After Years of Being a Diehard Pretty Little Liars Fan, Here Are My Lingering Thoughts on All the Parents

While she did in fact birth three of the most influential characters in the series, Mary is never able to take on the maternal role herself. For the sake of technicality, Mary will be receiving honorary mention instead of a place in the ranks. This is probably for the best, because she's absolutely impossible to place. She makes plenty of mistakes, grave ones, but she also makes some of the most drastic moves for redemption. Making Ali think she is losing her mind is not her finest moment, but once she realizes Archer is a greedy mastermind, she bails on their plans and works to make amends. She later takes the blame for a murder she didn't commit and accepts a life sentence to exonerate her daughter and niece, which I can respect.