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Season 5 Episode 23 The Melody Lingers On

[Spencer’s house]

Spencer: You see, if my head hadn't have been so jet-laggy, I would have remembered it sooner. The number off of the Varjack receipt is the same number as the personal ads in Ali's house.

Emily: How does this help Hanna?

Spencer: Well, if Ali's not guilty, then they can't charge Hanna as an accessory. You can't help someone commit a crime that they didn't commit.

Aria: But Ali already told us that the letter and the passport are fake. Why do we think the number and the ads are real?

Spencer: I don't know. But we didn't find the number with the other things.

Juliet: So what if the numbers are the same What does that mean? You know, we call it and it just rings, no pick up, no voice mail, nothing.

Aria: Yeah, and meanwhile Neilan's Law Office is closed and locked.

Spencer: But the number appearing twice It's got to mean something, we just have to figure it out.

Emily: What if we don't figure it out in time?

Veronica: The four of you are gonna be late for school.

Spencer: Uh, no, Mom, teacher's conference. They dropped the first two periods. I told you.

Veronica: Oh, then, uh, this is my chance to talk to all of you. I want to strongly suggest that you girls stay away from Alison's trial.

Spencer: This is a suggestion?

Veronica: For Emily, Juliet and Aria, yes, for you it's more than a suggestion.

Emily: What is Ali gonna think if we're not there?

Veronica: I'm more concerned about what other people will think. Juries have eyes.

Juliet: The whole town knows that we're friends with her.

Aria: Yeah, if we don't go, it'll be like saying we think she's guilty.

Veronica: I can't tell you, Juliet and Emily what to do, but consider your actions.

Spencer: Okay, so what are we gonna do when Hanna goes to trial? Are we just supposed to turn our backs on her too?

Veronica: We're not talking about ethics.

Spencer: That's for sure.

Emily: Maybe we should go.

Aria: Yeah.

Juliet: okay

[Brew]

Caleb: Everything I've tried to trace this number back to a source just disappears into a black hole of nothingness. No tagged ID, no localizing signature, the phone on the other end could be on Mars or on the other side of this room.

Juliet: An insanely secure phone and somebody uses it to order pizza?

Emily: Maybe they don't know what they have.

Aria: Then why don't they pick up when we call?

Spencer: Do you have a burner phone?

Caleb: What color?

Emily: It's just gonna keep ringing.

Spencer: Well, let's see what happens when I put it in writing.

Emily: Holly Golightly or Holly Varjack?

Caleb: Send it.

Aria: What if we're not on the same book club?

Juliet: Then we'll figure out something else?

Emily: Ali's running out of time.

Caleb: And so is Hanna.

Spencer: I know.

Aria: Spence, are you gonna be there tomorrow at the trial?

Spencer: I don't know. Listen, you guys, I have to go do something.

So I'll talk to you all later.

Emily: Sure. Are you gonna be visiting Hanna today?

Caleb: Tomorrow, but she said she'll try to call me today.

Juliet: She has to get to Ali and ask about the phone number.

[Courtroom]

Lawyer: Remember high school? Remember when every hallway slight was like an assault? When allegiances and enemies were magnified out of all proportion? It is a world where a perceived opponent must be dealt with quickly, without remorse. And that is what Alison DiLaurentis did to Mona Vanderwaal. Miss Marcus will be up here shortly and she is going to tell you an amazing story about Alison DiLaurentis. How she was kidnapped and traumatized by two years of captivity. How she escaped her captors and returned home, helped by her closest friends. It is a remarkable story. It's breathtaking. None of it happened. It's a fairy tale. The commonwealth will prove, with direct testimony of witnesses, that Alison DiLaurentis' epic tale of abduction and escape is a lie. It is a lie created by her and perpetuated by the friends that helped to "save" her. Mona Vanderwaal knew the truth. She had the power to destroy the fantasy created by Alison and maintained with her little group of followers. And that is why Alison DiLaurentis planned and carried out the murder of Mona Vanderwaal, consigning her to a cruel, anonymous end.

[Outside court]

Girls on the phone to Spencer

Aria: They know about Ali not being kidnapped. They probably know about New York too.

Spencer: How could they know?

Aria: Witnesses. Spencer, he said they've got witnesses.

Spencer: Cyrus.

Aria: Cyrus?

Juliet: Cyrus?

Emily: What about Cyrus?

Spencer: The cops must have found Cyrus. He knows the whole kidnapping story and he'd do anything to save himself. Aria, where's Mike?

Aria: He's in Harrisburg.

Spencer: Good.

Aria: Good? What do you mean good? Why is that good?

Alison’s dad: You knew about this. You all knew and you told the police.

Alison’s lawyer: This isn't going to solve the problem, Mr. DiLaurentis.

Alison’s dad: You talked her into it, that's what happened. The five of you talked her into this. It was your idea.

Jason: Dad, Ali lied to them the same as she lied to us.

Alison’s dad: Jason, you don't know

Alison’s lawyer: Not here, gentlemen.

Aria: You heard all that?

Spencer: Yeah, I heard.

Aria: They adjourned for the day but we'll call if anything else happens.

Spencer: Okay.

[Brew]

Juliet: Well, is the phone number a dead end or not?

Spencer: What if it's Mona's and it's a dead end?

Emily: Mona is dead, so who is the lawyer talking to? I mean, he had to be getting his instructions from someone.

Spencer: You okay?

Caleb: Yeah.

Emily: Aria.

Aria: It's the number. Look, it's the Varjack number.

Spencer: Answer it.

Aria: Why does it have my number? I never called from my phone.

Juliet: Answer it quick.

Aria: They don't know we're here.

Caleb: We don't have time for this. Hello?

Spencer: Who is it?

[Caleb’s house]

Caleb: Are you getting this?

Hanna: I'm getting it.

Juliet: We don't know what it means.

Hanna: I know what it means. I mean, I don't know but I've heard it before.

Aria: Where?

Hanna: In Mona's room. She used to play this song, French music from people like Edith Pilaf.

Aria: Like the rice dish?

Spencer: Piaf, Edith Piaf.

Caleb: Ali was wrong. It was never Mona taunting her, it was "A"

Emily: Then why call back and play that song? Why not let us keep thinking it was Mona.

Caleb: To rub it in our faces.

Juliet: Well, Mona never sent that lawyer, but that doesn't mean she left us in the dark.

Emily: She hid the tape Hanna found in that book. The police went all over that room and they never found it.

Hanna: So?

Spencer: So maybe there's more. Maybe the answer is just still in that room.

Emily: We have to get back to Mona's room.

Spencer: Hanna, you spent more time in that room than any of us, so try to think about places that Mona would have hid stuff.

Hanna: Okay.

Aria: We need to talk to Mona's mom.

Emily: But she wasn't at the trial.

Juliet: It's got to be hard to hear people talk about your dead daughter.

Hanna: Guys, if there's something in that room that can get me out of here, I don't care how upset she is, just find it.

Caleb: We'll do it.

Hanna: That's me. They're gonna cut me off.

Spencer: Hang on.

Juliet: we’re here.

Aria: Hanna, stay strong.

Emily: We love you.

Caleb: Here. Sorry for grabbing it from you.

Aria: It's okay.

Caleb: No, it's not. If we start stepping on each other, none of us are gonna make it out alive.

Emily: Should we go see Mona's mom?

Spencer: Not all at once. That's just gonna scare her.

Aria: I'll go do it. Well, I'm the least intimidating.

Juliet: yeah she’s small

Emily: I'll drive you.

Caleb: Spence.

Spencer: I'll call you guys later.

Juliet: Okay.

[Emily’s car]

Aria: No answer.

Emily: Do you really think there's something up there?

Juliet: or are we just chasing smoke?

Aria: I don't know. But whatever Mona was, she wasn't stupid. So if she knew what might happen, she could have left us a clue.

Emily: If, might, could.

Aria: That's all we've got.

Emily: Well, what if it's not enough? We're running out of time, we're all gonna get dragged down the rabbit hole with Ali.

Juliet: Do you want to just give up and go shopping?

Emily: Not just yet.

[Courtroom]

Lawyer: Is this the video the police showed you?

Jason: Yes.

Lawyer: After you saw it, did you tell the police of your sister Alison's whereabouts on the day that Mona Vanderwaal was attacked?

Jason: I said that she wasn't with us.

Lawyer: Why have you decided to tell the truth about Alison's alibi?

Jason: I don't know.

Lawyer: Was it because of something you saw on the video?

Jason: I don't think so.

Spencer whispers: Something's wrong. He's changing his story.

Lawyer: Didn't you tell Detective Tanner that you thought the attacker in the video was Alison?

Jason: I might have said that, yes, but I don't believe that now.

Lawyer: You told police

Jason: I've been thinking and I'm sure that couldn't have been Alison.

Lawyer: Mr. DiLaurentis do you know a girl named Hanna Marin?

Lawyer: Objection. Irrelevant.

Robson: Where are we going, Mr. Sirk?

Lawyer: Your Honor, the witness has confirmed that the defendant doesn't have an alibi. That's fact. I would like the jury to understand what may have influenced his identification of the attacker.

Robson: Counselor?

Lawyer: Your Honor, if Mr.Sirk wants to cross-examine his own witness, I have no objection.

Robson: Proceed.

Lawyer: Do you know Hanna Marin?

Jason: Yes.

Lawyer: Is she a friend of your sister Alison?

Jason: Yes.

Lawyer: Who is Ashley Marin?

Jason: Hanna's mother.

Lawyer: Objection. Irrelevant.

Lawyer: Goes to foundation.

Robson: Overruled. But don't take the scenic route, Mr. Sirk.

Lawyer: Is Mrs. Marin in the courtroom today?

Jason: Yes.

Lawyer: Point her out to the jury, please.

Jason: She's in the third row. She's wearing a blue dress.

Lawyer: Does Mrs. Marin work for you?

Jason: She did, she doesn't anymore.

Lawyer: Did you have occasion to meet with her outside of the office?

Jason: Yes.

Juliet whispers: what

Lawyer: Socially?

Jason: Yes.

Lawyer: How many times have you been with her socially?

Jason: That's I didn't count.

Lawyer: These social meetings, were they always in public places?

Jason: Most of them.

Lawyer: But not all of them. Some were in private.

Jason: Yes.

Aria whisper: Is he saying what I think he's saying?

Emily whispers: Seriously?

Lawyer: How would you characterize these private meetings?

Jason: Sorry, I don't think I understand the question.

Lawyer: Well, would you describe them as intimate?

Jason: They were private.

Lawyer: Did anything happen during these private meetings with the attractive woman seated in the gallery that led you to alter your testimony?

Jason: No.

Lawyer: Did Ashley Marin, the mother of someone accused as an accomplice to this crime, offer any personal inducement to you to change your testimony to favor the defense?

Juliet whispers: that’s what he done that was so terrible

Juliet tears up

Aria whispers: hi

Juliet whispers: I’m fine

Lawyer: Objection. Asked and answered.

Robson: Sustained. Move on, Mr. Sirk.

Lawyer: Last chance, Mr. DiLaurentis. Do you want to clear this up, or leave it to the jury's imagination?

Lawyer: Objection. Improper, inflammatory, irrelevant.

Robson: Sustained. Do you have any other questions for this witness?

Lawyer: yes one more – who is Juliet James?

Jason: My ex

Lawyer: and that ex is Alison’s friend right?

Jason: yes

Lawyer: her friends are everything to her am I right?

Jason: yeah

Lawyer: so you have feelings for her?

Jason looks at Juliet

Jason: I don’t think those feelings will ever go away

Lawyer: Nothing further.

[Outside court]

Emily: Do you think Hanna knew about this?

Aria: She did. And it looks like "A" knew about it, too.

Emily: Well, what happened in there hurt Ali, didn't it?

Spencer: Yeah. It made it sound like her own brother thinks she did it.

Aria: Until Hanna's mom convinced him to change his story.

Emily: where’s Juliet?

Aria: I don’t know she’s pretty heart broken right now

Emily: Do you think that's what she did? Hanna's mom?

Spencer: Hold on. Jason? Are you all right?

Jason: Ask me after I find a place to sleep tonight.

Spencer: You and Hanna's mom

Emily:  It's none of your business, Spencer. It's nobody's business.

Spencer: No, you're right. It's not. But when one of my best friend is torn up about this - If you really need a place to stay

Jason: It's okay. I'll figure something out. Cross your fingers and wish hard that you never have to sit in that chair. You won't like it.

Aria: What did he say?

Spencer: The truth will set you free but first it turns you inside out. Come on.

Aria: Where?  

Spencer: Mona's house.

[Staircase at the court]

Juliet is sitting down on the staircase teary and Jason see’s her and sits next to her

Jason: I’m sorry you had to hear it like that, I just

Juliet: I know, I heard you whisper through the glass ball

Jason: you heard

Juliet: I don’t know why I am so upset. We weren’t together and

Jason: you’re with Paul

Juliet: I am just lying to myself right now

Jason: I’m sorry

Juliet: no it’s fine. I need to go

Juliet gets up and walks one step down, Jason grabs her arm

Jason: I meant what I said

Juliet: I know

Juliet walks away

[Juliet’s house]

Juliet is on the phone to spencer

Juliet: what you found the note in her mirror

Spencer: yes

Juliet: ah!

Spencer: will you be okay tonight?

Juliet: yeah I’ll be fine

Spencer: Jason said stuff

Juliet: I know, listening I need to call Paul right now he’d wanna know what happened today so

Spencer: yeah course, will you say everything?

Juliet: course not, I don’t want him to worry even more than he already is

Spencer: true, bye

Juliet: bye

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