In this episode, we covered episodes 1.02, “The Jenna Thing”, and 1.03, “To Kill A Mocking Girl”, featuring a whole lot of ableism, a bunch of new characters showing up (and one immediately leaving), the first of many parties at Noel Kahn’s cabin, us being forever angry about abusers and the carceral nature of this show, whether sports are about winning, and more!

Chickpea Recipe
Corrections
  • In talking about the bomb that Alison throws into the garage where Jenna is, Deepa keeps saying “smoke bomb”, but what Deepa meant (and what the show actually says) is that it’s a stink bomb. We still don’t understand how that made a fire though
  • Deepa refers to a school dance they’ll go to in a future episode – where Hanna keeps dancing with Lucas – as Homecoming, but it’s actually a different dance
Things We Referenced Related To PLL
  • Center Stage and Jody Sawyer’s bad feet
  • Rock of Ages and Diego Boneta, who plays Alex on PLL, being cute (if you haven’t seen the movie, you should at least watch this scene)
  • This is not covered in the episode, but Cameron realized that Boyfriend Ben is played by the same actor as Coach Ben in Yellowjackets and would love to hear if anyone has an unhinged theory about that: hello@chickpeaspod.com
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL
  • How to Get Away with Murder and how Annalise chose the Keating Five (we were wrong about Connor and Michaela, sigh)
  • The Seattle Storm’s rebuilding season in the WNBA
  • The Sound of Music and Maria’s blue dress (slide 9), which doesn’t actually look anything like Hanna’s mermaid shirt, Deepa is just bad at fashion (also Deepa says Maria danced with Friedrich, which is also incorrect)
Fashion Analysis

We had two contenders for best outfit: Hanna’s blazer and shorts with what Deepa calls a “mermaid shirt”, and Meredith’s business-casual gallery dress

Shot of the four Liars walking down the school hallways together. Hanna is wearing a pale green ruffly top with a blazer over it, black shorts, and black strappy platform heels
Shot of the four Liars walking down the school hallways together. Hanna is wearing a pale green ruffly top with a blazer over it, black shorts, and black strappy platform heels
Meredith from Pretty Little Liars entering the gallery wearing a gray strapless form-fitting dress with a thin black belt
Meredith from Pretty Little Liars entering the gallery wearing a gray strapless form-fitting dress with a thin black belt

Meanwhile the options for worst outfit were in abundance: we especially hated Aria’s rain outfit and woods outfit, but we were also not fans of Spencer’s ruffly shirt for Noel Kahn’s party (Spencer just has to be frumpy at parties) or Aria’s feather earring

Aria wearing a gray and orange shirt with a weird layering effect, covered by a brown belt, and a knitted skirt, all covered with a knee-length jacket that is blue on the outside and brightly patterned on the inside, along with a necklace with a gold geometric pendant. She is soaked through and clearly just come out of the rain.
Aria wearing a gray and orange shirt with a weird layering effect, covered by a brown belt, and a knitted skirt, all covered with a knee-length jacket that is blue on the outside and brightly patterned on the inside, along with a necklace with a gold geometric pendant. She is soaked through and clearly just come out of the rain.
Close-up of Aria to show her single earring that has long brown and white feathers, long enough that they go past her shoulder
Close-up of Aria to show her single earring that has long brown and white feathers, long enough that they go past her shoulder
Shot of Spencer standing next to Emily and holding a blue Solo cup. She is wearing a ruffly white top with a blue skirt and a brown belt
Shot of Spencer standing next to Emily and holding a blue Solo cup. She is wearing a ruffly white top with a blue skirt and a brown belt
Close-up of Aria in her woods outfit, showing the green hat more prominently
Close-up of Aria in her woods outfit, showing the green hat more prominently
Shot of all the Liars in the woods – Aria is wearing a black and white striped sleeveless top with denim shorts and a black belt, as well as a green hat with a black band around it.
Shot of all the Liars in the woods – Aria is wearing a black and white striped sleeveless top with denim shorts and a black belt, as well as a green hat with a black band around it.

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