- The liars desperately want to know why Mike gave their blood samples and why he's visiting Alison in jail; Hanna is worried about her fee and getting admission in dance; Emily still hasn't told Talia about her biggest fear; Spencer is still confused with why Toby's not telling her the truth.
- The girls hunt through Mike's room and find a necklace they think is for Alison. It contains a secret Morse code message.
Mike gets some coffee from Emily and acts pretty creepy during the transaction.
Toby walks by Spencer and Johnny having coffee. It's a pretty awkward scene.
Hanna tells Caleb about enrolling in the beauty pageant. He thinks it's a terrible idea and offers to help her find money other ways.
Mike figures out people have been in his room. He says "you'll live to regret it" if it happens again.
Johnny and Spencer spot pieces of their vandalism project being displayed in a gallery. They complain, but the owner said the works were on the way to the trash when he received them.
Talia's husband Eric shows up at the coffee shop and speaks with Emily. He dismisses what Talia and Emily have as experimentation.
Emily drops by Hanna's to help her with dancing for the pageant. She asks Ashley a hypothetical question about getting into a relationship that won't last.
Andrew tells Aria he watched Mike leave something in a tree behind Mona's house. He offers to help her, but she says she'll go herself.
Caleb tells Hanna that her stepsister Kate has signed up for the pageant. Hanna is beside herself but it seems to have filled her with a drive to win.
After Johnny tells Spencer that the gallery has sold one of the works, he convinces her to let him break. That night she picks the lock for him and they start pulling pieces off the wall. An alarm goes off and he makes a break for the van.
Toby, who is on duty, approaches Spencer and Johnny at the gas station after fielding a call. He checks the van and puts Johnny in cuffs. Despite Spencer's protestations he takes him away. Toby advises her to "walk away" so as not to give Tanner more ammo on her.
After watching her dance, Hanna's coach Nan says she's not pageant material. She says she won't help Hanna. After Hanna leaves the room Nan tells Emily she is the one with real talent.
Emily tells Talia about her interaction with Erik. She says she doesn't want to pursue something because it's "trendy."
That night Aria goes to the tree Andrew saw Mike visiting. She finds a vile of blood inside a package. Just then Mike arrives and says the blood belongs to Mona. The vile smashes to the ground and Aria runs away.
A sends Hanna text reading "Kate won't win the pageant, but she's already won your daddy's heart." Apparently Kate never intended to enter the competition. Emily tells Hanna she's going to try and win the pageant for her, despite the potential risks if A gets involved.
Spencer's mother bails Johnny out of jail, but tells him he can no longer stay at their house. Spencer apologizes to him for how Toby acted, which leads to them kissing.
Aria gets home just ahead of Mike, who says he can explain. He says a few nights before Thanksgiving he found Mona storing her blood inside a mini fridge. She told him she was going to frame Alison on behalf of A. The plan is for her to "go away," figure out A's true identity and then help out the girls. Mike says Mona thought she'd be safe, but he's no longer sure. He thinks A double-crossed Mona. He was hiding Mona's blood so Aria wouldn't ask questions. He also says Alison wasn't around when Mona went missing.
The episode ends with a masked figure in Mike's room.
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