Paige McCullers is a major supporting character in the Pretty Little Liars television series on Freeform.
Paige is a talented swimmer, a good fighter, the ex-girlfriend of Emily Fields and a good friend of The Liars.
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Paige is a talented swimmer and a good fighter, as seen in "This Is A Dark Ride". She is part of Rosewood High School's swim team. In the absence of Emily Fields, Paige had become the top dog of the swim team and was aiming to become the swim team captain. When Emily came back, she felt threatened. She was up against Emily for the Anchor Leg and tried to sabotage Emily through intimidation. However, soon after, Paige comes out as a lesbian to Emily, her longtime crush, and briefly, dates her. Emily ends the relationship due to Paige not wanting to come out publicly because of her father.
They eventually began dating again in "Stolen Kisses" after Paige comes out publicly and Maya is murdered. Aria, Hanna, and Spencer began to suspect Paige of being an "A" in "Single Fright Female", a belief that angered Emily, putting her in a tough situation with the Liars. In "The Lady Killer", Paige is officially cleared as an "A" despite Mona and Toby's plan to frame her for Maya's murder because of Nate St. Germain/Lyndon James all but confesses to murdering Maya. This allows Spencer to begin trusting her.
After experiencing PTSD, Paige, more determined than ever to help the Liars locate and stop A, joined forces with Caleb. The pair worked together for a short period of time in an attempt to prove that Mona stilled pulled the strings in the A operation. Their girlfriends, however, stopped them before they got in too deep and they were sidelined from the investigation.
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- Paige is not a character from the books. She is an original character, created specifically for the series.
- Paige is one of Emily's main romantic interests throughout the series, and one half of the ship known as, "Paily".
- After Emily Fields complains about Paige on the swim team, Spencer Hastings mentions that she had played field hockey with Paige, and she remembers a penalty being named after Paige McCullers.
- Paige appears to be a pretty good runner, as it's shown Emily had trouble keeping up with her and was winded when Paige finally stopped.
- Paige had a crush on Emily long before either of them came out, and Alison tortured her for it. This may be why she was initially hostile towards Emily, believing Emily had played a part in the bullying.
- Alternate endings to "The Lady Killer" were filmed to avoid the actual reveal being leaked. In one of the alternate endings, Paige is part of the "A" team as a double agent.
- Paige was made aware of "A.D." by Emily.
- In the episode "What Lies Beneath", Paige and Emily were talking when Paige says, "I knew I should've taken Wood-shop!" This could be a reference to Lindsey Shaw's past character, Jennifer "Moze" Mosely on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, who was a prodigy in her woodshop class.
- Paige was tied up by Nate, Maya's stalker, to murder her as a revenge plan aimed at Emily.
- Charlotte revealed that Alison may have secretly feared Paige.
- Paige's father was/is a deacon at the church.
- Paige once had a skin condition on her thighs which is what earned her the nickname, "pigskin" by Alison.
- Paige was created for the show and the writers came up with the idea of her being Emily's love interest and her eventual girlfriend.
- Paige and Shana were a couple during the summer before the third season began, but Paige ended it due to her residual feelings for Emily.
- Paige saved Spencer Hastings from A in "This Is A Dark Ride". In that episode, Paige earns Spencer's approval.
- Paige knew Caleb and began working together with him to take down A. This was shown in at least one episode, "Misery Loves Company". However, it was never expanded upon in subsequent episodes.
- Emily and Paige spoke off-screen in "Songs of Innocence". After Emily told her what happened, she wanted to return to Rosewood but Emily convinced her not to do that.
- Paige became the athletic supervisor at Rosewood High for a short period of time before she accepted a job offer in Iowa.