surfing the aftershocks

I just want to publicly wish Ashley Benson (Hannah) the best of luck getting through this horrible situation. As you have already heard last week she had to take out a restraining order on James Gorton Jr (pictured here http://lgm.cl/tvtropes/staticimages/ralph7_1378.jpg ) a former security guard on the Warner Bros. lot who believed God had told him to start a relationship with her. I hope the best for all actresses and actors on PLL and let’s save the drama for the show.

Now to the recap: I felt nothing really happened this episode; they went back to school and got on with their lives for the most part. There was a funeral that we never saw, Ali’s mom’s; did it even happen? They find out that Jason is not the killer thanks the drunk homeless guy (I guess that will be the last we see of him, too bad I liked that character; also he seems like the last person who should be involved with a detox place, just my opinion).

Ohh, they did add a new character, I missed her name but she is on the swim team even though it seems she knows very little about swimming. She is also way into Emily, almost too much. Since Emily is completely over Paige will this be her new love interest? Probably, how many other lesbians are in Rosewood? Although the timing of her transferring to Rosewood seems suspect, she could be the new A or a friend of Shawna. I’m keeping an eye on you nameless swimmer.

Ezra is back in town recovering. I think he and Aria will get back together. I also think that with him hobbling around in his apartment they will do “rear window” homage, I mean the coffee shop is already named after that film so we already know that at least one writer is a fan of that Hitchcock classic.

Will the Hastings move?  Doubtful but spencer’s dad is thinking about it. He was also pretty creepy offering Ali a ride (and for all the talk about added police presence we did not see one cop the entire show). That was the last we saw of Ali (unless that was her silhouette we saw at the end with Mona) so we have no idea if she took the ride or not and if Mr. Hastings did anything to her. He also won’t share Melissa’s secrete (or a pretzel) with spencer, he’s just “protecting” her, from salt and “you can’t lie about something you don’t know”.

Hannah goes through a realization that she does not know who she really is. Mona molded her into a replacement for Ali, so she does what anyone wanting to reclaim their identity does, gets a brand new hair style! That was probably the most exciting part of the show. As I said, very uneventful, but then again we are just starting the season.

Well that is all I have to say about that.

whirly girly

Sorry for the lateness of this post but I warned you last week it would be late. With PLL being picked up for two more seasons the actresses will be in their 30s by the time the show is over! My favorite part of last nights episode was that at the beginning when the  liars get off  the bus, it says Harrisburg  on the bus, I guess that's the next stop. (I'm from Harrisburg and love when they mention it on the show).

You would think that Ali's return would be a happy thing for everyone but it is far from it. Instead of telling the cops the truth like they agreed, she tells them that she was kidnapped and held for the last two years but never saw her capture. It seem like the they believe her but the other liars are upset that they now have to lie for her, its just like old times.

I found it strange that the cops were not searching for Ali's mom and I think this is the first time we meet her dad. Well the reason she wasn't there to greet her daughter was because she was taking a dirt nap. Before she was murdered she ordered a dog, and now she will never get to enjoy it.

Aria is taking the whole killing Shawna thing pretty bad, Emily tells her it will be OK just like when Em killed Nate. With 2 of the liars having killed someone, I think A should be more scared of them. And A is back (its MonA, again) but will Ali change MonA's mind? I doubt it.

Toby is back, I didn't really get where he was; in London looking for Melissa but finding Wren, or something like that. Of course he has his obligatory topless scene.

Jason is up to something and  the liars would have found out what, if they weren't scared away by the drunk homeless man. I like that character I hope they make him a regular.

well that is all I have to say about that.

escape from new york

I can’t believe that the new season of PLL is already here. I also just saw that it’s picked up for another 2 seasons. Some quick housekeeping first; next week’s post will be late (Wednesday night or more likely not till Thursday) deal with it.

Ezra survived, CeeCee fled the country, Mona created an army, Melissa has a secret, and Shawna was A till Aria killed her.

We start off where we left off, in NYC (the cleanest I have ever seen NYC). Ezra is in the meat wagon being rushed to the hospital but A is like Spiderman riding on top of the ambulance. The liars get some cops to guard him and set a trap for A using Ali as bait. The trap backfires when the liars sans Aria (she stayed w/ Ezra) are surrounded in some playground by a dozen As. It looks bad till the cops show up and tell them to “knock it off” and the As run away.

While the liars spend the night hiding (from A or the authorities or both) in Ezra’s Broadway theater back home there is a lot going on. Melissa is back and she has a secret (they want us to think that she killed the girl that was in Ali’s grave but we’re too smart to fall for that). CeeCee has escaped custody and gets Ali’s ticket and passport to flee the country; I doubt this will be the last we see of her, I still can’t believe she killed a cop. And Mona preparing for Ali’s return is forming an army consisting of all those who Ali made fun of, but will Paige join? Melissa did.

When Ezra recovers he is able to tell Aria that Shawna is A. We always knew something was up with her, and we did not believe that Ali had sent her to wait with Aria at the hospital. Luckily for the liars Shawna take her time explaining that she did it for Jenna, cause it give Aria enough time to save the day. Aria must have picked up that move from Jake, it worked well because Shawna is dead.

This season should be interesting. Will someone else take over as A? Probably, since it would not be PLL without A. I also thought it was funny when the liars were discussing what hobbies they would do now that they have extra time, they have always stayed active even with A hounding them, Spencer did student government, honor society, academic bowl and field hockey; Emily had swimming; Aria wrote poetry and stories; and Hanna had shoplifting. Plus they all had boyfriends/girlfriend to boot. Also I’m pretty sure you would not get in any legal trouble just for someone using a passport with your picture on it, i.e. someone uses your stolen passport, but the making distribution and sale of a forged passport is highly illegal.

Well that is all I have to say about that.