Show: Pretty Little Liars
Character Status: Recurring
Endgame: Dead
Orientation: Bisexual
Show Status: Still Airing
Tropes: Bury Your Gays, Evil
Sara Harvey, Pretty Little Liars
Sara Harvey (Dre Davis)
Sara was first introduced in Season 6, she had been kidnapped and held by CeCe (Charlotte) for two years. Before that she was the Queen Bee in her school in a small town similar to Rosewood.
After she was saved, CeCe tasked her with keeping an eye on the liars by infiltrating them and they chose Emily since she was the weakest link. Sara moved in with Emily who began to fall in love with her and eventually they kissed (6×06) and started a short relationship. Sara also developed feelings for Emily, but it didn’t stop her from helping CeCe.
On a night she was stopped from setting a bomb for CeCe, it remained unclear whether she was trying to save the liars or to blow them up. Emily punched her and knocked her out, and while groggy Sara accidentally grabbed some wires with her bare hands and got electrocuted which crippled her hands and left her with terrible scars.
Season 7
Sara returned to Rosewood in 7×05 and started flirting with Jenna Marshall, but as soon as Noel appeared Jenna stopped paying attention to Sara. She told Emily that she was trying to protect her and that was why she had befriended Jenna. In 7×06 Sara was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel room at the end of the episode.
Appearances:
- 16 episodes.
Female love interests:
- Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell, lesbian, regular)
Relationship story arc with a woman: No
No male love interests
Relationship story arc with a man: No
Filter Relationship Arc:
Storyline during sweeps? No
[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.
Quotes
One company dropped its advertising for our show in one of the early seasons, because they didn’t agree with the relationship. And I was like, “No shit, our relationship is illegal!” And Marlene said, “No, it’s not yours, it’s Emily’s relationship [that’s the problem].” So I could be seen as a statutory rapist, and people are like, “I know, but love knows no bounds, as long as there is a penis and a vagina involved.”
— Cosmopolitan, Actor Ian Harding, who plays a male teacher involved with a (female) student.
Ian Harding
April 17, 2017
— Twitter, Showrunner Marlene King, using the "It's just a TV show" argument.
Marlene King
November 17, 2016
Well, I felt terrible that people were so upset about Maya’s death. It was an important part of the storytelling, though, and important for Emily’s character to have to deal with that. I don’t really regret it, but it’s unfortunate that people were personally so upset about it.
— Vulture, Showrunner Marlene King when asked if she had any regrets.
Marlene King
January 12, 2016
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