Pretty Little Liars (Season 1)
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| Pretty Little Liars | ||
| Season 1 | ||
| Season 1 DVD cover | ||
| Starring | Troian Bellisario Ashley Benson Holly Marie Combs Lucy Hale Ian Harding Bianca Lawson Laura Leighton Chad Lowe Shay Mitchell Nia Peeples Sasha Pieterse | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of episodes | 22 | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | ABC Family | |
| Original run | June 8, 2010 – March 21, 2011 | |
| Season chronology | ||
| Next → Season 2 | ||
| List of episodes | ||
The first season of Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, premiered on June 8, 2010 and concluded on March 21, 2011 on ABC Family.
The show premiered to 2.47 million viewers and retained a regular audience of 2.5 million viewers during its summer run. The summer finale scored 3.07 million viewers, achieving a series high. The show went on hiatus and returned with its winter premiere on January 3, 2011, with 4.20 million viewers, becoming one of ABC Family's top telecasts to date.
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Overview
Set in the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, Spencer Hastings, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, and Alison DiLaurentis' lives are irrevocably changed after their clique leader Alison "Ali" goes missing during a sleepover. The four remaining girls forever believe their secrets are safe for all time, but the absence of one of their leaders makes them drift apart. One year later, the former group of friends are forced to reunite after their once-missing friend is discovered dead, and they begin receiving threatening texts from someone named "A," who utilizes secrets that only their dead friend would know to terrorize them. Knowing that if their secrets are out, it will jeopardize them and their futures, the girls decide to team and figure out who is behind the mask.
Cast
- See also: List of Pretty Little Liars characters
- ^Note 1: Bianca Lawson is credited as a series regular up until episode 13. From episode 14 onwards she is no longer credited.
- ^Note 2: Nia Peeples is credited as a series regular in episode 1. From episode 2 onwards she is credited as a guest star.
- ^Note 3: Sasha Pieterse is credited as a guest star in episode 1. From episode 2 onwards she is credited as a series regular.
Episodes
- See also: List of Pretty Little Liars episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Lesli Linka Glatter | I. Marlene King | June 8, 2010 | 2.47 | |
| Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields, Hanna Marin, and Spencer Hastings grow apart when their clique leader Alison DiLaurentis goes missing. A year later they all begin receiving messages from the mysterious "A", who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets. Aria has just returned from Iceland after a year with her family and still feels unable to forgive her father who cheated on her mother, who's still unaware of it; she also discovers that her new English teacher, Ezra Fitz, is the same guy she met at a bar the day before. Hanna is now the "it" girl of the school and indulges in shoplifting, which gets her in trouble and forces her mother to sleep with a detective for her release; Spencer has feelings for her sister's fiancé, Wren Kingston; and Emily befriends a girl named Maya, who just moved into Alison's old house. They soon suspect that Alison is "A", until her body is found. At the funeral, they all worry after seeing Jenna, a classmate who was blinded in an incident involving the four girls and Alison. The girls receive another text: I'm still here bitches. And I know everything -A. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Jenna Thing" | Liz Friedlander | I. Marlene King | June 15, 2010 | 2.48 | |
| With Jenna's return to Rosewood and to school, the girls are forced to face an unpleasant incident from their past in which with Alison they played a terrible prank (by setting a garage on fire) on Jenna's step-brother Toby which went horribly wrong, leaving Jenna blind. They thought this dark secret has been sealed forever but "A" won't let them forget it. Meanwhile, questions about the night of Alison's disappearance begin to arise, as the events of that fateful night continue to haunt them. Aria applies for the transference from Ezra's class but her application is rejected. They later make out in his car after Ezra drives by Aria after she gets caught in the rain. Spencer's sister breaks up with her fiancé when she catches him kissing Spencer. Hanna's mom is still reluctantly involved with the detective Wilden, who still doesn't have faith over the girls' description of that night. Maya has moved in with Emily for few days and Emily feels herself attracted to her, which makes her feel guilty because she has a boyfriend (Ben). Aria's father wants to resolve the issues between them; which actually works out positively. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "To Kill a Mocking Girl" | Elodie Keene | Oliver Goldstick | June 22, 2010 | 2.74 | |
| The girls try to pay tribute to Alison's memory, but they are still faced with unresolved issues. Toby, Jenna's stepbrother, has come back to school. Aria has an unpleasant encounter with her father's former mistress. Spencer faces a vengeful Melissa after her kiss with Wren. Hanna tries to get Sean to forget the 'old Hanna'. Toby and Ben (Emily's boyfriend) have a fight and Emily breaks up with him. Emily and Maya get closer, since Ben is no longer in the picture and Spencer copies her sister's essay and claims it as her own. The girls realize that leaving the past behind is much harder than they first thought.
'A' ending: 'A' listens to jazz music as they print copies of the pictures of Emily and Maya in the Photo Booth. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Can You Hear Me Now? | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | June 29, 2010 | 2.09 | |
| The girls block e-mails and text messages from all unknown users in an attempt to stop "A," but their problems are far from over. One girl receives a surprise visit, while another receives a surprise gift in class. Hanna meets her dad after a while and realizes that he has a fiance. Aria tries to tell her mom about her dad cheating on her before they went to Iceland, but it looks likes "A" beats her to it. Emily is still confused about Toby and her kiss with Maya. Spencer's Russian article (the one she copied from Melissa), gets entered in a contest and she is still confused about Wren. And just when things couldn't get any more complicated, the girls find out that trying to keep "A" away comes with a price. Spencer arrives home with Hanna to find that somebody has been in her house, leaving a grave on her table and a message on her mirror. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Reality Bites Me" | Wendey Stanzler | Bryan M. Holdman | July 6, 2010 | 2.62 | |
| Aria forgets her cell phone in Ezra's apartment, and after he reads a message from A, he decides to break up with her (thinking that she told someone) rather than risk being fired. Hanna has to work in a dentist office to pay for the damage she did to Sean's car and gets some new information from A about one of her friends. She sees Jenna at the office building wearing the same lipstick, just like the writing on Spencer's mirror. Emily hides her budding friendship with Toby due to the girls' suspicion about him, hurting his feelings. Spencer's father tells her to throw a tennis match against a possible client and his daughter. Ella deals with her husband's cheating, which makes things worse for Aria and Mike. | |||||||
Development and production
Casting
Ratings
Ratings
Live + SD ratings
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode | Air date | Time slot (EST) | Rating/Share (18–49) | Viewers (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | June 8, 2010 | Tuesdays 8:00 p.m. | 0.9 | 2.47 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Jenna Thing" | June 15, 2010 | 1.0 | 2.48 | |
| 3 | 3 | "To Kill a Mocking Girl" | June 22, 2010 | 1.0 | 2.74 | |
| 4 | 4 | "Can You Hear Me Now?" | June 29, 2010 | 0.7 | 2.08 | |
| 5 | 5 | "Reality Bites Me" | July 6, 2010 | 1.0 | 2.62 | |
DVD release
| The Complete First Season | |||||
| Set details | Special features | ||||
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| Release dates | |||||
| United States | United Kingdom | Australia | |||
| June 7, 2011 | September 24, 2012 | November 2, 2011 | |||
