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Jun. 16th, 2010 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
impyPretty Little Liars: 1x02 The Jenna Thing
Or the one where the books and the TV show continue to part ways.
Picking up pretty much right where the pilot left off, the girls decide the best way to deal with a funeral for a friend is something to eat... or drink, rather. They reminisce, have issues with which tenses to use because for all they thought Ali was probably dead, it's still difficult to get used to speaking about her in the past tense. And then in walks... Jenna.
Jenna might be the biggest source of twitchy hands for anyone who has read the books because at this point odds are good you know way more than you should, even if they change a whole hell of a lot. And a big part of the books was the Jenna thing. Figuring out what happened, then what really happened, and a zillion other related things, like whether Jenna could be trusted.
TV show is at a disadvantage with this for the book audience, but that's the nature of the beast. And yet Jenna is still suitably creepy so I give kudos for that.
I swear Wilden was less of an obvious jerk at the start of the book series and it's driving me bonkers not being able to figure out where I've seen the actor before. BONKERS, I tell you.
I'm a little confused as to how they're going to work Emily's storyline since book!Emily's family is more than a tad racist as well as homophobic. That said, I think I like TV!Em more. She seems like more of a sweetheart and less vexing in televised form. Maya's a little more likeable than the pilot, and I freely admit I snickered at the sensitivity chip line.
Spencer is still painfully thin at times, but she seems a little more integrated into the group for this go round, odd fashion choice for the interrogation scene aside. Rule number one of making out with someone you're not supposed to: Close the goddamned door, Spence. Duh. Cute accent or no, you're both smart enough to figure that part out. :P
Fitz/Aria: I... don't really care. It's cute enough if I don't overthink the ick factor of teacher/student while it's happening, but afterward? I'm more interested in Aria's war with her father. Running into Ella and Aria at the movies and then sitting with them was good for an awkward giggle, though.
I'd totally forgotten the Shawn being one of the purity ring types thing.
And now I cackle at everyone who is so sure that Jenna isn't really blind and that she's A. So not.
Episode can be found on ABC Family's site. Now to pray that sometime during this series Spencer punches Melissa. Preferably in the face.
Or the one where the books and the TV show continue to part ways.
Picking up pretty much right where the pilot left off, the girls decide the best way to deal with a funeral for a friend is something to eat... or drink, rather. They reminisce, have issues with which tenses to use because for all they thought Ali was probably dead, it's still difficult to get used to speaking about her in the past tense. And then in walks... Jenna.
Jenna might be the biggest source of twitchy hands for anyone who has read the books because at this point odds are good you know way more than you should, even if they change a whole hell of a lot. And a big part of the books was the Jenna thing. Figuring out what happened, then what really happened, and a zillion other related things, like whether Jenna could be trusted.
TV show is at a disadvantage with this for the book audience, but that's the nature of the beast. And yet Jenna is still suitably creepy so I give kudos for that.
I swear Wilden was less of an obvious jerk at the start of the book series and it's driving me bonkers not being able to figure out where I've seen the actor before. BONKERS, I tell you.
I'm a little confused as to how they're going to work Emily's storyline since book!Emily's family is more than a tad racist as well as homophobic. That said, I think I like TV!Em more. She seems like more of a sweetheart and less vexing in televised form. Maya's a little more likeable than the pilot, and I freely admit I snickered at the sensitivity chip line.
Spencer is still painfully thin at times, but she seems a little more integrated into the group for this go round, odd fashion choice for the interrogation scene aside. Rule number one of making out with someone you're not supposed to: Close the goddamned door, Spence. Duh. Cute accent or no, you're both smart enough to figure that part out. :P
Fitz/Aria: I... don't really care. It's cute enough if I don't overthink the ick factor of teacher/student while it's happening, but afterward? I'm more interested in Aria's war with her father. Running into Ella and Aria at the movies and then sitting with them was good for an awkward giggle, though.
I'd totally forgotten the Shawn being one of the purity ring types thing.
And now I cackle at everyone who is so sure that Jenna isn't really blind and that she's A. So not.
Episode can be found on ABC Family's site. Now to pray that sometime during this series Spencer punches Melissa. Preferably in the face.