On Troian's thoughts on 3A
"It's been a lot of fun. I think the growth for the girls has been exponential. After "A" was revealed, after we found out what Mona was doing, the stakes were raised to a completely different level. It was no longer about setting up things to pan out in the last two episodes of the season. Really major, major reveals are happening in every episode. We're currently shooting the second half of the third season, and that's especially true right now. It's just really fantastic."On where things go from after Spencer has found the video from Noel's cabin of Maya
"I think Spencer's always verging on a complete paranoid schizophrenic meltdown [laughs] – but now that she's seen actual physical evidence of what happened to Maya that night, she goes into hyper-vigilant detective mode to eliminate every suspect. She knows it wasn't Jenna, it wasn't Noel – who else is left? She takes a vigilante standpoint to go after who did this to Maya."On whether Spencer is becoming too focused on her hunt for answers, that the rest of life is being jeopardised severely
"I think that's always been Spencer's downfall. What I love about her is that she's incredibly smart, has a very high IQ, is very quick, but she also has to be a hard worker to maintain her status in school and status as a Hastings. All of this extra energy she's expending on trying to find out what happened to Maya, who killed Ali, who "A" is -- it's taking a toll on her life. Finding the right amount of obsession has always been a really delicate balance for Spencer. She's trying to keep one hand on the reigns, but only spins further out of control this season. I can't give anything away, but when we come back in January, it's taken to a whole new level of derailment."On how much of her quest to unmask "A" comes from wanting to be with Toby
"A lot. The Liars always come up against the fact they want to protect the people they’re in relationships with, but that means lying to them. And even though the show is called Pretty Little Liars, they don't like lying to the ones they love. It makes them uncomfortable. It's this great dichotomy we get to play in that we were trained by Ali to be liars and we can't help but do it, yet none of us are OK with it. It's the constant push and pull with Toby in how much she wants to let him in because she wants to protect him and the last time that "A" got around Toby, he almost died in the scaffolding incident. She doesn't know what's right because she knows Toby won't stand for lying – that's the coolest thing about his character, Toby is one of the few people in Rosewood who always tells the truth. But that's always going to be a problem in their relationship."On whether the PLLs can ever lead normal lives again
"I think they would make a damn good effort! Like anybody who has suffered a trauma, you want so much to live your life, but can not help but be affected by the trauma. I think the girls would go to college, they'd settle down and have real relationships, but I don't think they'd be normal by any means. Not after what's happened to them."
On a tease for 3x11
"What's very cool about our show is that because Ali was such a controversial character, she does have a story with everybody in Rosewood. Slowly the girls have found some out – they know how Mona was turned into a monster by Ali's teasing, they know what Ali used to do to Lucas. But we don’t know anything about Paige's history with Ali, so when Spencer finds out the story, there's a lot of frightening details that ruffle Spencer's feathers and send up all these red flags for her. Yet, she has to deal with her best friend, Emily, who is in love with this person."
On the audience's suspicion of Paige
"I know! That's exactly what Spencer brings up – "I get that you're romantic now and that's wonderful, but she tried to drown you!" [laughs] That's actually a line I have in the next episode. I mean, why are they forgetting this?!? The fans have always been smart, and cautious – they are very wise to be suspicious of Paige, but our fans know even when someone is a suspect, it's not the whole story."
On the 3A finale and its cliffhangers
"Oh man ... fans are going to be really mad when this season is over. We have really great cliffhangers in the mix and I think the fans are going to be pretty ravenous. It's a beautiful finale [with] a very surprising turn of events that they will not see it coming, at all! The only thing that I can offer to maybe ply our fans a little bit is that the Halloween episode is going to be a showstopper! They won't be disappointed at all!"What are you most excited for?
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