In this episode we cover 2.04, “Blind Dates”, and 2.05, “The Devil You Know”. We start with the most dramatic shit and then work our way through the rest. We discuss Mona’s jealousy and time management skills, Melissa’s resentment, and how the Rosewood timewarp impacts therapy modalities. Deepa recounts the one time Deepa got trapped in a graveyard and we wonder if the DiLaurentis house is haunted.

Theme song composed by Ashok R. Chandran.

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Deepa’s Literary Analysis
  • The billboard at the beginning of 2.04 is a reference to both the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg in The Great Gatsby and to Lars Thorwarld, the villain in Rear Window
  • We didn’t talk about this in the episode because Deepa only noticed after, but Emily reads The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers at one point, which is apparently a story about a character to whom others reveal their secrets
Tablet with a picture of a paper note that reads: “I killed Alison. I lost my temper because she knew too much. But there’s only so much you can bury. It own’t be that easy, but I know how to get rid of the pain. I can’t run from the law. Come and find me. - Ian”
Old, worn billboard with a giant pair of disembodied eyes with glasses, reading “Dr. Lars Thorward, O.D.”
Things We Referenced Related to PLL
  • Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, which we have not yet watched
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL
  • Scouting in Friday Night Lights (again!)
  • The romance novel the PLL fanfiction is from is Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair by Laura Piper Lee
  • Gal pals! Sportsmanship! 
  • The JustGiirlyyThings tumblr
Fashion Analysis

Our unanimous worst outfit was Aria’s overall dress and shimmery shirt (and not just because she wore it in this horrible scene at Hollis with Ezra)

Aria standing in the middle of Ezra’s office at Hollis. She’s wearing a shimmery pink shirt with puffy sleeves and an overall dress on top of it with a giant zipper down the middle, and she’s slightly shrugging her shoulders with her hands in her pockets.
Aria standing in the middle of Ezra’s office at Hollis. She’s wearing a shimmery pink shirt with puffy sleeves and an overall dress on top of it with a giant zipper down the middle, and she’s slightly shrugging her shoulders with her hands in her pockets.

For best, Cameron liked two Aria outfits (though we both agree the black top should have been a dress), while Deepa liked Hanna’s colorful shirt and Spencer’s top that, Cameron was correct, DID have horses on it

Aria standing in her room smiling at her dad. She’s wearing a black top where the sleeves have narrow strips cut out, and the top goes down to her thigh over distressed gray jeans.
Aria standing in her room smiling at her dad. She’s wearing a black top where the sleeves have narrow strips cut out, and the top goes down to her thigh over distressed gray jeans.
Aria standing in the Rosewood High School courtyard looking concerned. She’s wearing a green top with black diagonal stripes and puffy sleeves tucked into high-waisted black pants.
Aria standing in the Rosewood High School courtyard looking concerned. She’s wearing a green top with black diagonal stripes and puffy sleeves tucked into high-waisted black pants.
Hanna stands in the Rosewood High cafeteria holding a lunch tray and smiling ruefully while Caleb comes up behind her. Hanna’s wearing a drape-y top with bright multicolored rectangles in an abstract pattern.
Hanna stands in the Rosewood High cafeteria holding a lunch tray and smiling ruefully while Caleb comes up behind her. Hanna’s wearing a drape-y top with bright multicolored rectangles in an abstract pattern.
Spencer sits in her room listening to her mom while wearing a dark blue collared sleeveless button-down blouse that has tiny white horses scattered over it and black pants that cut off at ankle length.
Spencer sits in her room listening to her mom while wearing a dark blue collared sleeveless button-down blouse that has tiny white horses scattered over it and black pants that cut off at ankle length.

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