Pretty Little Liars Recap: The Dumbbell Jar

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By Hypnotoad | Thursday, June 21, 2012 | 10:49 pm | 14 Comments
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At Em’s house, Aria’s along to listen to Em’s rant about her test and how Ella probably finished the test for her.  Aria says that her mom has been kind of wonky and protective since the divorce.  Ah.  So Aria’s parents are actually divorced.  Well, I guess we can put a pin in that hole, too.  Emily says that “A” could use this against her but Aria says that Mona’s locked up . . . But that doesn’t help, since obviously someone is messing with them.  Emily says that she’s through being scared and is just pissed off now.

“Are you . . . Are you going to punch me in the boob?”

 

“Probably.”

Melissa’s having some afternoon wine (‘atta girl) while Spencer asks her how she really feels about Veronica defending Garrett.  Melissa says she doesn’t feel anything.  Spencer thinks she’s lying and probably convinced their mom to take the case and brings up that video from last season where she barged into Alison’s room, which — according to Spencer — proves that she was/is somehow involved with Garrett or whatever.  Then the talk turns to how Spencer wanted to visit Melissa at the hospital in June but Veronica wouldn’t let her and then Spencer’s all, “I’m sorry you lost your baby.”  WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!  Melissa lost her baby?!  I did NOT see that coming!  Except hell yes, I totally did.  From a million miles away.  Melissa says that she hopes their mom gets Garrett off, because he’s the only guy who’s ever told her the truth.  Um, okay.  

Aria is accompanying Jenna at Jenna’s house, trying to find clues while playing the keyboard at the same time.  When they take a break, Jenna asks about Emily and how she’s doing and then brings up Mona.  The talk turns to Alison’s grave and Jenna’s like, No one thinks you guys dug it up, though, right?  Jenna goes to get some cookies and Aria spies a note that reads:  “H. Cobb.  4:15 Wed.  Earplugs.”  

The gals are at Spencer’s house (I think) discussing this latest clue-let.  Aria tells Em that Jenna asked how she was doing and Spencer’s all, She just wants to know if you remember that night you drank like one bottle of Zima and blacked out and woke up with a g.d. shovel in your hand.  Em’s still annoyed that she can’t really remember anything.  Spencer says they need to find out how she got in the car and where she went.  Hanna wonders why Veronica is defending Garrett and then Spencer says that she knows that Melissa put her mom up to it; Emily wonders if maybe Melissa is afraid of something Garrett could say.  Hanna then adds that she’s wondered if Garrett and Melissa were a couple and Melissa’s baby daddy was Garrett instead of Ian.  And all Garrett’s talk about medical records could have been about Melissa and not Jenna.  Oh, dip!  Aria comes back in and says that her mom called her and can’t drive her to Philly tomorrow because she has to talk to the vice-principal about something.

Hanna arrives at the loony bin to talk to Mona, who she spies holding a magazine and talking to some other patients.  She’s a little more animated than last time we saw her. 

“You’ll see here that Gwyneth Paltrow suggests using $25,000 hand-painted wallpaper and a f**king bathtub in the middle of your bedroom.  And they call ME crazy!  Am I right, folks?  Am I right?!  Amber, please stop trying to eat your foot and pay attention.”

Oh, damn, it’s time for an Ezria scene.  Ezra blahs about getting a rejection email for his pedantic, sophomoric short story (I’m just guessing) and Aria makes him feel better with a make-out session.  Aria asks him if he’s ever helped out a student by upping his/her grade a little if he knew that the student knew all the information but didn’t perform well.  Then she blurts out about the whole Emily/Ella test thing.  Aria says that her mom’s been through a lot and maybe she did it because she’s being kind and insane.  She wonders if Ella will be fired.

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Hypnotoad is a 2009 graduate of the MFA Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a staple of the Chicago Quickies reading series, has been published in various Art Institute publications, and served as an actor/playwright for the Curious Theatre Branch's Rhinoceros Festival. His works have been online at Fiction At Work and is included in their short story collection. A victim of the crappy economy, he is now living back in Kansas. With his parents. His days now consist of perusing Yahoo Hot Jobs, and sporadically posting horrible ideas on his blog. Good times.

14 Comments

  1. 1
    chamar62590 Chamar
    Posted June 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    If melissa has been faking her pregnancy longer than we thought, maybe she could have been the one hannah hit with her car, and possibly lost the baby then? Maybe?

  2. 2
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 6:57 am

    Every time I think I have it figured out I realize that I really don’t. Could we focus on one or two story lines instead of the 36 we have going right now.

  3. 3
    keebler elf
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 10:06 am

    if melissa was faking her pregnancy then she could have been the black swan at that dance…im kind of convinced that spencer’s family does not love her

  4. 4
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 11:19 am

    Yeah, I knew Jenna could see! told you so, told you so :)

    Melissa was never pregnant! I think she somehow has Wren and Garrett in on this whole thing. That body could be 1 of 2 people. Alison and or Ian. Although, since we never saw Ian’s body after he took a dive off the bell tower, I am going to assume that he is one of the gloved ones! Somehow Veronica ties into this whole flucked up mess, I just have not figured that out yet!

  5. 5
    keebler elf
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    @thisbuggs4u ian was killed, they think it was suicide but it was probably A

  6. 6
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    True Keebler. That is my speculation about Ian. We assume he killed himself. But I thought he got “wrapped” around that rope…hence my wonderingd about him being part the black gloved ones.

  7. 7
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    I thought Ian shot himself (or, I suppose, was set up to look like he shot himself). Right?

  8. 8
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    No, I thought he had chased one of the girls up the belltower at church or something, fell and it had looked like he hung himself. When the girls called 911 the police showed up and all we saw was the rope, no Ian…That is why I am thinking that Ian can me one of the hoodie/gloved people…I can be wrong. :)

    But totes Melissa=never pregnant! and Wren is in on that secret!!

  9. 9
    keebler elf
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 9:18 pm

    when i said he was killed i meant he was shot, but yeah what hypnotoad said!

  10. 10
    Hypnotoad Hypnotoad
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    thisbuggs4u — That happened, but then they later found Ian in an abandoned greenhouse or barn or Applebee’s (whatever) shot in the head with a suicide note. It happened in episode 4 of season 2:

    http://www.tvgasm.com/recaps/pretty-little-liars-damnby.html

    He might NOT be dead, but it’d be a helluva weird twist if he wasn’t. I’m actually surprised I remembered that. Usually I can’t keep the 1,412 plots on this show straight.

  11. 11
    thisbuggs4u
    Posted June 22, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    Ok. thanks hypno!! I will go back and read that one :) I missed half of one of these “seasons”. Must have been season 2 because I have season 1 on DVD….so that is what I thought happened to Ian.

    But it is nice to know that Caleb is not living with Lucas….But where IS he living? oh this show…

  12. 12
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    Lucas is starting to look like a well fed, homeless person.

  13. 13
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    Way to call the fake pregnancy, Hypno!!! And all of your screen caps are amazingly hilarious. Also loving “The Bronze” refs. Almost done with the final season!!!

    Keebler – good theory about Melissa being the black swan!!! Did we ever get to see said swan’s hair color???

  14. 14
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Andddd, is the greenhouse that Ian had the same one the pll’s met up at a few times??

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