When Charlotte “CeCe” Drake (Vanessa Ray) was revealed as “A” in season six of Pretty Little Liars, it was one of the biggest shockers of the series. Charlotte used to be Charles but transitioned to female under the guidance of her aunt, Jessica DiLaurentis (Andrea Parker). Cece’s mom and Jessica’s twin, Mary Drake (Andrea Parker), was revealed later, but her father remained a secret — until the May 9 episode.
Hanna (Ashley Benson) and Spencer (Troian Bellisario) search for Mary and stumble across the house of Pastor Ted (Edward Kerr), who used to be engaged to Hanna’s mom. The two ask if he has seen Mary, and he says he has not. When Hanna and Spencer leave, Mary appears in the doorframe behind Ted. Talk about a plot twist. This is too crazy. It’s obvious that the two knew each other before this encounter — but it gets worse.
Ted goes to Hanna and tells her he lied about Mary. It turns out Mary and Ted dated in college and Mary was at his house to tell him he had a child — CeCe. Let that sink in for a minute — Ted is Cece’s dad. When Cece was still Charles, he went to a camp where Ted was a counselor. Ted even has a picture of him, Charles and another boy. Hanna asks Ted who the other boy is, and he says the name is something like “Luke.” Hanna makes the connection. Lucas (Brendan Robinson) was friends with Charles when he was younger. It is unclear if Lucas knew CeCe was his childhood friend, but it’s very suspicious.
Fans reacted to the revelations on Twitter:
And Pastor Ted is Charolette's dad, Mary killed her sister THIS WHOLE EPISODE IS A MESS #PLL pic.twitter.com/ZDYte2DR2D
— _lettmeb (@_LETTmeB) May 10, 2017
Here comes the Ted revelation that we all probably could've guessed because nobody knows how to make a promo without spoilers #PLL
— jojo (@drewxhale) May 10, 2017
Pastor Ted is Charlotte's dad! #PLL
— 'Rosewood Liars' (@miss_jillyb) May 10, 2017
I wasn't expecting Ted to be this relevant. #PLL #PLLEndGame
— KatTJamieson (@katjamieson7) May 10, 2017
Or Lucas for that matter.
Now what?#PLLChat
Pretty Little Liars is scheduled to return May 23 at 8 p.m. on Freeform.
