In Original Sin and the novels, A kills multiple people in order to achieve their roles. “A” has a love for riddles and dolls, usually referring the Liars as their own dolls. “A” frequently manipulates, blackmails and tortures.

In the original television series, all three characters who take up the identity of 'A' are mentally ill women seeking revenge for something that has negatively altered their lives. In the fourth Pretty Little Liars series, Original Sin, Archie Waters take the identity of 'A', working together with his father, Marshall Clanton.ĭevelopment Characterization The series concluded with the third and final “Uber A” being revealed as Alex Drake, the twin sister of Spencer Hastings. Mona later builds “The A-Team” with the help of the second “Big A,” Charlotte DiLaurentis. In the television series, the first and original “A” was revealed to be Mona Vanderwaal. The second 'A' is revealed as Alison DiLaurentis and the third 'A' as Nick Maxwell. In the novel series, the first and original 'A' was revealed to be Mona Vanderwaal. Working as an anonymous figure, “A” is a stalker who blackmails, manipulates and tortures the main characters of the franchise.

It has also appeared in the web series Pretty Dirty Secrets (2012). Created by author Sara Shepard in 2006, the character serves as the main antagonist in both the television and book series. ' A' is a fictional character in the Pretty Little Liars franchise. Rosewood, Pennsylvania ( Pretty Little Liars) Having grown up on a combination of popular sit-coms like F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Fraiser and How I Met Your Mother and celebrated sci-fi series, such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, she is still an avid horror and sci-fi enthusiast (and is currently completely obsessed with Stranger Things) but also finds guilty pleasure in watching teen dramas (and is not so secretly obsessed with Riverdale).Įllen particularly enjoys writing about stand-out quotes, intriguing characters and commonalities between shows, but really just loves delving into all things TV and movies.Spying on targets to discover secrets, taunting and threatening their victims via phone Having lived in a quaint village in the English countryside for a number of years, she now lives in London.Įllen has long been banned by her friends from predicting the storylines and plot twists of movies and TV series, having done so 'annoyingly accurately' far too many times before. She has previous experience of public relations and working in the charity sector. Alongside her role as TV & Movies List Writer at SR, Ellen Greenstone is a psychology student and Psychology Project Worker.

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