"Template:Ep/1x08" is the 8th episode in Season 1 of Pretty Little Liars, airing July 27, 2010 - and the 8th episode overall.
Synopsis
As Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna begin to prepare for Alison’s memorial, they must contend with Alison’s older brother, Jason arriving in Rosewood a changed man: the formerly gawky and gothic outsider is now as polished as a preppy politician, and he’s got plenty of plans for the memorial of his own.
Jason surprises the girls with news that Jenna has asked to speak at Alison’s memorial, and he’s agreed to let her much to their chagrin. At the memorial, the girls are stunned by the sudden reappearance of Ian, Melissa’s ex, but even more surprised when Jenna takes the stage. As they wait with bated breath and anxiousness as to what she will say, or worse yet, spill - in the end, she offers quite possibly the kindest words for their dearly departed friend. Whether her moving speech was actually sincere, the PLLs can’t be sure, because it could just as easily be another trick up Jenna’s sleeve. Later that night, a mystery person comes out and destroys Alison's memorial.
Hanna pushes an uneasy Aria closer to Noel Kahn, and gets her to agree to a double date to a Band of Horses concert. Soon Aria discovers that there’s more to Noel than meets the eye; he’s not just the pretty boy jock she assumed he was, and they in fact share a lot of the same interests.
As the Marin’s financial woes grows deeper, further evidenced by one of Hanna’s credit cards being declined, Hanna steps up and decides to help out in a rather unorthodox and un-Hanna way: she agrees to put up a lot of her old clothes and handbags up for auction online with the help of new ally Lucas.
Meanwhile, Emily and Maya’s relationship blossoms, as well, going so far as to make out at Rosewood’s theater during their very first official date.
Notes
- Emily and Maya are seen at the movies watching the 1943 horror classic, "I Walked with a Zombie."
- Although credited Holly Marie Combs (Ella Montgomery) did not appear in this episode.
Featured Music
- "Will You Catch Me Then" by Garrison Starr
- "Faster Babe" by 2AM Club
- "Car Dance" by Leah Andreone and Kevin Fisher
- "So This Is Progress" by The Status
- "I'm Not Over" by Carolina Liar
- "Every Summer" by US Royalty
- "Under The Umbrella" by Company Of Thieves
Memorable Quotes
- Aria: How did he get into an Ivy League school?
- Spencer: It must have been affirmative action for goths and emos.
- Ashley: This is a one paycheck family, and we can't live a two-paycheck life.
- Alison: Never look back, Hanna. Something might be gaining on you
- Jenna: We think we know who we are, but we don't. Not until something bad happens to us, and then all the useless things fall away, and we're left with who we really are. I learned that from Alison DiLaurentis. My whole life, I thought I knew who she was but I found out the truth when she came and talked to me at the hospital. I found out that she was the strongest person that I had ever met. And it's her strength that touched so many people, shaped them. That's her real legacy. That's how her memory will endure, in the actions of those she inspired in so many different ways. From all of us... thank you, Alison.
- Jenna: Alison was done with you. Did you know that? She was afraid of you.
- Alison: It's immortality, my darlings