This week’s Pretty Little Liars had me feeling really bad for these girls. From Hanna’s Caleb upset, to the warrant to search Spencer’s house, it just keeps getting worse! (But better for us.) Add Emily’s smoldering feelings for still in-the-closet Paige, and Aria’s accidental (PG) sext to her mom … everyone’s jumpy, depressed, and paranoid. It’s kind of like a Lois Duncan novel — I Know What You Did Last Summer is the most obvious choice, but Stranger With My Face is another good one — where the main characters just can’t get out of, well, their own nightmare. It never ends, nobody believes them, and they slowly go insane. They try to run from the truth, but it keeps following them. And some freakazoid wants revenge.
Hanna sure seems to find a lot of stuff she’s not really looking for on PLL! Wads of money in pasta boxes, owl pendants (i.e., flash drives) in messenger bags … it’s too bad she didn’t dig as deep into her relationship with Caleb. It’s actually kind of sweet that she didn’t even consider that he was being insincere. But these Liars should always know to watch their backs. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it is. I guess Hanna’s mom knew best after all. (By the way, when Ashley said, in reference to the fried eggs and butter they were cooking, “Just don’t let him make you late to school” … was I the only one who thought she was going to say, “Just don’t let him make you fat again?”)
When I realized that Caleb was being two-faced, I had an “Aw, really?” moment. Similar to Cindy Mancini in Can’t Buy Me Love and Freddie Prinze Jr.’s character in She’s All That, you kinda-sorta want to forgive the schmo who gets involved in a using-people-for-something / winning-a-dare type scheme. But not until they earn your trust back.
Paige’s weird date night with Hanna’s ex-beau Sean (Chuck Hittinger — who I admit I thought was Ricky Schroeder for a minute until I came to my senses) seemed a little out of the blue. Every time something seems a little off, I think, “Could he be A? Could she be A?” Hell, I even considered that the young cop who gave Spencer a knowing glare when she became “a person of interest” could be A. So, yeah, anybody think they know who it is yet? What about one of the dads? Or the moms? Geez, why do I do this to myself …
No Ezria tonight! I’m a little relieved. As I mentioned in my last post about PLL, they just make me too nervous to watch. This week, my nervousness was instead all focused on what on earth Jenna’s eyes were going to look like without those horrid sunglasses. Mostly normal. It would have been cool if her eyes were all scary and damaged. Maybe that’s inappropriate for ABC Family? (P.S. Um, how — and why — does Jenna still wear eyeliner? Come on now.)
One last noticing: both Hanna and Spencer discovered their own “214” significance during the last two episodes. Will Emily and Aria also find their own 214s? (Or have they already, and I missed it?)
Clacked by Rachel Blum-Jose 
on Mar 08, 2011 @ 09:29 EST5EDT
