When Dylan and Caitlin sneak into Ava’s dorm, they explain how they still have to present themselves as “Nolan’s Perfect Posse” at his funeral.
She cops an attitude, but ultimately relents after Caitlin says “unless you’re that one person who has nothing to hide.”
If that were really the case, Ava could have backed out of the deal right then and there.
The implication being that she has just as much to hide as the others.
Later, she talks about how screwed they all are now that Booker’s on the case, and she baits Dylan and Caitlin into a wild goose chase to find Nolan’s blackmail “stash.” She even tells them the exact location in the greenhouse. But then she inexplicably backs out of the mission altogether, arrogantly claiming “they’re your secrets, not mine.”
Are we really supposed to believe she’s squeaky clean?
Do we really believe she never spent any of the stolen money her dad left? That she did the right thing and turned it over to the authorities? That she has no idea where her dad is? Zero contact?
This is still PLL-verse, right? Everybody’s got something to hide.
So what makes Ava so confident that Nolan had nothing on her? Just because he didn’t use it, doesn’t mean he didn’t have it.
It’s possible that she’s arrogant because she already took the “stash” for herself.
Dylan’s comment at the funeral about Mason looking “a little too sad” also got me thinking: if Mason shedding a single tear at his lifelong friend’s funeral is deemed suspicious behavior, then what does that say about Ava and her grief show?
Shouldn’t we be suspicious of her as much as the others? Do the tears really get her a free pass? When anyone appears to be above suspicion, that makes me want to put them under scrutiny all the more.
Doesn’t Ava seem just “a little too sad,” considering she was the one who called the first meeting of the Stop Nolan Club? She laughed over his demise along with the others, swore she was “done” with him, and wanted him stopped as much as anyone else.
Once fantasy became reality, she was quick to point a finger at the others. But she was there too. She was a part of it. She’s got motive, and the others could just as easily accuse her.
Before he died, Nolan said “if she’s ordered surveillance on me, then she’ll be watching Ava too.” We already know there are cameras behind mirrors, and when several of Ava’s grief scenes make use of a large mirror, you start to wonder.
It could be that Ava’s been putting on a show for someone else’s benefit… and in turn to fool us, the audience.
Sometimes it comes across like she’s trying too hard to sell the idea that she loved the guy.
But love is not a defense in itself. People can kill the ones they love. It happens. Especially when betrayal is a factor, like it is here.
Suppose Ava made it up to the roof that night. Maybe she didn’t actually plan to kill him, but she snapped and pushed him and he fell backwards over the side.
Maybe she just seized on an opportunity to blame the others because she’s the real killer.
Maybe she’s not just drinking to drown her sorrows, but also her guilt.
Like Alison said, “guilt looks a lot like grief, if you’re covering something up.”
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