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10 Times the Pretty Little Liars Squad's IRL Friendship Made Our Hearts Melt Forever

10 Times the Pretty Little Liars Squad's IRL Friendship Made Our Hearts Melt Forever

The series ends tonight, but the castmates' friendships are eternal

By Maria Yagoda

June 27, 2017 09:20 AM

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WHEN ASHLEY BENSON TOLD PEOPLE HER CASTMATES WERE HER 'FAMILY'

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In an interview with PEOPLE, Benson opened up about her PLL castmates and how much she’s going to miss them now that they’ve wrapped filming the seventh and final season of the show. “They’re like my family. I’ve spent seven years with them. I’ve seen them more than I’ve seen my own family in the last seven years. It was really special to have such an amazing bond with these people, and the cool thing is I know that we’ll one day work together again,” she said. “And I’ll always try to make an effort to see them because they’re literally my family. I don’t know what I would have done without them for these last seven years if they weren’t part of it.”

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WHEN THEY ALL GOT MATCHING PLL TATTOOS

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Although the final season ends Tuesday night, June 27, on Freeform, its stars are forever bonded — with matching tattoos. Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Janel Parrish, Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse shared snaps of their tattoos, which were their characters’ first initials on the inside of their pointer fingers.

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WHEN LUCY HALE POSTED THIS BITTERSWEET GOODBYE ON HER INSTAGRAM

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On the last day of filming, Hale posted a heartfelt message: “The day has come to say goodbye to my second home, a character that helped shaped me and so many people who mean the world to me. Bittersweet feelings today, but so proud of what we’ve done.”

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WHEN SHAY MITCHELL GUSHED ABOUT 'THE FIVE WOMEN WHO HELPED SHAPE [HER] 20S'

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“I am a better person for knowing them, learning from them, and loving them endlessly…” Mitchell wrote in an emotional Instagram post after the show finished filming.

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WHEN HALE WASN'T READY TO SAY GOODBYE (AND NEITHER WERE WE)

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“Knowing and working with each of these ladies has left such a huge mark on my life. And I’m not ready to say goodbye,” Hale wrote on Instagram after PLL‘s emotional final table read.

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WHEN THE CAST SUPPORTED TROIAN BELLISARIO IN MAKING HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

Bellisario fulfilled a lifelong dream by directing the show’s 7×15 episode, and her castmates could not have been prouder. Hale posted this sweet snap with the caption: “Discussing script thangs with the director of our next episode.”

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WHEN THEY HUNG OUT TOGETHER, LIKE, A LOT

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We don’t even hang out with our best friends that much … and we don’t spend long days working with them, either.

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WHEN MITCHELL COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF SAYING GOODBYE TO HER CHARACTER AND SQUAD

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“Thank you everyone for this incredible ride. I’m trying to breathe and soak it all in and I’m just so full of gratitude that this was my life for so long. Rosewood Forever, xoxo Em. I mean Shay,” the actress wrote on Instagram, posing with her castmates.

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WHEN BELLISARIO WAS IN AWE OF MITCHELL'S BEAUTY (AS WE ALL ARE)

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In an interview with Seventeen, Bellisario said that Mitchell was the least like her PLL character, Emily – and ended up gushing about how glam she was in the process. “But Shay comes to set in the morning, it’ll be seven in the morning, she’ll come in heels, skinny jeans, the most gorgeous, glamorous top and her hair is like a Pantene Pro-V ad. Then she’ll come film her scene wearing these dirty converse and jeans as Emily — which is like what I arrived in. And I’m like ‘Who are you?’ It’s so funny to see her kick off her sneakers at the end of the day and go home in heels.”

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WHEN THEY COULDN'T STOP BEING ADORABLE ON EVERY RED CARPET THEY EVER GRACED

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Every. Single. One.

By Maria Yagoda @mariayagoda

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10 Times the Pretty Little Liars Squad's IRL Friendship Made Our Hearts Melt Forever

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WHEN ASHLEY BENSON TOLD PEOPLE HER CASTMATES WERE HER 'FAMILY'

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WHEN THEY ALL GOT MATCHING PLL TATTOOS

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WHEN LUCY HALE POSTED THIS BITTERSWEET GOODBYE ON HER INSTAGRAM

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WHEN SHAY MITCHELL GUSHED ABOUT 'THE FIVE WOMEN WHO HELPED SHAPE [HER] 20S'

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WHEN HALE WASN'T READY TO SAY GOODBYE (AND NEITHER WERE WE)

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WHEN THE CAST SUPPORTED TROIAN BELLISARIO IN MAKING HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

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WHEN THEY HUNG OUT TOGETHER, LIKE, A LOT

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WHEN MITCHELL COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF SAYING GOODBYE TO HER CHARACTER AND SQUAD

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WHEN BELLISARIO WAS IN AWE OF MITCHELL'S BEAUTY (AS WE ALL ARE)

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WHEN THEY COULDN'T STOP BEING ADORABLE ON EVERY RED CARPET THEY EVER GRACED

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10 Times the Pretty Little Liars Squad's IRL Friendship Made Our Hearts Melt Forever

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WHEN ASHLEY BENSON TOLD PEOPLE HER CASTMATES WERE HER 'FAMILY'

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WHEN THEY ALL GOT MATCHING PLL TATTOOS

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WHEN LUCY HALE POSTED THIS BITTERSWEET GOODBYE ON HER INSTAGRAM

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WHEN SHAY MITCHELL GUSHED ABOUT 'THE FIVE WOMEN WHO HELPED SHAPE [HER] 20S'

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WHEN HALE WASN'T READY TO SAY GOODBYE (AND NEITHER WERE WE)

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WHEN THE CAST SUPPORTED TROIAN BELLISARIO IN MAKING HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

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WHEN THEY HUNG OUT TOGETHER, LIKE, A LOT

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WHEN MITCHELL COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF SAYING GOODBYE TO HER CHARACTER AND SQUAD

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WHEN BELLISARIO WAS IN AWE OF MITCHELL'S BEAUTY (AS WE ALL ARE)

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WHEN THEY COULDN'T STOP BEING ADORABLE ON EVERY RED CARPET THEY EVER GRACED

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