[Spoiler Alert!] The four girls and Alison (Sasha Pieterse) had a not-so-pretty episode in "Pretty Little Liars" last July 15 because 'A' is back to cast another threats to the girls and this time, he or she surprised them with the explosion at Toby's (Keegan Allen) house.
Fortunately, Toby was okay. It seems it was not a hit-and-miss plot for 'A' but rather part of the plan to whatever he or she is up to. After the explosion, the girls received another message from the returning secret enemy: "Did you miss me, b**tches?" Ali starts to freak out now that 'A' is back to bring panic to the Liars.
Aria (Lucy Hale) was now completely worried of killing an innocent one and Ezra (Ian Harding) was into the rescue to help her ease out her worry. With the name Bethany Young suddenly came out of nowhere, Ezra was now finding out her connection to Mrs. D. He recalled hearing the name years ago; however, her connection to Mrs. D wasn't clear to him yet.
While doing the digging and talking about the real score in their relationship, Aria and Ezra's heart-to-heart talk was interrupted by a knock at the door by Lt. Tanner. She came to know about Shana. This makes Aria lose her focused more since the incident on Shana.
Ali made her plans to leave the town. However, after putting himself or herself to hibernation, 'A' seems to have a lot of energy to threatens girls, particularly Ali. 'A' sent a message, stating that he or she will kill Ali if she leaves Rosewood. This called for the girls to take action. In the close encounter with they thought was 'A' wherein the mysterious character showed up and choked Ali with scarf, Emily arrived just in time to save Ali, but then they didn't get the chance to see who's behind the black hoodie.
With the show that has mastered the keeping secret and mystery consistently from first season up to date, "Pretty Little Liars" viewers, perhaps, still doubt if the black hoodie was 'A' or another 'A's assassins.