Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists is an American mystery television series created by I. Marlene King. The series is the third television series on the franchise. The series is loosely based on the 2014 novel The Perfectionists by Sara Shepard, but serves as a spin-off and standalone-sequel to Pretty Little Liars. The show premiered on Freeform on March 20, 2019 and concluded on May 22, 2019.
The series features Sofia Carson as Ava Jalali, Sydney Park as Caitlin Park-Lewis, and Eli Brown as Dylan Walker. Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish reprise their roles from the original series as Alison DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal.
In September 2019, the series was canceled after one season.
Plot
In a town of Beacon Heights, Oregon, where everything seems perfect, from their top-tier college to their overachieving residents and the stress of needing to be perfect leads to the town's first murder.Cast and characters
Main
- Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis, a new TA at Beacon Heights University who is recently separated from her wife Emily Fields
- Janel Parrish as Mona Vanderwaal, the head of recruitment and admissions at BHU who selected Alison
- Sofia Carson as Ava Jalali, a fashionable trendsetter and designer with a talent for hacking and coding
- Sydney Park as Caitlin Park-Lewis, the intelligent daughter of two overachieving mothers
- Eli Brown as Dylan Walker, a talented cellist who is extremely critical of himself
- Hayley Erin as Taylor Hotchkiss, Nolan's sister, who was a teacher at BHU before faking her death
- Graeme Thomas King as Jeremy Beckett, a charming and witty Brit and Caitlin's secret boyfriend
- Kelly Rutherford as Claire Hotchkiss, Taylor and Nolan's mother and founder of Hotchkiss Technologies
Recurring
- Evan Bittencourt as Andrew Villareal
- Noah Gray-Cabey as Mason Gregory, Nolan's childhood friend and Caitlin's ex-boyfriend
- Klea Scott as Dana Booker, a former FBI agent and new head of security at BHU
- Garrett Wareing as Zach Fortson, Ava's friend who later becomes her boyfriend
Guest
- Chris Mason as Nolan Hotchkiss, a born leader and heir to the Hotchkiss empire
- Duffy Epstein as Ray Hogadorn, an employee at BHU
- Phillip Rhys as Michael Jalali, Ava's fugitive father
- Cycerli Ash as Senator Park-Lewis, one of Caitlin's two mothers
Production
Development
In November 2014, I. Marlene King was announced to adapt a screenplay for Sara Shepard's novel series The Perfectionists, as the television series. It was later reworked as a sequel of the television show Pretty Little Liars. On September 25, 2017, Freeform ordered a pilot for the series titled Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and the second spin-off series following Ravenswood. On May 14, 2018, the network picked up the series for a 10-episode season, set to air in 2019. I. Marlene King wrote and Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum directed the first two episodes, which are titled "Pilot" and "Sex, Lies and Alibis". On February 5, 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 20, 2019. On September 27, 2019, Freeform canceled the series after one season.Casting
On September 25, 2017, Freeform announced that Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish had been cast to reprise their roles as Alison DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal, respectively. On January 29, 2018, it was announced that Sofia Carson had been cast in the role of Ava, one of the series' protagonists.On March 9, 2018, Deadline Hollywood reported that Kelly Rutherford would be playing Claire Hotchkiss. It was also announced that Sydney Park as Caitlin Park-Lewis, Eli Brown as Dylan Walker, Noah Gray-Cabey as Mason Gregory and Klea Scott as Dana Booker. General Hospital star Hayley Erin was cast in a "mysterious, unnamed role", which later proved to be Taylor Hotchkiss.