Four friends navigate intimate secrets and suspenseful threats after their queen bee mysteriously vanishes.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Moderate sex and nudity, which is more than most TV-14 titles carry. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.
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