Today we discuss episodes 1.14 “Careful What U Wish 4”, and 1.15 “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Lie, Lie Again”. We get extremely excited about the arrival of a new character (zero guesses who), compare PLL to like five other teen dramas from around the world, reference Tiktok memes that are years-old now because Deepa hasn’t been on Tiktok since 2021, do some historical analysis, speculate about what Mona’s up to during these episodes, and, as usual, fail to remember details from the night of Ali’s “death”.

Chickpea Recipe
Corrections
  • In our outfit discussion, Deepa said that in episode 15, Emily was wearing the scarf that Maya gave her. Turns out it was just a random scarf! No longer Deepa’s favorite outfit then lol.
Deepa’s Literary Analysis
Things We Referenced Sort of Related to PLL
  • Teen Wolf and Bianca Lawson’s role in it as a guidance counselor, one of the few times her career at that point where she hadn’t played a teen
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL
  • Other teen dramas from the early 2010s that had plotlines where homophobic bullies turned out to be gay themselves (and often became love interests for a primary queer character), like Glee and Shameless
  • Brief mentions of Elite and Blood & Water which both have (sort of) swimming plotlines
  • Dean breaking up with Rory at the Americana themed dance-a-thon in Gilmore Girls 
  • More discussion of How to Get Away With Murder and important bisexual things (cough, Eve)
Fashion Analysis

Cameron’s favorite outfit was Aria’s dress from the dance-a-thon, while Deepa liked both Hanna’s sequins and leather jacket combo and Spencer’s braid crown and tie

Close-up shot of Aria looking annoyed. We can see just the shoulders of the black lacy short-sleeved dress that she is wearing. Her hair is in a ponytail with some strands artfully arranged around her face. She is wearing red lipstick and dangly earrings with some kind of quartz-like stone on them
Close-up shot of Aria looking annoyed. We can see just the shoulders of the black lacy short-sleeved dress that she is wearing. Her hair is in a ponytail with some strands artfully arranged around her face. She is wearing red lipstick and dangly earrings with some kind of quartz-like stone on them
Aria and Simone at the school dance, where we can see Aria’s black lacy dress from the waist up; it has flower-like patterns and she is wearing some kind of light colored slip underneath. She is looking offscreen, the expression on her face angry, while Simone is looking at the same thing, amused.
Aria and Simone at the school dance, where we can see Aria’s black lacy dress from the waist up; it has flower-like patterns and she is wearing some kind of light colored slip underneath. She is looking offscreen, the expression on her face angry, while Simone is looking at the same thing, amused.
Hanna is standing at the top of the steps at the entrance to Rosewood High, looking off into the distance a little sadly. We can see her from the waist up, where she is wearing a top with bright green and black sequence patterned in geometric shapes, covered by a leather jacked that is such a dark green that it looks almost black. She’s also holding onto her handbag, which is moss-green.
Hanna is standing at the top of the steps at the entrance to Rosewood High, looking off into the distance a little sadly. We can see her from the waist up, where she is wearing a top with bright green and black sequence patterned in geometric shapes, covered by a leather jacked that is such a dark green that it looks almost black. She’s also holding onto her handbag, which is moss-green.
Close-up of Spencer from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black necktie with gold designs and a white button-down shirt, both of which are covered by a maroon peacoat. Her hair is all up in a braid crown.
Close-up of Spencer from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black necktie with gold designs and a white button-down shirt, both of which are covered by a maroon peacoat. Her hair is all up in a braid crown.

Meanwhile Cameron hated Spencer’s dance-a-thon dress, and Deepa hated Aria’s almost-good outfit with suspenders that is ruined by the big black heart

Spencer is standing in the field hockey coach’s office, looking surprised and upset, and we can see her from the knees up. She is wearing a light brown loose dress with no sleeves, which is fastened at the waist with a dark brown belt. She’s also wearing a brown thickly-beaded necklace, and her hair is half up.
Spencer is standing in the field hockey coach’s office, looking surprised and upset, and we can see her from the knees up. She is wearing a light brown loose dress with no sleeves, which is fastened at the waist with a dark brown belt. She’s also wearing a brown thickly-beaded necklace, and her hair is half up.
Aria is standing in the cafeteria, a neutral look on her face, and we can see her from the waist up. She is wearing a long sleeved black shirt covered by a white short-sleeved shirt, which in turn has a piece of black fabric cut into the shape of a heart that is somehow pinned to the front of the white shirt, but doesn’t appear to be completely sewn on. She is also wearing black suspenders, a black headband, and large dangly earrings that appear to have black and white fringe hanging from them.
Aria is standing in the cafeteria, a neutral look on her face, and we can see her from the waist up. She is wearing a long sleeved black shirt covered by a white short-sleeved shirt, which in turn has a piece of black fabric cut into the shape of a heart that is somehow pinned to the front of the white shirt, but doesn’t appear to be completely sewn on. She is also wearing black suspenders, a black headband, and large dangly earrings that appear to have black and white fringe hanging from them.

We also had a second tier of disliked outfits, which included Aria’s weirdly bulky coat, yet another bad Spencer hat, and some truly awful peplum

Aria is standing in Ezra’s apartment, looking surprised, holding a coffee tray with two cups of takeaway coffee in one hand, a paper bag in the other hand, and a black handbag slung across her shoulder. She is wearing a plaid coat in shades of dark green, but the coat has a weirdly low collar and is strangely bulky because part of it appears to be doubled over. You can see her neck and a maroon scarf she is wearing underneath.
Aria is standing in Ezra’s apartment, looking surprised, holding a coffee tray with two cups of takeaway coffee in one hand, a paper bag in the other hand, and a black handbag slung across her shoulder. She is wearing a plaid coat in shades of dark green, but the coat has a weirdly low collar and is strangely bulky because part of it appears to be doubled over. You can see her neck and a maroon scarf she is wearing underneath.
Close-up of Spencer looking down contemplatively. She’s wearing a cream colored sun hat with a black ribbon around it. Her hair is loose beneath the hat and is blowing into her face a little.
Close-up of Spencer looking down contemplatively. She’s wearing a cream colored sun hat with a black ribbon around it. Her hair is loose beneath the hat and is blowing into her face a little.
Aria and Ella are walking arm-in-arm and talking in a hallway in Rosewood High School. Aria is wearing a long-sleeve gray dress with dusky-pink roses on it, and a rose of silver buttons going down the middle of the chest, with a peplum flare at the waist.
Aria and Ella are walking arm-in-arm and talking in a hallway in Rosewood High School. Aria is wearing a long-sleeve gray dress with dusky-pink roses on it, and a rose of silver buttons going down the middle of the chest, with a peplum flare at the waist.

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