List of Pretty Little Liars episodes
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Pretty Little Liars is a television series which premiered on ABC Family on June 8, 2010. Developed by I. Marlene King, the series is based on the Pretty Little Liars book series by Sara Shepard. The series follows the lives of four high school girls, Aria Montgomery, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields, and Spencer Hastings, whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader, Alison DiLaurentis. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure named "A" who threatens to expose their deepest secrets, including ones they thought only Alison knew. After an initial order of 10 episodes, ABC Family ordered an additional 12 episodes for season one on June 28, 2010. The first season's "summer finale" aired on August 10, 2010, with the remaining 12 episodes began airing on January 3, 2011. On January 11, 2011, ABC Family picked up Pretty Little Liars for a second season of 24 episodes. It began airing on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. It was announced in June that a special Halloween-themed episode would air as part of ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween line-up. This increased the episode count from 24 to 25. On November 29, 2011, ABC Family renewed the series for a third season, consisting of 24 episodes. On October 4, 2012, ABC Family renewed the series for a fourth season, consisting of 24 episodes. On March 26, 2013, ABC Family renewed the series for a fifth season. On January 7, 2014, showrunner I. Marlene King wrote on Twitter that season 5 will have 25 episodes, including a holiday-themed episode. On June 10, 2014, it was announced that the show was renewed for an additional 2 seasons. It was announced by I. Marlene King that the sixth and the seventh season will consist of 20 episodes each. It was announced on August 29, 2016, that the show would be ending after the seventh season, and that the second half of the season would begin airing April 18, 2017. During the course of the series, 160 episodes of Pretty Little Liars aired over seven seasons, between June 8, 2010, and June 27, 2017.
Tables
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | Viewers (in millions) | Adults (18-49) | ||
| First released | Last released | |||||
| 1 | 22 | June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) | March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21) | 2 | 1 | |
| 2 | 25 | June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14) | March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19) | 2 | 1 | |
| 3 | 24 | June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05) | March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19) | 2 | 1 | |
| 4 | 24 | June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) | March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18) | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 25 | June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10) | March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24) | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | 20 | June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02) | March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15) | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 20 | June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21) | June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) | 1 | 0 | |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Lesli Linka Glatter | I. Marlene King | June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Jenna Thing" | Liz Friedlander | I. Marlene King | June 15, 2010 (2010-06-15) | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | "To Kill a Mocking Girl" | Elodie Keene | Oliver Goldstick | June 22, 2010 (2010-06-22) | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | "Can You Hear Me Now?" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | June 29, 2010 (2010-06-29) | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | "Reality Bites Me" | Wendey Stanzler | Bryan M. Holdman | July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06) | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | "There's No Place Like Homecoming" | Norman Buckley | Maya Goldsmith | July 13, 2010 (2010-07-13) | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Homecoming Hangover" | Chris Grismer | Tamar Laddy | July 20, 2010 (2010-07-20) | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | "Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone" | Arlene Sanford | Joseph Dougherty | July 27, 2010 (2010-07-27) | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Perfect Storm" | Jamie Babbit | Oliver Goldstick | August 3, 2010 (2010-08-03) | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | "Keep Your Friends Close" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | August 10, 2010 (2010-08-10) | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | "Moments Later" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03) | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | "Salt Meets Wound" | Norman Buckley | Oliver Goldstick | January 10, 2011 (2011-01-10) | 3 |
| 13 | 13 | "Know Your Frenemies" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17) | 2 |
| 14 | 14 | "Careful What U Wish 4" | Norman Buckley | Tamar Laddy | January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24) | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | "If at First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again" | Ron Lagomarsino | Maya Goldsmith | January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31) | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | "Je Suis Une Amie" | Chris Grismer | Bryan M. Holdman | February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07) | 3 |
| 17 | 17 | "The New Normal" | Michael Grossman | Joseph Dougherty | February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14) | 2 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Badass Seed" | Paul Lazarus | Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins | February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21) | 2 |
| 19 | 19 | "A Person of Interest" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King & Jonell Lennon | February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28) | 2 |
| 20 | 20 | "Someone to Watch Over Me" | Arlene Sanford | Joseph Dougherty | March 7, 2011 (2011-03-07) | 2 |
| 21 | 21 | "Monsters in the End" | Chris Grismer | Oliver Goldstick | March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14) | 2 |
| 22 | 22 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Lesli Linka Glatter | I. Marlene King | March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21) | 3 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "It's Alive" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | June 14, 2011 (2011-06-14) | 3 |
| 24 | 2 | "The Goodbye Look" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | June 21, 2011 (2011-06-21) | 2 |
| 25 | 3 | "My Name Is Trouble" | Elodie Keene | Oliver Goldstick | June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28) | 2 |
| 26 | 4 | "Blind Dates" | Dean White | Charlie Craig | July 5, 2011 (2011-07-05) | 2 |
| 27 | 5 | "The Devil You Know" | Michael Grossman | Maya Goldsmith | July 12, 2011 (2011-07-12) | 2 |
| 28 | 6 | "Never Letting Go" | J. Miller Tobin | Bryan M. Holdman | July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19) | 2 |
| 29 | 7 | "Surface Tension" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | July 26, 2011 (2011-07-26) | 2 |
| 30 | 8 | "Save the Date" | Chris Grismer | Matt Witten | August 2, 2011 (2011-08-02) | 2 |
| 31 | 9 | "Picture This" | Patrick Norris | Jonell Lennon | August 9, 2011 (2011-08-09) | 2 |
| 32 | 10 | "Touched by an A-ngel" | Chad Lowe | Charlie Craig & Maya Goldsmith | August 16, 2011 (2011-08-16) | 2 |
| 33 | 11 | "I Must Confess" | Norman Buckley | Oliver Goldstick | August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23) | 2 |
| 34 | 12 | "Over My Dead Body" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | August 30, 2011 (2011-08-30) | 2 |
| 35 | 13 | "The First Secret" | Dana W. Gonzales | I. Marlene King | October 19, 2011 (2011-10-19) | 2 |
| 36 | 14 | "Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | January 2, 2012 (2012-01-02) | 3 |
| 37 | 15 | "A Hot Piece of 'A | Michael Grossman | Oliver Goldstick | January 9, 2012 (2012-01-09) | 2 |
| 38 | 16 | "Let the Water Hold Me Down" | Chris Grismer | Bryan M. Holdman | January 16, 2012 (2012-01-16) | 2 |
| 39 | 17 | "The Blond Leading the Blind" | Arlene Sanford | Charlie Craig | January 23, 2012 (2012-01-23) | 3 |
| 40 | 18 | "A Kiss Before Lying" | Wendey Stanzler | Maya Goldsmith | January 30, 2012 (2012-01-30) | 2 |
| 41 | 19 | "The Naked Truth" | Elodie Keene | Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins | February 6, 2012 (2012-02-06) | 2 |
| 42 | 20 | "CTRL:A" | Ron Lagomarsino | Joseph Dougherty & Lijah J. Barasz | February 13, 2012 (2012-02-13) | 2 |
| 43 | 21 | "Breaking the Code" | Roger Kumble | Jonell Lennon | February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20) | 2 |
| 44 | 22 | "Father Knows Best" | Chad Lowe | Charlie Craig & Bryan M. Holdman | February 27, 2012 (2012-02-27) | 2 |
| 45 | 23 | "Eye of the Beholder" | Melanie Mayron | Joseph Dougherty | March 5, 2012 (2012-03-05) | 2 |
| 46 | 24 | "If These Dolls Could Talk" | Ron Lagomarsino | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | March 12, 2012 (2012-03-12) | 2 |
| 47 | 25 | "UnmAsked" | Lesli Linka Glatter | I. Marlene King | March 19, 2012 (2012-03-19) | 3 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) |
| 48 | 1 | "It Happened 'That Night | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05) | 2 |
| 49 | 2 | "Blood Is the New Black" | Norman Buckley | Oliver Goldstick | June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12) | 2 |
| 50 | 3 | "Kingdom of the Blind" | Chad Lowe | Joseph Dougherty | June 19, 2012 (2012-06-19) | 2 |
| 51 | 4 | "Birds of a Feather" | Roger Kumble | Story by : Michael J. Cinquemani Teleplay by : Jonell Lennon | June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26) | 2 |
| 52 | 5 | "That Girl Is Poison" | Chad Lowe | Bryan M. Holdman | July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10) | 2 |
| 53 | 6 | "The Remains of the 'A | Norman Buckley | Maya Goldsmith | July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17) | 2 |
| 54 | 7 | "Crazy" | Patrick Norris | Andy Reaser | July 24, 2012 (2012-07-24) | 2 |
| 55 | 8 | "Stolen Kisses" | Zetna Fuentes | Joseph Dougherty | July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31) | 2 |
| 56 | 9 | "The Kahn Game" | Wendey Stanzler | Lijah J. Barasz | August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07) | 2 |
| 57 | 10 | "What Lies Beneath" | Patrick Norris | Jonell Lennon | August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14) | 2 |
| 58 | 11 | "Single Fright Female" | Joanna Kerns | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) | 2 |
| 59 | 12 | "The Lady Killer" | Ron Lagomarsino | I. Marlene King | August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) | 2 |
| 60 | 13 | "This Is a Dark Ride" | Tim Hunter | Joseph Dougherty | October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23) | 2 |
| 61 | 14 | "She's Better Now" | Wendey Stanzler | Oliver Goldstick | January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08) | 3 |
| 62 | 15 | "Mona-Mania" | Norman Buckley | Bryan M. Holdman | January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15) | 2 |
| 63 | 16 | "Misery Loves Company" | I. Marlene King | I. Marlene King & Jonell Lennon | January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22) | 2 |
| 64 | 17 | "Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno" | Michael Grossman | Maya Goldsmith | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) | 2 |
| 65 | 18 | "Dead to Me" | Arlene Sanford | Joseph Dougherty & Lijah J. Barasz | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) | 2 |
| 66 | 19 | "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" | Ron Lagomarsino | Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins | February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12) | 2 |
| 67 | 20 | "Hot Water" | Chad Lowe | Andy Reaser | February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19) | 2 |
| 68 | 21 | "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" | Melanie Mayron | Jonell Lennon | February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26) | 2 |
| 69 | 22 | "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" | Ron Lagomarsino | Joseph Dougherty | March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) | 2 |
| 70 | 23 | "I'm Your Puppet" | Oliver Goldstick | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) | 2 |
| 71 | 24 | "A DAngerous GAme" | Patrick Norris | I. Marlene King | March 19, 2013 (2013-03-19) | 2 |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | U . viewers (millions) |
| 72 | 1 | A' Is for A-l-i-v-e" | I. Marlene King | I. Marlene King | June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) | 2 |
| 73 | 2 | "Turn of the Shoe" | Joanna Kerns | Oliver Goldstick | June 18, 2013 (2013-06-18) | 2 |
| 74 | 3 | "Cat's Cradle" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25) | 2 |
| 75 | 4 | "Face Time" | Norman Buckley | Joseph Dougherty | July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) | 2 |
| 76 | 5 | "Gamma Zeta Die!" | Mick Garris | Maya Goldsmith | July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09) | 2 |
| 77 | 6 | "Under the Gun" | Wendey Stanzler | Lijah J. Barasz | July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16) | 2 |
| 78 | 7 | "Crash and Burn, Girl!" | Ron Lagomarsino | Bryan M. Holdman | July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23) | 2 |
| 79 | 8 | "The Guilty Girl's Handbook" | Janice Cooke | Jan Oxenberg | July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) | 2 |
| 80 | 9 | "Into the Deep" | Chad Lowe | Jonell Lennon | August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06) | 2 |
| 81 | 10 | "The Mirror Has Three Faces" | Zetna Fuentes | Maya Goldsmith | August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13) | 2 |
| 82 | 11 | "Bring Down the Hoe" | Melanie Mayron | Oliver Goldstick & Francesca Rollins | August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20) | 2 |
| 83 | 12 | "Now You See Me, Now You Don't" | Norman Buckley | I. Marlene King & Bryan M. Holdman | August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27) | 3 |
| 84 | 13 | "Grave New World" | Ron Lagomarsino | Joseph Dougherty & Oliver Goldstick & I. Marlene King | October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22) | 3 |
| 85 | 14 | "Who's in the Box?" | Chad Lowe | Joseph Dougherty | January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) | 3 |
| 86 | 15 | "Love ShAck, Baby" | Norman Buckley | Lijah J. Barasz | January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) | 2 |
| 87 | 16 | "Close Encounters" | Arthur Anderson | Jonell Lennon | January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21) | 2 |
| 88 | 17 | "Bite Your Tongue" | Arlene Sanford | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | January 28, 2014 (2014-01-28) | 2 |
| 89 | 18 | "Hot for Teacher" | Tripp Reed | Bryan M. Holdman | February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04) | 2 |
| 90 | 19 | "Shadow Play" | Joseph Dougherty | Joseph Dougherty | February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11) | 2 |
| 91 | 20 | "Free Fall" | Melanie Mayron | Maya Goldsmith | February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18) | 2 |
| 92 | 21 | "She's Come Undone" | Chad Lowe | Jonell Lennon | February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25) | 2 |
| 93 | 22 | "Cover for Me" | Michael Grossman | Bryan M. Holdman | March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04) | 2 |
| 94 | 23 | "Unbridled" | Oliver Goldstick | Oliver Goldstick & Maya Goldsmith | March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11) | 1 |
| 95 | 24 | A' Is for Answers" | I. Marlene King | I. Marlene King | March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18) | 3 |
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