# Pretty Little Liars season 7
**Pretty Little Liars season 7** is the seventh and final season of the American teen mystery drama *Pretty Little Liars*, broadcast on Freeform from June 21, 2016 to June 27, 2017 as part of a two-season renewal.[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) It comprises 20 episodes and closes the series' central mystery by revealing the identity of the tormentor "A.D."[2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and run | Freeform; premiered June 21, 2016, ended June 27, 2017, under a two-season renewal[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) |
| Episodes | 20; the finale, "Till DeAth Do Us PArt," ran 87 minutes[2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/) |
| Structure | Split into 7A (summer 2016) and 7B (spring 2017), the latter beginning with episode 11, "Playtime"[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) |
| Central plot device | A board game, Liar's Lament, forces the Liars to play and ruins Hanna's fashion career[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) |
| Villain reveal | A.D. is Alex Drake, the previously unknown identical twin of Spencer Hastings, played by Troian Bellisario[3](https://time.com/6994291/most-controversial-tv-finales/) |
| Showrunners | Charlie Craig returned as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Marlene King and Oliver Goldstick[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) |
| Reception | 78% Tomatometer and 68% Popcornmeter on Rotten Tomatoes; 6.6/10 user score on Metacritic[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/pretty_little_liars/s07) • [2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/) |
## Premise and structure
The season opens with [Hanna Marin](https://www.edgepedia.org/hanna-marin) abducted by "Uber A," and the other Liars racing to save her by handing over evidence naming Charlotte DiLaurentis's real murderer.[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/pretty-little-liars/season-7) The season was split into two halves, 7A and 7B, a pattern the series had used in earlier seasons, with the second arc beginning at "Playtime" (episode 11) under the promotional tag #PLLENDGAME.[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) Showrunner I. Marlene King described season 7 as "the beginning of the end" during a Facebook stream before it aired.[6](https://www.tvline.com/interviews/pretty-little-liars-season-7-spoilers-mary-drake-andrea-parker-interview-694544/)
**New antagonists.** Mary Drake, Jessica DiLaurentis's twin sister played by Andrea Parker, and her ally Elliott Rollins drive the opening episodes; the Liars grow suspicious of Rollins as Alison's condition worsens, and his death forces them into a cover-up in the fourth episode, "Hit and Run, Run, Run!"[7](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-95ffc9f8-bb94-486c-b2bb-8a817f326b51) Jenna Marshall returns to Rosewood and becomes the Liars' number one suspect for Uber A, and Noel Kahn's supposed role as Uber A ends with his death at the midpoint of the season.[7](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-95ffc9f8-bb94-486c-b2bb-8a817f326b51)
## The Liar's Lament game
In 7B, a new board game called Liar's Lament forces the Liars to play, and it ruins Hanna's fashion career.[1](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7) A.D. uses the game to issue tasks, ordering Aria to undertake increasingly extreme actions against her friends and triggering Alison to remember a forgotten trauma during her turn.[7](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-95ffc9f8-bb94-486c-b2bb-8a817f326b51) A subplot introduces Addison, a high schooler described as a mini version of the young Alison, raising the question of whether she is part of A.D.'s operation.[7](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-95ffc9f8-bb94-486c-b2bb-8a817f326b51)
## Finale and the Alex Drake reveal
The series finale, "Till DeAth Do Us PArt," aired June 27, 2017 as an 87-minute episode in which secrets come out, the endgame is revealed, and A.D. is unmasked.[2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/) The tormentor is Alex Drake, an identical twin sister of [Spencer Hastings](https://www.edgepedia.org/spencer-hastings) whom the series had never shown before; [Troian Bellisario](https://www.edgepedia.org/troian-bellisario) played both roles, and the character speaks with a Cockney accent.[3](https://time.com/6994291/most-controversial-tv-finales/) King later remarked that, had she known during season 4 or 5 what season 7 would turn into, it would have been wonderful to feature Alex Drake a few additional times, and she laid out the villains' succession: the original "A," Charlotte, took the game away from Mona, after which A.D. arrived and restarted it as retribution against the Liars for Charlotte's murder.[8](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/06/pretty-little-liars-series-finale)
*Time* placed the finale, titled "Till Death Do Us Part" in its account, among the most controversial TV finales, writing that by season 7 the show felt like it was making things up as it went along and that the reveal of a heretofore unknown twin was the culmination of that pattern.[3](https://time.com/6994291/most-controversial-tv-finales/) Critics echoed the complaint: a Vulture review noted that the biggest villain of the series was a character not met until the final half-hour, and [Entertainment Weekly](https://www.edgepedia.org/entertainment-weekly) gave the finale a B while observing that several moments required suspension of disbelief.[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/pretty_little_liars/s07)
## Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the season holds a 78% Tomatometer from 9 critics and a 68% Popcornmeter from more than 100 audience ratings.[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/pretty_little_liars/s07) Metacritic lists a user score of 6.6 based on 19 ratings, with 58% positive, 21% mixed, and 21% negative.[2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/) On IMDb the season carries a 7.3 rating from about 190,000 votes.[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/pretty-little-liars/season-7)
## Cast
The principal cast carried over from earlier seasons: Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings, Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin, Lucy Hale as [Aria Montgomery](https://www.edgepedia.org/aria-montgomery), Shay Mitchell as [Emily Fields](https://www.edgepedia.org/emily-fields), Sasha Pieterse as [Alison DiLaurentis](https://www.edgepedia.org/alison-dilaurentis), Ian Harding as Ezra Fitz, Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers, Keegan Allen as Toby Cavanaugh, and Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal.[2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/) Andrea Parker played a dual role as Jessica DiLaurentis and Mary Drake.[2](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/)
## Availability
The season streams on Hulu and [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) in the United States, and can be purchased on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Fandango At Home.[5](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/pretty-little-liars/season-7)
## References
1. [Season 7, Pretty Little Liars Wiki (Fandom)](https://prettylittleliars.fandom.com/wiki/Season_7)
2. [Pretty Little Liars season 7, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/pretty-little-liars/season-7/)
3. [The 15 Most Controversial TV Finales of All Time, Time](https://time.com/6994291/most-controversial-tv-finales/)
4. [Pretty Little Liars: Season 7, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/pretty_little_liars/s07)
5. [Pretty Little Liars Season 7, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/pretty-little-liars/season-7)
6. [Pretty Little Liars Season 7 Spoilers: Mary Drake & Elliott's Plan, TVLine](https://www.tvline.com/interviews/pretty-little-liars-season-7-spoilers-mary-drake-andrea-parker-interview-694544/)
7. [Pretty Little Liars episode guide, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-95ffc9f8-bb94-486c-b2bb-8a817f326b51)
8. [How That Bonkers Pretty Little Liars Ending Came Together, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/06/pretty-little-liars-series-finale)
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