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Troian Bellisario | ... |
Spencer Hastings
(160 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Ashley Benson | ... |
Hanna Marin
(160 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Lucy Hale | ... |
Aria Montgomery
(160 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Shay Mitchell | ... |
Emily Fields
(160 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Sasha Pieterse | ... |
Alison DiLaurentis
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(160 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Ian Harding | ... |
Ezra Fitz
(159 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Laura Leighton | ... |
Ashley Marin
(143 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Janel Parrish | ... |
Mona Vanderwaal
(138 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Tyler Blackburn | ... |
Caleb Rivers
(125 episodes, 2011-2017)
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Keegan Allen | ... |
Toby Cavanaugh
(88 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Holly Marie Combs | ... |
Ella Montgomery
(86 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Chad Lowe | ... |
Byron Montgomery
(82 episodes, 2010-2017)
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Set in the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, the series follows the lives of four 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. At first, they think it's Alison herself, but after her body is found, the girls realize that someone else is planning on ruining their perfect lives.
Pretty Little Liars is an interesting teen drama shown on ABC Family. The plot of the show involves a circle of four female friends who become engrossed in a missing persons case when the "queen bee" of their group, Allison, goes missing and the remaining friends find themselves being blackmailed by "A" who seems to know an awful lot of their secrets.
Unlike the other ABC Family teen dramas (i.e. - Secret Life of the American Teenager) I found that Pretty Little Liars has much better character development and the actors who portray them are all very believable and talented. Each character has their own interesting subplot which is what really drives the show. The initial idea of teenage girls being blackmailed definitely was not interesting to me but after the first episode I found myself hooked. I felt like I had to know what happened next to each character, even the ones that seem to have more minor roles.
This may not be a show that will win huge awards since it is definitely meant to appeal to a specific demographic, but it is refreshing to see a teen drama that is not completely based around sex and deals with other common issues too. This show is interesting enough that even if you are not a teenage girl it is still fun to watch and less feminine or religiously biased than other ABC Family series out there.