14 Characters Who Could Totally Have Been "A" on Pretty Little Liars

Why We Thought She Was "A":

• Underneath this whole mess, Alison is still Alison: mean, manipulative, and spiteful. She seems like she's turned a new leaf, but how can we know for sure?!
• Before Mona's murder and Ali's arrest, Ali spends her time assembling a new army against the girls.
• Ali likes to play games. Even in the Christmas episode, we learn she was a liar from a very young age. Who says this isn't her latest masterpiece?
• Um, she fakes her own death for two years. And a lot of that time is totally unaccounted for!
• The girls' gut from the start is that "A" is for Alison, and they jump to that conclusion for a reason.
• Ali is revealed as Red Coat (or one of them, at least), and there's no way to prove which misdeeds are CeCe's and which are Ali's.

Why We Figured She Wasn't "A":

• Ali is just as much a victim in this as any of the other girls.
• She was locked up in jail for quite a while. How can she run the "A" game behind bars?
• She's alive, and it seems like she's genuinely scared for her safety. She's also had direct encounters with "A."
• With the way she acted before, there are a lot of people who could want hurt her; perhaps she's telling the truth . . . and hiding for a reason.