Although I thought it was a little too in-your-face a few times, I really enjoyed seeing the creative team mess around with Ava's character both this episode and the previous ones. It's so clear that they're reflecting the same clues, that made everyone believe Aria was A in PLL. The looking into mirrors, the red coat, the "A" text, the mysterious background, scratching face over in drawing of a girl looking like her (from the promo of next episode), even looking like Aria down to her dark, edgy clothing style and dark nails. And there are even a few nods to Mona in that she's a tech nerd, knows her stuff, and is the most suspicious of others of all of them, besides Mona ofc.
I don't think they'll actually go down the split personality route or anything like it. But it's nice to see the nods, also making us question whether or not we can even trust our protagonists.
(!!!MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE PERFECTIONISTS BOOKS, KILLER REVEAL!!!)
In the second instalment of the Perfectionists books, we also learn that the murderer is one of the girls, whom took over the personality of a dead friend she still saw as alive. At least that's what I've understood from what I've heard. This was a character who is not in the show (yet?), but we know from PLL that Marlene was faithful to the books with Mona being A, and the whole twin thing was also based on very identical stories in the books, and several other important plot points and reveals.
I feel pretty safe to say, that if Ava's not the one with a split personality, somebody else are probably suffering from that. This whole mystery past, her having lost both her parents but has got all their money, and now her dad might be back ... it's a bit too on your nose for a suspect, but then again, who knows? The dad (or mom, I don't remember what happened to her) might return and be Ava's hallucination - maybe that's why she gets more flashbacks than any other character, maybe that's the dead friend from the book, whose identity she adapts.
There's still so much to uncover, but MAN is it nice being back at it again with the theorizing!
(!!!SPOILER SECTION OVER!!!)
Suspect list thus far. ;)
1. Ava?
2. Taylor.
3. Andrew.
Wildcard: Zoe - giving major PLL S1 Mona vibes, but possibility depends on how much she'll appear in the next episodes.
Obvious one (I don't hope for): Jeremy. Like Ezra, but seriously this one screams predator and serial killer even louder. Lmao. Would not at all be surprised.
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