Pretty Little Liars prop master Chris Vail explains season 7’s sinister hacker device
As Pretty Little Liars reaches its series finale, will we finally learn who has been tormenting the lead characters? The show, originally about a stalker sending threatening texts to five teenagers, has spent seven seasons transcending peers like Gossip Girl and becoming a suspenseful thriller, crammed with anonymous hackers and nasty gadgets.
In the penultimate episode, the five women at the show’s heart — the Liars, in fan parlance — finally defeated their stalker’s latest ploy, an elaborate device that was part map and part board game. It’s actually a military-grade super-gadget, indestructible by the show’s hackers, Caleb (Tyler Blackburn) and Mona (Janel Parrish). This device is central to the season-seven plot, and it’s full of...