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impyOkay, watching PLL on ABC Family's site blows.
That out of the way, we move on and get ready for our Homecoming disaster.
First of all, I always feel weird watching or reading things about homecoming. I went to HS. I vaguely remember there being a thing about the court and whatnot, but I never went, nor do I remember if there was really anything to go to. My own personal issues aside, Hanna is attempting to garner every last vote she can before the big night. Starting (this episode, anyway) with Aria's. Aria has taken to her room in black sweats that may or may not have spent the last few days melded to her skin after Ezra (Mr. Fitz) told her to take her high schooler ass back home since she obviously couldn't keep her mouth shut.
For a second, as her friends are consoling her, I forgot that they didn't know she was suffering from a case of broken-heart-itis and instead thought she was seriously upset about her parents and their turbulent marriage. Hanna gets in a fun bit about Ella being pissed that Byron slept with his student and the look on Aria's face is priceless. Hanna also tries to make Emily realize that dates for the dance should not be overly stressed about. Again, H is thinking Emily is stressed out about asking Maya, but it seems she's more interested in going with Toby.
I'm pretty sure it's wrong to love Toby this much, but that face! Aww...
Toby is definitely interested in going with Em because he buys two tickets to the dance and then asks Em. Em initially seems to sort of shoot him down, thinking the dance is so not his idea of a good time, but he seems really interested in taking her. Which is confusing.
Jenna creeps me out way more than Toby does.
He seems to know there was/is a thing with Maya and yet obviously the dude is into her because he then runs into Jenna who bitchily informs him that he's just setting himself up for a huge fall. If "she" knew the truth, she'd hate him.
Ink, baby. Ink.
There's also a tattoo that says 901 Free At Last.
We know this bit because Spencer runs to Hanna and freaks out about H getting J's file to see if J and T are going to go full on Carrie on their asses at the dance. Huzzah? Toby shows up in the caf and they catch sight of the tat.
Mona and Spencer agree that Hanna's got bad taste in friends.
This is after H sticks up for Mona who is finally back on screen, if only for half a second.
I can't be the only person who would pick Lucas over Sean, right?
Hanna attends another V club meeting where she's paired up with Lucas who is actually a cute guy, but not Super Freakishly Hot Cute who is forced to downplay his cuteness for the role. Does that make sense? Whatever. We love him in book or TV form. More please.
Adorable. And no, not a prostitute. He's just paying for their tickets.
Spencer is actually really, really cute with Alex but again, ABC fam's player blows and it really fucking hates Spencer scenes. :P
Ashley Benson should beat whomever did her hair for the dance.
Seriously. Pageant hair.
Melissa shows up at the dance to present the crown to this year's winner, but she's also there to mess with Spencer. Thing is, in the books (shut up. One day I'll stop comparing the two, but until then we all just have to deal.) you feel badly for Spencer. In the show? I can see Melissa's point. Spencer makes out with her fiance, steals her essay, and THEN the essay wins an incredible award. In Spencer's name. Yes. Melissa saw no problem stealing Spencer's room for the year, and she gives off bitch vibes like no one's business, but still. She should also be thinking of beating the person who gave her pageant hair.
Can someone explain the hair to me? Damn, Mona, if you're gonna bitch, bitch about that.
I'd forgotten the fact that Ali called Lucas a hermaphrodite. Thanks, Mona. I missed you and then you go and blow up in a bitch-tacular way about a guy who wears his grandfather's bowtie. But before I can hate you as much as I hate Melissa, you remind me that you were freakishly unpopular until Ali died. And unlike book!Mona, you've only been popular for a year, so it's still very shaky for you. This I can understand.
Aria and Ezra have a bit of a discussion while manning the beanie booth. I think this was supposed to be more interesting than it was, but I was busy waiting for Toby and Emily to make their grand entrance. Toby's dancing amuses and the look on Maya's face might actually break my heart.
Needless to say none of the girls are thrilled to see Em and Toby together. Hanna explains she was only so supportive because she thought Em and Maya would be arriving together. Neither Maya nor Emily can figure out why Hanna would think this, but Maya points out that she's been giving Emily plenty of space and that if she wants even more, all she has to do is look Maya in the eye and say she feels nothing. Which she can't do.
Gypsy (from Gilmore Girls, duh) is our fortune teller and this amuses the hell out of me.
This show is beautifully shot at times, folks. Distractingly so.
Hanna is guilt tripped into going to pick up Jenna's file when Spencer realizes that September 1st was the day Ali went missing and that it must mean Toby had something to do with Ali's disappearance. Right. Of course.
Lucas gives H a lift to the office where she can't find Jenna's file, but she does find Toby's. That can't be good. Back at the dance, Alex is bamboozled by Melissa who lies and says that the whole reason Spencer's even pretending to be interested in him is to piss off her father. Alex seems to waffle on whether he believes Melissa or not (you'd think that mentioning your sister is evil and hates you would be one of the big first steps before a big date, but what do I know? No sisters.) but after being ignored all night, he finally can't take it anymore and walks away. Melissa gloats and I resist the urge to hulk smash the computer because it wouldn't hurt a fictional character anyway.
This isn't going to end well for anyone.
Dammit, Toby, I was really hoping you'd be less... creeptastic in this form, but closing the door behind you in the chem lab with Emily? Creepy barely begins to describe it. o_O And yet, if you ignore the part where you chased after her, it's less creepy. Funny. And that's with the whole sleeping with your stepsister thing being mentioned.
Flashbacks have been lacking lately.
(hey, Ali! Nice to see you back, too!)
I'm betting Jenna tripped Emily, but that's just because this Jenna gives me the creeps.
Creepy!
For those not watching along at the same time I am, Emily gets a text from Aria that says Toby is Ali's killer. She flips out when he grabs her wrist to keep her from running away (he's trying to come clean about the previous summer and is a little ticked that when he's trying to bare his soul, she's checking her goddamned cellphone.) and then slaps him before pushing him backwards, actually drawing blood and hurting the guy. Then she runs through the school (demonstrating that high heels and an escape plan do not go well together) trying to get someone to rescue her. She runs right into the hallway of mirrors and then... it all goes black.
We come to at the Rosewood sign. Population down by one.
Dun-dun-dun!
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rawr_caps and yes this means that because I kept you/me waiting, this one is illustrated. Sadly, no Ella in the episode. And there's a decided lack of Aria or Ezra in this because they bored me this go round. [/end disclaimer]
That out of the way, we move on and get ready for our Homecoming disaster.
First of all, I always feel weird watching or reading things about homecoming. I went to HS. I vaguely remember there being a thing about the court and whatnot, but I never went, nor do I remember if there was really anything to go to. My own personal issues aside, Hanna is attempting to garner every last vote she can before the big night. Starting (this episode, anyway) with Aria's. Aria has taken to her room in black sweats that may or may not have spent the last few days melded to her skin after Ezra (Mr. Fitz) told her to take her high schooler ass back home since she obviously couldn't keep her mouth shut.
For a second, as her friends are consoling her, I forgot that they didn't know she was suffering from a case of broken-heart-itis and instead thought she was seriously upset about her parents and their turbulent marriage. Hanna gets in a fun bit about Ella being pissed that Byron slept with his student and the look on Aria's face is priceless. Hanna also tries to make Emily realize that dates for the dance should not be overly stressed about. Again, H is thinking Emily is stressed out about asking Maya, but it seems she's more interested in going with Toby.
I'm pretty sure it's wrong to love Toby this much, but that face! Aww...
Toby is definitely interested in going with Em because he buys two tickets to the dance and then asks Em. Em initially seems to sort of shoot him down, thinking the dance is so not his idea of a good time, but he seems really interested in taking her. Which is confusing.
Jenna creeps me out way more than Toby does.
He seems to know there was/is a thing with Maya and yet obviously the dude is into her because he then runs into Jenna who bitchily informs him that he's just setting himself up for a huge fall. If "she" knew the truth, she'd hate him.
Ink, baby. Ink.
There's also a tattoo that says 901 Free At Last.
We know this bit because Spencer runs to Hanna and freaks out about H getting J's file to see if J and T are going to go full on Carrie on their asses at the dance. Huzzah? Toby shows up in the caf and they catch sight of the tat.
Mona and Spencer agree that Hanna's got bad taste in friends.
This is after H sticks up for Mona who is finally back on screen, if only for half a second.
I can't be the only person who would pick Lucas over Sean, right?
Hanna attends another V club meeting where she's paired up with Lucas who is actually a cute guy, but not Super Freakishly Hot Cute who is forced to downplay his cuteness for the role. Does that make sense? Whatever. We love him in book or TV form. More please.
Adorable. And no, not a prostitute. He's just paying for their tickets.
Spencer is actually really, really cute with Alex but again, ABC fam's player blows and it really fucking hates Spencer scenes. :P
Ashley Benson should beat whomever did her hair for the dance.
Seriously. Pageant hair.
Melissa shows up at the dance to present the crown to this year's winner, but she's also there to mess with Spencer. Thing is, in the books (shut up. One day I'll stop comparing the two, but until then we all just have to deal.) you feel badly for Spencer. In the show? I can see Melissa's point. Spencer makes out with her fiance, steals her essay, and THEN the essay wins an incredible award. In Spencer's name. Yes. Melissa saw no problem stealing Spencer's room for the year, and she gives off bitch vibes like no one's business, but still. She should also be thinking of beating the person who gave her pageant hair.
Can someone explain the hair to me? Damn, Mona, if you're gonna bitch, bitch about that.
I'd forgotten the fact that Ali called Lucas a hermaphrodite. Thanks, Mona. I missed you and then you go and blow up in a bitch-tacular way about a guy who wears his grandfather's bowtie. But before I can hate you as much as I hate Melissa, you remind me that you were freakishly unpopular until Ali died. And unlike book!Mona, you've only been popular for a year, so it's still very shaky for you. This I can understand.
Aria and Ezra have a bit of a discussion while manning the beanie booth. I think this was supposed to be more interesting than it was, but I was busy waiting for Toby and Emily to make their grand entrance. Toby's dancing amuses and the look on Maya's face might actually break my heart.
Needless to say none of the girls are thrilled to see Em and Toby together. Hanna explains she was only so supportive because she thought Em and Maya would be arriving together. Neither Maya nor Emily can figure out why Hanna would think this, but Maya points out that she's been giving Emily plenty of space and that if she wants even more, all she has to do is look Maya in the eye and say she feels nothing. Which she can't do.
Gypsy (from Gilmore Girls, duh) is our fortune teller and this amuses the hell out of me.
This show is beautifully shot at times, folks. Distractingly so.
Hanna is guilt tripped into going to pick up Jenna's file when Spencer realizes that September 1st was the day Ali went missing and that it must mean Toby had something to do with Ali's disappearance. Right. Of course.
Lucas gives H a lift to the office where she can't find Jenna's file, but she does find Toby's. That can't be good. Back at the dance, Alex is bamboozled by Melissa who lies and says that the whole reason Spencer's even pretending to be interested in him is to piss off her father. Alex seems to waffle on whether he believes Melissa or not (you'd think that mentioning your sister is evil and hates you would be one of the big first steps before a big date, but what do I know? No sisters.) but after being ignored all night, he finally can't take it anymore and walks away. Melissa gloats and I resist the urge to hulk smash the computer because it wouldn't hurt a fictional character anyway.
This isn't going to end well for anyone.
Dammit, Toby, I was really hoping you'd be less... creeptastic in this form, but closing the door behind you in the chem lab with Emily? Creepy barely begins to describe it. o_O And yet, if you ignore the part where you chased after her, it's less creepy. Funny. And that's with the whole sleeping with your stepsister thing being mentioned.
Flashbacks have been lacking lately.
(hey, Ali! Nice to see you back, too!)
I'm betting Jenna tripped Emily, but that's just because this Jenna gives me the creeps.
Creepy!
For those not watching along at the same time I am, Emily gets a text from Aria that says Toby is Ali's killer. She flips out when he grabs her wrist to keep her from running away (he's trying to come clean about the previous summer and is a little ticked that when he's trying to bare his soul, she's checking her goddamned cellphone.) and then slaps him before pushing him backwards, actually drawing blood and hurting the guy. Then she runs through the school (demonstrating that high heels and an escape plan do not go well together) trying to get someone to rescue her. She runs right into the hallway of mirrors and then... it all goes black.
We come to at the Rosewood sign. Population down by one.
Dun-dun-dun!
pictures are courtesy of
rawr_caps and yes this means that because I kept you/me waiting, this one is illustrated. Sadly, no Ella in the episode. And there's a decided lack of Aria or Ezra in this because they bored me this go round. [/end disclaimer]