In the episode, the girls plan to expose Ian as Alison's murderer after finding video files of them changing in their rooms.
The episode has also garnered positive reviews from critics, many who offered praise to Brendan Robinson's character, Lucas Gottesman.
Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Hanna (Ashley Benson), Aria (Lucy Hale), and Emily (Shay Mitchell) watch Ian's (Ryan Merriman) videos on the flash drive they recovered from the storage unit, which feature them, Alison (Sasha Pieterse), Jenna (Tammin Sursok) and Toby (Keegan Allen) being unknowingly filmed.
The girls then plot to expose Ian, using a burner phone to send text messages demanding money in exchange for the videos.
Hanna, Aria, and Emily meet at Willow Park with Officer Garret Reynolds (Yani Gellman) to corner Ian.
However, a mysterious figure in a black hoodie appears and knocks Ian off the bell tower into the ropes, strangling him and saving Spencer.
We said it about 10 times during "Pretty Little Liars" Season 1 finale.” [6] Teresa Lopez of TV Fanatic praised Brendan Robinson’s character for bringing Caleb back to Rosewood and called the episode ‘‘entertaining, although somewhat unsatisfying.” [7]