‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ Burning Questions After Season 1 Finale: Who Is A? Who Died? What Really Happened to Angela?

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'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ Burning Questions After Season 1 Finale: Who Is A? Who Died? What Really Happened to Angela?

Warning: This story contains spoilers about the plot of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin season 1. Only the beginning. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin ended its first season with many bombshells — but the HBO Max series also introduced new questions with A still at large. The series, which premiered in July 2022, introduced a new iteration of the original Pretty Little Liars, about a group of girls who get taunted by an unknown stalker. "Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in present day, a disparate group of teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin committed by their parents two decades ago — as well as their own," the synopsis for PLL OG: Sin read. "In the dark, coming-of-age, horror-tinged drama Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, we find ourselves miles away from Rosewood, but within the existing Pretty Little Liars universe — in a brand-new town, with a new generation of Little Liars." Even though the two shows weren't directly related, it wasn't long before the story lines connected onscreen. While trying to track down answers about Millwood, Imogen (Bailee Madison) and Tabby (Chandler Kinney) end up visiting Rosewood — and hear about a connection to Riverdale in the process. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is an executive producer on The CW series, opened up about the decision to connect all three worlds. [jwplayer tV7N8JYT-zhNYySv2] “We kind of just wrote that line in," Aguirre-Sacasa told TV Line in August 2022, referring to the onscreen mention of Riverdale's Sisters of Quiet Mercy. "I assumed that we wouldn’t be allowed to reference Riverdale, since it’s in a completely different universe, but it stayed in. So, yeah, I guess it does exist in the same universe. Bailee gives a great look when that’s mentioned. That was obviously just a fun Easter egg in an episode with the biggest Easter egg of them all, which is going to Rosewood.” At the time, the screenwriter noted that other cast members were interested in a future crossover. “Alex [Aiono], who plays Shawn, is obsessed with the idea of a rivalry between the Millwood High Steppenwolfs and the Riverdale Bulldogs,” he continued. “I would love for there to be a football game between them. Who knows, though. If we did push it further, I don’t even know how far we’d be allowed to push the shared universes. It would great, though, that’s for sure.” Aguirre-Sacasa also addressed the apparent continuity error of Lucy Hale portraying Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars as well as the titular role in Riverdale's spinoff Katy Keene. (An episode of PLL: OG Sin name-dropped Cole Sprouse as well, who plays Jughead in Riverdale.) “Both Riverdale and Cole Sprouse exist in the Pretty Little Liars universe,” Aguirre-Sacasa added. “It’s a multiverse!” Scroll down for a full guide to each burning question that was answered in the PLL: OG Sin season finale: [podcast_block]

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'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ Burning Questions After Season 1 Finale: Who Is A? Who Died? What Really Happened to Angela?

Warning: This story contains spoilers about the plot of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin season 1. Only the beginning. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin ended its first season with many bombshells — but the HBO Max series also introduced new questions with A still at large. The series, which premiered in July 2022, introduced a new iteration of the original Pretty Little Liars, about a group of girls who get taunted by an unknown stalker. "Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in present day, a disparate group of teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin committed by their parents two decades ago — as well as their own," the synopsis for PLL OG: Sin read. "In the dark, coming-of-age, horror-tinged drama Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, we find ourselves miles away from Rosewood, but within the existing Pretty Little Liars universe — in a brand-new town, with a new generation of Little Liars." Even though the two shows weren't directly related, it wasn't long before the story lines connected onscreen. While trying to track down answers about Millwood, Imogen (Bailee Madison) and Tabby (Chandler Kinney) end up visiting Rosewood — and hear about a connection to Riverdale in the process. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is an executive producer on The CW series, opened up about the decision to connect all three worlds. [jwplayer tV7N8JYT-zhNYySv2] “We kind of just wrote that line in," Aguirre-Sacasa told TV Line in August 2022, referring to the onscreen mention of Riverdale's Sisters of Quiet Mercy. "I assumed that we wouldn’t be allowed to reference Riverdale, since it’s in a completely different universe, but it stayed in. So, yeah, I guess it does exist in the same universe. Bailee gives a great look when that’s mentioned. That was obviously just a fun Easter egg in an episode with the biggest Easter egg of them all, which is going to Rosewood.” At the time, the screenwriter noted that other cast members were interested in a future crossover. “Alex [Aiono], who plays Shawn, is obsessed with the idea of a rivalry between the Millwood High Steppenwolfs and the Riverdale Bulldogs,” he continued. “I would love for there to be a football game between them. Who knows, though. If we did push it further, I don’t even know how far we’d be allowed to push the shared universes. It would great, though, that’s for sure.” Aguirre-Sacasa also addressed the apparent continuity error of Lucy Hale portraying Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars as well as the titular role in Riverdale's spinoff Katy Keene. (An episode of PLL: OG Sin name-dropped Cole Sprouse as well, who plays Jughead in Riverdale.) “Both Riverdale and Cole Sprouse exist in the Pretty Little Liars universe,” Aguirre-Sacasa added. “It’s a multiverse!” Scroll down for a full guide to each burning question that was answered in the PLL: OG Sin season finale: [podcast_block]

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Who Is A?

During the season 1 finale, the girls and their mother discovered that Angela (Gabriella Pizzolo) had a secret brother named Archie Waters. Even though the reclusive sibling was behind the murders, it was Angela's father — Principal Clanton (Robert Stanton) — who decided to seek revenge after she died by suicide.

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Who Hurt Angela?

Ahead of her death, Angela revealed to her friends that Tom Beasley (Eric Johnson) — who was dating Davie (Carly Pope) at the time — raped her.

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Who Harmed Imogen and Tabby?

In the last episodes of the first season, Tabby started to suspect that she may know her attacker. As she started to consider Chip (Carson Rowland), Tabby and Imogen decided to trick him into confessing that he took advantage of them on separate occasions.

Although his admission got him arrested, Chip was released on bail right before Christmas Day.

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What Was Imogen's Mother Hiding?

Amid her confrontation with A, Imogen found the missing pages from her mother's diary. The new evidence revealed that Davie convinced everyone in school to ignore Angela after she found out about Tom raping her. 

The cruel prank continued into New Year's Eve when Angela arrived at the rave trying to get help.

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Who Was Calling the Shots?

After revealing his identity, Principal Clanton opened up about his connection to Rose and how she left town when she got pregnant. She later returned because she wanted to give Angela a good education, but neither of them told their daughter about her father.

Following Angela's death, Principal Clanton planned out how to punish those responsible — with Archie's help.  

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Who Died?

As Sheriff Beasley's lies started to unravel, he locked Kelly (Mallory Bechtel) and his wife, Martha, in their home over the holidays. During a tense conversation with his daughter, Tom revealed his plans to kill all three of them — which pushed Martha to stab him. He survived his injuries but ended up recovering in the same hospital as Archie — who killed him.

The finale ended with Angela's brother arriving at Chip's house on Christmas Eve and attacking him.

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What Were the 'Pretty Little Liars' Connections?

In addition to being a spinoff of the original series, Original Sin also wove in several PLL Easter eggs. Following her daughter's birth, Imogen mentioned to Tabby that she decided to give the baby up for adoption. The lucky couple — Aria Montgomery and Ezra Fitz (Ian Harding) — live nearby in Rosewood and are happy with an open adoption that keeps Imogen in the little one's life.