‘Pretty Little Liars’ season 5, episode 4 preview: Lucy Hale’s lament in ‘Thrown from the Ride’

The 100th episode of “Pretty Little Liars” is not too far now in the distant future, and there is one particular event that you should look forward to in conjunction with this: The return of Ali to Rosewood High. This will change almost everything socially, and allow her to reassert some of the control she once had.

Before we arrive at this, though, we have another important episode in “Thrown from the Ride” that helps to get us from point A to point B. Now only that, but this will be a very important episode for Lucy Hale, whose character of Aria is going to continue suffering from the pain of killing Shana.

You can get some of the preliminary details courtesy of the official synopsis below:

“With Ali now back in Rosewood, she attempts to regain the role of leader of the group, but she finds her four friends are not as willing to blindly follow her every whim as they once were. Besides feeling the pressure from Alison, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer are also feeling under the microscope at school with the high school focusing their attention on the Liars. While most kids are morbidly curious about what happened to Ali, some are more focused on planning for Ali’s return to school. Meanwhile, Aria’s depression continues to spiral, and she looks for comfort from an unlikely source.”

We have our expectations low for this episode, and not because we expect it to be terrible. Instead, we are more convinced that the big shockers are going to be coming up in #100, so why given them away now?

For now, let us know your predictions for “Thrown from the Ride” in the comments below. Also, click here for further “Pretty Little Liars” coverage (including our review of tonight’s episode), or sign up to get extra TV updates from our CarterMatt Newsletter.

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