She leaves the hospital, going back to the church to retrieve Melissa's (Torrey DeVitto) phone where she is cornered by Ian. He chases her up to the bell tower and tries to throw her off, saying that he planned out her suicide. However, a mysterious figure in a black hoodie appears and knocks Ian off the bell tower into the ropes, strangling him and saving Spencer. The police arrive at the scene to inspect the tower, but do not find Ian's body. The girls receive a text from “A” saying, “It's not over until I say it is. Sleep tight while you still can, bitches. –A” Production “For Whom the Bell Tolls" was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and written by I. Marlene King. The episode is the fifth writing credit for King. The episode also serves as the second directing credit for Glatter, after the pilot episode. Reception Ratings “For Whom the Bell Tolls” premiered on ABC Family on March 21, 2011, and was viewed by 3.64 million people. It garnered a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 age demographic, translating to 1.7 million viewers and a 0.2 ratings increase compared to the previous episode. The episode stands as the fourth highest viewed episode behind the season two episodes “It’s Alive” and “unmAsked” and the season one episode “Moments Later”. Reviews Carrie Raisler of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B−, praising it as “much stronger than the season as a whole”, while also calling it the “most confusing episode of television.” Tierney Bricker of Zap2it highlighted Spencer's intellectual prowess in the episode as one of the best moments and commented “You know you've just watched a good season finale when you have said the phrase "Oh my god!" over five times. We said it about 10 times during "Pretty Little Liars" Season 1 finale.” <ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/03/pretty-little-liars-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-a-farewell-to-ian.html |title='Pretty Little Liars 'For Whom the Bell Tolls': A Farewell to Ian? |publisher=Zap2it |last=Bricker |first=Tierney |date=March 22, 2011 |access-date=March 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321051628/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/03/pretty-little-liars-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-a-farewell-to-ian.html |archive-date=March 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Teresa Lopez of TV Fanatic'' praised Brendan Robinson’s character for bringing Caleb back to Rosewood and called the episode ‘‘entertaining, although somewhat unsatisfying.” References External links 2011 American television episodes Pretty Little Liars episodes Television episodes directed by Lesli Linka Glatter