Pretty Little Liars (2010)

Drama · Mystery · Romance

Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (190,487 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Hulu · HBO Max
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

7.78 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 53 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	7.6	2,456
2	The Jenna Thing	7.5	1,547
3	To Kill a Mocking Girl	7.5	1,378
4	Can You Hear Me Now?	7.6	1,293
5	Reality Bites Me	7.5	1,257
6	There's No Place Like Homecoming	8.0	1,264
7	The Homecoming Hangover	7.5	1,190
8	Please, Do Talk About Me When I'm Gone	7.5	1,162
9	The Perfect Storm	7.9	1,191
10	Keep Your Friends Close	8.2	1,237
11	Moments Later	7.8	1,133
12	Salt Meets Wound	7.6	1,098
13	Know Your Frenemies	8.0	1,253
14	Careful What U Wish 4	7.7	1,082
15	If at First You Don't Succeed, Lie, Lie Again	7.7	1,084
16	Je Suis Une Amie	7.7	1,055
17	The New Normal	7.7	1,043
18	The Badass Seed	7.8	1,057
19	A Person of Interest	8.0	1,079
20	Someone to Watch Over Me	7.9	1,033
21	Monsters in the End	8.1	1,049
22	For Whom the Bell Tolls	8.4	1,189

Season 2 (2011)

8.05 avg 25 episodes 8.0 → 9.0 44 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It's Alive	8.0	1,185
2	The Goodbye Look	7.6	976
3	My Name Is Trouble	7.7	948
4	Blind Dates	8.0	952
5	The Devil You Know	7.9	952
6	Never Letting Go	7.9	960
7	Surface Tension	7.7	905
8	Save the Date	7.9	933
9	Picture This	8.0	935
10	Touched by an 'A'-ngel	7.8	916
11	I Must Confess	8.1	930
12	Over My Dead Body	8.6	1,305
13	The First Secret	8.5	1,252
14	Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares	8.4	1,073
15	A Hot Piece of A	8.2	991
16	Let the Water Hold Me Down	7.7	900
17	Blond Leading the Blind	7.8	898
18	A Kiss Before Lying	7.8	904
19	The Naked Truth	8.2	955
20	CTRL:A	8.1	928
21	Breaking the Code	8.1	909
22	Father Knows Best	7.8	891
23	Eye of the Beholder	7.9	896
24	If These Dolls Could Talk	8.5	1,065
25	unmAsked	9.0	1,542

Season 3 (2012)

8.01 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 8.6 44 min avg

Rebound

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	It Happened 'That Night'	8.1	1,262
2	Blood Is the New Black	8.0	938
3	Kingdom of the Blind	8.0	889
4	Birds of a Feather	7.7	880
5	That Girl Is Poison	7.7	886
6	The Remains of the 'A'	7.6	867
7	Crazy	8.0	875
8	Stolen Kisses	7.7	894
9	The Kahn Game	7.8	881
10	What Lies Beneath	7.7	846
11	Single Fright Female	7.8	860
12	The Lady Killer	8.9	1,319
13	This Is a Dark Ride	8.9	1,457
14	She's Better Now	7.9	901
15	Mona-Mania	7.9	845
16	Misery Loves Company	8.4	962
17	Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno	8.0	838
18	Dead to Me	7.8	825
19	What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted	8.0	843
20	Hot Water	7.9	811
21	Out of Sight, Out of Mind	8.0	815
22	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?	7.7	787
23	I'm Your Puppet	8.2	847
24	A Dangerous gAme	8.6	1,146

Season 4 (2013)

7.89 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 8.9 44 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Is for A-l-i-v-e	8.2	1,265
2	Turn of the Shoe	7.8	812
3	Cat's Cradle	7.4	808
4	Face Time	7.7	780
5	Gamma Zeta Die!	7.8	791
6	Under the Gun	7.7	787
7	Crash and Burn, Girl!	7.9	779
8	The Guilty Girl's Handbook	7.9	781
9	Into the Deep	7.8	736
10	The Mirror Has Three Faces	7.9	784
11	Bring Down the Hoe	7.8	792
12	Now You See Me, Now You Don't	8.8	1,329
13	Grave New World	8.4	1,173
14	Who's in the Box?	7.6	829
15	Love ShAck, Baby	7.8	761
16	Close Encounters	7.7	735
17	Bite Your Tongue	8.1	808
18	Hot for Teacher	7.9	775
19	Shadow Play	6.5	1,306
20	Free Fall	8.3	848
21	She's Come Undone	8.1	801
22	Cover for Me	7.6	741
23	Unbridled	7.8	797
24	'A' Is for Answers	8.9	1,317

Season 5 (2014)

7.74 avg 25 episodes 8.2 → 9.2 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	EscApe from New York	8.2	1,005
2	Whirly Girly	7.8	801
3	Surfing the Aftershocks	7.4	746
4	Thrown from the Ride	7.2	738
5	Miss Me x100	8.5	1,013
6	Run, Ali, Run	7.6	736
7	The Silence of E. Lamb	7.4	711
8	Scream for Me	7.5	708
9	March of Crimes	7.7	714
10	A Dark Ali	7.7	704
11	No One Here Can Love or Understand Me	7.4	726
12	Taking This One to the Grave	8.7	1,165
13	How the 'A' Stole Christmas	7.8	899
14	Through a Glass, Darkly	7.7	736
15	Fresh Meat	7.3	708
16	Over a Barrel	7.3	694
17	The Bin of Sin	7.5	692
18	Oh What Hard Luck Stories They All Hand Me	7.1	712
19	Out Damned Spot	7.4	701
20	Pretty Isn't the Point	7.7	732
21	Bloody Hell	7.5	694
22	To Plea or Not to Plea	7.7	683
23	The Melody Lingers On	7.8	713
24	I'm a Good Girl, I Am	8.4	853
25	Welcome to the Dollhouse	9.2	1,916

Season 6 (2015)

7.33 avg 20 episodes 9.1 → 7.6 43 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Game On, Charles	9.1	1,814
2	Songs of Innocence	7.6	862
3	Songs of Experience	7.6	770
4	Don't Look Now	7.6	744
5	She's No Angel	7.4	763
6	No Stone Unturned	7.3	752
7	O Brother, Where Art Thou	7.7	739
8	FrAmed	7.7	752
9	Last Dance	8.2	977
10	Game Over, Charles	5.1	4,130
11	Of Late I Think of Rosewood	7.4	892
12	Charlotte's Web	7.0	737
13	The Gloves Are On	7.1	720
14	New Guys, New Lies	7.0	680
15	Do Not Disturb	7.0	670
16	Where Somebody Waits for Me	6.9	653
17	We've All Got Baggage	6.8	653
18	Burn This	7.2	646
19	Did You Miss Me?	7.3	656
20	Hush, Hush, Sweet Liars	7.6	894

Season 7 (2016)

7.46 avg 20 episodes 7.6 → 5.4 44 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tick-Tock, Bitches	7.6	871
2	Bedlam	6.9	710
3	The Talented Mr. Rollins	7.9	745
4	Hit and Run, Run, Run	7.9	752
5	Along Comes Mary	7.2	660
6	Wanted: Dead or Alive	7.6	659
7	Original G'A'ngsters	7.4	643
8	Exes and OMGs	7.1	669
9	The Wrath of Kahn	7.5	648
10	The DArkest Knight	8.3	1,045
11	Playtime	7.5	711
12	These Boots Were Made for Stalking	6.9	625
13	Hold Your Piece	7.2	621
14	Power Play	7.8	692
15	In the Eye Abides the Heart	7.5	674
16	The Glove That Rocks the Cradle	7.6	613
17	Driving Miss Crazy	7.5	613
18	Choose or Lose	8.2	687
19	Farewell, My Lovely	8.2	742
20	Til DeAth Do Us PArt	5.4	2,206

Pretty Little Liars (2010)

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