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Thursday, June 23, 2011
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The girls are still hanging out in the creepy greenhouse. Why don’t they ever go to a well-lit area to talk about sinister things? There’s no 24 hour Dunkin Donuts in Rosewood? They’re still arguing about how Ian can’t have been texting Melissa because he’s “dead” when Hanna points out hilariously that “Zombies can’t text.” Wow, zombiephobic much, Hanna?
“Me want 2 eat ur brain, LMZAO.”
There’s more general freaking out about finding Ian and what his agenda is, and they finally leave the Creepy Greenhouse of Obvious Plot Development and start walking home, talking about how they aren’t supposed to be hanging out with each other any more. But wouldn’t you know it — their walking tour of Rosewood at night leads them right past Alison’s old house, where Jason has moved in. He’s throwing away a bunch of stuff that people left on the front steps of the house when Alison was missing, like photos and teddy bears and stuff. So, Jason saved this stuff when he moved away, then took it back with him when he moved back into the house, only to throw it away later. That’s kind of ridiculous, people. Oh, also, Jason’s played by an entirely different actor this season, one who looks nothing like the Jason of last year. So, there you go. Credits.
Hanna’s arguing with her mom about therapy, and it turns out that Hanna’s dad is coming back because of what’s going on with Hanna. Hanna is not enthused.
“That abandoning bastard better show up with cupcakes.”
Meanwhile, Emily’s mom is confiscating Emily’s phone! Duhn duhn duuuuuhhhhhhhhhn! Technically, Emily just has to leave it downstairs when she comes home but can still use it when she wants, so it’s not entirely life-shattering. Turns out that there’s a family who has agreed to lease their house for a year. And if that’s not enough bad news, Emily discovers that her computer has been wiped clean of all information.
“Um, what the eff happened to all my homemade Indigo Girls postcards?”
She calls Spencer to tell her about what happened and how she left her laptop on her desk and “A” could have just walked in with the real estate guy at any time to delete the files. After Spencer hangs up, Melissa comes in and shows Spencer a sonogram photo.
“So the mouth will cover 95% of the baby’s head, big deal. It’ll be fine!”
Melissa says she needs to rest as much as she can and Spencer offers to stay home with her, to “answer her phone and take messages.” Subtle. Melissa says she needs her phone in case the cops call about Ian.
At school, Aria and Ezra discuss Mr. Fitz’s last day, which is Friday. Friday. Gotta get down on Friday. Aria’s worried that Ezra won’t want to be her boyfriend any more once he leaves for the college. Which is a valid point, since the danger of having your teacher arrested for statutory rape and getting fired from his job, never able to teach again is such a MAJOR turn-on. It’d be a shame to give that up. Ezra says that just because he’s leaving, it doesn’t mean that he won’t still want to tap that. Aria agrees to come by tomorrow so they can talk it out.
In the hallway, Mona stops Aria to ask her if she can pick out a going-away gift for Ezra, since she “knows him better.” Oh, dip! Then she adds, “From the play.” Oh, thank god. Mona doesn’t know about Aria and Ezra. Or Ezria as the PLL folks on Twitter like to call them, much to my annoyance. Mona also wants to talk about Hanna, but Aria tells Mona that she’s on her own with that because of what’s going on with their parents not wanting the girls to hang out any more.
Lunch time!
The girls discuss that they no longer have the video evidence and wonder why Jason’s back in the old house. When it comes time to sit down, they realize that they aren’t able to sit together, and while Hanna thinks they need to stick together, none of the other girls think it’s a good idea. Mona wants Hanna to sit next to her, but Hanna totally snubs her and sits somewhere else. And of course all the girls get a text from “A” that reads: “Look at you, all alone in a crowd. I win! Xoxo- A.” Is “A” Gossip Girl as well?! Because that would be awesome.
Spencer’s sitting at an outside table (kudos to the prop department for throwing a handful of fake dead leaves on the ground) when who should pop up but Toby. Turns out he came in for some paperwork — he’s not coming back to school, he just needed some G.E.D. info. Spencer wants him to come back to school, but he doesn’t really want to do that. Really? Is Toby anti-social or something? What’s that you say? He is? He’s painfully socially awkward? Huh. I did not pick up on that at all. Toby got a job with a construction company so he can save money and get the eff out of Dodge. But Spencer’s all, What about me, you don’t want to stick around for me? Toby says that he might. Or something. I don’t know.
The point is, Toby got a free t-shirt from the construction company.
Em’s at a swim meet and she wins! Yay! Samara (remember her? The prep school girl? The third lesbian that Emily dated in, like, a month?) congratulates her after the meet and asks her out for a movie and dinner tomorrow night. Emily’s a little hesitant because she’s moving and she “doesn’t want to start anything that [she] can’t finish.” Uh-huh. Tell that to Maya. And Paige. Samara tells her that it’s just a movie and nothing else, so she shouldn’t make it a big deal, and Emily agrees to go out with her. Some dude named Ken comes up to Emily and tells her that he’s from Danby University and he’s checking out the swim talent. From what I hear, Danby is the best fictional college with the best fictional swim team in this fictional region, so this is a big deal. Fictionally. Ken tells Emily to call him so they talk about the swim program.
Spencer’s putting some brownies on a plate to give to Jason, and she asks Melissa about how Ian and Jason used to be friends. Melissa says that Jason isn’t someone to be trusted and gets mad at Spencer for bringing up Ian. Geez, pregnant women are touchy.
Hanna’s dad is back to judge her and her decisions. Ashley (Hanna’s mom) tells Tom (Hanna’s dad) that she’s only talked to the shrink on the phone, but thinks separating the girls is a good idea. Tom says that they’ll take whatever steps they need to take — he’ll even stick around for a couple days. Wow, a whole couple days? That’s good parenting. Ashley asks if he was planning on sticking around even before he knew about all the problems, and he says that indeed he was. Ashley asks him to open a bottle of wine.
Emily is packing a bunch of stuff in some boxes when her mom comes up to say that someone broke into their garage and stole some camping stuff. That’s basically it.
Spencer goes over to Jason’s house to give him the brownies. There’s some dog digging in the yard and Jason runs out and throws a newspaper at the dog. I suppose this is supposed to be ominous, since the music playing in the background is ominous as well, but come on. Brownies! Tiny dog! Suspense! Season 2 Totally Not Different At All Jason thanks Spencer for the brownies and tells her that Jason’s parents won’t be coming back for a long time. Jason says he read about what happened and that he has a lot of questions.
Questions like, “Why hasn’t anyone noticed that I’m a completely different actor?”
Seriously. He doesn’t even look remotely the same as season 1 Jason. Anyway, Jason-Not-Jason asks Spencer if Ian admitted to killing Alison, if he actually confessed. Spencer says that she thinks he did and Ian wanted people to believe that she killed Alison (that she pushed Alison and it was an accident that she died). Jason asks if Ian specifically said, “I killed Alison,” but Spencer says that he didn’t, and Jason then ends the conversation.
Flashback time! Spencer flashes back to a time when they were all in Alison’s yard and Jason yelled at Alison for being in his room and messing with his “stuff.” I guess Alison stole one of his “Japanese cartoon porn books.”
“It was totally consensual.”
And then she hid it in one of her hiding places that she had “all over the house” and in the yard. Alison says that when she hides something “it stays hidden” until she wants it found. End of flashback. Spencer heads home.
Ken’s talking to Emily at school, telling her that she’s a great candidate for a scholarship, which gets Emily really excited.
“I’m also a lesbian and I may be Latina or something, is that good for anything else?!”
Ken’s not so enthused with what he’s hearing about Emily moving to a different district in Texas — Rosewood’s rated so high that anywhere else she goes would be “a step down.” What? Texas is a step down from something? That’s news to me. Except, not. Emily is all, Oh that was just talk and I’m totally staying here and finishing school! Uh-oh, Em. You know what happens to pretty little liars like yourself . . .
Spencer’s parked on the street, watching Toby do some construction-y things while “Add My Effort” by The Weepies plays in the background. Yay! I love The Weepies! The boss hands Toby an envelope and Toby looks sad. Well, sadder than usual, I guess. It’s hard to tell with Toby. He looks okay with a tool belt, though. He walks over to Spencer and tells her that the owners of the house didn’t want Toby working on it, because of Toby’s reputation. If only the owners would spend 2 minutes with Toby, they’d realize he’s too boring to be of any danger to anyone. Spencer’s rightfully angry at the boss, but Toby tells her to forget about it and walks away.
Aria is at Ezra’s apartment, but you know who’s not there? (Besides Betty Applewhite, I mean.) Ezra. He’s having a one-on-one with the department head in a few minutes and is running late. Aria tells him over the phone that he knew about the meeting when he scheduled to meet with her, and Ezra says that he’ll come over right after. Aria says she’ll wait. I’m totally on Aria’s side, since Ezra has a FULL TIME JOB and Aria’s just a high school student with no responsibilities and nothing but time on her hands. I mean, how DARE Ezra meet with his boss instead of going home and talking about his relationship for the seventeenth time?! Where are his priorities?! Aria puts the diploma from last episode back on his desk.
Emily’s telling her mom about what Ken said, emphasizing the part about how if she moves, she probably won’t get the scholarship. Which doesn’t fully make sense to me. It’s basically saying, “Hey, you’re a great swimmer, but if you move to a different state, you’ll totally start sucking.” Emily’s mom says that she’ll talk to Emily’s dad because it’s definitely something to think about, but she needs some sort of commitment from the university. Wait, are they seniors? I thought they were juniors last season, and since this season takes place the same year, they’re still juniors, right? I don’t know. And I kind of don’t care.
Aria calls Spencer because she’s been waiting for over an hour and wants some advice. Aria thinks that Spencer has this “great internal clock” when it comes to waiting for phone calls, asking for something from her parents . . . and “when you should break up with somebody.” Oh no! Aria even calls Spencer the “master of time,” which is a completely ridiculous thing to say. Spencer hears a knock on the door and says she’ll call Aria later.
Toby’s at the door, of course. He asks her if she can go out with him.
“They just opened a new furniture store downtown. Wanna go with me and wait in the car while I glare at it?”
Aria’s still waiting for Ezra at his apartment as “Can’t Go Back Now” by The Weepies plays in the background. Yay! More Weepies! She gets a text from Ezra asking her to please keep waiting.
Mona calls Hanna’s house phone and leaves a message saying that she’s sorry and telling Hanna to call her. Tom (Hanna’s dad) tells her that not seeing her friends is for the best. Hanna is all, You ever notice that the only time I see you is when I’m in trouble? She asks him if this is something she should bring up in therapy. Tom gives the lame-ass “I’m sorry you feel that way” apology, which is one of the things I most hate to hear, second only to Justin Bieber’s singing voice. And speaking voice. And his hair. And clothes. And his body. And probably the way he smells (I’m guessing he smells like marshmallows and promises). I do love saying that phrase, though. It just feels right. Hanna tells him not to apologize because it doesn’t mean anything to her. She says that he told her that even though he and Ashley were getting divorced, that it didn’t mean that she wouldn’t be his daughter, but now, he has a whole new family. She considers that a lie, so she doesn’t turst him. He says he was telling himself that he was doing everything for the best, but he can’t forgive himself for leaving her behind, even though he had good intentions. I’m wondering how a schlub like him ended up bagging a hottie like Ashley.
Aria is still waiting for Ezra. Why, exactly? I would have split a long time ago. Like when I found out he was my freaking teacher. Also, Ezra apparently kept those bags that Aria made to put over their heads last season, so they could take a picture together. They may have been cute then, but now they’re just creepy.
Nothing screams “serial killer” like creepy paper-bag-masks just laying around your date’s apartment.
She finally leaves a note for Ezra on his hipster old-school typewriter.
“P.S. I ate all your Triscuits. P.P.S. And all of your hummus.”
Samara and Emily are at the movies; Emily is telling Samara about the scholarship to Danby and stuff. Emily looks a little forlorn because she went to the theater with Maya once. Samara says that “ghosts of first girlfriends make big competition.”
They also make for incredibly, horribly, mind-numbingly shitty movies.
Seriously, that movie is a heinous affront to American decency. Anyway, Samara also had a first love and she blahs to Emily about it for a minute or two.
Mona’s at The Only Restaurant In Rosewood, looking all gloomy, when Hanna arrives, asking her if she’s waiting for Noel Kahn. Mona says that she’s by herself and tells Hanna that she’s actually dating Noel. Hanna tells her to be careful and then tells Mona that she understands why Mona did what she did and she forgives her. Mona says that no one’s ever forgiven her before, which is kind of sad.
Toby and Spencer drove to a spot to talk. In the woods. In the dark. Toby asks her why she didn’t tell him about what’s been going on. They’re at an overlook, looking down at the city lights of Rosewood. I’m pretty sure this phenomenon exists only in tv and movies, because I’ve never seen it. Then again, I grew up in Kansas, which is virtually completely devoid of anything resembling even a hill.
Evidence: Mt. Sunflower. The highest — and saddest — point in Kansas.
Toby says that the city is like “one of those collective mind creatures in the movies. One with a really long memory.” Um . . . sure, Toby . . . Sure. I’m not sure if Toby would be cute enough for me to ignore that last sentence, because that was just the damndest, weirdest thing to say in the history of language. Spencer says Rosewood is not a monster, and Toby says that it DOES have monsters in it. Spencer asks him if she should call the cops and tell them that Ian’s been texting Melissa, but Toby says the cops probably won’t believe them or do anything.
Aria’s decided to go over to Spencer’s house, but she notices that one of the door’s windows have been smashed open from the outside. Instead of being rational in any way, shape, or form — calling the police, calling Spencer’s cell phone, just getting the fuck out of there — Aria actually opens the door and freaking walks inside, yelling for Spencer. To wit: She sees the house has been broken into, she ENTERS the house, and then YELLS for Spencer. And of course, the person who broke into the house runs downstairs and shoves Aria violently into an end table before running out the door.
“I am supremely shocked that I am being attacked given that there were absolutely no warning signs that something was amiss in the house.”
Later, Spencer’s home and Aria’s taking care of her minimal wounds. Spencer says that it’s scary that “A” can just break into their homes, and Aria mentions that Emily’s garage was broken into and some camping gear was stolen, and that there’s been break-ins all over the neighborhood. Spencer wonders what “A” would want with camping gear, and then is all, Maybe it’s not “A,” maybe it’s someone on the run who needs camping gear. Like Ian! Spencer wonders what Ian would want from her house, and Aria’s like, “You?” Oh, dip! Where the heck is Ian?! This is genuinely bugging me!! AAHHHHH!
It’s a dark and stormy day, but Emily’s all sunshine as she’s talking with Ken, saying that her parents are cool with it as long as she gets a letter from him stating that she’s definitely in at Danby. He says that he can’t offer anything in writing — it was all theoretical and would probably happen, but he can’t make any promises. Which I call total bullshit on. Colleges do that kind of crap all the time. He says he can write a letter about their intentions, but that’s the best he can do.
Aria picked out a copy of “To Kill a Mockingbird” for the class to give to Ezra for his last day. He gives this speech about connecting with the class and feeling loss. Yeah, if I left high school to teach for college, I’d be all, “Smell ya later, you dumbass punks.” Mostly, Fitz’s speech is actually a metaphor for his relationship with Aria, I guess. Later, Aria sits by herself in the cafeteria for a bit, until she gets up and runs (in slow-motion) to Mr. Fitz’s classroom . . . but he’s not there. Oh, hey, the rain’s stopped and the sun is suddenly shining. Maybe you should look out the window, Aria. There you go. In slow-motion (still), Aria runs outside in the sunshine and she and Ezra have this really passionate kiss. It’s supposed to be romantic, and it kind of is, but mostly, this is what I’m thinking: “You’re in THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT!!! He JUST stopped being your teacher like an hour ago!! THIS IS NOT OKAY! THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!” It’s just incredibly stupid of them.
Spencer’s back at home, where Melissa’s reading in front of the fire, telling Spencer that she never left the house. Ah, but Spencer sees Melissa’s raincoat — which is wet and has dripped all over the floor. And what’s in Melissa’s raincoat pocket? The sonogram photo. The girls all meet in the Creepy Greenhouse of Plot Development, where Spencer tells them that she checked under Melissa’s car and the pavement was still dry, so she couldn’t have driven anywhere and therefore couldn’t have gone far. They all agree that she was probably seeing Ian and agree that they have to keep seeing each other.
As they’re walking back home or whatever, they spy some tarp covering something in Jason’s yard. He comes out and tells them that he’s putting up a fence for privacy and security. They head for home, discussing the fence and what it will keep out. “Keep out, or keep in?” Aria adds. That’s deep. Think about it, won’t you? I know I will.
End credits “A” sequence: The same dog is digging something up, and “A” whistles for it. “A” starts petting the dog with gloved hands, and I’m really nervous that “A” is going to just break the dog’s neck, but it never happens. Although, I’m sure the dog will turn up dead next week or something. So you’ve got THAT to look forward to.
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Love thus far! “this is a big deal. Fictionally.” lol!
Ugh what is NannieCarries problem, she is such queen bitch cakes. Why get so snippy all the time? I feel like every scene ends with her being a pissy brat. Go away NannieCarrie, I heard there are more kids on the CW that need kidnapping
Funny recap!!!
What ever happened to Paige? Another disappearing character I guess.
Ugh. Don’t tell me A is a dog killer too.
Well, bravo!! So good so good. “A” totally knows that dog since that dog was super affectionate, if it was a complete stranger, the dog would have been bugging out. Unless “A”‘s glove smells like Snausages.
Total bullshit on the college with Emily. If they are juniors, they would be recruited now and signed in now. At the end if sophomore year I started getting recruiting letters for track and soccer, by my junior year, I was getting offers left and right. Being a total idiot, I turned them all down so I could study radio. Like a fucking asshole. What a huge mistake. Anyway, PPL: if she was that great, they would basically be signing her now and tell her not to fuck up her senior year, because by the time the season would be over next year she would have already applied to almost all her schools.
Erzia (? Lol) really make me want to kill myself. It’s a shame bc he’s pretty attractive and she’s beautiful so it’s not because it’s two fuggos but really? In the parking lot? You deserve whatever bad thing happens. I thought it was hysterical when Aria was asking Spencer about how long she should wait and Spencer acts all sympathetic at first and then tells her shell call her back, LOL. Sorry Aria, can’t help! Got a Toby sized bird at my door, byeeeee!
Thanks again dude for the cap. This had totally made my week, which is amazing for you, but quite frankly, kinda sad for me. Good times! Gotta love work!
Am I the only one who thought that the recruiter and Hannah’s dad were the same person?
i totally thought “A” was going to snap the dog’s neck too! I just couldn’t believe they’d show that!
IDK if the timing is right but could Jason (BTW I knew it wasn’t the same guy, the other guy was cute, this guy is not) be the father of the baby and who Melissa is texting? I’m not sure how it all works with the timing of the funeral and such.
Love your recaps!!
I thought Emily said that Maia’s family kept that Alison shrine stuff when they moved in, because they felt bad throwing it out. So, technically Jason didn’t keep it, it was there when he moved back in? At least that’s what I thought she said…. This show has me keeping track of stupid details like that so I don’t sit around going “Whatthisdoesn’tmakesense?!” to like every plot line, lol.
Also – totally awesome recap! And Libithina, your comments totally make me laugh.
Ok. So I just have to say I call bullshit on the therapist telling them they can’t be friends anymore. It makes zero sense to me that anyone, let alone a therapist, would suggest cutting them off from their (basically) only support system like that. Even if she did think they were becoming codependent, she’d ween them off it, not just say no more friends and be done with it. Same with the parents, especially Emily’s. “You’re about to move halfway across the country and (possibly) never see your friends again. How about you stop talking to them.” Seriously? Why don’t any of their parents seem to believe them either? C’mon, I think at least Aria’s parents would want to help her. Whatever.
Also, I actually kind of liked Toby in the scene where he made the old-school sci-fi movie reference. I thought “oh, if Toby was just the weird, sad kid all the time, he might actually be interesting.” Lol.
Also – agree to thinking WTF about kissing in the parking lot, and those creepy masks. Am I the only one who couldn’t tell what her note said? I thought it said something like “Sorry I couldn’t wait any more” or something, I didn’t realize it was basically a break-up note. Oops.
Also, the internet says we’ll find out what happened to Ian in the fourth episode, so not too much longer from now.
Liz, I can’t believe you remembered that. How creepy is that? “Let’s just keep these mementos of the dead girl up in the attic of the new house we bought. Also, who’s up for a seance? I just bought a brand new Ouija board from Target!” Geez.
Libithina — TOTAL bullshit on the college thing. There was a guy in my class who was scouted for a golf scholarship his junior year, and he was squared away by the time summer rolled around. And we didn’t even have a golf team at our high school! I, for one, was not recruited, since my cross-country experience was extremely lackluster (and full of dry-heaving). If a college wants you, they’ll effing get you.
Liz — I can kind of see the therapist wanting them to break up, pack mentality and all. Just look at those New Zealand girls from “Heavenly Creatures.” They got into all kinds of horrible shit (murdering your mother, much?) because their friendship was so effing intense. From a therapist’s standpoint, I guess she’s thinking that without them all influencing each other, they’ll calm down and won’t do insane things. Which, given these girls’ proclivities to incite drama on their own, would never happen, so they’re probably better off hanging out together. But I can see what you’re saying. I don’t know. I hope we haven’t seen the last of Dr. Anne.
In this case, I think the parents are somewhat right. The PLL Gang has been saying that Ian’s dead for like 3 episodes, when CLEARLY HE IS NOT. And never was. But it is frustrating that not even one of the parents is all, “Okay. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt here. I don’t believe you exactly, but if what you say is true, how can I help you out?” The parents are the most infuriating characters on the show.
The note said something like, “Sorry we couldn’t work this out.” And I totally recognize the romantic-ness of the kiss. I do. If Aria was 18 and Ezra wasn’t her teacher, I would have loved it. I really loved the song that was playing. And I find the way the sun shines right after it stops raining (and right before, for that matter) really gorgeous, and coupled with the reflection off the shiny, wet pavement? Incredibly romantic. But THEY WERE IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. IN FRONT OF BUSES. And Ezra just stopped being her teacher literally an hour ago. It was just extremely, extremely stupid.
I’m just glad he’s not her teacher anymore. If I can handle Pacey/Tamara Jacobs, Ben Covington/Maggie (HATE), Logan Echolls/Kendall Casablancas, Nate Archibald/Catherine Mason, and Dan Humphrey/Ms. Carr (HATE HATE HATE), then I can handle a little Ezria, I suppose. Did I leave any other teen boy/older woman teen drama relationships out? It seems that no teen drama is complete without one. Or two, in GG’s case.
Holy shit, that was long. Sorry.
i just want you to know this show has bored me for the last time. i took it off my dvr list and now read only your recaps. they are FAR more interesting than the actual show. keep it up!! thank you
I’m surprised you didn’t notice Hanna’s PJ pants in the beginning of the episode had cupcakes on them! But would we expect anything else from her? I too was waiting for A to snap the dog’s neck but then I remembered I was watching ABC Family and not Dexter. LOVED the recap. I’m actually embarrassed of how much I’m addicted to this show. I’m so glad it’s back for summer.
Were you recapping this the first season? If so how did I not know that? Anyway, awesome, so stoked that you are, regardless!
This show is soooo ridiculous! So I am of course addicted to it.
I also thought the dog was about to be killed, forgetting what channel I was watching. I still hope it doesnt turn up dead though.
Toby seriously uuugggghhhs me out! Is it just me or is his face just jacked up? I do not find him attractive. I guess he is supposed to have that rugged look, but to me he just looks weird. His new doo is not helping either.
SO yeah, the kiss was just awful, I hope they get in loads of trouble, if nothing comes of it, ill be pissed! Though A is probably shooting a video of it in case. I guess I truly am old now because teens hooking up with their teachers is just plain whack to me (also, I say whack, which also reveals my early 90s teendom). It seems like every teen drama has one of these situations, is this actually happening a lot in real life nowadays? Are most 20 something emotionally mature enough anymore to handle teaching teenagers and not hitting on them? Its just gross!!
“You’re in THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT!!! He JUST stopped being your teacher like an hour ago!! THIS IS NOT OKAY! THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!” I was screaming that through the whole thing that I didn’t even have a moment to say “oh so sweet” or “how romantic” because I couldn’t let it go! Ah!
Gotta love DVR, I slowed down the clips for next week and there was a note that something like “Can’t play a game of cat and mouse if the mouse isn’t here.” Emily was reading it, so I’m guessing in some way, shape, or form, she is staying.
Have the cops found any proof that Ian is alive? I could think my kid was lying…until Ian didn’t turn up, then I’d be like “hmm…maybe they were right.” And at least talk to them. These parents suck.
But this recap does not. Awesome job, as always
ahhhhh…..Pacey, I miss his sexy ass.
emily — I’m sad that you’re no longer going to watch, but you still better comment on here!
anniemp — Hanna had CUPCAKE PAJAMAS?! How did I miss that?! You made my day!
flybsbgirl — I recapped the season finale last season. The previous recaps were by 3 (maybe ever 4) other people. But I’m here for the long haul. Once I hitch my wagon to a show, I’m here for the . . . well, the long haul, I guess.
I’m guessing “A” will eventually threaten Aria with telling/showing her parents something. But Aria will avoid it somehow. “A” is great at blackmail, but doesn’t usually follow through.
Marissa — Yeah, the parents really suck. I think the only one who’s actively involved in her daughter’s life is Hanna’s mom. The rest show up every once in a while to judge.
Kittkatt — Pacey was okay, but he was definitely no dreamy Logan Echolls, he of the tantalizing arms and slight tufts of chest hair . . . mmmmmmm Logan . . . I’d also take Dan Humphrey over Pacey any day. But not Logan. Logan Echolls is dreamy.
Le sigh Logan Echolls, I miss you.
Hypno, you’re the best, I wrote about my love for Logan before I even read your comment. Hearts galore!
Omigod I loved Logan! Totally miss that show, and lament how the seasons got weirder and weirder…
@Hypnotoad – Ok, I can see what you’re saying. I guess I just know too much about the idea of like, client-centered therapy, even with non-adults, and this is very much not that. But what you said makes sense. Oh, and lol about Maya’s creepy family!
I honestly had a dream once in which Logan Echolls was my boyfriend. In said dream, he was an excellent cuddler and he was very genuine, nice, attentive, and funny. (I have a very strange proclivity to dream about celebrities and/or the characters they portray. It happens constantly and I cannot explain it.) It was seriously one of the best dreams ever, and I felt incredibly sad when I woke up.
I have to admit that the only two men I find physically attractive on this show are Ian (and yes, I feel weird about that) and Lucas (whom I like in an if-I-was-in-high-school-with-you kind of way). Oh, and that detective that Hanna’s mom slept with (he was on the WB’s Popular back in the day, and he is yummy). Possibly the original Jason. Other than that, y’all can have ‘em.
But Logan Echolls is mine. MINE!!!!
Liz — Other than here and there sessions with therapists, and an undergrad freshman psych class, I have no knowledge whatsoever about therapy. From my extremely limited knowledge, it just sort of makes sense to me that the parents and therapist would want to split them up because of their influence over each other. I’m pretty much basing that on films I’ve seen. But it does seem stupid to give that advice after one freaking session. And I don’t know why they did group therapy in the first place.
I haven’t read the whole recap yet but I feel the need to point out that Aria and Ezra aren’t doing anything illegal. The show is set in Pennsylvania and the age of consent is 16, and these girls are what, 17, 18? I guess the actress who plays Aria was getting tired of hearing about statutory rape too, because I just read a TVGuide article about PLL where she points that out. I lived in PA for 21 years of my life so I didn’t get what the big deal about her age was… I always thought people were just buggin’ because it’s a student/teacher relationship…
Excuse you Hypno, but Logan is MINE! Alright, I’m willing to share him with you, just because I love you and your PLL recaps
I am also willing to teabag anybody who will recap The Vampire Diaries for the ‘Gasm. Kindly pass the message along to Flipit, kthnx.
Oh, and hai Kim! You sound like my new bff.
Aw man, I looked at the episode again and Hanna’s PJs were owls and not cupcakes. But hey, maybe they were cupcakes decorated as owls a la season one with the pig cupcakes.
It’s driving me a little crazy as to whether or not Ian is alive. I thought he was but now I’m leaning the other way because of how Allison’s body was found so they knew she wasn’t A and it was someone else. So now I think it would be MORE shocking for them to find Ian’s body and then know it is someone else yet again. But then it would validate the little liars… I put way too much thought in a TV show geared towards those much younger than myself.
And this may have been in last week’s comments, I also agree with whoever said they think A is listening/bugging to everything the girls are saying. The text saying “Taylor” came a second or two after she said it, just long enough for someone to hear it and then type it.
Seriously… I need to stop applying logic to this show. But I love it! And I love these recaps Hynotoad!
I too, would love if someone would recap Vampire Diaries, now THAT is a show that knows how to cast super hot men!
I also don’t get the whole group therapy thing, pretty unrealistic. And I think any parents who would make such a decision based upon advice from a therapist their child has seen once or twice is just a bad parent. I also think it’s weird that Spencer/Emily’s(I honestly can not tell these two apart, even when they are together, I get really confused then, so I have no idea who is moving, whose parents are whose, whose the lesbian, who loves toby, etc and I have been watching this show since day 1) would do that before she moves so far away from her friends.
This is show is worse than a daytime Soap Opera in regards to consistency.
I hear you Kim and Sweet_Dee, I do, but for me there is a huge difference between a 16 yo and 18yo banging and a 16yo and a man in his early 20′s. For one, maturity. But I think you totally hit the nail on the head with my biggest issue, he’s a teacher, she’s a student. It totally bugs me, sowwy
I have been vocal in the past on Gossip Girl (what up Slife!) that I adore Degrassi and 90210, I want recaps of THAT!
During my hr commute, I spend a lot of time thinking about my shows and driving in today, I can’t get over my disgust over Spencers family. Now, I only saw the second part of PPL so I don’t really know, but I was under the impression that Spencer was a pretty good kid, why do her parents and NannieCarrie give her such a hard time? I loved Spencers smack down to her mom either this ep or the first, I was like, “boom! Gotcha mama Spence, you only care about Melissa.”
I want Degrassi recaps too. There were 90210 recaps the first season, but the recapper hated the show and it didn’t last. Which sucks because Its sooooo good now! But yeah, Degrassi, 90210, and Vampire Diaries recaps would really be great!
And their age isn’t my problem, its the dynamic of the student/teacher relationship where there is a power differential that I find disgusting. Teachers should understand these boundaries. There is always a teacher that kids think is hot, but a good teacher who is also a mature and decent human doesn’t cross that line.
Illegal or not, it’s not morally right. A teacher romancing his/her student is completely, completely wrong, in my opinion. And honestly, if my 25 year-old brother brought home his 16 year-old girlfriend, age of consent or not, I’d be uncomfortable.
From Wikipedia’s Age of Consent page on Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Pennsylvania):
“When the alleged victim is 16 or older and less than 18 years of age, and the alleged offender is over the age of 18, the Commonwealth may charge the offense of corruption of minors or unlawful contact with a minor, even if the activity was consensual.”
So, still not quite legal, and parents/individuals can prosecute.
But yeah, my main beef? That he’s her teacher. That’s just icky.
Flybsbgirl — you hit the nail on the head.
And I’m surprised that Vampire Diaries isn’t being recapped. And I didn’t know that 90210 wasn’t being recapped any more. If you guys want, send an audition-gasm to Flipit! I don’t watch either of those shows, and honestly — two shows is enough for me. But you guys are hilarious, so go for it if you want!
And even Aria and Ezra know what they’re doing isn’t on the up and up — remember when Ezra freaked out when police officer Garrett showed up?
Look, I’m all about forbidden love. And I know this is a fictional show, and I’m sorry for all you Ezria fans out there because I get it. I really do. Maybe now that he’s not a teacher things will get better, but that kiss in the parking lot was incredibly dangerous. If they’d done it anywhere else, I’d still totally make fun of it, but it wouldn’t have bothered me as much. And of course a part of me doesn’t want them to be that reckless b/c they’ll get caught. I’ll admit that.
Yeah, I went to high school in south central PA, they do a lot of ignorant shit there! Like you said, just because something is legal doesn’t make it immoral, vice versa as well, we have a lot of laws that I consider immoral, but that’s a whole other conversation!
I have thought about auditioning to recap, but being in a very demanding premed program (I graduate next year, and start medical school!) working 4 jobs and being the sole caretaker of my disabled mother, I barely have the time to read recaps sometimes. I just finished finals last week and so Ive been catching up on all the recaps I missed and commenting all over the place! TVgasm is a fun place for me, Id hate to turn it into work
And I too tend to enjoy the forbidden love storylines, but to me this one has been taken too far, it just makes me feel uneasy now, and I don’t really like that!
To be fair, I was just as skeeved out with Pacey/Tamara and Dan Humphrey/Ms. Carr. Tamara Jacobs even more so, because she was just . . . kind of sleezy. Kind of really sleezy. Ms. Carr was just a damn idiot. I hated her.
Flybsbgirl — Wow, your life sounds incredibly boring and uneventful. You need to add some hobbies, because you don’t have enough to do. Like, at all.
In all honesty, though, bravo to you for doing med school AND taking care of your mom — it takes a strong person to do that.
Awesome Sweet_Dee, I have a TVgasm BFF!
flybsbgirl- I’m from south central PA as well, how about that? I definitely agree with you, there’s a lot of things that go on there that make me hate the area and I’m dreading having to move back next month.
And I totally understand the whole skeeze factor behind the relationship, I was just pointing out the legality issue. I would think a teacher, in his early 20s, who is graduated and advancing in his career field, would not want to hold himself back with a petty high school relationship. Because that’s what it is, no matter how “mature” Aria thinks she is. I think it’s only because he met her before he knew she was still in high school– I forget if she intentionally lied about it or if he just assumed it? Either way when he found out it should have been the end of it. So Hypnotoad, I’m with you on that one, it IS very icky.
Ha ha ha! Ickies all around! Yeah, the whole teacher thing gives me the icks. (Fun fact: There’s a fish disease called “ick.”) I think that now that Ezra got that job at the college (because college-level English teaching jobs are almost falling out of the sky, they’re so easy to get now (SARCASM)), I won’t be as skeeved out.
I don’t think Aria ever LIED about her age, but she never told Ezra she was in high school. They met at a bar (she was drinking coffee), so I bet that was awkward.
“Can I buy you a drink?”
“No, I can’t — I mean, I’m . . . in A.A.” ”
Why are you at a bar if you’re in A.A.”
“I . . . I like grenadine and you can’t get it anywhere else.” “Wanna make out?”
“Sure!” End scene.
(I meant that Aria just never told him how old she really was.)
Thanks Hypno
So, I’m watching season 4 of Gossip Girl for the first time and Serena is dating a teacher from her old boarding school, that she used to have a crush on. And even now that she’s 20 and he’s, I don’t know, 27, it still skeeves me out. So, it’s gotta be the teacher thing.
To be fair though, Serena has chemistry with no one. And he was really ugly. And her family put him in jail. And in general it made no sense because they had, like, NOTHING in common. Worst plot line ever.
Hypno….I just wanted to say that I am huge fan of PLL and I am loving your recaps. Thankfully, much like I have to for “Desperate Housewives”, I am able to suspend my grip on reality long enough to enjoy this show. Plus, you seem like a nice person. For some reason, Toby reminds me of someone who ought to be in Avatar. I think that it is his somewhat flat face, but I am not entirely sure.
Worse than Aaron Rose? I think not . . .
Ha! I forgot about Aaron, just like I forget about all of S’s suitors cause they all suck and because Serena is a block of wood personality wise and a terrible person, “Blair, you know I would normally do this for you, but in this case, it’s going too far and I can’t. You’ve crossed the line.” except she says this every other episode.
Toby is a robot. Period.
Bbqgirl — Thank you!! I like to think I’m a nice person. Toby does look strange. Is he a hot kind of strange, though? I love Daniel Craig and think he’s the hottest piece of ass ever, but I wouldn’t say he’s traditionally handsome. But Toby’s not my type, physically. He has a nice chest, though. He’s just . . . his personality is . . . I don’t know. He has maybe two expressions. I’m mostly uncomfortable making fun of the actual actors on the shows I recap (not the characters, though — fair game!), so I don’t want to say too much about the dude who plays Toby, but he’s more than welcome to amp up the emotions a bit whenever he wants. In my opinion.
Libithina — Hahahaha! Toby should have been one of Serena’s suitors! He would fit in like a glove. I have much to say about GG, since I just started watching it this month and have powered through all 4 seasons (save for the last 6 eps of season 4, which I’ll take care of this week), so starting in the fall, I’ll be commenting on those recaps. (But not recapping the show, since I already have DH).
Ugh, I have to go back to work. I won’t be able to watch PLL tonight, guys, so again — no minicap. But a fresh batch of recap love will be ready to slap you in the face with hilarity on Thursday morning!
Xoxo. Bitches.
Ok, I am just catching up so this is crazy late, but it is driving me nuts that new-Jason just moved back into his house that Maya’s family bought. Did Maya’s family keep all that junk he was throwing out? And did they at all address why Maya’s family left? Did they ALL go to the reform school?? It getting a little distracting how the plot lines get picked up and dropped and changed so often on this show.