It finally happened.
A was outed on Pretty Little Liars Season 5 Episode 25, with the identity of this crazy stalked revealed to be… Charles DiLaurentis?!?
The heretofore unknown twin brother of Jason DiLaurentis?!?
Executive Producer Marlene King has a whole lot of explaining to do, wouldn’t you say?
"I’m really excited because it is a big, big answer, but we have so much more story to tell between now and the end of summer," King tells E! News, adding that this reveal is a "sort of straight trajectory toward the finish line" and that she sees it as the "birth of a new story."
For so very long, fans of the ABC Family smash had been asking one simple question: WHO? Who the heck is A?
But now King is psyched to address a different question.
"The motivation of this ‘A’ has excited me as much as the identity and having these last 10 episodes to find out about the why, it’s important," she says.
"We’ve been so invested for so long in the who that it’s time to start asking ‘why?’"
King says she had three ideas over the years for the identity of A (no, she will not reveal the other two right now), but started dropping hints about Charles as far back as Season 3.
Remember that mime, for instance? His name was Charlemagne.
It’s safe to say that fans will be going to watch Pretty Little Liars online in an attempt to uncover clues until new episodes air again this summer.
Is there any scene in particular they ought to pay attention to as they do so?
"They call it the vault room, but I call it ‘A’ soul room," King teases. "When they’re in that room, there are a lot of clues in that room. I’m sure people will be screen-grabbing everything frame of that scene – and they should, by the way!"
So… are you satisfied with the major A reveal?