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|This article centers around Ezra Fitz, a TV character. For another version check out Ezra Fitz (Book Character).
|It's so beautiful.
— Ezra
|Ezra Fitz (Fitzgerald)
|General Information
Hair Color:
|Dark Brown
Eye Color:
Marital Status:
|Single (In Love With Aria Montgomery)
|English Teacher at Rosewood High School
Ghost Writer
| Z (by Jackie and other college classmates)
Theatre Guy (by Holden)
Mr. Fritz (by Mona Vanderwaal)
Board Shorts
| Lyle Springer (maternal grandfather)
Francis Springer (maternal grandmother)
Dianne Fitzgerald (mother)
Unnamed Father
Wesley Fitzgerald (brother)
| Aria Montgomery (Girlfriend,In Love With)
Jackie Molina (ex-fiancee)
Maggie Cutler (ex-girlfriend)
Alison DiLaurentis (ex-girlfriend)
| Aria Montgomery
Spencer Hastings
Hanna Marin
Emily Fields
Ella Montgomery
Mrs. Welch
| Mr. Tamborelli
| Noel Kahn
Jackie Molina
Dianne Fitzgerald
Byron Montgomery
|Series Information
| Writing
Old Movies
Finding Alison DiLaurentis
|Hollis College
|Series Information
| Dated a student (exposed)
Formerly engaged to Jackie Molina (exposed)
Pretended to be present when Ella was grading Emily's test in order to get her out of trouble.
Lying about his last name (exposed to Aria)
Lied about his family history and the fact that his family is rich (exposed to Aria)
He got a girl named Maggie pregnant during the summer after his high school graduation (exposed; believed; false)
Had a relationship with Alison (exposed to Spencer and Aria)
First appearance:
| Pilot
The First Secret (chronologically)
Latest appearance:
|A is for Answers
Portrayed By:
|Ian Harding
Ezra Fitz (formerly Fitzgerald) is an English teacher at Rosewood High School, who has a relationship with Aria Montgomery. It was revealed in "Free Fall" that he had a brief relationship with Alison DiLaurentis and has been tracking her and the liars in order to write a true crime novel and figure out who 'A' is.[[1]]
Ezra Fitz, born as Ezra Fitzgerald, comes from an extremely wealthy family from which he is almost entirely estranged, having both rejected his existing and future inheritance, and changed his last name from Fitzgerald to Fitz. In the summer after high school graduation, he had a girlfriend named Maggie who got pregnant, but his mother paid Maggie to leave town and have an abortion. She had the baby which Ezra believed was his son, Malcolm and Ezra didn't find out about it until the child was 7 years old. Due to a DNA test Ezra finds out that Malcolm is not his child, and that Maggie lied to him about his paternity because she had remorse over the situation that resulted in his birth.
He used to be engaged to Jackie Molina, but she broke off the engagement. Ezra is in love with one of his former students, Aria Montgomery, but she broke up with him in the Season 3 finale. He is well liked by his fellow faculty members and by his students. He resigned from Rosewood High and was teaching at Hollis, until Byron Montgomery got him fired. He recently became a substitute teacher at Rosewood High School, then became a full-time teacher again. Aria regretfully ended their relationship because it was becoming too complicated.
Ezra meets Aria at a bar. The two start talking about college, traveling, writing, and music, hitting it off right away. When Ezra mentions that he's come to Rosewood to teach, Aria lets him think she's a bit older than she is. They go to the bar bathroom and start to make out.
The next Monday, they are both shocked to find that Ezra is Aria's English teacher. When they get a chance to speak privately, Ezra expresses that he felt Aria was dishonest in her self description, but Aria clarifies that she chose her words carefully. He tells her even though she is amazing, nothing more can happen between them. They see each other again at Alison's funeral and though Aria seems prepared to say goodbye, he does not; he kisses her there in the church.
Aria approaches Mr. Fitz to sign the slip giving her permission to transfer out of his class. He asks her to come into the classroom so they can speak privately. He tries to persuade her to stay, stating that he can keep his feelings in check. The problem is she can't. She tells him that she can't sit in a classroom calling him Mr. Fitz when she knows him as Ezra. He signs the slip for her.
Mona saunters into to class and asks if she's late while calling Ezra "Mr Fritz." He simply tells her to take her seat. Aria walks in after and drops the permission slip on Ezra's desk showing that it has been denied.She then takes her seat and they glance at each other longingly realizing the only chance they had to be together just slipped through their fingers.
Aria runs into Mr. Fitz outside the movie theater where she is seeing It Happened One Night with her mom. Ella invites Mr. Fitz to join them. They sit next to each other uncomfortably for the duration of the film. Later, Ezra sees Aria walking home during a rainstorm. He pulls up next to her and opens the passenger side door. He drives to a secluded street and they give in to their feelings once again.
Aria visits him after class to discuss possible weekend plans. He encourages her to hang out with her friends instead. They have a moment, touching hands and staring into each other's eyes until interrupted by another teacher. Flustered, they pretend Aria was there to talk about a homework assignment and she leaves. After a distressing encounter with Meredith at her mom's gallery, Aria shows up to Ezra's apartment. He gives her a much needed hug.
Ezra takes a bike ride through town and gives a wave to Aria and her friends, who are checking him out. At school, he invites Aria to dinner at his place.
During dinner, they discuss her parents' marital problems. He mentions that before his parents were divorced, they had come to an arrangement where they saw other people. He suggests maybe there is more to her parents' relationship than she is aware. They argue and Aria leaves angry.
The bell rings, and Ezra begins his English class. An awkward class discussion ensues over a character's hypocrisy in the assigned novel they are reading, "To Kill a Mockingbird." When one student named Sperling speaks up, Ezra jumps down his throat, accusing him of not attempting to understand the book, while defending Aria's statement. Eventually, he comes to his senses, but Spencer and Emily seem to pick up on the awkward tension.
Later, Aria heads to Ezra's apartment in a fury. She blasts him for the way he handled the class discussion, snappily defending her in a way that people could detect something amiss. She also goes off about the suggestion that her parents have an arrangement, telling him that he doesn't understand the situation. But Ezra defers to Aria and doesn't try to argue. Instead, he tells her that he would like to get to know her better and closes the door.
Ezra self-deprecatingly invites Aria to a poetry reading, where he will be reading a short story, joking how if it doesn't go well, he might have to hurt himself; it could get ugly.
After his piece, Ezra is surprised to find that his old college friend Hardy is also in attendance. The three then hang out playing darts, eating French fries, and sharing college stories with Aria. Hardy is quick to pick up on Aria and Ezra's scandalous relationship, privately warning Ezra that it could bring him more harm than good down the line.
Later, Ezra takes Hardy's comments to heart; he mocks Aria that she will find out what college guys are like when she gets to college after she asks if all college guys are like Hardy. They discuss their relationship, whether it is right or wrong and if it should continue. Aria convinces Ezra that when they're alone with no one to judge, it feels right. Ezra asks her to stay, but Aria has to get home, promising to cook him dinner tomorrow night.
Turns out Aria accidentally left her phone at his place. He looked at it because it kept buzzing and unknowingly intercepted a message from "A." He thinks "A" is a friend Aria confided in about their affair and when she shows up at his door with groceries in hand, he quickly puts an end to their relationship, saying she's obviously not mature enough to handle it.
There's No Place Like Homecoming
Aria tries to talk to him at school, but he is unwilling to hear her out, claiming to be late for a staff meeting. At the homecoming dance the next day, Ezra is in charge of the bean bag toss booth. Aria happens to be assigned to the same booth. She takes the opportunity to try to explain about the text. Aria tells him she didn't tell anyone and "A" is not a friend, but doesn't seem to be getting through and walks away.
Later, Ezra sees Aria dancing with Sean and walks away looking disappointed. She follows him down the hall away from the dance. She tells him that she knows it's over, but she can't stand the idea of him hating her. Ezra says he could never hate her. He regrets not being able to take her on real dates in public and is afraid he's asking too much of her. He admits to only coming tonight in hopes of seeing her. He even got a haircut for her. Things are left unresolved as they go their separate ways.
Unbeknownst to Aria, Ezra takes a trip to New York to possibly find another job. He returns during the SAT, which has been postponed due to bad weather. He walks in on Aria and Noel in the middle of an intimate guitar session in the music room, which turns icy upon Ezra's arrival. Noel heads back to the library and he and Aria speak in private. He explains he went to New York to deal with his "issues" and had time to think about the consequences of their relationship. He says things need to change. Aria says they already have and walks out holding back tears. Later, Ezra chats with Ella in a school storage closet. She says she is glad Aria has an adult in her life she can admire, causing Ezra to reevaluate his feelings once again.
Ezra watches Aria talk to, then kiss, Noel. He asks if Noel plays football and Aria starts defending Noel, saying he's really smart and loves old movies. Ezra says she is entitled to be with whoever she wants to be with, but he is clearly not thrilled seeing her with someone else.
Aria confronts Ezra over a poem he published entitled B-26. It is clearly about Aria and he never intended for her to see it. She is sick of his mixed signals and angry with him for letting her believe he didn't love her. He tries to tell her he was trying to do the right thing, but she won't have it. Noel catches the tail end of their conversation and asks what's going on. Aria says absolutely nothing is going on and walks out. Ezra asks if Noel has something to say to him, realizing they are probably caught. Noel walks away and Ezra, in a moment of high emotion and frustration, throws the book of poems across the room. Later, Ezra stays late to grade papers. He doesn't realize Noel is there watching him.
The next night, Ezra texts her, "I need to see you." He pulls up in the woods, nearby Mona's birthday party, and Aria gets in his car. He tries to explain why he was looking for a new job. It wasn't to leave her, it was to make it possible for them to be together. When he saw her with Noel, he decided to let it be and give her a chance at a normal relationship. She calls him a jerk and tells him off for making decisions that weren't his to make. He asks her to forgive him. She refuses. He gets closer and asks again. She can't resist him any longer and the two kiss passionately. Little do they know, someone is watching.
The next day, Aria meets Ezra outside his apartment. He spotted the writing on the back of his car that morning and is understandably concerned someone saw them together last night. Aria insists it doesn't mean anything and wipes the writing away with her shirt sleeve. Later, Aria waits for him in his empty classroom. He agrees the writing on the window was probably nothing. They talk about their complicated relationship and discuss whether it would be better had they never seen each other in the bar that first day. Aria admits he makes her miserable sometimes, but not unhappy, and she would not go back and change things if she had the opportunity. He agrees. Ezra wants them to "move forward, together."
After English class, Aria admits she knows who is responsible for writing on the car - Noel Kahn. She tells Ezra Noel promised not to say anything about what he saw. However, later that day, Noel tries to extort a higher grade on his essay out of Mr. Fitz, threatening to get the principal involved if he doesn't change the grade from a C to an A. When Ezra next sees Aria, he tells her Noel doesn't seem to be keeping his promise. While discussing this, Jenna enters the room, needing a signature on an absence card. On her way out she says, "sorry to interrupt," as if she may have heard.
Ezra doesn't change the grade and Noel once again threatens him to change it. He continues to say no, until Noel comes extremely close to telling the other students in the class about his relationship with Aria. Coerced, he agrees to take another look. He steps into the hallway and watches Toby being escorted by the cops, then exchanges a look with Aria before walking away. When Noel returns to pick up his A paper, he finds it is still a C and makes it clear he will follow through with his threat.
Aria shows up to Ezra's apartment to find him drinking and looking disheveled. She insists on knowing what happened today. Ezra clasps her hands and says he refuses to change Noel's grade, but whatever happens tomorrow, she has to know how he feels about her. "Even though this doesn't look right, it has always felt right." Aria tenderly touches his face and says, "I love you," then softly kisses him. Later, she calls home and lies about spending the night at Spencer's. He lights a candle and she leans on him on the sofa, both hoping this isn't the last time they'll hold each other.
The next day, Ezra stands in his empty classroom preparing to resign. He exchanges a wistful look with Aria while walking down the hall. The principal, along with a security guard, is escorting Noel to his locker where the stolen answers to 3 midterms are found. Ezra looks beyond relieved and ducks out, not sticking around to give Noel a chance to hurl a single accusation.
Aria's old babysitter, and published author, Simone, comes to Rosewood for a visit. Ella arranges for her to talk to the English classes at Rosewood high. Ella also arranges for her to have coffee with Ezra because he is "very single and very handsome." Ezra reads and enjoys Simone's short story, then meets her for coffee, ruining Aria's plan for them to spend the afternoon together. Aria offers to stick around, but he basically pushes her out the door, making sure she leaves first so no one sees them together.
At the dance-a-thon, Simone and Ezra chat by the coat room. Aria walks up and Simone tells an embarrassing story about how Aria used to sleep with a cookie monster doll. Later, Ezra chats with Simone on the dance floor. A jealous Aria marches up to them and demands, "We have to talk." Spencer intervenes, asking Mr. Fitz to dance, giving Aria a chance to cool off.
Outside, in the parking lot, Aria says that Ezra would be better off with Simone, who is smart, pretty and accomplished, and sheds a tear. Ezra replies, saying that he is in love with someone already, meaning Aria. He moves in to kiss her, but backs up, knowing that anybody could see them in the school parking lot.
Under the guise of asking him to "look over her assignment," Aria seductively confronts Ezra with two tickets to a gallery exhibit in Philadelphia tomorrow night. Ezra goes all out, hiring a limo for the date, as does Aria who is decked out in heels and a red dress waiting for him outside his apartment. He pulls up, commenting on how good she looks and why a limo is much better than the train. The driver opens the door for Aria allowing her to get close to Ezra in the backseat. The two spend a romantic outing in Philadelphia, pleased they don't have to conceal their kisses and hand holding in public, something neither of them is quite used to yet.
Ezra has lunch with his colleagues, including Ella Montgomery, a substitute at Rosewood High School. He invites them to meet an author they all enjoy. Paige's father, Mr. McCullers, storms into the cafeteria demanding to speak to the coach, who is supposedly taking opportunities away from his daughter and giving them to someone who doesn't deserve it to further a political agenda. Ezra calmly diffuses the situation, gaining Ella's respect.
Aria tells Ezra he has nothing to worry about having a parent-teacher conference with her dad even though he is worried about the complexity of the situation. His meeting with Byron does not go well because Byron is under the impression Ezra may be interested in his wife. (Little does he know...) While Ezra tries to talk about Aria, Byron grills him on his taste in literature and generally makes an already awkward situation even more uncomfortable.
Ezra later tells Aria he is sure her father hates him. Either that, or he's crazy. Another day, Ezra and Aria are alone in his apartment fooling around when Byron's voice comes over the answering machine, apologizing for the way he acted, inviting Ezra out for a beer, and decidedly killing the mood.
At school, the girls sit outside the auditorium practicing lines for auditions for the play Mr. Fitz is directing, called "The Bad Seed," while Jenna talks to Mr. Fitz about composing music on her flute for the play. He thinks it's a great idea though seems a bit perplexed by Jenna's comment about finding the nature of evil fascinating.
One morning, Aria ambushes Ezra in his apartment with the idea of making her stage manager for the play. Though initially uncertain, he is powerless against her persuasive arguments and agrees. He is also unsure about making plans with her father. She, however, likes the idea of them getting to know one another, hoping her dad sees how special he is. Aria mentions how she'd like her friends to see how special he is as well, lying that she hasn't told them about their relationship. He says they like him just fine; as a matter of fact, he just cast them in the play. Aria is excited she will get to spend so much time with him on and off-campus working on the play.
At play practice, Aria sits next to Ezra and helps him gather up the papers he dropped. Ian Thomas briefly enters the room mistaking it for a Booster Club meeting. They take a break. When play practice resumes, Aria slips up, calling him "Ezra" in front of everyone. She realizes her mistake and hopes no one picks up on it, but it's clear they do. This makes Ezra understandably edgy about their relationship.
Byron catches up with Ezra in the hallway at school, reminding him about the drinks they're supposed to have later. At the bar, Byron mentions that Aria is already "applying to colleges in California," giving Ezra pause, and that Ezra should consider teaching at the college level where he would have more time for his writing. Later, Aria asks how the get-together with her dad went. Ezra mentions how Byron might try to get him a job at Hollis College. Aria doesn't see the need for Ezra to get a new job. He mentions eventually he will want to move on, just like she will.
Tensions rise when a conflict over scheduling causes Aria to admit becoming stage manager was not the best idea. She offers to find a replacement. Then they delve deeper into Ezra's comments earlier about leaving Rosewood. He says that their futures may not be linked, causing Aria to step back, bewildered. She explains she was only looking at one college in California, in Ezra's favorite city, where they could move together. She expects them to have a future, while Ezra is not as certain. She stops by his place later to make her feelings known - the future is uncertain, so they should enjoy what they have now. He seems to agree with the sentiment.
In his classroom, Ezra talks to Jenna about her short story when Aria walks in. When Jenna leaves, he asks Aria about the incident which caused her blindness. They arrange to meet at his place later and cook dinner. Later, he arrives home to find a prepared meal and Aria in a knockout dress. He announces that he likes coming home to her. He brings up Jenna's story again, making Aria uncomfortable, prompting her to ask him to change the subject.
The next morning, Aria shows up to his apartment distressed. He asks what's wrong, shocked to see his girlfriend burst into tears. She fills him in on all the details of the Jenna Thing and hopes he'll continue to look at her the same way knowing she had a hand in Jenna's accident. He says it doesn't change anything, he still loves her, and holds her close on the sofa.
Aria catches up with Ezra in the hall to ask him about their plans for the upcoming Founder's Day Festival. Just then, Aria spots Ella, so she purposefully knocks the coffee out of his hand. Bending down to clean up the mess, she is able to (somewhat) discreetly whisper an invitation to Ezra to a quiet weekend together instead of going to the festival, but he does not answer definitively.
Ezra calls Aria to let her know he'll be late at the moment she finds out that Ezra has an ex-fiancée named Jackie Molina, having seen a picture of the two of them on his laptop. Aria is quite shocked by the photo and cuts the conversation short. She eventually decides to be direct and ask him about it. She feels that he knows everything about her, but he hasn't shared as much about himself. Ezra explains that yes, he was once engaged. They dated throughout college, he proposed in Italy, she accepted, but later broke it off. Aria is not thrilled to hear he wasn't the one to break it off, realizing they could easily be married right now. Ezra reassures her that Jackie is his past and she is his present. This seems to satisfy her and they continue their movie marathon, which Ezra falls asleep during.
Later, Aria decides to have some fun. She drew faces on some paper bags and has them wear them over their heads to pose for a photo. They, of course, cannot take real photos together, in case they were found. Aria gets a text and leaves in a hurry. We see Officer Garrett standing outside Ezra's door, probably seeing Aria exiting his apartment. He knocks on the door and asks to come in, spying the paper bags and a girl's scarf strewn on the sofa. The episode then ends with Garret saying "I'd like to talk to you about one of your students."
Aria gets 10 text messages from Ezra saying that a cop was at his house and he needs to talk to her. Aria anxiously rushes to school to find out what's going on, fearing the worst when he says he just met with the principal. Smiling, Ezra says he just turned in his resignation because "Hollis offered me the job." Aria punches him in the shoulder because she was certain they'd been caught. Ezra apologizes, explaining he cop was there to ask about Spencer, the trophy, props, etc. The real news is how happy he is he and Aria will be able to be seen out in public together, at a coffee shop, or a poetry reading - they don't always have to be looking over their shoulder anymore. He informs her that he'll be attending the faculty mixer at her house tonight. She offers to give him the tour, suggestively offering to show him her room.
At the mixer, Aria answers the door to face none other than Ezra's ex fiancée, Jackie Molina, who explains that she works at Hollis. Aria, taken by surprise, leaves Jackie standing at the door and escapes to her room. Ezra spots her leave, and sees Jackie at the door and realizes why Aria might be upset. He finds her in her room upstairs, under different circumstances than they had intended. Aria says that she can't help but think that Ezra still has feelings for Jackie. Ezra says that he didn't know she would be there. He hasn't seen her since last summer and she was just a TA back then. Aria points out that up until then, Ezra was the only guy who had never lied to her. Disheartened, Aria leaves him standing in her bedroom, speechless.
When Mr. Fitz walks into his classroom, he heads to the board to erase the game of hangman spelling out LIARS. He is not thrilled to see Noel has returned to school. He beckons Aria to speak privately in the classroom, checks if she is alright after the incident with Ian and if she wants to talk about it, but she is uncommunicative. He tells her nothing has changed, he is here for her and still loves her. Ezra tries to apologize about Jackie, but Aria is mostly unresponsive. He asks if they are over, and Aria can't manage more than a "I don't know..." He looks very upset when she leaves.
That day after school, Aria makes an appearance at Ezra's place. There, shirtless Ezra assures Aria he believes she and her friends are telling the truth about the Ian incident. He offers his support to Aria. She says she feels like things have changed. Ezra says she can ask him anything and Aria is curious to hear more details about Jackie. He tells her Jackie wasn't ready for a commitment and assures her that she is not a rebound, but cannot bring himself to lie and say he wasn't still in love with Jackie when he first met Aria. He promises he was never thinking about anyone else while they were together. Ezra asks her to spend the rest of the day, like they used to, but Aria declines and leaves. Ezra is unaware that "A" stole the key to his apartment and his Hollis diploma too.
At school, Aria is cold towards Ezra when he attempts to be friendly. She accuses him of not letting her know about his last day on the job being Friday, and not being clear enough about what to expect after he packs up his desk. He feels he's been perfectly clear about how he feels, but that they won't be able to figure things out before the next bell. She finally consents to meeting Ezra in his apartment the next day to sort out the complicated details of their relationship.
Later, Aria gets a call from Ezra, while waiting for him in his apartment, as per their agreement. Ezra is stuck in a meeting with his new employers at Hollis College, surprised by how the long the meeting has gone. Aria is frustrated, thinking that this should have been anticipated, but she agrees to wait for Ezra in his apartment a while longer until he comes home. She replaces the diploma he never noticed was missing on his desk. She waits over an hour, then finally leaves a note for him perched in the typewriter's output ending things.
The next day in English class, Ezra uses his last moments with the Rosewood High students to give a parting speech. It is given to the whole class, but the innuendo is clearly intended for Aria alone, telling what an unexpected sense of loss he feels leaving and that he'll never forgot their time together. At the end of the day, Ezra packs up his desk and brings his things to his car. Aria calls out his name running to embrace him, and the two kiss passionately.
While on campus at Ezra's new workplace, Aria and Ezra revel in the fact that they can outwardly show their affection for each in public. The two lovers share a kiss, not realizing that a stunned Jackie is eyeing them from across the way. Later, Aria grumbles about the fact Jenna is in her pottery class. Ezra, in a robe, just out of the shower, sits beside her and listens. He mentions maybe the universe is trying to tell her something, maybe it's time to bury the hatchet with Jenna they share an interest in art after all. He pulls her closer and gives her a kiss while she contemplates his advice.
Aria visits Ezra at Hollis. She sits perched on Ezra's desk, cluing him in on the details of discovering Ian's body. They are sharing an intimate moment, which is silently overheard by Jackie, who purposely barges into the office to break up their tête-à-tête. Ezra awkwardly introduces Aria as a former student, and she explains she just stopped by on the way to her dad's office. Jackie patronizingly calls Ezra by a nickname, probably to make Aria jealous, and later remarks that "Mr. Fitz" should start letting "the girl" call him by his first name. After Jackie leaves, they discuss everything wrong with that little encounter. Aria's not crazy about the nickname "Z," mentioning how her family used to call her Pookie Bear and don't anymore, for good reason. Aria felt disappointed being introduced as a former student and Ezra felt demoted to a pit stop when she mentioned her dad. They agree in the future that he will introduce her as "a friend," and he just might have to start calling her Pookie Bear.
Later, when Ezra shows up to the church for Ian's funeral service, he is questioned about his attendance by Ella and Byron Montgomery. Ezra is at first forthcoming, admitting Aria invited him. However, he explains that it was to support his former students, all of them. Aria is rebuffed, especially when her father acknowledges the gesture towards the "kids." He sits next to them during the service. After the burial in the cemetery, Aria makes a comment about rounding up the entire student body so they can talk, chiding him for his earlier remarks. She wishes they could move forward and start being seen as a couple in public, but both know it's not the time or the place for a big step like that. Aria expresses her need for a hug, but all he can do is say he'll call her later.
Byron invites Ezra and a plus-one to dinner. He feels that it would be nice to extend a hand to his teaching colleague who is still learning the ropes of Hollis. Byron points out that there is no conflict of interest now that Ezra is no longer Aria's teacher and that she should start to call him Ezra. He accepts the invitation. Aria comes to see him at Hollis to talk him out of it, but he feels inclined to go. He persuades her that it will finally be their opportunity to warm Ella and Byron up to the Aria and Ezra interacting in a way other than as teacher and student. It will be "a baby step," just like she wanted. Aria reluctantly agrees.
At dinner, Ezra comes over bringing flowers and scotch. He and Aria joke about the scotch, then Aria happily introduces him to her guests as "Ezra." Jason brings a similar gesture, and Aria's two suitors meet for the first time. Ezra notices Aria take a phone call upstairs. Jason and Ezra exchange stories about traveling and biking. When Officer Barry shows up to make the announcement of Mike's arrest, Jason and Aria exchange knowing looks, at which Ezra raises an eyebrow. Ezra, Jason, and Aria are left alone in the house after Byron and Ella and their other guests leave.
Ezra helps Aria clear the table and runs the dishwasher. He remarks how well he was doing tonight before they were interrupted. They joke about him practicing what to say in front of the mirror to impress her father. Ezra questions why Jason was invited tonight, expecting a more specific answer than he is Ali's brother, and Aria explains her mom and his mom are friends. Aria goes to the living room to offer Jason more coffee, while Ezra watches intently, wondering what the two are whispering about.
A little later, while Aria leaves her two suitors together downstairs, Jason makes small talk with Ezra, asking if he had Aria... in his class at Rosewood High. At that moment, Aria approaches and suddenly declares it's time for them to leave. Ezra is surprised and asks, "both of us?" Aria apologizes and says she will talk to him tomorrow. The two gentleman exit, making awkward eye contact on the door stoop before going their separate ways.
Ezra pops in on Aria working in the Hollis College pottery studio. He puts his arms around her and jokes about the pottery wheel scene in Ghost, but she's not in the mood. He mentions how flew past his apartment that morning. She claims she had to make sure her bowl gets put in the kiln. He asks, "how are things at home?" He tries to explain Mike's behavior by suggesting that Mike's friends put him up to it, but Aria informs him that he's broken into other houses too. She mentions him trying to break into Jason's place, and it dawns on Ezra that that was why she and Jason were privately whispering to each other at the failed dinner party.
Aria just nods and picks up her finished piece and sets it on the shelf of pottery awaiting the kiln. Ezra picks up Jenna's candle holder and compliments it. Aria lets him know who its artist is. He asks about patching things up with Jenna, but Aria has nothing to report. Ezra asks why Aria hadn't confided in him about Mike, and she replies because it was embarrassing. He reassures her she shouldn't feel that way around him because he is understanding. He invites her over for later that day, and she accepts the offer, telling him she'll call him. During their conversation up until this point, Aria's voice has been very subdued. Ezra is about to leave, but turns quickly on his heels and asks if Jason is a threat to him. Aria gives a little laugh and denies it. When he leaves, she doesn't bother to turn her head to watch him go.
That night at the hospital, Aria gets a text from Ezra, who she never called as promised. Ezra waits for her in the waiting room. There, Ezra offers his help, then invites Aria over later, but before she responds, she gets a phone call. She ignores it and tells him that she has to get home, then gives him a demure peck goodnight.
After class, Ezra walks in to find Aria with snacks and sodas from the vending machine, a veritable feast! Sensing something may be up, Ezra asks if anything is going on, picking up on her recent moodswings. Aria says she is just happy and wants to share the feeling.
Ezra sets up a booth for Hollis College at the Rosewood High School college fair with Jackie's help. Jackie flirts with him and hangs a bundle of Hollis lanyards around his neck. Later, Ezra spots Aria at another booth and approaches her, feigning a hard sell for College, specifying how "hands on" the teachers there are, but she doesn't play along. Aria gives him a half-smile, then walks outside. Ezra follows her, and Jackie is all too-attentive. With some slightly greater measure of privacy, she assures him she's not mad at him, but she's frustrated with the "outside forces" which are threatening their relationship. Believing she is referring to his ex, he assures her that he does not have feelings for Jackie and there is nothing to worry about, but in the process of explaining her feelings, she blurts out that Jason kissed her. She doesn't get a chance to explain because Jackie walks up enlisting "Z" to get some brochures out the car. He walks away, still shocked and dismayed by what Aria just told him.
After the college fair, Ezra slides into his car, and stares bewildered as Spencer slides into the passenger seat simultaneously. She quickly cuts to the chase and lets Ezra know that she is aware of Aria's romance with him. Ezra stammers a denial, but Spencer waves it off, even slipping in an "Ezra," alarming "Mr. Fitz" further. She lets Ezra know that she believes Aria to be in trouble. As they are sitting in broad daylight during school hours in front of Rosewood Highs school's building, Ella spots them while descending the steps, looking none too pleased.
When Aria goes to Jason, Ezra pulls into Jason's driveway. He reveals what Spencer told him and that he is there to 'rescue' Aria from Jason. Aria assures Ezra that Jason is not a threat in that way, but Ezra still does not like the situation for a different reason. Jason is a threat to their relationship, even if he isn't a threat to Aria's well-being, and Ezra wants to settle things by going public with their relationship, beginning with Aria's parents. Overjoyed to hear Ezra talk this way, she kisses him, and Jason finally comes back, just in time to witness the liplock. He watches as Aria gets into Ezra's car.
They don't follow through with the plan to tell Aria's parents though. Some time later, Jackie brings coffee to Ezra in his office, as he sits reclining on his couch reading some material. She tries to engage him by reminiscing about old times when things were steady between them. Aria, who is also bringing coffee, stops short when she sees that Jackie has beaten her to it. She hides by the doorway, straining to hear which words Jackie has for her beau. Ezra firmly denies Jackie's advances and lets her know that he's seeing someone, to Aria's relief. Jackie plays dumb to this and keeps pitching anyway, wanting to know what his answer would be if they were both single. But he shoots her down, reminding her that he is not single. Later that day, Aria sees an incoming call from Ezra and ignores it.
Aria and the other girls are arrested on suspicion of murder. Aria uses her one phone call to call Ezra and tell him she made a terrible mistake and needs him. Ezra walks into the police station while the girls are being detained and the parents are standing together. Byron wonders at his presence, and Ella goes to confront Ezra and give him the chance to leave, as this is absolutely an inappropriate time to deal with this issue. He says, "I'm in love with her." She then says, "If Spencer's parents find out about this, they will ruin you." Ezra looks stunned. After the hiatus we learn that he did not in fact correct Ella.
Through Many Dangers, Toils, and SnaresOne month after the girls' arrest, and after Aria finishes community service, Ezra bumps into her and Mike on the street outside the bike shop. Things are clearly awkward as they talk about not having seen each other lately and a book of poetry he loaned her. When Mike steps away, Ezra has a chance to say how he has felt numb since they stopped seeing each other and how he wished things were different. Mike returns and they all exchange awkward goodbyes.
Later that day, Byron visits Ezra in his office. They discuss combining their classes to watch a film one day and finishing the dinner that was interrupted. Byron gets a text and mentions how he has had to deal with so many lawyers lately, referring to Aria's arrest. Ezra is sympathetic and asks how things have been. He says he knows Aria well enough to know that Aria would never hurt Ella or Byron on purpose. He agrees with Byron's notion that no one ever starts out intending to hurt anyone.
The next day, Ezra walks in on Jackie and Aria arguing in his office. After Jackie leaves, he finally learns from Aria why she broke up with him. Jackie had been blackmailing her and after all the trouble with the cops, Aria didn't want to drag Ezra into it. Ezra regrets not telling her mother the truth in the police station. Aria is about to leave, resigned to the futility of the situation when Ezra asks if she still trusts him. She answers yes and he informs her that there is something important they have to do that afternoon.
Later, standing before Byron and Ella in their living room, he and Aria finally come clean about their relationship, much to her parents' shock and anger. Ezra does most of the talking, explaining he's in love with Aria and admits it started before she was his student and that it continued while she was his student. Ella and Byron are both in disbelief. Before Byron can hit Ezra, Mike walks up and does it first. After a stunned silence, Aria advises Ezra to leave.
He is later seen in his office reclined on his sofa, contemplative, and drinking. Jackie walks in and tries to defend her actions. Ezra tells her to go away. Spying his injured lip, she realizes he must have told her parents and guesses that Professor Montgomery hit him. Aggravated by her presence, he stands up and tells Jackie in no uncertain terms that he does not want anything to do with her and that she will not do anything to hurt Aria then kicks her out of his office.
The next day, Aria leaves him a voicemail telling him how much she loves him and that things will blow over eventually.
Ezra sits alone in his apartment watching a basketball game when there is a knock at the door. He lets Byron in and offers him a beverage. Byron cuts to the chase. He knows navigating certain student-teacher relationships can be tricky and admits to making his own bad choices, pointing out that they were not with a minor. He asks for Ezra's word that he will not see Aria again, but Ezra doesn't give it to him. Instead, he thanks him for helping him get the job at Hollis which enabled him to continue his relationship with Aria. Byron spies the rumpled sheets on Ezra's bed behind him and asks if he and Aria spend time at his apartment. Before Ezra can answer, Byron threatens him about going to the police and leaves.
In the neighborhood to pick up a cake, Hanna pops in on Ezra in his office to let him know she and Aria's other friends approve of their relationship. He asks Hanna to leave the door open, not wanting to give Byron any more ammunition to use against him.
Aria calls Ezra again and this time he picks up. She says she just needed to hear his voice. He says he needed to hear hers as well, but tells her, with great pain, that she can't call him again and hangs up. Later, Ezra dines alone in a restaurant in town when Aria and her parents walk up. Byron insists they go somewhere else to eat. Aria and Ezra stare longingly at each other before she's forced to walk away.
Mrs. Welch, Aria, and her date to pick up his tickets at the ticket booth trying to be inconspicuous, but glancing at Aria on the way. Mrs. Welch then spots and greets him and he gives her a hug and his extra ticket. Off-screen, he tells Mrs. Welch he is not feeling well 10 minutes into the first act and goes home early.
Emily's phone. She tells him she doesn't want their relationship to be over, but if it is, they should talk about it in person. If there is any chance of staying together, he will meet her under a clock in Philadelphia at 8 o'clock. Sitting at his desk, Ezra sees the voicemail and considers deleting it, but chooses to ignore it for the moment.
Ezra meets with a student about a work of fiction written for class. Ezra has a hard time believing the protagonist would leave his wife at the altar to follow a woman he doesn't even know. The student defends his story, explaining that is what true love is all about. Ezra agrees to take a second look. On his way out, he tells Ezra this quote: "Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." Ezra eventually listens to the voicemail from Aria. He deletes it.
Ezra finally arrives to the meeting place. He calls her name and they kiss in the middle of the street, stopping traffic. Inside his car, they both agree what they are doing is dangerous. He wants her to be safe and happy and make sure that being together is what she wants. She answers him with a kiss. They realize what they are doing is crazy and try to figure out how they can make it work without meeting on sidewalks in the rain for the rest of their lives. Aria tells him she has a plan.
Aria and Ezra have a date planned for the next night, but Ezra has to cancel due to it is canceled because Ezra has to attend a Hollis function. At Hollis College, Ezra chats with a professor, who says that he has recommended Ezra for an associate dean's position at the new Hollis satellite school. Ezra is flattered, and surprised when he learns the school is in New Orleans. When he asks for a few days to think it over, he is told the only reason he is even being offered the position is because Byron Montgomery so strongly recommended him. Byron looks on ominously from across the room.
Ezra arrives outside the bistro, when he receives a text from Aria, saying they have to reschedule and promising to explain later. A disappointed Ezra turns to leave, when he notices Byron inside. Shocked at the close call, Ezra quickly leaves.
Later, Ezra meets Aria in her car. Aria asks him about the trip and says she is glad it's all over. Ezra says that Aria's dad is clearly on to them and that he hasn't declined the offer yet. The job is an incredible opportunity and if he turns it down, Byron will know why. Aria says that they will figure something out like they always do. Ezra says that he's not so sure about that anymore. She asks if he is giving up on them. He says no, but they've been trying to work it out for a long time and maybe they should consider the possibility it is not meant to be. Aria is very visibly upset. Ezra leaves, having to get to class. She breaks down and cries in her car.
Later, Aria and Ezra eat and talk at Ezra's apartment. Aria wonders when he is leaving because it feels like he's left already. He assures her he won't be leaving right away. There is a knock at the door. Ezra opens it to find Ella. Initially surprised, then prepared for the fallout, he lets her in. Outraged, Aria wants to know if Ella plans to bring her home in handcuffs or just yank her out by her hair. Ella says neither. She came to listen.
Ella stares at Ezra and Aria sitting opposite her on the couch. Aria wants to know what they're all doing there. Ella admits while she does not condone their relationship, she is afraid of what will happen if she takes the same stance as Byron. Ezra still isn't sure where they stand. Ella says she wants to understand the relationship between Aria and Ezra before anyone makes any rash decisions. They are interrupted by the kettle whistling.
Byron shows up to Ezra's office, responding to a message that he wanted to see him. Ezra says Professor Schaefer wants a decision about the job in New Orleans. Byron encourages him to take the position, but is not sure why Ezra wants to talk to him. Ezra explains that since he was so instrumental in getting him the position, he should be the first to know his decision. Byron tries to downplay his involvement, but Ezra thanks him for his generosity anyway, then informs him he will not be taking the job. When Byron tells him it is a mistake, Ezra concedes maybe, but not the mistake Byron thinks. Ezra won't reconsider and explains if he took the job, as incredible as it may be, he would never be sure why he did it he doesn't want Byron to have that much power over him. Byron is appalled Ezra would speak to him that way after what he's done to his family. Ezra apologizes, but Byron doesn't accept and tells him once again to leave. Ezra says he is not the kind of man who would take this way out and maybe Byron's ego is getting in the way of everyone moving on. Byron exits without another word and Ezra takes a deep breath. He calls Aria and tells her he loves her.
Later, at his apartment, Aria visits again and reveals she got the boarding school idea negated to which Ezra questions how. After hearing the answer and Aria's statement that you fight one battle at a time, Ezra reveals they may have just lost the war because he was fired that afternoon. Later, while discussing what he will do and where he will go, Ezra tells Aria he needs to find a place where he can do his job and asks Aria if she has any idea how much he loves her. Ezra and Aria then have sex on his bed, which in a later episode is told by Aria as "sacred ground". You can kind of tell they are having sex in the episode shown because Aria is seen in her lace bra and Ezra has no shirt on, but it is not shown, and is not know until a later episode.
In Season 3, it's revealed that his last name is Fitzgerald and that his family is very wealthy, but because of their high standards he broke almost all ties with them.
It is later known that his mother took care of his problem with Maggie by paying her and making sure Maggie never contacts Ezra again. This happened before Ezra decided to cut ties with the Fitzgerald family so this could be part of the reason he decided to leave .He appears quite unexpectedly in a train (This Is A Dark Ride) which throws a suspicion on him. Ezra was going to surprise Aria at the end of the line train but it looks quite unfavorably. As soon as he came Alison DiLaurentis' body was found.
Principal Hackett anonymous got pictures of them together. However, it was revealed to be a hallucination by Aria. After this daydream Aria texts him to say she wants to see other people. Later, in the episode, we see Ezra and Maggie in attendance at Wilden's funeral.
We see Ezra teaching English class. He assigns East of Eden as extra credit reading for those students who haven't had enough doomed relationships, an obvious reference to he and Aria. After class Spencer tells his about her rejection from the University of Pennsylvania and he offers to help her with essays for applications to other schools. Later, when they are reviewing her essay he is supportive, saying he thought it was well written and moving, but thought it disclosed too much personal information. Spencer gets upset and asks him when not telling the truth has ever helped either of them.
We find that Ezra is on a family outing with Maggie and Malcolm when Aria runs into the kid outside the bookstore. It's ambiguous if Ezra has told Malcolm he is his father yet since Malcolm still refers to him as "Ezra". However he also doesn't seem phased when Aria tells him to go back inside before his "mom and dad" notice he is missing. When Jake asks, Aria says Ezra is just one of her teachers, but later reveals the details of their relationship. Jake is sure that Aria and Ezra still have a chance.
Aria storms past Ezra on her way to the boys locker room to confront Connor and Ezra appears worried at Aria's apparent distress and looks on at Mike. Just as Connor reveals that he knows about Aria's relationship with Ezra and calls her a "slut". Ezra appears behind her and says she isn't supposed to be in the locker room. As Aria appears visibly upset on the school stairs, Ezra comes and asks if she is okay to which she replies that he "can't be the guy that makes her feel better anymore" before telling him to stay away from her. Later, in The Brew, Ezra can bee seen looking through the window at Aria who is unaware of his presence, suggesting he still has feelings for her.
He helps Mike from being thrown out of the school because the vandalized of Connor's car. Later he's seen, at his apartment after shopping, and Aria thanks him for his help to her brother.
He is at phone with Malcolm when Emily came in and he guide her for college, and then he suggest to reconnect Emily's connection to her old supervisor at Haiti Zoe.
Ezra is revealed to not be Malcolm's father and angrily confronts Maggie about it.
Ezra is talked about by Carla Grunwald, who tells the liars that A, who is in Ravenswood, is watching them and is hoping they will lead him to Alison DiLaurentis. Ezra then follows the girls to a Halloween shop and watches them. Once the girls enter, he walks back to his A lair and angrily slams the closet door.
He's still in Ravenswood and calls Aria asking where she's. She gives him the answer Ravenswood cemetery after she hangs up its shown he's spying on the liars. Through most of episode he's dress as War 1 solider with a mustard gas on. He knocks Spencer out cold when she fights against him and Hanna sees him from a distance. When the girls are trying to leave, but cannot because A slashed the tire and stole the spare. Ezra comes up to offer them a ride which they accept. Later Ali runs away before she can meet Ezra face to face while she has finally made contact with the liars who know she's alive.
Ezra says that he is going to Phili to meet a college friend to Aria. However Jake sees him outside the Grill shouting at a blonde woman in a car who speeds off. When confronted about this Ezra says that it was Maggie's solicitor and that Maggie is trying to stop him from seeing Malcolm.
While he did not appear physically, Aria flashes back to the first time she met Ezra in "Pilot."
Alison reveals that she had a relationship with Ezra, but it wasn't sexual. On the night she disappeared, Ezra drives to the barn tells her that they're through because he didn't know she was underage.
He later shows up in New York saving the Liars from a gun wielding A. He says the police are on their way and he claims to know who they (A) are. In a struggle Ezra is shot and slips into unconsciousness.
Meet the Parents
Ella Montgomery met Ezra early on in the series, when they run into each other at the movies. She takes a liking to him right away, noting how "young" and "handsome" he is. The two become colleagues and friends when Ella starts working at Rosewood High, meeting for the second time in a supply closet during a severe storm. She tries to set him up with Aria's old babysitter, Simone, and later, they go to a book signing together (along with other faculty members). Byron worries there is something going on between them, but it's all in his head.Byron first meets Ezra during student-teacher conferences. Their first encounter was not what Ezra hoped it would be. Instead, Byron grills him about his taste in literature and awkwardly marks his territory when it comes to his wife. When Aria tells him he's misread the situation, Byron invites Ezra out for a drink. They go, and get along fine, though it's quite awkward, and makes Ezra think hard about his future with Aria. Byron mentions that teaching at the college level would allow Ezra more time for his writing. He later helps Ezra get a job at Hollis College and invites him to the Montgomery home for a faculty mixer.During the second season, Ezra continues to have contact with Aria's parents. He is invited to an intimate dinner party at their home along with Mr. and Mrs. Partha and Jason DiLaurentis. Later, Ella spots him with Spencer Hastings in his car and gets the wrong impression. When Ezra shows up to the police station at Aria's request, Ella stops him, giving him the chance to walk away. He says he's in love with "her," which Ella takes to mean Spencer.
After the mid-season hiatus, Byron visits Ezra in his office. They are friendly and make plans to combine their classes and have dinner and drinks. Ezra sympathizes with Byron having to deal with all the issues that arose following Aria's arrest. The next day, Ezra stands in the Montgomery's living room and confesses his love for their daughter. They are shocked to learn exactly how long their relationship has been going on and are clearly angry. Byron confronts Ezra in his apartment the next day without Ella's knowledge. What starts out as a business-like conversation turns angry and defensive and ends with Byron threatening to call the police. When they see Ezra dining alone at a restaurant in town, the Montgomery family finds someplace else to eat.
In order to prevent Ezra from ever seeing Aria again, Byron recommends him for a job in New Orleans. When Ella gets wind of this, she heads over to Ezra's apartment, to find him and Aria eating dinner and discussing their future. She agrees to listen to what they have to say and try to understand their relationship. However, despite her supposed open-mindedness, Ella goes to Ezra's office to tell him she is not an ally in this situation. Byron also pays Ezra a visit, at Ezra's behest, hoping he has chosen to take the position, but Ezra assertively informs him he won't be going anywhere, leaving Byron at a loss for words.
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- In the prequel episode, "The First Secret," Ezra is a student at Hollis, and Aria suddenly bumps into him. Unbeknownst to each other, Aria and Ezra did meet before they met in "Pilot."
- Ezra seemingly made a cash transaction to Cece Drake's account. (it is disputed whether this has anything to do with her being paid to dress up like Red Coat). It's more likely now that he was paying Cece for infromation for his book.
- He does not get along with his mother at all.
- He drives a silver Toyota Camry.
- His real last name is Fitzgerald but he truncated it to "Fitz," according to him as a way to shake his past.
- The name Ezra Fitzgerald is likely a reference to Ezra Pound and F. Scott Fitzgerald. This makes sense given the fact that he was originally introduced as a literature teacher.
- It was thought that Ezra got Maggie pregnant in high school, but it is later revealed that he isn't Malcolm's father in "The Mirror Has Three Faces."
- He eats Special K cereal, as seen in "UnmAsked," on top of his fridge while Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer are looking through Ali's stuff in his apartment.
- He has a younger brother named Wesley Fitzgerald.
- In "Now You See Me, Now You Don't," he was revealed to possibly be involved with the A team/Ali's stalker which will further be explored in 4B.
- He will help the liars to unmask A in episode 5x01.
- He wrote a book about Alison.
- He saw Ali on the night that she was killed.
Book Comparisons
- In the books, Ezra gets arrested after A sends a text to Sean, Aria's boyfriend. In the show, Noel, Aria's then-boyfriend, found out about Ezra and was about to out him; however, "A" got to Noel first.
- In the show, Ezra was close friends with Ella prior to her finding out his relationship with Aria. In the books, they were merely acquainted.
- In the show, Ezra has a brother named Wesley. In the books, not much light has been shed on his past. For example, Jackie and Maggie didn't exist in the books.
- In the books, Ezra wrote an unpublished novel about his relationship with Aria. This hasn't happened in the show.
- In the books, Ezra has blonde hair. In the show, he has dark brown hair.
- In the books, Ezra is seen mostly in the first book and is never seen again until Ruthless. In the show, however, Ezra's stay in Rosewood is prolonged and is even implied to be A.
Ezra [to class]: I'm wondering—is anybody else bothered by Atticus's hypocrisy at the end of the novel?
Ezra: You're lucky—my cooking's always better the next day! I make really good leftovers.
[Aria laughs]
Ezra: Don't laugh. No, seriously—the pesto will get up your nose, we'll need the Jaws of Life in here.
Ezra [to Aria]: If A knows, I'm thinking B and C and everybody else knows.
Ezra [to Aria]: I could never hate you.
Ezra [to Aria, about Noel]: Even though this doesn't look right, it has always felt right. And I will not let him change this into something that feels wrong.
Ezra: I guess I know Aria well enough to believe that she would never do anything to hurt you and Ella.
Byron: Well nobody ever starts out to hurt anybody.
Ezra: No, no they don't.
Jackie: You were making a terrible mistake. I had to do something to wake you up to what was happening.
Ezra: Bad idea to wake a sleepwalker.
Ezra [to Aria]: We're crazy, you know that, right?
Aria: French food? Wow, you must really like me.
Ezra: Aria, it's French, vegan food. I must really love you.
Ezra: It's like this, Byron. You think I'm the kind of man who would take this way out, and I know I'm not.
Byron: Well, we could have resolved this and moved on, but apparently ego is gonna get in the way.
Ezra: [nods] Whose ego are we talking about?
Ezra [to Aria]: This is our first dance. I want to see you.
Ezra [to his mother]: It's astounding that you can do things like this and still not understand why I want nothing to do with this family.
Ezra [to his mother]: You can endow all the museums you want, but you're not fooling anybody. There's not a generous bone in your body.
Ezra [to Aria, in UnmAsked]: No matter how hard I try, I can't stay away from you.
Ezra [to Aria, in Free Fall]: I didn't know I was going to fall in love with you.


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Friday, April 25, 2014
By Steve Mistler email@example.com
Staff Writer
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage reiterated Wednesday that "nothing gets done" until lawmakers pass his plan to pay off Medicaid reimbursements the state owes to Maine's hospitals, but a top Democrat said there may be constitutional issues with LePage's plan.
Gov. Paul LePage
Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, cited a 2009 opinion by Attorney General Janet Mills, who determined that a proposal at the time by Republican Sen. Kevin Raye to use a voter-approved bond to pay outstanding Medicaid debt to the hospitals violated the state Constitution.
Mills's recommendation, based on several Maine Supreme Judicial Court opinions, said Raye's proposal violated a constitutional provision prohibiting the use of bond proceeds to fund "current expenditures."
Mills said the settlement of the debt would qualify as a current expenditure.
LePage wants to fund the bond payments with revenue from a pending renegotiation of the state's wholesale liquor contract.
Goodall said the constitutional issue shows that lawmakers shouldn't rush to approve the governor's bill.
"The notion that the governor's bill can just be passed as is, that the money can just be paid, is inaccurate," he said.
Adrienne Bennett, LePage's spokeswoman, said the administration is well aware of Mills's 2009 opinion.
Michael Cianchette, the governor's legal counsel, said he is confident that the governor's proposal could proceed as drafted but the administration is open to hearing concerns about its constitutionality.
The governor's proposal is for a revenue bond, which would be approved by the Legislature. General obligation bonds -- the type of borrowing cited in Mills's opinion -- are approved by voters.
Cianchette said the distinction would help LePage's plan clear the constitutional hurdle.
He also disputed any interpretation of the Medicaid reimbursements to the hospitals as "a current expense." He said they would be debt payments, especially now that the state has switched to a pay-as-you-go system with the hospitals.
"We don't think it's unconstitutional to pay your bills," Cianchette said.
Tim Feeley, a spokesman for Mills, acknowledged that the difference between the two types of bonding is significant. Nonetheless, he said, the Attorney General's Office found it necessary to flag the bill because of the constitutional language regarding "current expenditures."
"It's a constitutional definition, not an accounting definition," Feeley said.
Although Republican leaders said last week that the governor told them he will consider signing bipartisan bills with an economic development component, LePage told reporters during a ceremonial maple tree tapping Wednesday that he won't sign any legislation until the hospitals are paid.
"If (Democrats) don't want to pay the hospitals, what can you do?" he said. "You can only lead a horse to water."
When a WSCH-TV reporter asked if he might sign some proposals, LePage said, "Nothing gets done. Nothing."
He said that if Democratic leaders want to use the hospital bill as "a political ball," it is "stupidity."
He also likened the Legislature to "a day care."
Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, said the governor's "irrational behavior and do-nothing politics" are counterproductive.
"The Legislature shouldn't have to do its work in the shadow of this threatened veto spree," he said McCabe.
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Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.
Psalms 127:3
In a few weeks Israel will be celebrating the joyous holiday of Purim. One of the main activities of this celebration is the sending of Mishloach Manot (Gift Baskets) from family to family. This holiday is one that is especially memorable for children. They will dress up in costume and participate in street parades.
Unfortunately, there are many children whose parents cannot afford to involve their children in this festive time as a result of their economic circumstances. Many children rely on basic nourishment at after school centers, where they congregate in the afternoons.
Israel Today has been committed for many years to ensuring a quality life for all Israeli children. This year, as in previous years, we will be concentrating our efforts to help children from needy families to enable them to enjoy this time of the year.
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Interface (computing)
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In computer science, an interface is a shared boundary across which two separate components of a computer system exchange information. The exchange can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, humans and/or combinations of any two such systems. Some computer interfaces such as a touchscreen can send and receive data, while others such as a mouse, microphone or joystick can only send data.[1]
Hardware interfaces[edit]
Hardware interfaces exist in many of the components such as the various buses, storage devices, other I/O devices, etc. A hardware interface is described by the mechanical, electrical and logical signals at the interface and the protocol for sequencing them (sometimes called signaling).[2] A standard interface, such as SCSI, decouples the design and introduction of computing hardware, such as I/O devices, from the design and introduction of other components of a computing system, thereby allowing users and manufacturers great flexibility in the implementation of computing systems.[2] Hardware interfaces can be parallel where performance is important or serial where distance is important.
Software interfaces[edit]
A software interface may refer to a wide range of different types of interface at different "levels": an operating system may interface with pieces of hardware. Applications or programs running on the operating system may need to interact via streams, and in object oriented programs, objects within an application may need to interact via methods.
Software interfaces in practice[edit]
A key principle of design is to prohibit access to all resources by default, allowing access only through well-defined entry points, i.e. interfaces.[3] Such software interfaces provide access to computer resources (such as memory, CPU, storage, etc.) of the underlying computer system.; the direct access (i.e. not through well designed interfaces) to such resources by software can have major ramifications—sometimes disastrous ones—for functionality and stability.
The types of access that interfaces provide between software components can include: constants, data types, types of procedures, exception specifications and method signatures. In some[which?] instances, it may be useful to define public variables as part of the interface. It often also specifies the functionality of those procedures and methods, either by comments or (in some[which?] experimental languages) by formal logical assertions and preconditions.
The interface of a software module A is deliberately kept separate from the implementation of that module. The latter contains the actual code of the procedures and methods described in the interface, as well as other "private" variables, procedures, etc.. Any other software module B (that can be referred to as a client to A) that interacts with A is forced to do so only through the interface. One practical advantage of this arrangement is that replacing the implementation of A by another one that meets the same specifications of the interface should not cause B to fail—as long as its use of A complies with the specifications of the interface. (See also Liskov substitution principle.)
Software interfaces in object-oriented languages[edit]
In object-oriented languages, the term "interface" is often used to define an abstract type that contains no data, but exposes behaviors defined as methods. A class having all the methods corresponding to that interface is said to implement that interface.[4] Furthermore, a class can implement multiple interfaces, and hence can be of different types at the same time.[5]
An interface is hence a type definition; anywhere an object can be exchanged (in a function or method call) the type of the object to be exchanged can be defined in terms of an interface instead of a specific class. This allows later code to use the same function exchanging different object types; hence such code turns out to be more generic and reusable.[citation needed]
Usually a method in an interface cannot be used directly; there must be a class implementing that object to be used for the method invocation. For example, one can define an interface called "Stack" that has two methods:
push() and
pop() and later implement it in two different versions, say, FastStack and GenericStack—the first being faster, but working with a stack of fixed size, and the second using a data structure that can be resized, but at the cost of somewhat lower speed.
This approach can be pushed to the limit of defining interfaces with a single method; e.g. the Java language defines the interface Readable that has the single
read() method and a collection of implementations to be used for different purposes, among others: BufferedReader, FileReader, InputStreamReader, PipedReader, and StringReader; or even less, marker interfaces like Serializable contain virtually nothing.[6]
In its purest form, an interface (like in Java) must include only method definitions and constant values that make up part of the static interface of a type. The C# language also permits the definition to include properties owned by the object, which are treated as methods with syntactic sugar, but no constants (in contrast to Java), constructors, destructors, fields, nested types, or operators.[7]
Programming to the interface[edit]
The use of interfaces allows a programming style called programming to the interface. The idea behind this is to base programming logic on the interfaces of the objects used, rather than on internal implementation details. Programming to the interface reduces dependency on implementation specifics and makes code more reusable.[8] It gives the programmer the ability to later change the behavior of the system by simply swapping the object used with another implementing the same interface.
Pushing this idea to the extreme, inversion of control leaves the context to inject the code with the specific implementations of the interface that will be used to perform the work.
See also[edit]
- Abstraction inversion
- Application binary interface
- Application programming interface
- Business Interoperability Interface
- Computer bus
- Implementation (computer science)
- Implementation inheritance
- Inheritance semantics
- Modular programming
- Software componentry
- User interface
- Virtual inheritance
- ^ IEEE 100 - The Authoritative Dictionary Of IEEE Standards Terms. NYC, NY, USA: IEEE Press. 2000. pp. 574–575. ISBN 0-7381-2601-2.
- ^ a b Blaauw, Gerritt A.; Brooks, Jr., Frederick P. (1997), "Chapter 8.6, Device Interfaces", Computer Architecture-Concepts and Evolution, Addison-Wesley, pp. 489–493, ISBN 0-201-10557-8 See also: Patterson, David A.; Hennessey, John L. (2005), "Chapter 8.5, Interfacing I/O Devices to the Processor, Memory and Operating System", Computer Organization and Design - The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, pp. 588–596, ISBN 1-55860-604-1
- ^ Bill Venners (2005-06-06). "Leading-Edge Java: Design Principles from Design Patterns: Program to an interface, not an implementation - A Conversation with Erich Gamma, Part III". http://www.artima.com/index.jsp: artima developer. Retrieved 2011-08-03. "Once you depend on interfaces only, you're decoupled from the implementation. That means the implementation can vary, and that's a healthy dependency relationship. For example, for testing purposes you can replace a heavy database implementation with a lighter-weight mock implementation. Fortunately, with today's refactoring support you no longer have to come up with an interface up front. You can distill an interface from a concrete class once you have the full insights into a problem. The intended interface is just one 'extract interface' refactoring away. ..."
- ^ "What Is an Interface". The Java Tutorials. Oracle. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ "Interfaces". The Java Tutorials. Oracle. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ "Performance improvement techniques in Serialization". http://www.precisejava.com/: Precise Java. Retrieved 2011-08-04. "We will talk initially about Serializable interface. This is a marker interface and does not have any methods."
- ^ Mössenböck, Hanspeter (2002-03-25). "Advanced C#: Interfaces: Syntax". http://ssw.jku.at/Teaching/Lectures/CSharp/Tutorial/: Institut für Systemsoftware, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Fachbereich Informatik. p. 17. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ Gamma; Helm; Johnson; Vlissides (1995). Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison Wesley. pp. 17–18.


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Marais des Cygnes Massacre
On May 19, 1858, proslavery men killed five free-state men and wounded five others in a ravine that is now listed as a National Historic Landmark. The massacre, which followed earlier guerrilla warfare activities, on both sides, shocked the nation and became a pivotal event in the "Bleeding Kansas" era. A few months later, abolitionist John Brown came to the site and constructed a fortified cabin. Learn more about freestaters and border ruffians and their stories when you drive through this beautiful natural setting.
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Follow the money in Palm Springs Congressional race
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Emergency room physician Raul Ruiz is running against Republican incumbent Mary Bono-Mack in a Coachella Valley district.
The Federal Elections Commission just released the latest report on campaign contributions. It's mind numbing stuff. But the numbers provide a snapshot of just which industries and individuals are willing to put up big dollars for candidates.
The 36th Congressional district in the Coachella Valley is currently held by eight-term Republican Mary Bono Mack. She's being challenged by a political novice, Democrat Raul Ruiz. Big money is being spent on this race. So far, more than $3 million has been raised by the two candidates. In this past quarter, Ruiz took in $156,000 more than Bono Mack.
Because Ruiz is an emergency room doctor, it's not surprising that most of the individual contributors to his campaign are medical professionals — surgeons, dentists, psychiatrists, even a veternarian. He's also gotten money from attorneys, Harvard professors (he's a Harvard grad), and real estate developers. Hollywood is represented: actress Valerie Bertinelli kicked in $2,500. A senior VP at Warner Brothers kicked in another thousand.


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Fringed Cowlneck
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- Cotton, nylon, wool, cashmere, polyester, spandex
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Rated 4 out of 5Â by Marston alright I was really excited about this sweater when I saw it online. I'm a big fan of the cowl neck and this was a pretty cool spin on it. When I received it in the mail, I discovered that the fabric was much thinner than I anticipated. This is not necessarily a bad thing and seems to be practical when you consider the design of the sweater. However, I think it is good to know that this is more of a lightweight sweater. While I do love he uniqueness of the sweater, the fringe in the cowl neck can get a little out of sorts. I took a couple of pictures of how the cowl neck can lay for reference, but it can also get a lot more awkward looking for those of you who may be concerned about fussing with your clothing during the day. That said, for me it is still a keeper. TTS December 13, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by Kingjessie55 Beautiful but doesn't fit like the picture I bought this sweater in the ivory color. It is really unique and the quality is great. The only problem I have about this is that the cowlneck doesn't fit like it does in the picture. I had to drape it like an off-the-shoulder sweater. It is also a bit short (which is fine since I have a short torso) but would recommend sizing up if you have a longer torso. January 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by AZee Beautiful color, uniue design Purchased this sweater in wine, and it is a beautiful, winter color. I'm 5'4, 130, 34c and a small fit me well. I tried to style the cowlneck like the model photo and didn't like the way it was hanging. If you're trying it on, try arranging the cowlneck like a shawl, and drape it around your shoulders; that's how I wear it! Looks lovely with the navy Mainsail Shorts (on sale!) and purple opaque tights. November 9, 2012
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"Skinny" Brownies
Author Notes: When a friend pushed a version of this recipe on me, I was less than enthused. Neither a baker or a chocoholic, it took a recent blog hop featuring chocolate for me to try it. My recipe is adapted from one in the Weight Watchers "One Pot Cookbook" that features Amaretto. I switched it up, substituting Grand Marnier and adding orange juice and zest. Cardamom and ginger provided the spicy edge I wanted. I used decaf coffee granules instead of espresso, because that's what I had in the pantry. For a reduced calorie treat that's also low in fat and sodium, we think these are pretty terrific. - Lizthechef
Makes 12 brownies
- 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 3/4 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
- 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 3 tablespoons orange liqueur
- zest of one navel orange
- 4 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cups white sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease an 8-inch square baking dish with the oil.
- Using a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cardamom and ginger. Set aside.
- Using a large bowl, whisk together the egg, egg white, liqueur, orange zest, orange juice and vanilla.
- Add the sugar, melted butter, cocoa and coffee granules. Mix well.
- Stir in the flour mixture and the walnuts. Mix only until blended
- Pour into greased baking dish and bake for 18 minutes. Cool before cutting into squares.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Road Trip Snack
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate & Spice
Comments (8) Questions (1)
about 2 years ago
Mrs. Larkin is a trusted source on Baking.
I could eat the whole pan of these, Liz. Well done!
about 2 years ago Lizthechef
Thanks, Liz - that is exactly what we did ;)
about 2 years ago
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Spicy brownies. Yum.
about 2 years ago Lizthechef
I apologize for the duplicate publish. And also for omitting the sugar in my original post. Can this old dog learn new tricks? Sigh.
about 2 years ago Lizthechef
Thanks, Mary - they are under 150 calories, I believe.
about 2 years ago ellenl
These sound terrific. I do love your style!
about 2 years ago Lizthechef
Hey, thanks - you made my day, especially after I accidentally double published...
about 2 years ago dymnyno
Oh. How I do love chocolate and walnuts together and this delivers and is low calorie too!!


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Hilton Als discusses Jean Stafford and her story "Children Are Bored on Sunday" with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Reading by Eliza Foss. "Children Are Bored on Sunday" was published in The New Yorker in February, 1948.
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Auburn is just an overtime win over Louisiana-Monroe from being 0-8 on the season. Original starting quarterback Kiehl Frazier is dealing with a bum shoulder, though he'll be listed as the Tigers backup on Saturday. The Tigers' second starting quarterback of the season — Clint Moseley — is questionable with an ankle injury sustained last week.
So why not go to freshman quarterback Jonathan Wallace as AU's third starting signal-caller of the season? And that's just what Gene Chizik says he's going to do Saturday against New Mexico State:
"I think a lot of it is really just going back and reviewing how he played Saturday. I think that was big. It was the first time that he got an opportunity to do more than the initial role that we had planned for him in some of the Wildcat stuff with a couple of throws off of that. We threw him in. And, again, he's in every meeting, he's at every practice, and he works them. When you watch him execute in a game with more than his role in a game as we put him in there, we just felt like he did well. I think that merited a chance to give him a starting nod.
I hate to use the word surprised, because that makes you think that I think he couldn't do it. I thought he was extremely poised under pressure. I thought he made some throw under pressure that were really, really good. I thought that just handling some of the calls out there that he's definitely had reps at, but not near enough reps that a starter would, I thought it was really impressive."
Wallace was completed six passes in nine attempts for 122 yards and two touchdowns in last week's 63-21 loss to Texas A&M. He also rushed 13 times for 71 yards, but it should be noted that the Aggies were using quite a few backups as the game wore on.
Still, what's Chizik got to lose at this point? His job's probably already beyond saving.


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