‘Pretty Little Liars’ Ep. 2.16 Recap: ‘Let the Water Hold Me Down’

“Let the Water Hold Me Down” began with the girls sitting in Spencer’s kitchen discussing the events of the previous night. The police are planning on dragging the lake for Lucas’ (Brendan Robinson) body but Hanna thinks her friend is alive. Aria has a hard time believing Lucas could ever be violent. Hanna confesses to her friends that it was Lucas who destroyed Alison’s memorial.

Hanna (Ashley Benson):

Hanna is having a hard time believing her friend was out to hurt her the night of Caleb’s (Tyler Blackburn) surprise birthday party. Aria arrives at her side with aspirin. Hanna reaches inside her bag and pulls out a bottle of water. Emily immediately says to her friend, “Hanna! Don’t drink that! It’s lake water!”

Hanna sits the water down and her phone goes off alerting her to a text message. It’s from “A,” of course. “No fun chugging lake water, is it? Choke on this, bitch. -A”

At school, Mona talks Hanna’s ear off. A boy walks past her with her larger than life prom queen photo and Hanna questions him about it. Seems like school administrators decided her sparkling tiara didn’t go well with a jail house orange jumpsuit.

Mona (Janel Parrish) suddenly goes off on Hanna, telling Hanna that she’s selfish. Hanna retreats to the bathroom where she hides in a stall and cries her heart out. Someone else is in the bathroom with her, but when Hanna calls out to them, no one answers. She notices water rushing into the bathroom stall and decides to investigate. What she finds is a running faucet and a miniature boat made of wooden sticks.

She gets another text from “A:” “Life is but a dream, Hanna. But I’m your nightmare.”

Later, Lucas surprises Hanna in her bedroom. Caleb has arrived at the Marin house searching for Hanna, who manages to call Caleb. He hears the exchange between his girlfriend and Lucas. Caleb rushes upstairs. Lucas explains that he needed Hanna’s help in talking to Caleb. He goes on to say he had lost Caleb’s money, roughly $4,000, when he bet every last penny.

Emily (Shay Mitchell):

Maya is back in Rosewood and hooks up with Emily. Emily becomes suspicious of Maya because the girl keeps getting text messages. Emily later confides in her friends that she’s worried “A” may be behind the texts. Maya eventually fesses up and tells Emily the texts are from a guy she was seeing while she was away.

Aria (Lucy Hale):

Aria goes out with Holden Strauss (Shane Coffey) and the pair attend a play that Ezra (Ian Harding) was supposed to attend as well. When Ezra arrives, he and Aria lock eyes as they come face-to-face. Aria appears to momentarily forget she’s with Holden.

Come on. Aria and Ezra are perfect for each other and it was awkward to see her with another guy. Who’s rooting for their reunion?

None of this is lost on Holden. He and Aria agree to help each other out in keeping things from their parents.

Spencer (Troian Bellisario):

Spencer found some prepaid cell phones in the lake house’s attic along with a receipt that leads her and Aria to Philadelphia. Aria has to hurry back to Rosewood because she has a date with Holden. Spencer notices a few people walking the streets with the assistant of seeing eye dogs and canes. She finds herself at a rehab center for the blind.

Once inside the rehab center, Spencer asks the lady at the front desk about Jenna but she doesn’t get very far. She then spies a ledger laying open. A guy overhears Spencer ask about Jenna (Tammin Sursok) and tells her he knows her. Spencer settles in to talk to the guy and he informs her that Jenna always said she needed to return to Rosewood because she had things to do.

Their conversation over, Spencer is prepared to leave when the lady at the front desk informs her she has to sign in. When the lady steps away, Spencer locates a ledger, hides it in her coat, and makes tracks back to Rosewood.

Later, the girls have all gathered at Spencer’s house for dinner. Spencer shows the others the ledger and points out that Garrett had visited Jenna. On the day that Alison disappeared, Jenna left rehab with the cop and didn’t return that night.

The girls open the boxes containing their Chinese dinner, they are disgusted to find the live worms instead of their expected noodles. They get a text from “A” that said: “What live bait looks like. Now we’re even, bitches.”

Next week on “PLL:”

“Pretty Little Liars” episode 2.17 is entitled “Blond Leading the Blind.”

Aria is desperate for Ezra to call.

Hanna tells her fellow “Liars” to stop using Caleb as a means to research “A.”

Toby attempts to salvage his relationship with Spencer.

“Pretty Little Liars” can be seen Monday at 8 p.m. EST on ABC Family.

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