[first lines]
newscaster: Authorities have named Charles DiLaurentis as a lead suspect in the kidnapping of five Rosewood teens, as well as a sixth victim from Courtland. Both state and local police remain tight-lipped...
Spencer Hastings: Hey, did, um, Ali turn in those home movies to the cops? The ones that Charles left at her house?
Emily Fields: Yeah, I think so. Why?
Spencer Hastings: Maybe they could do one of those age progression sketches. We could finally put a face to the name.
Hanna Marin: Yeah, and maybe someone could put a fist in that face.
Aria Montgomery: [entering, along with Alison, carrying mugs of coffee] Well, we are officially out of beans. What did we miss?
Spencer Hastings: Toby says that the Highway Patrol is putting up checkpoints at all the state borders.
Aria Montgomery: Did he say anything else after he accidentally ate half of your stash?
Spencer Hastings: He's texting me. That's a win.
Aria Montgomery: Hey, guys...
[turns up volume of TV news]
newscaster: ...inside sources speculate that the former Radley patient could be responsible for the death of his mother, Jessica DiLaurentis. One of the first responding officers on the scene suffered minor injuries in pursuit of the suspect.
Aria Montgomery: [to Alison] Do you know about this?
Alison DiLaurentis: No.
Aria Montgomery: You should probably ask your Dad.
Hanna Marin: Yeah, like he'd give a straight answer.
[Alison gives her a sharp look]
Emily Fields: Okay, well, if it's true, it's awful. Ali's Mom was practically the only person who visited him, who even knew that Charles existed.
Hanna Marin: And he used her to fertilize Spencer's petunias.
Spencer Hastings: [annoyed] My Mom grows azaleas.
Hanna Marin: Whatever. Charles is vicious. We all know that. And now everyone else knows it, too.
Alison DiLaurentis: [frowns at Hanna's insensitivity] We had birthday cake. That day at the arcade when Jason and I met him. Charles gave me his frosting. How does that change into vicious?
Aria Montgomery: We're probably done watching this, right?
[switches off TV set with remote]
Aria Montgomery: Do you remember anything else?
Alison DiLaurentis: He cried when it was time to leave. Said it was the best birthday he ever had. The person they're describing on the news, I mean, I don't even know who that is.
Hanna Marin: You played skeeball... once. I wouldn't call that family bonding.
Emily Fields: Hanna!
Spencer Hastings: [to distraught Alison] I... think what Hanna is trying to say is that it's hard for us to imagine that A is actually your brother.
Hanna Marin: No, what's hard to imagine is that you feel even the slightest bit of pity for Charles.
Aria Montgomery: Little harsh, Han.
Hanna Marin: He had been out for blood, for all of us. And he's come way too close, more than once.
Spencer Hastings: We hear you, but it's unfair to Ali right now.
Hanna Marin: Why are you trying to shut me up, Spencer? I'm just saying what you guys are thinking! If you guys are too scared to be honest, then fine. I will do it for you. I'm sorry, Alison, I know this must really suck for you, but I'm not gonna sit here and help you give A the benefit of the doubt. I hope the police catch him, because there's nothing they can do to him that's worse than what he did to us.
[stands up, storms out]
