The Killing S3 E10: Six Minutes

My sister posted something vaguely spoilery on Facebook about this episode before I watched it, so I knew to brace myself. I'm slightly mad and slightly grateful, because even with a warning, this episode was a huge punch to the gut.

Linden begins at the prison trying to get Ray a stay of execution based on his wife's ring, and when that effort fails, she tries to facilitate Aiden's visit while keeping Ray company. It was electric seeing Linden and Ray connect over the challenge of parenting, with Linden opening up more about her son throughout the course of the conversation.

Holder is still on a bender after Bullet's death, and shows up to the prison with evidence for Linden. He simultaneously gives Linden the greatest pep talk/kick in the ass ever and jokes about his kiss attempt from last episode. I'm guessing that'll be that until they can bring back their sexual tension next season, maybe with a crazy one night stand? Holder then stays to keep an eye on Aiden because he's "good with kids" and has a touching scene with Aiden where he helps fix his hair before he sees his dad.

When it finally looks like Ray is going to get to see Aiden, he's taken away by the guards, and the episode launches into a gut-wrenching sequence leading through the execution. Linden pulls the epic move of bring Aiden outside so that Ray could see him from the window. From Ray's inability to walk down the hallway through the hanging, I could hardly breathe while I was watching. We experienced the execution through the reactions of every character -- most strikingly through Linden's.

There's a lot to wrap up in the finale -- and Linden will be more fired up than ever to solve the original case of the Ray's wife's murder.

Pretty Little Liars Eps 3 & 4

Episode 3

So this season is all about wearing masks? Aria, Emily, and Hanna track down a very creepy mask maker who made the Alli mask that they found in Mona's things. In order for him to tell them about making Alli's masks (she had a bunch made and then destroyed the mold, or so we're told), Emily has to have her own made. Good thing she's a swimmer, because that must have been a long breath with her face covered in plaster with absolutely no air holes. Meanwhile Hanna snoops out back and find a... Melissa mask.

Melissa is back in town, acting extra snooty, and meeting the new cop.

Toby and Spencer sneak into Radley and discover that his mother couldn't have jumped out of the window that she's reported to have jumped out of.

A is apparently plotting against the PPLs' moms:

• Emily's mom grabs Emily while confronting her about stealing her painkillers for her shoulder and then gets "Family Services" called. 
• Aria's mom is maybe off to Austria with her hot, young pastry chef bf. 
• Hanna's mom looks progressively more guilty of Wilden's murder through Caleb's very blunt detective work. Not only did she skip the play in NY to come back to Rosewood, but she met Hanna's dad to ask him for money, and now Hanna's dad's gun is missing! At first, I thought that Hanna and Ashley's conversation through the locked door was going to end badly, somehow, but she was just running a bath. 
• Is Spencer's mom invincible? Does that mean Melissa is A?

And Aria hangs out with Jake again. Her "TV at home date with new guy" outfit consisting of knee high boots and a shredded shirt was almost my favorite outfit of the episode, but Spencer wins out with this bananas high-low dress and boot combo that she wore to school: 

Episode 4

This episode was pretty uneventful (even wardrobe-wise) until the Melissa information-dump at the end. 

• Toby found out basically nothing from his mom's now-senile doctor except a vague warning about a "blonde girl."
• Wilden had some vaguely criminal-seeming items in his safety deposit box.
• Emily's torn rotator cuff will keep her from swimming.
• Aria is not ready to be dating Jake yet, as demonstrated by her run in with Malcom (without Ezra).

After the hilarious segment of Spencer narrating their very A-like plot to find out Melissa's connection to the masks, we find out that:

• Melissa traded her face to the mask guy for info to see if Alli had it made before or after her disappearance.
• Wilden and Melissa wore the same costume on the Halloween train, and it was Wilden who tried to kill Spencer and Aria, on orders from someone else. (I feel like I need to rewatch that ep, I can't remember what happened.)
• Jenna and Shauna were at the lodge to watch what was happening, but didn't start or save anyone from the fire. 

So basically, we still know nothing. Quote of the ep goes to Aria, when Jake asks about Ezra. "Is he a friend of the family?" he asks, to which Aria replies, "No, just one of my teachers." Awesome.