
Scripted series · ABC Family
Pretty Little Liars
Time to bring your A game.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pretty Little Liars actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pretty Little Liars reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 161 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201211 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Pretty Dirty Secrets: A ReservAtion

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201022 episodes
7.4IMDbRosewood is a perfect little town with a great many secrets, the ugliest of which belong to the four prettiest girls in town: Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily, friends whose darkest secrets are about to unravel. One year ago, Alison, the Queen Bee of the group, disappeared, and the girls stopped being each other's BFFs. Now they start getting messages from "A" saying things only Alison would know. "A" spills their secrets, watches their every move and makes some very scary threats. The girls reunite to discover what's going on: Is Alison back or is "A" someone else altogether? Share the mystery with the complete Season One of the enthralling new series based upon the New York Times bestselling series by Sara Shepard.
Best episode · S01E10 Keep Your Friends Close

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201125 episodes
7.6IMDbSeason two begins moments after the explosive season one finale and the girls are the talk of the town. Surprises and challenges will be in store for each, and "A" may succeed in her quest. Emily, Hanna, Spencer, and Aria are crumbling under the constant pressure of A's relentless texts and the knowledge that A inexplicably knows every little detail of their lives, including their thoughts, and is watching and anticipating the girls' every move. Spencer's family is falling apart. Aria and Ezra's relationship gets even more complicated, and Aria's brother Mike finds himself in trouble with the law, while their parents find themselves tested like never before.
Best episode · S02E14 Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201224 episodes
7.7IMDbFive months following the discovery that Mona Vanderwaal was the elusive "A" that had been creatively and relentlessly tormenting the four main characters, Aria Montgomery, Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, and Emily Fields for the past year. The first half of the season addresses the issue of whether or not Garrett Reynolds actually killed or was involved in the murder of the girls' former friend and queen bee, Alison DiLaurentis and who killed Maya St. Germain in the season two finale, while the second half deals with the reveal of another "A" and the fallout while the mysterious Red Coat stalks the girls.
Best episode · S03E23 I'm Your Puppet

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201324 episodes
7.7IMDbThe season continues from where it left off in the third-season finale, where the girls were rescued from the burning building by who they believe is Alison. The girls begin looking for answers that could lead to Alison's whereabouts while dealing with the aftermath of Detective Wilden's murder and "A" intervening in their personal lives.
Best episode · S04E17 Bite Your Tongue

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201426 episodes
6.5IMDbFollowing Alison DiLaurentis's shocking return to Rosewood after being presumed dead for two years, the Liars grapple with trust issues, fractured friendships, and the implications of her reappearance on their lives. Alison seeks to reclaim her place among them while facing suspicion over her role in previous events, including the disappearance of her mother, Jessica DiLaurentis, and other unsolved mysteries in the town.
Best episode · S05E26 Welcome to the Dollhouse

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201520 episodes
6.4IMDbThe girls may have gotten out of the Dollhouse but what happened to them during their time of captivity has lasting effects. With worried loved ones watching over them, the PLLs are home and trying to heal, with not much success. Even with suspected tormentor Andrew in custody, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer fear they are far from safe. Meanwhile, Alison must deal with her past indiscretions and her notoriety around Rosewood.
Best episode · S06E01 Game On, Charles

Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201620 episodes
6.5IMDbAfter Hanna's shocking abduction by "Uber A", the PLLs and company desperately race against the clock to save one of their own. The only way to do this is by handing over evidence of Charlotte's real murderer to "Uber A". In order to do so, the girls must decide what blatant lines they are willing to cross that they have never breached before; and once they cross that line, there is no turning back.
Best episode · S07E18 Choose or Lose
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S03E23
I'm Your Puppet
Some secrets of Mona's asylum stay come to light, a corpse must be faced, and a lost child tracked down.
- Directed by Oliver Goldstick
- Written by Maya Goldsmith, Oliver Goldstick

S02E14
Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares
The fractured foursome endure their legal punishment plus the pain of shunning loved ones. But changes are coming.
- Directed by Norman Buckley
- Written by Joseph Dougherty

S03E24
A dAngerous gAme
A turncoat’s betrayal is nothing compared to the deadly trap the liars are lured into hoping to see the face of their nemesis.
- Directed by Patrick R. Norris
- Written by I. Marlene King

S02E25
unmAsked
An uncomfortable close encounter with their nemesis awaits at least one of the tormented quartet, and a death is promised.
- Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter
- Written by I. Marlene King

S04E17
Bite Your Tongue
Hanna's interest in crime novels helps her to come up with a plan to figure out whose body is in Ali's grave. Spencer is working overtime to decipher the stories in Ali's diary.
- Directed by Arlene Sanford
- Written by Maya Goldsmith, Oliver Goldstick

S04E19
Shadow Play
This special black-and-white episode gives a nod to 1940s-era film noir as Spencer's numerous sleepless nights with the help of prescription pills start to take a toll on her.
- Directed by Joseph Dougherty
- Written by Joseph Dougherty
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E11
Pretty Little Liars: A-List Wrap Party


S07E19
Farewell My Lovely
- Directed by Joseph Dougherty
- Written by Joseph Dougherty

S07E18
Choose or Lose
- Directed by Norman Buckley
- Written by Charles Grant Craig

S07E17
Driving Miss Crazy
- Directed by Oliver Goldstick
- Written by Francesca Rollins, Oliver Goldstick

S07E16
The Glove That Rocks the Cradle
- Directed by Paula Hunziker
- Written by Maya Goldsmith
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

I. Marlene King
Showrunner

Leslie Morgenstein
Executive producer
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Bob Levy
Executive producer
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Charles Grant Craig
Executive producer
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Joseph Dougherty
Executive producer
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Oliver Goldstick
Executive producer
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Kyle Bown
Writer
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Allyson Nelson
Writer
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Jonell Lennon
Writer
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Lijah J. Barasz
Writer
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Bryan M. Holdman
Writer

Jan Oxenberg
Writer
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Kateland Brown
Writer

Francesca Rollins
Writer
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Tamar Laddy
Writer
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Matt Witten
Writer
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Andy Reaser
Writer

Maya Goldsmith
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Leslie MorgensteinExecutive Producer
- Hynndie WaliProducer
- Bob LevyExecutive Producer
- I. Marlene KingExecutive Producer
- Jonell LennonProducer
- Charles Grant CraigExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kyle BownWriter
- Allyson NelsonWriter
- I. Marlene KingWriter
- Jonell LennonWriter
- Charles Grant CraigWriter
- Lijah J. BaraszWriter
Direction
- Arlene SanfordDirector
- Liz FriedlanderDirector
- Paula HunzikerDirector
- Bethany RooneyDirector
- Tim HunterDirector
- Michael GrossmanDirector
Cinematography
- Larry ReibmanDirector of Photography
- Geoffrey HaleyDirector of Photography
Music
- Michael SubyOriginal Music Composer
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