Garrett
The guy who replaced Detective Creeper as the show’s terrible cop du jour – took a side trip into an alley on his way to taking the girls to the station.
Because that’s not weird at all!
He told them to lie to the cops about blackmailing Ian and about Garrett helping them blackmail Ian. That includes keeping the videos they were using as blackmail a secret.
Oh also Jenna totally overhears that entire conversation, but since she and Garrett are in on it together anyway, that’s not too scandalous.
I should also tell you that back in episode 21, I said a guy was watching them that I didn’t recognize. I went back and looked while writing this post, and…it was Garrett. I think. Listen, he’s in the shadows, I didn’t recognize him before, but I’m 90% sure now it was Garrett.
Jason, Alison’s brother, has moved back into their old house. Garrett and Jenna find this very concerning, because what if people find out about The Jason Thing?
The various parents finally step in and decide the girls need grief counseling.
Which…yes. One of their best friends was murdered. Therapy is a good idea.
They see the counselor as a group. She tells them that everything they say in that room will be a secret, and they actually seriously consider telling her about the videos and about A.
Do any of you know more about mandatory reporting than I do? Would “we are being stalked by someone who probably have killed at least one person and also this adult man – who is now missing, maybe murdered by the stalker – has been recording us in private since we were children, here are the videos” fall under mandatory reporting?
That’s just so many crimes.
In any case, they nearly tell the counselor in that first session – but then some texts come in and it spooks them. The texts were just from Aria and Emily’s mothers, but, still.
They decide finally to definitely tell her, but at the second session, they see something out of place on her bookshelves.
It’s Fitz’s college degree. His apartment was broken into, and Aria was sent a text from A with a picture of his desk asking what’s missing.
The girls are sure this means that A knows they’re seeing this counselor and that it’s a threat/reminder not to tell, so, they rush to leave.
After that disastrous second session where they all acted suspicious as hell, the counselor recommends to their parents that the girls take time apart. Their parents agree. Aria, Hanna, Emily, and Spencer are not to hang out until further notice.
I don’t know if this is a good choice or not. I can’t tell. I had something similar happen in middle school and being isolated from my best friends sure didn’t help my mental health.
Oh, also, the counselor is super being stalked by A, so I’m worried about her.
Now, onto the individual girls.