‘Pretty Little Liars’ season 5 spoilers: Creator Marlene King on Emily, Alison’s future

With the “Pretty Little Liars” Christmas Special coming up on ABC Family Tuesday night, now is the time to ask many questions. For example, we are specifically wondering right now what the future might be for a pair of characters in Emily and Alison who have had moments of romance in the past.

Are the two going to be getting together in the near future on a more regular basis? Don’t count on it. Speaking to TV Guide in a new interview about Tuesday’s episode, show creator Marlene King claims that the larger focus at the moment is going to be Emily dealing with some feelings of heartache and devastation:

“It’s so funny to me that, even with what we’ve seen of Ali to date, that there’s such an overwhelming amount of fans who still want to see Alison with Emily … Emily feels like she has been betrayed by Alison. That’s where we begin the episode and that’s very much a part of her story.” 

Based on what we are both seeing and hearing at the moment when it comes to these characters, we would say that the more likely option for Emily in the near future is going to be Paige. While she has went behind her back and created a variety of trust issues, there is more of a history of long-term love there with Alison, who faked her own death and disappeared for the long time.

The one thing to remember here is that with two more seasons left after this one, plus the entire second half of season 5, we don’t think that there is any hurry to give Emily her endgame just yet.

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