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"Hold Your Piece" is the 13th episode of the seventh season of ''
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, and is the 153rd episode of the series. The episode, directed by Marta Cunningham and written by Bryan M. Holdman, originally aired on May 2, 2017 on the
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network Freeform. The episode yielded 0.86 million viewers, a decrease from the previous episode, and garnered a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic. In the episode, it's Hanna's turn to play the Liar's Lament board game, and "A.D." handles her a task which can bring down her entire career. Meanwhile, Aria and Emily investigate on Sydney, and Spencer goes out with Det. Furey in order to fresh up her mind.


Plot

In Hanna's (
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) turn to play the Liar's Lament board game, "A.D." hands her the task of wearing a discriminatory Oriental-themed dress during her meeting with Lucas' (Brendan Robinson) bosses. However, Caleb (
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) tries to invade the board and a poisonous gas is released from the board. With this, Hanna's reunion is interrupted right in the beginning when she is warned about what happened to him. Ultimately, "A.D." calls Hanna a loser and doesn't give her her piece of the puzzle. Spencer (
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) is invited by Detective Furey (
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) to visit an educational centre he visited as a child. There, they kiss and Furey makes a bandage on Spencer's wound, remnants of the shooting. Aria (
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) and Emily (
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) investigate on Sydney's (
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) strange behaviour using Aria's recent skills of hacking, which were taught to her by Caleb. Sydney reveals to the girls that she allegedly no longer play on Jenna's game, and that Jenna has become someone truly dangerous. However, the girls follow her and discover that she was visiting a clinic for the blind to make a donation for a surgery for Jenna. When asked when name she wants it under, she signs as "A.D.", supposedly for "Anonymous Donor". The girls freak out and Aria reaches Sydney's phone messages. She receives a message from a blocked number, questioning if she had done it, and she confirms. Aria and Emily follow her and confront her, demanding answers. Sydney claims "Anonymous Donor" is merely a client at her bank who wishes to remain anonymous, but Aria and Emily aren't convinced and place a tracker in her bag. Toby (
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) and Yvonne ( Kara Royster) finally ring up after Yvonne wakes up from the coma; however, during a moment of familiar planning, Yvonne drops the flower bouquet she was holding, passing away subsequently. Spencer returns from the outing and encounters a grave Toby crying, as she understands that Yvonne's dead. When Aria arrives home, she discovers Nicole (
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) is back in Rosewood and is living in Ezra's apartment.


Production

The 153rd episode of the show overall, "Hold Your Piece" was directed by Marta Cunningham and written by
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Bryan M. Holdman, serving as Holdman's last writing on the series. The title was revealed by Holdman via
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on July 28, 2016. Filming commenced on July 28 and wrapped on August 5, 2016. The installment featured the songs "Wanted to Be Loved" by Daniel Ahearn, and "From the Snow-Tipped Hills" by The Silver Lake Chorus. This episode features recurring appearances from
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as
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Marco Furey, Brendan Robinson as Lucas Gottesman,
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as Toby Cavanaugh,
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as Nicole Gordon, Kara Royster as Yvonne Phillips, and
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as Sydney Driscoll.


Reception


Ratings

"Hold Your Piece" premiered on Freeform on May 2, 2017 to an audience of 0.86 million viewers and acquired a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic; both values were a decrease from the previous episode.


Reviews

Gavin Hetherington from ''SpoilerTV'' gave the episode a favorable review. "I will probably say this is the best episode so far in 7B, and a lot of that comes down to the promise of progress," he commented, "I will start off by saying that I thought this was a good episode, and that it makes next week's look even better." While writing for ''TV Fanatic'', Paul Dailly gave the episode a rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, establishing a mixed opinion: " he episodewas all over the place with a lot of moments that made me want to turn the TV off. Hopefully, the series can pull it together before it comes to an end."


References


External links

* {{Pretty Little Liars episodes Pretty Little Liars episodes 2017 American television episodes