Theory #39 - Ezra is a P.I.

So lately everyone has been wondering, what is Ezra’s story? Is he -A? Is he not -A? Was he with Ali? WHAT IS HIS CONNECTION?

So picture this. Ezra is a private investigator. Hired by Peter Hastings. My theory is that Ezra was hired by Mr. Hastings, and became obsessed with Alison. Let’s take this from the beginning (;

#1 - In 2x22 Peter Hastings told Spencer that he hired a private investigator to look into Alison’s disappearance.

#2 - The money. In 2x22 Spencer finds a check stub written for $15,000 , which is when Mr. Hastings confesses to hiring the private investigator. In 3x06, Aria finds all that large sum of money found in Ezra’s drawer. We all thought it was from Jason, but what if it was from Peter?

#3 - The private investigator had a LOT of photos of Alison. Way more than necessary. It seemed almost obsessive.

#4 - His “disguise”. We’ve never seen Ezra is typical -A garb. Just a baseball cap and jacket, not something we would usually see him in. Almost like it’s a disguise. I’ve always thought it was weird how we’ve never seen him in the typical -A hoodie…

#5 - It would explain why he would want to get close to the girls. If he was a private investigator, it would help to have an “in”. He wanted info from the liars.

#6 - The Ravenswood lair did not seem like an -A lair. In every -A lair we’ve seen, it’s messy, defacing pictures of Alison, usually has some creepy doll or something. The Ravenswood lair was clean, organized, focused on TRACKING the girls and Alison. The board in the Ravenswood lair seemed almost like a police board would.

#7 - It would explain why Ezra was pissed when the liars found that “lair”. It was his office. It had his suits. All his findings.

#8 - It would explain why Ezra might be going through Hanna’s things. He now knows that the girls know where Alison is (or so he thinks), and he was looking for answers. Everyone was saying it didn’t seem like a very -A thing to do!

#9 - It would explain why Ezra had those tapes of Alison. It seems like he is tracking her.

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So what if Ezra was the P.I. that Peter Hastings hired? But he became obsessed with Alison, and never stopped looking for her.

I think it all makes sense in the context (;