In this episode, we covered all things Homecoming: 1.07, “There’s No Place Like Homecoming”, and 1.08, “The Homecoming Hangover”. We discuss Ella missing lacrosse games, Melissa potentially poisoning former Homecoming Queens, and Deepa’s extensive literary analysis of two books referenced in the show. We also go on some truly unnecessary tangents, and then play a classic PLL game at the end!

Chickpea Recipe
Deepa’s Literary Analysis
  • In the scene in 1.07 where Sara Shepard cameos as a substitute English teacher, she is writing questions on the blackboard about Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
  • In 1.07, Aria is reading a book Ezra gave to her, which is Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
  • Deepa found an essay that somehow managed to link the two, despite having nothing to do with PLL, and also has interesting analysis of Anderon’s work: “On My Obsession With Sherwood Anderson”, by Bruce Falconer for Humanities
Things We Referenced Related to PLL
  • Pretty Little Wine Moms, aka the PLL rewatch podcast hosted by Lesley Fera, Holly Marie Combs, and Nia Peeples (Veronica Hastings, Ella Montgomery, and Pam Fields, respectively) in 2020 – which is tragically no longer available on the internet! (If you have copies of the episodes, PLEASE let us know)
  • Diego Boneta’s song “Siempre Tú”, which plays during the scene where Alex and Spencer are dancing in the kitchen
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL
  • My Fake Boyfriend, starring Keiynan Lonsdale, Dylan Sprouse, and Sarah Hyland
  • Deepa was wrong, it is available (in the U.S. at least) on Amazon Prime, not on Netflix! 
  • Here’s the trailer – if anyone watches it, let us know how it is lol
  • Memes about funny series of events
  • The 9/11 → My Chemical Romance → Twilight → Fifty Shades of Gray series of events
  • Apparently the timeline does not actually work out to be causal for the Jensen Ackles’s homophobia → Jughead’s “I’m a weirdo” speech in Riverdale series of events, but it’s still hilarious
  • Rent and the dinner order during “La Vie Boheme”
Fashion Analysis

We limited our outfit analysis to Homecoming dresses, where we gave Emily the best for wearing a pretty blue dress, cute silver strappy heels, and having her hair wavy

Emily showing her cute blue halter dress with fun neckline
Emily showing her cute blue halter dress with fun neckline
Wide shot of Emily and Toby talking outside the school, showing Emily’s cute blue dress as well as her silver purse and shoes
Wide shot of Emily and Toby talking outside the school, showing Emily’s cute blue dress as well as her silver purse and shoes

Meanwhile Cameron gave worst outfit to Hanna for the combo of too much fringe and terrible hair, while Deepa gave it to Spencer for a weirdly metallic tube top dress with the boobs too sculpted for Deepa’s taste

Hanna standing outside the school talking on the phone, wearing her ugly silver and teal dress with way too much fringe, and a side silver belt and a silver necklace. Her hair is in a fluffed half-updo
Hanna standing outside the school talking on the phone, wearing her ugly silver and teal dress with way too much fringe, and a side silver belt and a silver necklace. Her hair is in a fluffed half-updo
Spencer standing at a darts game stall, wearing her strapless silver dress and weird necklaces, with her hair in an updo that looks okay
Spencer standing at a darts game stall, wearing her strapless silver dress and weird necklaces, with her hair in an updo that looks okay

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