Pretty Little Liars: A New Suspect Emerges in Troian Bellisario's Directorial Debut
Troian Bellisario made her directorial debut for "In the Eye Abides the Heart," which saw the girls cement Lucas' connection to Charles/Charlotte (Vanessa Ray) just as Hanna (Ashley Benson) brings Mona (Janel Parrish) in to play the End Game.
Next week Lucas returns to answer for his sins and to try and convince the girls that he isn't the one tormenting them, but we'll see if he can pull it off.
[...] Aria (Lucy Hale) continued further down the A.D. rabbit hole.
Marco's detective work cost Spencer her chance at getting some real answers from Mary Drake (Andrea Parker), so you can imagine those two love birds won't be making up anytime soon.
TVGuide.com got to speak to Bellisario about stepping behind this episode where everything seemed to happen, Spencer's Wren reunion and what this means going into the future.
When it worked out that I was going to be directing one of the episodes that Joe was writing, it was a really special moment.
Did you ask them for any advice beforehand or did you wait to trade notes after you did it?
Being in the directors program, the two women who headed the program for that year were Bethany Rooney and Mary Lou Belli...They over prepared us and taught us to think through everything, create massive shot lists, even if you're going to change something up or you have to because of budget or timing.
At PaleyFest, your cast mates said that having you as a director pushed them to another level emotionally because you know them so well.
In one of the storylines in this episode, Aria goes to a place that we've never really seen her character go.
Have you thought about Mona dealing with this in her life? I don't really want to speak to it personally, but it was more about giving them permission to explore different parts of themselves in the characters.
Did this make you want to continue directing television or move on to other things like feature films?
To be in the director's chair,