Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)

Red Coat
Pretty Little Liars character

Red Coat in "Dead to Me".
First appearance "unmAsked"
(episode 2.26)
Last appearance "The Gloves Are On"
(episode 6.13)
Created by I. Marlene King
Portrayed by Sasha Pieterse
Vanessa Ray
Dre Davis
CC Mason (double)
Information
Nickname(s) "A"
The Black Widow
Aliases Vivian Darkbloom
Gender Female
Occupation
  • Hiding from "A" (Alison)
  • Helping The Liars (Alison)
  • Stalker ("A")
  • Blackmail ("A")
Seasons 2 • 3 • 4 • 6
Status Alive (Alison, Sara)
Deceased (Charlotte)
Residence Rosewood, Pennsylvania

Red Coat is a fictional character on the television show Pretty Little Liars, which was adapted from the book series of same name. Introduced during the second season, she became the primary antagonist of the third and fourth seasons.

Background

In the second season finale, "A" is revealed to be Mona Vanderwaal, who wanted revenge on the Liars for stealing Hanna from her. During a fight with Spencer, Mona ends up falling off of a cliff and is found by the police where she is admitted to Radley Sanitarium. A nurse comes in to alert Mona that she has a visitor and in walks someone in what looks like a red trench coat, appearing to be the same one worn by Alison DiLaurentis in her Vivian Darkbloom disguise, and Mona tells the unseen visitor that she did everything they asked her to.

In season three, we see Red Coat purchasing hoodies for the new team she is building, and later the Liars begin catching glimpses of her. Hanna sees her watching her outside a boutique, Emily saw her in a flashback to the night Mona and Red Coat kidnapped her, Spencer sees her on a date with Wren and Aria catches her at the Morgue. All four girls see one thing: A red trench coat with blonde hair hanging out. Emily tells the Liars that Red Coat is the one in charge of the "A-Team" and they hatch a plan to catch her. Spencer has recently joined the "A-Team" to look for clues on Toby, who is also on the team, and finds out that he is alive and working to help the girls. Spencer gives Mona and Red Coat the idea to throw a party at the Thornhill Lodge, where Red Coat can meet the girls and Mona and Red Coat agree. Red Coat flies in on a plane and Toby and Spencer go outside to catch her, while the Liars corner Mona inside, as someone sets fire to the Lodge. Toby goes to follow a flashlight in the woods and Spencer follows Red Coat, who gets off the plane and heads into the woods. The Liars and Mona fall unconscious due to the flames and smoke, but Hanna is pulled out by Red Coat and she looks up to Alison DiLaurentis. Mona says she also saw her and Spencer believes she did too. Mona reveals that she doesn't know the identity of Red Coat because Red Coat always wore a mask.

In season four, the Liars are unsure if they really saw Alison or not. Red Coat begins living under the DiLaurentis house, seemingly to spy on Mrs. DiLaurentis. Toby and Caleb team up to find answers on her identity and track down the place where she rented the plane, where the clerk reveals that CeCe Drake is the one who set up a fake flight plan for Red Coat. The Liars begin looking for CeCe, who is M.I.A. because of possibly killing Wilden.

Unmasking

Red Coat unmasked.

In the fourth season's mid-finale (Episode 4.12, "Now You See Me, Now You Don't"), the Liars head to Ravenswood to look for Red Coat. While there, Red Coat kidnaps Emily and locks her in a coffin on a Sawmill. The Liars see Red Coat heading to that Sawmill and chase her inside, where she actually stops the saw and another Red Coat, this one masked, appears on the stairwell, revealing that two people have been donning the coat the entire time. Spencer follows the "Good" one and believes it was Alison, while Aria unmasks the other one as CeCe Drake. The Liars manage to catch the "Good" Red Coat and she reveals herself as an alive Alison. The Liars forget about Red Coat after this. In the sixth season, it is revealed that there was actually another Red Coat, this one being the friend and ally to "A", who is revealed to be Charlotte DiLaurentis, aka CeCe Drake. Charlotte reveals that she sent the other Red Coat to the Lodge that night in the plane to act as a decoy. The other Red Coat is revealed to be Sara Harvey.

Exegesis: summary of episode 6.10

"A" kidnaps Alison from the Rosewood High Prom and takes her to Radley, where Alison's dad and brother are also there, unconscious. With help from Mona, the Liars figure out where "A's" phone server is located and, along with Sara and Mona, make their way over there. They manage to get into a secret room hidden in the wall of another room. The Liars and Mona go inside but Sara waits outside, just as the door closes them inside.

A holographic monitor comes on and the Liars see Alison in a room, talking with "A". "A" turns around and is revealed to be CeCe Drake, who explains that she was born as Charles DiLaurentis but transitioned into Charlotte DiLaurentis and began posing as CeCe Drake to get close to her family. Charlotte was sent to Radley by her father for believing that she was girl. She manages to escape one day to track down Bethany Young, who she believes will hurt Jessica DiLaurentis, and accidentally hits Alison with a rock. Charlotte is sent back to Radley again, and here she begins visiting Mona Vanderwaal, wearing a red robe, who believes she is Alison and begins telling her about everything she did as "A". Charlotte offers Mona a partnership for the "A" game and Mona accepts.

While Charlotte is telling her story, the Liars are alerted of motion in another room. They go to the room with the camera and see that the motion is from Red Coat, who is setting up a bomb for Charlotte to blow up Radley with.

Charlotte continues her story and reveals that she kept seeing a blonde girl in a red coat watching the girls and thought it could be Alison. So in order to find out, Charlotte organized the Lodge party to trap the girls and lure out Alison. She sent the third Red Coat to the Lodge to act as a decoy for the Liars and Mona. Spencer loses Red Coat in the woods and Red Coat finds Charlotte. Red Coat removes her mask and reveals herself as Sara Harvey. She tells Charlotte that Mona believes she's about to meet her, and that she doesn't have a clue of what's really going on. Back in present time, Alison and Liars are shocked about this revelation, but Hanna tells Emily that CeCe is just messing with her. Charlotte then reveals that she sent The Black Widow to Wilden's funeral to ensure that he was really dead. The Black Widow reveals herself to also be Sara.

The Liars manage to break out of the room and head over to Radley, where they come upon Sara in the hallway. She orders them to leave as she turns on the bomb for Charlotte, but they manage to subdue her and stop the bomb. Alison runs out and tells them that Charlotte is headed to roof and begs them to help her. Sara tries to run away but Emily grabs her by the hood of her coat. Sara says she tried to keep Emily safe and Emily punches her. They chase Charlotte to the roof and she declares game over.

At the end of the episode, the Liars mention that Sara is getting released from the Hospital and Alison says that what happened to her that night wasn't their fault.

Reception

The reveal of Alison possibly being alive and Red Coat in "A DAngerous GAme" was met with mixed reviews, with many expressing joy over this, while others were disappointed in not receiving a definite answer to Red Coat's identity. The reveal that there are two Red Coats was generally met with positive reviews, with many praising the reveal that Alison was alive in episode 4.13 as the best moment of the episode.

The reveal of the third Red Coat received mostly negative reviews, with many feeling discomfort with Sara being officially introduced so late into the series. Entertainment Weekly's Isabella Biedenharn deemed the best moment of this episode the scene where Emily punches Sara in the face for her betrayal.[1]

Red Coat's appearances

There has often been confusion amongst fans as to who was who at what time in the series, due to the fact that there were three of them. Some of the appearances have been cleared up by the writers or the series.

See also

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