Deconstructing Pretty Little Liars' Dark Noir Episode with Director Joseph Dougherty

Pretty Little Liars is getting dark — well, darker than usual — for a special black-and-white, noir-inspired episode.

After the stunning revelation that Ezra Fitz (Ian Harding) is the man in Alison’s journal, a pill-popping Spencer (Troian Bellisario) spirals into a dream-like state where she, her friends and her enemies are transported to a 1940s crime-solving flick. From the hair, makeup, wardrobe and vernacular to the personality and even social issues, the episode’s writer and director Joseph Dougherty was tasked with making the episode accurate, interesting, beautiful and most importantly for the fans, plot-advancing.

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