Hold Your Piece | May 2, 2017 | 7.2 |
| 14 | Power Play | May 9, 2017 | 7.9 |
| 15 | In the Eye Abides the Heart | May 23, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 16 | The Glove That Rocks the Cradle | May 30, 2017 | 7.6 |
| 17 | Driving Miss Crazy | Jun 6, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 18 | Choose or Lose | Jun 13, 2017 | 8.2 |
| 19 | Farewell My Lovely | Jun 20, 2017 | 8.2 |
| 20 | Till DeAth Do Us PArt | Jun 27, 2017 | 5.4 |
