Pretty Little Liars continued to build up the suspense to next week’s season four summer finale in the fourth season’s eleventh episode “Bring Down the Hoe.” Beware of spoilers going forward.

Emily (Shay Mitchell), Aria (Lucy Hale), and Spencer (Troian Bellisario) speculate on whether or not CeCe (Vanessa Ray) could be sleeping in the basement of Ali’s (Sasha Pieterse) home. Spencer gives the wise advice of always wearing underwear due to the peepholes. Meanwhile Hanna (Ashley Benson) is worried about her mom Ashley (Laura Leighton) due to Spencer’s mother (Lesley Fera) recusing herself.

Lieutenant Tanner (Roma Maffia) comes to Rosewood High to taunt the Pretty Little Liars with the revelation that a muddy shoe matching the footprints in Detective Wilden’s (Bryce Johnson) murder was found in the wreckage of Emily’s house. The girls try to comfort Hanna by saying that Tanner does not have any evidence and they plan to investigate the crawlspace and put CeCe on Tanner’s radar.

Paige (Lindsey Shaw) and Emily make plans to go to the Hoedown dance while Paige is suspicious of Zoe’s (Rumer Willis) feelings after a gushing recommendation letter. Jake (Ryan Guzman) stalks Aria after school and offers Aria the name of a lawyer for Ashley. Aria asks Jake to the hoedown and is happily surprised when he says yes and can be seen in public with her.

Ezra (Ian Harding) rocks a scruffy look and lashes out at Emily due to his tumultuous personal life. Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) pressures Hanna into going to the dance due to her mother’s order. Meanwhile a mysterious boy drops off cold cash in her locker to help her mother. What are his motives?

Toby (Keegan Allen) refuses to find out why A is gifting him and Hanna with information and money, much to Spencer’s dismay. A even gives him a CD of his mother singing. Is this getting too creepy for you? Toby wants to shake Dr. Palmer down for more information while Spencer wants him to focus on one thing at a time.

The Pretty Little Liars investigate the crawl space and are almost blinded by A. Could that be a reference to Jenna (Tammin Sursok)?

Aria accuses Spencer of living a double life due to Toby and the Pretty Little Liars demand answers. Spencer reveals that Toby’s mother may have been murdered and the information came from A. Ezra and Jake have an awkward encounter as Ezra tries to tell Aria about Malcolm (Teo Briones). Jake tries to prove his worthiness by giving Aria a sweet pair of cowboy boots. Do you think Ezra should still rely on Aria?

In a flashback Emily remembers that Ali once helped her friend break up with her boyfriend by dealing with gun-wielding boyfriend. Emily makes the conclusion that CeCe dated Wilden and that he was violent – hence her killing him. CeCe finally appears as she calls her partner in a cabin decorated with photos of Ali and a telling red coat.

Hanna is once again hounded by Travis who confesses to putting the envelope in her locker and asks her to dance. Travis says his family owns a garage company and that he towed Wilden’s car out of the lake and saw her mother running away before gunshots. The money in the envelope was left on his car to shut him up and he gave it to Hanna. Travis refuses to go to the police, much to Hanna’s dismay.

Jake and Aria dance up a storm in the barn which is reminiscent of Footloose as Ezra looks on. Jake accordingly asks for space to allow Aria to move on. Toby and Spencer have a blowout fight at the hoedown as his focus on finding the truth. Her confession to the other Pretty Little Liars does not end well.

Spencer sends Caleb to follow Toby while Emily tries to get Aria to talk with Ezra to compensate for her own relationship woes. Hanna follows Travis and tries to reason with him, admitting that she knows how it feels to be blackmailed. Emily and Spencer steal a car to catch up to Red Coat only to find the coat in the truck itself.

Just as Toby tries to break into Dr. Palmer’s car and Caleb tries to stop him the police show up. This does not seem like a coincidence. Travis goes to Lieutenant Tanner to report what he saw and is positive that Ashley was not there when Wilden was killed.

Emily and Paige share a sweet dance as the place clears out. Aria goes to Ezra’s place after the dance to be there for him. It seems that CeCe followed her there as she listens outside of the door in a black hoodie. Do you think this was a good choice on Aria’s part?

What did you think of Pretty Little Liars’ season 4 episode 11 “Bring Down the Hoe”? What revelation are you the most shocked by?

Pretty Little Liars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on ABC Family. The summer finale airs August 27 with the Pretty Little Liars heading to Ravenswood in “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t.”

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