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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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Hey PLL Gasmii! Hypnotoad here. In case you don’t know me, I do the recaps of Desperate Housewives, which is pretty much like Pretty Little Liars, the difference being the ladies are 30 years older and just ACT like they’re 16 year-olds. I love love love Pretty Little Liars. Much more than someone my age should. A couple things about my recap style if you’re not familiar: I’m pretty thorough, I’m not a fan of nicknames for characters, and I LOVE commenting in the comments section (love it!). And I’m freaking thrilled to be writing the season finale recap, just like you’re thrilled to be reading it. Let’s get to it!
The four gals are in Emily’s room (I think) watching the video from the flash drive they found last week. Thank god for modern technology, right? If this show were on 25 years ago they would have found a BetaMax tape in the storage facility and would have had to go to their local grocery store to rent a BetaMax player for the night.
On the remarkably clear video, there’s a part where a pre-blind Jenna is talking to Toby about how she loves sexing him up and he should be cool with it, since they’re not related by blood. She then tries to blackmail him, threatening to tell his parents (and hers, technically) that Toby assaulted her if he tries to break it off. ABC Family, everybody! Toby has his shirt off. Toby should always have his shirt off because it makes me momentarily forget that he can sometimes have the emotional range of a robot. A sexy-chested robot made of wood.
Of course, Spencer’s skeeved out and soon all the girls are, as they realize that some pervert has been recording them for years. Spencer brings up the point that Ian has a thing for the youngies and she says that they can prove that Ian killed Alison with the videos, they just need to talk to Jenna first. The other girls are a wee bit skeptical of the plan, since Jenna’s about as popular with them as a big bag of dog turds. Spencer rationalizes that since Jenna hired Caleb to find the vids and since she’s been looking for them all this time, then she’ll know other stuff, too. Like maybe how Hanna’s broken leg healed in like 2 episodes? No? Moving on. Aria’s concerned that maybe Ian is still watching them, so they might as well try to talk to Jenna. Everyone puts on their concerned faces. Credits.
“Wow, “A” was right — this Rebecca Black “Friday” video is kick-ass!”
Byron (Aria’s dad) and Ella (Aria’s mom) are having breakfast and talking about divorce-y things like picking up Aria’s Mysteriously Absent But Still Talked About Brother from school or something, and Byron says that he’s hosting a faculty mixer tonight and Ella should stop by. Oooh, but wouldn’t that be awkward? Ella asks. Aren’t they dating or something? I don’t know. We don’t care about the adults, ABC Family! Aria comes downstairs and offers to help out with the mixer, but she’s distracted by her ever-present cell phone. Ezra’s sent her some texts.
Next text: “I panicked & told him you were my meth dealer. LOL! I’m so high! C U in skool!”
Ella tries to blah about her relationship with Byron, but Aria is way too concerned with Ezra’s jail-bating ass being thrown in jail to deal with this right now, okay, Mom?! She tells Ella that she either loves Byron or not, so she should figure it out. Thank you! Did we really need 18 episodes before someone said that? Sheesh.
Over at Hanna’s, her mom is making coffee, because high schoolers in Rosewood thrive on nothing but caffeine and secrets. (FYI: I love Laura Leighton. She’s freaking gorgeous, and she’s married to Doug Savant who plays Tom Scavo on Desperate Housewives, so that’s a bonus.) Hanna’s still bummed out that Caleb was a grungy liar who broke her heart and totes doesn’t want to go to school, but her mom convinces her that she should get back to life. She asks Hanna about the letter Caleb wrote, but Hanna tells her that Caleb never gave her a letter — he just looked at her and “got on the bus to Bastardville.” Hee. Bastardville — Isn’t that Mel Gibson’s hometown?
At yet another awkward breakfast, Spencer’s trying not to barf up her yogurt as Ian and Melissa plan their baby’s christening. After Ian leaves, Spencer makes a crack about the baby not being human, which Melissa doesn’t react well to. I guess you shouldn’t call babies inhuman monsters to their mothers’ faces. If you learn anything from this episode, that’s what it should be, people. Spencer’s mom isn’t happy with her. For the ten thousandth time. Today.
Emily gets an email from Samara, the super-cool lesbian from last week who makes bracelets and drives a jeep. She’s about to reply when her mom knocks on the door and Emily shuts her computer down super fast, like she was caught looking at a lesbian midget porn website or something. Emily’s mom wants to talk to her about something important.
“This is hard, Emily. I’m sorry, but . . . Sarah McLachlan has canceled Lilith Fair.”
Turns out that Emily’s dad’s assignment has been extended and he wants Emily’s mom and Emily to move down to Texas for a year. What?! Emily says she’s just starting to feel like she belongs, and her mom is all, “You’re 16. You belong with your family.” Oh, snap, Pam!
Aria’s walking in school, all frantic on the phone with Ezra, until they meet in the hallway. Ezra resigned from his position as a high school teacher who has inappropriate relationships with his students . . . because he was offered a position at Hollis College (Hollis University?) where her dad works. So, I guess Ezra has his master’s degree?
Also, what the crap is he wearing? I wish I was Jenna right now so I didn’t have to see this.
Anyway, Ezra says they can now go out and do things that any other statutory-ish couple can do! Yay! I don’t know. I mean, I guess that’s “good” but they shouldn’t go all crazy and start flaunting their forbidden love in everyone’s faces, because that would be dangerous. And annoying.
School’s about to start, and Hanna and Mona walk down the hall, with Mona pretending to care about Hanna’s feelings and having her back re: The Caleb Situation. Hanna asks about a note, but Mona deflects the conversation by asking if it would matter if there was actually a letter in the first place, and then Hanna gets mopey again. Oh my gosh, you guys! Look!
One of the show’s 18 Characters Who Just Disappeared For No Reason is back!
Yay! I love Lucas! He’s just so adorable. Way too adorable to be straight. Oh my god, you guys, if I were in high school with him? I’d make him come over and then play Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” over and over until he finally broke down and admitted that he wanted to make out with me. Hanna asks if he’s going to be mad at her forever and he’s all, “Probably.” Wow, one line? Not cool, I. Marlene. Not cool.
Sinister-ish keyboard music starts to play as Jenna walks down the hallway, getting the stink eye from the PLL Gang. Oh, dip, it is so on! The ladies follow Jenna to the band room to confront her, or something.
“We’re starting a Kool and the Gang tribute band and wondered if you would back us up with some sweet jazz flute.”
Ooh, you can cut the bitchiness with a knife, y’all. They tell Jenna that they have the video and they’ve seen everything on it. She asks what they want, and Hanna’s all, “The truth. Can you handle that?” which is kind of a lame sauce line and made me chuckle. Jenna says that Alison visited her at the hospital after The Jenna Thing happened, the day before Alison went missing. Alison was on her way back from Georgia, found the vids, and couldn’t wait to talk to Jenna.
Grainy, out-of-focus flashback time! Alison plays the vid for Jenna (the part where Jenna tries to blackmail Toby), and I find myself wondering just how Ian (or whoever) got such great audio on the videos. Did he have an accomplice follow him around with a boom mic? That’d be kind of awkward . . . Anyhoozlebees, Alison says that the guy she likes “likes to make movies,” which totes worked out for her because now she can blackmail Jenna — as long as Jenna keeps her/their (e.g. the PLL Gang) secret (I’m assuming the secret being that they made Jenna blind), Alison will keep Jenna’s secret as well. Alison tells Jenna that if she ever comes back to Rosewood, she’ll “bury” her.
End of grainy out-of-focus flashback! Spencer asks if Alison said anything else, but Jenna says no. She now wants to know what the PLL Gang is going to do for her. Spencer promises they’ll keep the video in a safe place and won’t say anything. Jenna gets in one more dig before she leaves: “We’ve all made mistakes. Remember, I’m still paying for yours.” Ouch. Ouchies. The ladies discuss how Alison had to have been with Ian when she found the flash drive and how the video was the big surprise Alison had in store for them when she came back from Georgia. Also, when Jenna showed up at Alison’s funeral, it was because she was free to come back to Rosewood, since Alison no longer had any secrets on her. Curiouser and curiouser . . .
At lunch, Aria and Hanna are trying to convince Emily to stay, but there’s no time for that! Luckily, Spencer realizes that moving to Texas is less important than figuring out how to get Ian to admit to killing Alison, so she sits down and talks about their plan. Spencer bought a prepaid phone with cash and the phone number is anonymous, so they can use it to text Ian. Hanna’s all, How’d you know how to do that? This would have been an awesome opportunity for another Veronica Mars joke, since Veronica was constantly telling people to use a prepaid cell phone or was giving someone a prepaid cell phone so he could elude the cops and run away to Mexico with the baby he had with his now dead ex-girlfriend who was in a coma as a result of the mysterious school bus crash that killed a dozen people. God, I miss that show. But I. Marlene doesn’t go for that. Instead, Spencer’s all, “Don’t you watch CNN?” Hee. Still kind of funny. I wish this show had a few more comedic moments.
Okay, so basically, they’ll text Ian, telling him that they have the video and want cash in exchange for it. They’ll film Ian (I guess getting the money out of his bank? Or meeting them at the meeting place?), then turn in the prepaid phone and the film to the police. Got it? They’ll know that as soon as he responds to the text, he’s guilty. So Spencer sends him a text that reads, “I have Ali’s video.”
Really, Spencer? You had to get a fancy phone? You couldn’t have just bought the $9.99 one? I mean, how many more times are you going to use it? Whatever.
Ian gets the text, gets all concerned, and walks away from the students he was talking to. So now everyone (except Hanna) feels all numb and weird because now they know for sure that Ian was somehow involved in Alison’s death. Ian texts back, asking them what they want. Hanna grabs the phone and texts back: “Bring $10,000 to Willow Park. 9pm. Come alone.”
“And bring beer. And cupcakes.”
Of course, Mona shows up to lend some “support” to Hanna, which makes the other girls quickly walk away from their food and generic Capri-Sun-esque drinks. Hanna says that she needs to go talk to Spencer, so she leaves as well, but she leaves her phone behind, which of course Mona answers when it rings — it’s Caleb. Of course. She says that she’s glad that he called, telling him that Hanna threw away the letter so he should go eff himself. Oooh, but Lucas has heard all of this! Mona asks him if he’s having his period. Hee. Lucas says that he thought Mona had at least some sense of morality and decency, but no. She’s pretty much all beyotch all the time. Mona tells Lucas that if he keeps his mouth shut about the letter, then she’ll turn him into a popular kid.
And then they can fall in love and ride off into the sunset on a lawn mower.
Oh please, Mona. Lucas will be too busy spooning with me on the couch while watching Felicity to be your pawn. So suck it.
Over at Jenna’s oddly sun-lit, dusky room, she gets a phone call from someone, telling him/her that “they found the video. And they’ve seen it.” Who is she talking to?
OH MY GOD!
Ha ha ha, that was a fake-out. Nah, Jenna ain’t talkin’ to Aria’s mom. She’s talking to . . .
IAN! WTF?!
Ian says he knows and he’ll take care of it and he’ll “be there soon.” So, Jenna is in cahoots with Ian?! What does this mean?! Did they both play a part in Alison’s death?! Where they doing it?! Did Ian take Jenna to Applebee’s and tell her they were at Chili’s because, you know, she’s blind and wouldn’t be able to tell?!?! These are all burning questions!
Emily’s outside her house when she runs in to Garrett, the police officer dude that Emily conveniently knew from before. I guess his parents live across the street from Emily. He says that he’s on her side and he knows that Spencer wouldn’t hurt Alison, and gives her his card so she can call him if she needs him for something. Hanna’s waiting on Emily’s front porch because she didn’t want to be alone. Emily has Hanna’s cell phone — apparently Lucas gave it to her to give back to Hanna. Awwwwww! Emily talks about moving to Texas, and how it’s the “beauty queen capital of America,” which I guess is a bad thing. Hanna is all, Hey, lesbian — you got something against pretty girls? Emily says that beauty queens aren’t her type, and Hanna makes her promise not to come back with big hair.
Emily politely says nothing about the s.b.d. bomb Hanna just dropped.
Spencer’s on her bed doing homework, because she’s The Smart One, and Toby’s there with her, reading a book in an armchair across the room. He’s all, “Are you sure this is how you want to spend the afternoon?” Okay. So, I don’t think the dude who plays Toby is a bad actor per se, but sometimes the way he gives his lines is . . . well . . . It’s kind of like he says them in a British way, but without the British accent. He says them Britishly. So, it just comes off kind of robotic. A British robot who doesn’t have a British accent. But does has a rockin’ chest. This whole scene is a little too precious for me (Spencer: “I like having you here.” Toby: “I like being here.” Me: “Right now, I hate being here.”), so I’m gonna short-hand it: Toby tells Spencer to come over to him and they cuddle on the couch. That’s literally it. This scene serves no other purpose.
Jenna’s talking to someone about how if this video gets out, they will lose everything. Who is she talking to?!
AAAAAA OMG NO WAY!
Ha ha ha, no. Just kidding . . . Jenna’s actually talking to:
GARRETT?! STFU!!!!
You guys, when I watched this episode on Monday, I literally said, “Whaaaaattt?! Shut up!” out loud at this point. I am not ashamed to admit that. Garrett says he won’t let that happen (by which he means, he won’t let them lose everything) and then they kiss! What?! So Jenna and Garrett are in cahoots?! Does Ian know about this?! Was Garrett part of Alison’s death?! Did Garrett take Jenna to Bennigan’s and tell her that it was T.G.I. Friday’s because, you know, she’s blind and wouldn’t be able to tell?! These are all burning questions.
Time for the Hollis College (Hollis University?) mixer at Aria’s house! If I were there I would eat all the cheese, get drunk on pinot grigio, and hit on at least one biology professor and three sociology professors before I smoked pot with the English department and passed out in Aria’s room on top of everyone’s coats. Ah, college mixers. How I miss thee. Aria’s busying herself with putting out trays of hors d’oeuvres and answering the door while sneaking knowing glances with Professor Ezra Fitz. Now that he’s not her teacher, I’m about 15% less skeeved out about their relationship. The doorbell rings, and who’s at the door? Jackie. That girl that Ezra was engaged to. Aren’t you glad I didn’t put up a screen grab of Ella? I totally thought about it, but I restrained myself. You’re welcome. Aria’s all, “What are you doing here?” Turns out Jackie works at “Hollis College.” Ah, so it’s NOT a University. Thank god. If I was hoping for any mystery to be solved tonight, it was that one. Aria freaks out and runs upstairs, leaving Ezra to wonder why she ran away, until he sees Jackie.
Meanwhile, Toby and Spencer are still boring.
You know what? If they’re still together in 10 years, they’ll be THAT couple who always brags about not owning a TV. Lame. Luckily, Spencer’s phone wakes her up out of her Toby-induced coma. Melissa sent a text — she needs a ride home from the church, because Ian never showed up. Wow, responsible much, Ian? Sheesh. Toby says he wishes he could help her more with the big plan, but she says he’s doing enough. Is he? Cuz I don’t really think he’s doing anything to help with the Let’s Trap Ian Plan, but whatevs. Spencer wants him to be safe, he says that he’ll be there for her, and she says she loves knowing that. They kiss again.
Aria’s in panic mode in her room, when Ezra comes in and says that he didn’t know that Jackie would show up. But Aria’s still not convinced and is all, You still love her and she’s a part of your life still and I’m too young to be in a relationship this intense! Okay, maybe not that last part, but dude — it’s true. Why is she making such a big deal out of this? I mean, I’d be a little pissed off too (in my head, my English teacher is played by a shirtless Daniel Craig), but she’s just being crazy. Aria says that “until today, you were the one guy who never lied to me.” Ugh. Teenagers. Duh-ramaaaaaa!!
Hanna’s sitting on her stairs while acoustic weepy music plays (you can actually hear the words “sorrow” and “pain,” so thanks for the subtlety ABC Family!). Hanna’s contemplating doing the worst possible thing a teenage girl can do — deleting a contact from her cell phone. Oh, the humanity! This contact is Caleb and Hanna’s thumb hovers for a moment before actually deleting him from her phone. Oh no! Now he can’t call her! Wait, what? What’s that? That’s not how it works? Oh. Oh, I see. Why so sad, Hanna?
“I miss cupcakes.”
Caleb’s riding around in a car at night, being all teenage-y and ansgt-y because, well, this is ABC Family. Wait. Who’s driving the car?
OH MY GOSH SHUT UP!
AHAHAHAHA! Oh, that never gets old. Ella is my PLL equivalent of Betty Applewhite (check out my Desperate Housewives recaps — it’s true). Obviously Ella is not driving the car. But you know who is? Lucas! Yay! Caleb asks him why he’s doing this, and Lucas is all, “Because Hanna deserves to be happy.” Awwwww!
“So, um, Caleb, have you heard Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way?”
Spencer’s picked up Melissa from the church. Melissa’s concerned that something has happened to Ian, and Spencer’s trying to refrain herself from saying, “If by ‘something’ you mean videotaping a bunch of 14 year old girls, having sex with at least one of them, and then killing said girl, then yeah, probably ‘something happened’ you STUPID WHORE!!” Okay, why isn’t Spencer telling her sister that they have evidence of what Ian’s done? I mean, I know that Melissa knows that Spencer hates Ian and she would probably think Spencer was lying, but still. If my husband and father of my baby turned out to be a pervert and a murderer, I think I’d probably want to know that. At least I did last time. Melissa can’t find her phone — she left it at the church, Spencer offers to head back there to get Melissa’s phone, and then Spencer and Melissa get hit by a car!! Whaaaattt?!
The other members of the PLL Gang are at the park, waiting for Spencer to show up. At the hospital, Spencer tells her mom that Melissa’s okay, but they don’t know anything about the baby yet. Sad. Spencer’s mom tells her that it’s not her fault. Back at the park, Aria gets a text . . . from “A.” It says, “Buckle up, Bitches. Nothing is as it seems. — A” I have to say that I’m impressed that “A” uses proper spelling and grammar. Bitch may be crazy, but at least she/he knows her/his punctuation. Also, “buckle up?” Did “A” have something to do with Spencer and Melissa’s car crash? Hmmmmm . . .
At the hospital, Spencer’s mom says they’re still trying to find Ian. Spencer says he may have gone to the church and she has to go there anyway to get Melissa’s phone. Wait. Spencer WANTS to find Ian? I don’t know. A cop shows up with Spencer’s purse and hands it to her — I guess they were conveniently able to salvage it from the car. Spencer calls Aria to tell her about the crash just as someone shows up! Luckily, it’s Garrett. Helpful cop Garrett. Wait, dammit, Garrett’s not helpful! He’s not helpful at all!
Garrett asks the girls if anyone else knows where they are. Hanna, always quick on her feet, tells him that she left a note for her mom, telling her whey they were if anything should happen to them. And also to buy more cupcakes. Garrett goes back to staking out while someone somewhere else (presumably Ian) gets into a car with a bag of money. At the empty church, Spencer enters, calling out, “Hello?”
Hanna tells the other girls that Garrett has a gun, which is (I’m assuming) why she told the fib about leaving a note for her mom. Smart girl, Hanna. Spencer’s at the church, where no one apparently bothered to blow out any of the candles for the night. Plus, I don’t think it’s a Catholic church, so what’s up with the candles anyway? Atmosphere, that’s what.
“Mr. Jesus? Is there a Mr. Jesus here?”
Back at the woods, a car pulls up! Garrett tells the PLL Gang to stay out of sight! Garrett pulls his gun on Ian and tells him to put his hands up, but . . . it’s not Ian! It’s not Ella, either! It’s some random dude! What?!
Spencer’s about ready to pick up Melissa’s phone when the church door blows shut. She bends over to grab the phone and when she gets back up, Ian’s right behind her! Oh dip!
Turns out Ian hired some dude to carry a bag to the park and exchange it for another bag. Ian found him online, and his name is Logan Reed.
Not to be confused with THIS Logan Reed, who coincidentally, you can also find online.
(You might want to save searching “Logan Reed” in Google image until you get home from work, just FYI.) Aria calls Spencer to let her know what happened and that they’re on their way to the hospital. Except Spencer’s not at the hospital, she’s at the church, where Ian is about to give his required Bad Guy End of Season Speech. He blabs about how he got a text from a number earlier today, and even though it was blocked, he can reply to it, which he does. And of course, Spencer still has the prepaid phone. And of course, it starts ringing because it’s in her purse, which, of course, Spencer is carrying with her! As Spencer tries not to poop her H&M jeans, Ian asks about the money and wants to know where her friends are. He’s been waiting for Spencer to leave the hospital. Oh, he also wants to kill Spencer and Melissa will totally understand about it, because that all makes sense in Ian’s crazy mind. Spencer’s all, You gonna kill me like you killed Alison, because she found out about your home movies? She throws the flash drive at Ian and runs away!
Okay. So a bunch of action-y stuff happens, and it always sucks to have to recap that stuff, but I’ll do my best. Because people in movies and TV always idiotically panic and run UPSTAIRS where they have NO WAY OF ESCAPING, Spencer runs up to the bell tower. It’s kind of like Vertigo except it’s ABC Family and not Hitchcock. Still good, though. Spencer’s running! And running! Up some stairs! And more stairs! And it’s dark and dusty! She’s trying to call Emily on her phone, but she can’t get service or something! And I guess there’s an elevator because Ian pops out of it in front of Spencer! I bet Spencer’s kicking herself now for wasting her energy on the stairs. At least she won’t have to do any cardio tomorrow. If, you know, she doesn’t die. Spencer drops her phone and it finally dials out to Emily!
Because Emily is responsible and, I guess kind of rich, she has a fancy phone answering thing built right into her car, so that she can talk hands-free. Aria and Hanna are in the car with her and they can hear Spencer telling Ian that her mom knows she’s in the church, and Ian says that it’s a “perfect place for her suicide.” Whaatt?! I guess Ian took the time to write a suicide letter on Spencer’s computer, saying that she pushed Alison and she fell, and even though she didn’t mean to kill her, she did, so now she’s going to kill herself. Spencer points out that Alison was suffocated, but Ian says it won’t matter (and it probably wouldn’t, to be honest). For some reason, Spencer doesn’t just offer to throw herself off the top of the bell tower and die (rude), so Ian’s going to have to do it himself. He shoves Spencer off the landing! But she manages to hang on! Tension! Suspense! Gas! (Hey, that’s what happens when I get nervous, don’t judge.)
All of sudden, a hooded figure steps out of the shadows, and Ian’s all, “What are you doing here?” And the hooded figure pushes Ian off the landing and then runs away! Gah! Spencer pulls herself up, and the church bell begins to ring as the rest of the PLLs arrive to the church, calling Spencer’s name as she sits in shock, looking at the limp body of Ian, caught in the bell ropes.
Hey, Ian, want to . . . hang out sometime? Hey-oh!
My apologies for that. Spencer tells them that someone else pushed Ian . . . was it “A”? Hmmmmm . . . She says that Ian killed Alison and then he tried to kill her, but Aria tells her that it’s over, since Ian is dead. Later, the cops show up (again. How sick of these four kids is the Rosewood P.D.?) to investigate . . . but a cop stops them and asks if they’re playing a joke, since . . . There’s no one in the church!! WHAT THE WHAAAAAAA?! He brings them back in to the church, and he’s right! Ian is gone! Oh, dip. I did not see that coming. For reals. Well played, Pretty Little Liars. Well played.
Ella and Byron are in the crowd while people talk about how Ian’s not dead and not in the church, and how the girls are all liars. Pretty little liars. See what I did there? Oh, but you didn’t think our beloved “A” would let this season end without another one of his/her technological and terrifying texting treats, did you? The text alerts go off, and the ladies pick up their phones to read: “It’s not over until I say it is. Sleep tight . . . While you still can, bitches. — A.”
Wow. That episode effing rocked, right? So. I’m not convinced that Ian killed Alison. He never outright said it. He knew that she knew about the videos, right (remember the video of Alison turning the camera onto Ian)? So the fact that he killed her because she found out about the video isn’t really a plausible motive, in my opinion. And there’s really no proof that he did it, just that he wanted the tapes. We obviously haven’t seen the last of him. And what is up with Jenna and Garrett?! Will Emily really move to Texas? Will adorable Lucas come out of the closet and make out with a cute guy so that finally some of the gay fellas can get some love? I do not know. One thing’s for sure, though — I already know who “A” is:
All the clues are there, people.
Things That Were Fun But Apparently Didn’t Even Matter This Season: That shady guy who was following around Hanna’s mom. That detective that was sleeping with Hanna’s mom. The money Hanna’s mom had stolen. Pretty much any plot regarding Hanna’s mom. Paige — what was the point? That dude that Spencer met at the tennis court. Hanna’s shoplifting. The 234 other characters who just pretty much disappeared. Anything else?
Well, that’s it for this roller coaster premiere season of Pretty Little Liars! Who would have thought a show on ABC Family could be so freaking good? We had some good times, we had some okay times (a bunch of episodes in the middle were slower than a glacier), we watched the recurring cast change more than Cher at a Vegas concert. I, for one, can’t wait until next season, and the good news is, we only have to wait until June! That’s like a couple months away! I’ll see y’all in the comments. Bring the conspiracies, and bring the snark!
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Hypno I LOVED this recap, especially your disclaimer at the beginning.
Thank you for no nicknames I get confused so easily 
Anywho, this is the first episode I actually watched before the weekend because the Bachelor has been consuming my Mondays. (really 2 hours! but I watched) I am so glad I did. I really like this show and LOVED you said everything I was thinking. I even had to take notes as I read (tehehehe).
LOVE Laura Leighton too, she is gorge!!
I was totally wondering the same thing about Mr. Fitz’s outfit. WTH!
I wondered the same thing about the audio on the videos. Really?! The boom comment, HILARIOUS.
Loved your comment about the fancy pre-paid phone.
My fave the things that apparently didn’t matter this season. I was going to ask you if I missed an episode because I wondered what happened to Spencer’s “boyfriend” from the country club.
My “conspiracy theory” is I do think Garrett and Ian were in on SOME things together. I think Ian is dead but Garrett came and got rid of the body for fear that something would link the two together. He is a cop and could have heard the call over the radio and got their first. I’m guessing I & G bonded over their perverted lust of the youngies and would video the girls. I don’t think Ian killed Allison. I think he thought he did and panicked and left her and Garrett now knowing she knew their secret killed her. So I guess I think Garrett is A.
a) I didn’t know this was the finale! Boo!
and b) Seriously, just cause Ezra is no longer your teach doesn’t mean your relationship won’t get him sent to jail, Aria. They are so lame together.
Loved this recap! I’m grateful of how detailed you were and that you don’t use nicknames (one or two are fine but they get very confusing very quickly).
Also, I didn’t catch this but apparently Noel Khan was the ‘reveal’ they were panning to at the end crowd scene there. I couldn’t tell because ALL THE GUYS ON THIS SHOW LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
And Aria, just because he’s no your teacher anymore doesn’t mean that people won’t notice that he was your teacher like a week ago.
kdog – Yay! I’m glad you liked the recap. I’m doing next season as well! That’s the reason why I don’t do nicknames — I figure if people are coming in to the recaps in the middle of a season, why confuse them by making them say, “Wait, who is this person supposed to be? Eff this, I’m not reading the rest of this.” It’s cool that other recappers do it, it’s just not my style.
There are so many things that the PLL staff just dropped (again, it seems like everything with Hanna’s mom). The last thing I remember about tennis boy was that he was going to the dance (the charity danceathon, I guess?) with Spencer. I don’t remember them breaking up, but I guess it happened. That’s my biggest beef with the show — they throw in a million characters and then just toss them aside, and it gets confusing. I mean, did Emily REALLY need 3 potential girlfriends (Maya (who I never liked), Paige, and Samara)? Really?
Ooooh, love your theory about Ian and Garrett! It’s very “Wild Things” without the bad acting and pointless girl-on-girl action! I do think Ian is alive, but the fact that Garrett would have heard the police radio is something I didn’t even think of! And that maybe Ian thought he killed Alison but didn’t? Brill.
Nina – Yeah, it’s the finale. But again, we really don’t have to wait that long for new episodes. I’m sure they’ll do the same thing – 10 eps in the summer/fall, and then 10 more in the winter/spring. I’d rather have 20 in a row, but what are you gonna do?
And yes to the Ezra/Aria thing. I’ve always been skeeved out about the whole thing. I’m not sure why — I didn’t mind too much in Desperate Housewives when Gabby slept with her then 16 year-old gardener in season 1, so I think it has something to do with Ezra being her teacher. It’s just SOOOO a line that should not be crossed, and the fact that everyone at PLL seems to love them together (seriously, follow them on Twitter. It’s just kind of icky when they talk about Ezra and Aria) just makes me roll my eyes. It’s a tad better that he won’t be her teacher, but again . . . She’s 16.
Don’t you think it’s odd that the show demonizes Ian for sleeping with Alison, yet completely glorifies and romanticizes the relationship between Ezra and Aria? What’s up with that?
OMG Honey! You had me literally laughing out loud. Not only that, but I was drinking a soda and … well … lets just say I had to wipe off my computer and blow my nose. I usually find these recaps funny, but you totally turned it into a knee slapper. Kudos. Thank you so much for an AWESOME recap. I am bummed that this was the season finale because now I will have to wait until June to read your PLL recap again.
Sorry. I meant hypno. I do not know why I typed honey. Duh.
I’m still skeeved out about the Fitz/Aria relationship. I think the realistic thing, though, is that his character comes across as very naive and immature — as most non-predatory types who get sucked into relationships with underaged kids tend to be in real life. Aria’s a teen — teens are supposed to fantasize about being with someone older. The adult (especially a teacher) is supposed to be the one mature enough to realize there need to be boundaries. The fact that Ezra is the one excitedly telling her “oh now we can flaunt our love to the world” underlines his naivete/idiocity: 1) as has been pointed out multiple times: Even if you’re not her teacher it’s STILL ILLEGAL! 2) does he really think his new colleagues at the local college are going to be impressed by him bringing his underaged gf to faculty functions — sorry, his underaged former student gf 3) does he really think that Aria’s father, who got him his job at the local college, is going to be all “Oh sweet! This cool young professor/colleague is now dating my teenaged daughter!” And how the heck did he think that she wasn’t going to find out that his ex fiancee was also teaching at the local college? Her dad is fricking on faculty there! Sheesh.
Ok, enough of the rant. I’m proud of myself for catching on a few episodes ago that Officer Garrett was not as sweet and helpful as he seems. That kind of thing usually goes over my head. I was surprised that he and Jenna are lovers, though. Interesting…
Oh, and Spencer and the Tennis Kid broke up because she was pressuring him to take some internship (for art or something? can’t remember) out of state for the summer instead of staying in town and helping out his family, and then somebody (I think A) sent in an application for him. He didn’t believe that she wasn’t behind it and accused her of not accepting him for who he was, limited aspirations and all. So he dumped her and she was heartbroken for all of half a minute.
Great recap Hypno. I think what happened to Alex (Spencer’s tennis boy) was they broke up when A sent in the application for the tennis camp thingy, and he thought Spenser did it.
I think Ian is really dead and the body was moved. But my question is if they were in the church when was the body moved ? How did they not notice ? That seemed odd to me.
I don’t disagree with the Fitz and Aria relationship however, they need to stop being so public with it. How does no adult see what’s going on? It’s far beyond googoo eyes at each other. But glad they went the safe route and didn’t have him arrested and fired like in the book. Though now I think there will be many a h.s. girl trying to seduce her teacher in hopes of ending up like Fitz and Aria.
Hypno: I’m not sure what I love more…your recaps or your name. I took some notes on things that I loved.
Capri-Sun-esque drinks
Did Ian take Jenna to Applebee’s and tell her they were at Chili’s because, you know, she’s blind and wouldn’t be able to tell?!?!
Did Garrett take Jenna to Bennigan’s and tell her that it was T.G.I. Friday’s because, you know, she’s blind and wouldn’t be able to tell?!
Hanna’s contemplating doing the worst possible thing a teenage girl can do — deleting a contact from her cell phone.
(You might want to save searching “Logan Reed” in Google image until you get home from work, just FYI.) How did you know I was at work!
UPSTAIRS where they have NO WAY OF ESCAPING (I was totally screaming that, ask my brother in law he was making fun of me)
Gas!
I have to agree at one point I got bored with it and almost contemplated not watching it anymore, but then something pulled me back in and now I’m stuck.
Not a fan of Aria and Fitz, but he does seem like he’s a bit slow and not an adult.
Now to try to answer some questions (like I’m a pro):
I have no idea what happened with the Hana’s mom crap and was wondering that too. I haven’t read the books, but have read summaries of them and Hana’s shopping lifting was suppose to be to get her dad’s attention and some weird things happened there, but it doesn’t seem they have gone that route. Also Hana’s amazingly broken leg, yeah left me wondering what the heck especially when I read something that said a PPL episode is only suppose to be like 3 days, not weeks/months. So her leg should still be in something!
Again, also read some where that there is suppose to be more with Samria and I think the Paige thing was to help lead into that (meeting Samria by trying to get Paige to come out).
I also think than Ian thought he killed Ali and really didn’t. She just like hit her head and was out for a second. I think Ian told Melissa all this so she’s helping protect him because she knows it was just an accident. I don’t think Ian actually killed her. Also…just because they showed Jenna on the phone than Ian on the phone, are you sure she was actually talking to him?
I read somewhere that the first A (because in the books there are two) aren’t the same…but that doesn’t mean the killer is or isn’t the same. So…I wonder.
Took me forever! But I finally found where I read the stuff I mentioned.
http://www.tvline.com/2011/03/pretty-little-liars-finale-burning-questions-answered/
p.s. I hate you for making me want a cupcake…
Yay! More comments! Yesterday I was all, “Four comments, wah wah waaaaahhh.” So I’m glad there are more.
THANK YOU guys, for clearing up the reason why Spencer and Tennis Boy broke up (see? I can’t even remember his name, so he wasn’t important at all.) I totally remember all of that now.
There are TWO “A”s in the books?! Don’t tell me who! No spoilers!
So Ezra got fired and prosecuted in the books, eh? I’d kind of rather that happened in the show, so 15 year-old girls know about the repercussions of making out with your freaking high school teacher (although I’ve yet to see a high school teacher as dreamy as Ezra). Did we learn nothing from Mary Kay Letourneau?! Geez. The thing that bothers me is that nothing bad has happened to them. They’ve been barely threatened with blackmail by another student and then a cop came to see Ezra, which turned out to be nothing. The message here is that you can totally get away with sleeping with your English teacher because there won’t be any repercussions.
I don’t think Ian is really dead. I think he’s still alive. And also, I think the dude who plays Ian is incredibly hot.
Ms G — good point. They were walking out of the church when the cop told them Ian wasn’t there, so they must have been waiting in the sanctuary for the police to arrive. I suppose it is possible that someone, I don’t know, came in the back way and went up the stairs to get Ian. But I don’t think that happened — I think Ian wasn’t dead and he actually walked away himself. I suppose there is a back door or something. But how the PLL Gang didn’t notice/see/hear him leaving (there would have been a lot of bell-clamoring, no?) is kind of suspicious.
Testing…
And Marissa — I, for one, ALWAYS want cupcakes.
YAY! It worked! I had typed a whole thing out last night and it said my cookies weren’t enabled. Problem solved.
HYPNOTOAD! LOVE the recap. So excited you’ll be back in June for season 2 (?).
Toby has total Edward Cullen syndrom. He has to think extremely hard about what he’s about to say, then he has to force himself to say it. At least he is nice to look at when shirtless.
I think I recall Spencer’s tennis guy going to some prestigious tennis school or something. Spencer sent in an application for him and he got accepted. He ended up going. I may or may not have made a little bit of that up in my head.
Aria and Fitz’s relationship doesn’t totally gross me out. I don’t know how or why, but I always forget he is her teacher. I guess b/c I could compare their relationship to Cara Lynn and her math teacher’s relationship (R.I.P. Big Love). That totally sicked me out more.
So many theories on who -A is. It changes every week. It could be 2 people b/c how can one persone pull all of that shiz off?? Plus, it seems like everyone in that town secretly disliked Alison…even her close friends! Or maybe Mona because she is super jealous of the “core four.” I feel like it’s one of the characters that’s on the show often but not every episode. OR Icouldgoonforeveraboutthis.
Has anyone read the books? I looked them up on wikipedia and I truly hope they are changing the plot. If not, this show could be headed down Gossip Girl ally.
Oh my god Hypnotoad this was the best recap EVER!!! I totally cried from laughing so hard at the photo captions. And you did such a good job recapping I felt like I was watching it all over again. If Ezra ever puts on that hipster, little school-girl outfit again I might throw up in my mouth a little, but otherwise, I love you and this show SO MUCH!!! Can’t wait to read another recap of yours!
Hey plockeness! I didn’t even think about the Edward Cullen thing, but you’re totally right. They’re pretty similar, except that Toby’s not a complete misogynistic a-hole. Unlike Edward. God, I hate Twilight. For so many reasons . . . Anyway, Ezra/Aria doesn’t ruin the show for me, but in the beginning I had to almost actively tell myself to not make it a big deal, otherwise it would have ruined the show. I’m a cynic by nature, so maybe that has something to do with it.
I have not read the books, but I, like you, looked up the first couple on Wikipedia and INSTANTLY regretted it, since in the synopses it was blatantly stated who “A” was. Boo. I wish I hadn’t done that. From what I gather, they’re taking some parts from the books, but they’re definitely not following them extremely closely, which I think is a good idea, to keep the fans of the books guessing. It’s interesting because PLL was initially going to be a TV show (they described wanting a show that was “Desperate Housewives for teens,” which I find awesome, since I love me my Desperate Housewives!), but it didn’t work out, so they went ahead with books. And now the books have become a TV series. Go figure.
I honestly have no idea who “A” is, but I do think it will be someone we’ve already seen *cough* Ella *cough*.
Oh, and I always make it a habit to highlight and copy my text every time before I submit a comment, just in case. I’ve been burned too many times before!
To clear something up — I read about the PLL on Wikipedia until I found out who “A” was and then I immediately closed the window because I didn’t want to know anything else. So, while I know who “A” was in the books (and didn’t know there were two! That’s crazy!), I’m not sure if they’ll go that route in the series.
I made the mistake of reading every summery from all the books. Ugh. I am such a spoiler slut.
I too highlight and copy my text Hypno, been burned too
Also thanks to those who cleared up the tennis bf. I am also excited you will continue to recap this show. No offense to the previous recappers. This is actually the first and only recap of the show I have read. I was always 4-6 episodes behind and this was a show I didn’t want spoiled so I never read the recaps.
@ plockeness Aria and Fitz never really bothered me but it did creep me out on Big Love too. Maybe because the PLL couple are much prettier, lol.
Anywho, my coworker who does not read blogs had a theory I wanted to represent for her. She thinks Melissa killed Alison. Didn’t Melissa say she suffered a miscarriage the weekend of the Hilton Head trip? Maybe the pain of that and Ian being with Allison took her over the edge. I thought that was an interesting theory that I didn’t think of.
Sorry but I love Aria/Ezra…I think I like the cute. I think every girl needs an Ian Harding as their BF. Beyond that I FLUV me some PLL. I got hooked on it during one of the many marathons ABC Family has. So many twists during the finale but we know now it isn’t Ian. Even though I will miss his creepy charm. Garrett and Jenna was a huge twist. Didn’t see that one coming at all! Garrett seemed so nice except for the whole following the girls around. I can’t wait for June. Thank God we don’t have to wait too long!!
Hypnotoad, amazing recap. It’s like your Ian and I’m Allison, because I’m pretty sure you were taping and listening to me while I watched PPL on Monday night, because you wrote everything I said. I’m not gonna lie, i was definitely concerned when i didn’t see VirginiaApple, but I was pretty pumped after I read the first paragraph. Thank you for no nicknames, there are too many characters to begin with and I only just started watching this in January so it’s been pretty rough to follow. I only have names for Aria and her parents but that’s because I actually knew who they were from other shows (American Dad does a bit with Chad Lowe, and it is off. The. Chain. )
Aaaaanyway, love that you talk about the concerned faces, it makes me laugh that they cut to each girl every time, somewhere on YouTube, you know someone has pieced those bits all together and it’s probably 15 minutes long. I was shocked/horrified to read that the girls were all 16, yeah…definitely thought that they were all 17, about to be 18. I’m a little grossed out now by the Aria/Fitz thing now. Yeah, it’s a fantasy when your little but after you grow up a bit….yikes,
Toby is brutal, because he’s kinda hot and kinda disgusting. I hate ‘im!
This was so awesome, the episode, the recap, the thought of just a few months until season 2 and DVDs? Thanks!
Kdog — As Rachel Green would say, “Ooooh, that’s interesting!” I never even thought that Melissa would be involved in the actual murder of Alison, but that makes a heckuva lot of sense. I’ll be thinking about that until June!
Jacey – Totally get it that you love the Ezra/Aria relationship. I don’t hate it as much as I used to, and the fact that he’s no longer her teacher will help out on the skeevy scale next season.
Libithina — Chop low! Rob Lowe! Chad Lowe!
I’m with Jacey…I loves me some Aria/Ezra! Maybe because it totally reminds me of the time I had a “thing” with my 8th grade Biology TA (not as gross as it sounds, I promise!). I wish they would bone already, but I guess ABC Family would prefer to keep their relationship, uh, Un-Statutory…
I still can’t decide if Toby is hot or ugly in the face. I have the same problem with the actress who plays Hope on “Days Of Our Lives.” It’s quite a conundrum, I tell ya!
Can’t wait for the show to come back so I can read some more of your recaps, Hypnotoad!
Hey now! Hana lost her v-card so why can’t Aria and Erza get some action! I guess you’re right about the un-statutory Sweet_Dee. But I do kind of wonder, every college kid I’ve known is thinking about sex and Erza fresh out of college, wouldn’t he want something a bit more than a nice dinner at home?
I’d also love a strawberry cupcake right now…
Great recap Hypno! And btw, I totally agree with you about Twilight. And the British-ness of Toby’s performances. He’s totally an accentless British robot.
I agree with the commenter (can’t find it now for some reason) who suggested that Jenna and Ian might not have been talking to each other. There was something fishy about that exchange, and I thought it was a total fakeout, but they never really went anywhere with it.
I still wanna know about the fact that Melissa apparently wasn’t even at Hilton Head with Ian. How much does she really know, and why is she lying so… dramatically/intensely for him?
Aria and Fitz bug me too, mostly because the show makes that relationship like, the best relationship ever, which just seems weird. Most shows that go for the underage hook-up or the teacher/student hookup kind of focus on the sex, or the older person being desperate for the intense love/attention from the student. But this show has made this into the most functional relationship ever. And that’s what bad about it to me. It’s this weird message of ‘Hey, kids, your teacher will be the best boyfriend ever! If he wants to hook up, you should totally do it!’ Plus it baffles me how Ezra is so patient and apologetic when Aria totally acts like an immature, overreactive high schooler. And that he wouldn’t want to have sex with her. I mean really. And, if he does have a master’s, how old is he?? Or, is this just a community college or something?
I too am agog at the fact that neither Ezra nor Aria are wanting to have the relations. But it’s probably for the best, really, since they want Ian to look like a pedophile but Ezra is freaking Romeo. To be fair, Ian’s a douche and a possible murderer, though. I will never not find the Ezra/Aria thing icky, but I’ve learned to cope.
It’s my understanding that you must have a master’s degree to teach at a college level. You have to have a Bachelor’s in Education and be certified in a state if you want to teach K-12 in a public school in said state, but you don’t need a Bachelor’s in education to be a professor at a college. My Bachelor’s degree is in Theatre (lucrative!) and my Master’s is in Writing (more lucrative!) so I couldn’t teach high school kids (unless it was a private school), but I could teach at the college level — be it a community college or a 4 year university.
Let’s assume Ezra started his undergraduate studies at age 18. He would have been 21-22 if he graduated on schedule. Then let’s assume he went right into a Master’s program after undergrad (I don’t suggest doing that, but whatevs). Since the vast majority of Master’s programs in writing/English/literature are 2 year programs, he’d be around 23-24. Maybe 25 at the oldest. Or, maybe he was young and started undergrad at age 17, or took a lot of AP classes for college credit in high school so he only had to do 3.5 years for undergrad. I don’t know. I’ve been assuming he’s 24, because I thought he or someone on the show mentioned that?
Totally, Hypno. I too have been trying to figure out the age thing. The best I can guess is that he went to school at 17 (def not the norm, but let’s pretend that he was born in Aug so he would be the youngest in the class) there are some institutions where you can enroll in a five year program and leave with your bachelors and masters (also, not the norm, but they exisit) so he could conceivably be 22…but let’s be honest, he’s totally not 22. Even if he was, after going to a five year school (best case scenario) wouldn’t he have been exposed to so many different people that he would find the musings of a 16 year old girl totally stupid? I have had the (not so)pleasure of working with 18 y/o and they are incredibly, frustratingly immature. I felt this way when I was 20 and in college, their “problems” were so mundane, it was difficult to relate to them on any level. And what on earth could Aria and Fitz even have in common?
To be fair, I did miss A LOT of the starting episodes, so they may have explained this in the beginning, but I am so creeped out. And to your point, while Ian is def a lurker, to be all aghast that he was with Allison while Fitz does the same makes me confused.
If you saw the first ep of the season (the pilot, not the first ep in January . . . that started the 2nd half . . . of the 1st season . . . Why do tv seasons have to be so complicated now?!), Aria and Ezra met in the summer, at a bar. Aria was drinking coffee (of course) and they had some witty repartee about books and maybe music, and then they made out in the bathroom. Classy. So when they met he had no idea she was 16 and she had no idea he was her English teacher. It should have stopped once they both realized these things, but whatever. The fact that Ezra isn’t mature enough to realize that what he’s doing is wrong is evidence to me that he’s pretty much mature enough to be with a 16 year-old. Know what I mean?
People who are into the Ezra/Aria thing: I’m so NOT judging you, and it’s totes fine that you’re in that camp. I can see your side — Ezra’s definitely not ugly (but he’s too skinny for my type) and he treats Aria well. They’re cute together. But I find myself going, “Awwww, they’re so sweet togeth — he’s your teacher! And you’re 16!” I just can’t help it!
Also, it makes me feel weird that literally the only stable relationship on this show is the one that should not be! So, there’s that.
Augh, I’m so ready for June! I wish this show was on every week.
On the plus side, we have our very own teen drama in the comments section on tvgasm!
Oh my gosh, I know! It’s both sad and fascinating, like when Hanna had to eat all those cupcakes. Cupcakes!
You know, I think “cupcakes” and “Ella is ‘A’” are going to be go-to jokes for the rest of my PLL recap duration. I’m gonna ride those jokes until the wheels fall off!
CUPCAKES!
For the love of god, CUUUUPPPPCAAAKKKES! Ha ha ha.
LMFAO, and the icing on the cupcakes was sublime! Perfect cherry on top of a gross scene!
It was a little pig, right? Hee! Poor Hanna . . . (I do understand the body issues thing, and that’s sad. I’m not an unfeeling monster. Like Brett Butler. (That’s another American Dad joke for you Libithina!))
But you know, when I saw that scene, I was like, “What’s the big deal?! I would LOVE IT if someone forced me to eat half a dozen cupcakes! It would take all the guilt away from ME!” Because, in my head, I’d be all, “Well, someone’s forcing me to eat all these. Instead of, you know, the times when I’m drunk and eat 6 cupcakes of my own volition. Which is very sad.”
Oh, also: Cupcakes.
Sho was yo! Eating those cupcakes was Hanna’s very own Vietnam.
And keep on with American Dad quotes and I’ll be devoted forever!
THANK YOU for pointing out all the plot points that got dropped this season. I watched the episode online and rewound about 10 times during any scene that involved the random cop (Garrett) because after a season with a revolving door of characters, I just can’t remember anymore. I watch the show religiously and still have no clue who have the friggin characters are.
I think Ian is a red herring. It’s too obvious. I do think he had something to do with Allison’s death, but I think Melissa found out about them and made him do something that maybe got out of hand? I think she’s more the villain than Ian… and A is someone working separately, who maybe knows of Ian’s guilt?
I expected more of a cliffhanger from the finale. The message from A was expected and typical. The Ian thing was so stupid. My first thought when he was in those ropes was that he appeared to have fallen about 4 feet. And that the ropes were arranged to perfectly serve as a net. Were we actually to believe he was dead?
I loved your observation that characters always run UPstairs…so true!
I’m in grad school and if I put half the effort into my studies as I did into analyzing this show…my GPA would be a lot higher.
My first paragraph should be who “half” this characters are…
Aria and Ezra are so obvious about their relationship. I can’t stand it. There was a random female teacher who appeared in a few episodes earlier in the season who always seemed to catch them at inopportune moments. I thought for sure she was going to out them but then she disappeared too.
Last comment! I just caught up on all the comments and thought that everyone who mentioned the Aria/Ezra relationship made good points. As 30 Rock pointed out several weeks ago, a male student hooking up with a female teacher = totally awesome. But a male teacher hooking up with a female student = totally wrong.
44 comments?! What the WHAAA?! Awesome. Let’s see if we can get to 50! We can just type the word “Cupcakes” repeatedly until we get there, lol. Just kidding . . . (maybe).
Alli — I’m with you on so many points. I started watching this show on a whim. It was on demand and I thought, “Oh, what the heck.” The first episode I saw was the one right before Hanna got hit by the car. Luckily it was after the show started up in January, so I watched about 5 in a row, then went back and watched the rest on my computer. Even though I went on a PLL binge (cupcakes?), as the show wore on there were just so many characters that seemed to drop off the face of the earth, and then so many more that they introduced.
I totes think Melissa is involved (although until someone here mentioned it, I wasn’t even thinking about it, to be honest). To what extent? I don’t know.
Why do people always run upstairs? My first instinct would be to GET OUTSIDE, geez.
I don’t remember the teacher who kept seeing Ezra and Aria, so yet ANOTHER character that didn’t really matter.
And if put as much effort into *everything* as I put into watching/analyzing PLL, I’d be a skinny, muscular, famous novelist! But then I wouldn’t have jokes about cupcakes.
WordPress won’t let me publish my CUPCAKES! comment
Worked my way around it though, so HA! Suck on these cupcakes, WP!
Hypnotoad, I don’t watch this show but I am sure that you do a very good job re-capping it!
I think I am #48
TC, Robin
Sweet_Dee! Cup . . . cakes?
Aww, thanks, Robinez! I love this show way too much for someone my age, but I think we all say that about some shows once in a while. I don’t watch a lot of reality shows (basically just ANTM) so I have to get my kicks somewhere! And these days, I find it much easier to make fun of characters than real people (for some reason, it just makes me feel bad and guilty when I say something snarky about reality show people, so my recaps of reality shows SUCK. That hasn’t always been the case, but I don’t know if I could go back to reality now. Hee.).
You guys, I think we need a Pretty Little Liars Drinking Game for next season, eh? (We don’t really have to actually follow the drinking rules every week, though, because I always just end up drinking regularly anyway, because I’m not patient enough to wait for something to happen so I can drink. True Story: One time a roommate and I decided to have taco pizza and then play “Power Hour” for the first time ever. It. DID NOT. End well.)
Hanna eating cupcakes/sweets/chocolate/etc. should definitely be one of the drinks, eh? What about every time Spencer is studying? Every time someone drinks coffee? Every time Emily has a same-sex kiss (and freaking CHUG IT if she has an opposite-sex kiss)? Post your drinking game ideas! (If you’re not of the legal drinking age, I will assume that every week you are drinking Juicy Juice, okay? There. End of PSA. The more you know . . .) And if this is something you guys want to do in the PLL forums (is there one?), let me know. I’ve posted exactly once in the forums, so I’m not too familiar.
And the mystery 50th PLL commenter is *drum roll* . . .
You are Very Welcome, Hynotoad
Take care, Robin
Shoot! I spelled your name wrong! I rekon you will have to go over 50.
TC, Robin
Something about it being a “duplicate” comment, or whatever. Frikking cupcakes!
Here are some rules I came up with for the PLL Drinking Game:
Take a shot whenever you see Fitz in a vest
Take a shot whenever Spencer is wearing a beret or other stupid hat
Take a shot whenever there’s an Allison flashback
This is gonna be fun! Can’t wait til June!
Thanks, Robinez! I have no prize, I’m sorry, except the satisfaction of being #50!
Oh man, TOTES when Fitz wears a vest!
Ha ha ha! Hats! Oh, the hats . . .
Oooh, good call on the flashback one. I have to go for the night, but I will definitely think of some other ones, my little cupcakes!
Shots whenever…….
A new character is introduced
Aria and teacher make OBVIOUS googly eyes at each other
Someone gets a text/email/note/whatever from A
A crucial piece of evidence re: Allison disappears
Ha ha, nice!
Chug it whenever:
Toby actually evokes a true emotion.
Hypno, I love your recaps! I have to say I don’t actually watch this show as I live in Australia and don’t have cable and am technologically impaired.
I cracked up laughing multiple times while reading this recap and I’m convinced that the show is not nearly as entertaining and good as your recaps.
You mentioned some stuff that happened in the previous episode. Did you also recap that episode? I don’t seem to be able to find it anywhere… Thanks for letting me partake in the PLL experience.
Aw, Stinu, you are too sweet! Unfortunately, I did not recap the previous episode. I think there are two or three that are missing. I picked up the finale because I love the show and I’ll be doing next season as well. Sorry about that! However, since I also do Desperate Housewives, they’ll be a recap of that show up this week!
You guys, I totally miss Pretty Little Liars.
Pretty Little Liars premiere teaser trailer!
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/pretty-little-liars/videos-details/promos/pretty-little-liars-returns-june-14th/pl_PL5563358/vd_VD55125485
I think Hanna says it best “Zombies don’t text!” There will be a marathon preceding the premiere if you need to catch up and remember!
Hypno, I am an avid fan of your DH recaps, so I’m thrilled you’re taking over PLL (although the previous recapper did do a great job, too!) I have to admit, though, that the first time you teased who was on the other end of the phone, I desperately wanted it to be Betty Applewhite.
I am also way too old to love this show as much as I do, so I appreciate the company!
15 more days, PLL Gasmii.
And emmarmot — I’m looking forward to your comments on PLL recaps! And I may sneak in some Betty Applewhite love every once in a while . . .
Cupcakes.
Brand new cupcakes tonight, bitches. — A.