This week we discuss episodes 2.10, “Touched By an ‘A’-ngel” and 2.11, “I Must Confess”. Our best friend Heather Hogan has a hot new job! We chat about Mona’s meticulousness, Maya’s return, bad bobbleheads that relate to your profession, and whether Garrett killed Ian. We share PLL entries from our wine notebook, Deepa sees a dolphin, and Cameron does ageism.

Theme song composed by Ashok R. Chandran.

Chickpeas Oh My Gosh!
  • A delish salad Deepa ate at a restaurant! Chickpeas with grilled peaches, feta, candied pecans, pomegranate seeds, and a simple balsamic. 
Deepa’s Literary Analysis
  • Deepa refuses to discuss cherry symbolism and doesn’t remember anything about the one book Deepa brings up (it turned out to be Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, which is about Dr. Paul Farmer and Partners In Health and almost certainly has a lot of white saviorism, beware)
Things We Referenced Related to PLL 
  • Aria destroying Ali and Emily’s nursery
  • Weird truth game at Noel Kahn’s cabin
  • Spencer joining the A Team (literally not figuratively)
  • Aria’s publishing boyfriend is named Liam (not Ian or Ethan)
  • Wines based on the PLL characters’ Myers-Briggs Types
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL
  • Heather Hogan is now the engagement editor at The Sick Times, a fantastic online publication about Long COVID – definitely check it out!
  • The Kesha lyric on Cameron’s wine kit was “living hard just like we should” from “Die Young”, translated poorly into Latin
  • Kesha Power Half Hour (thank you Dr. Baby Beej!)
  • The Bianca Lawson short film is “The Sign”, directed by Sadé Clacken Joseph, which is not gay but is very cute
  • Deepa will take this opportunity though to plug queer short cuts, the newsletter where Deepa recommends queer short films
Fashion Analysis

We disliked a lot of outfits this week! Cameron hated Aria’s mouse shirt (which Deepa, true to form, didn’t realize had mice on it), while Deepa loathed Aria’s very early-2010s layered get-up

Aria stands in the school hallway looking upset. She’s wearing a gray top with little black and red silhouettes of mice on it, tucked into a high-waisted black pencil skirt and black heeled boots.
Aria stands in the school hallway looking upset. She’s wearing a gray top with little black and red silhouettes of mice on it, tucked into a high-waisted black pencil skirt and black heeled boots.
A closer shot of Aria still looking concerned, zoomed in so that you can better see the mice on her shirt
A closer shot of Aria still looking concerned, zoomed in so that you can better see the mice on her shirt
Aria confronting her brother in his bedroom, looking upset. She’s wearing a dark blue loose top that is layered over a longer white top, with black shredded jeans that have specks of white on them
Aria confronting her brother in his bedroom, looking upset. She’s wearing a dark blue loose top that is layered over a longer white top, with black shredded jeans that have specks of white on them

But we also had some second-tier dislikes: we were both disappointed by how good Spencer’s denim outfit could have been if it didn’t have those cut-outs, and Deepa disliked…something about Hanna’s teal dress outfit

Spencer at the door of her bedroom, wearing a long-sleeve denim top with huge cut-outs at the shoulder, a belt with a big square buckle that possibly has a horse in its design, and black jeans
Spencer at the door of her bedroom, wearing a long-sleeve denim top with huge cut-outs at the shoulder, a belt with a big square buckle that possibly has a horse in its design, and black jeans
Hanna talking to Aria, Spencer, and Emily at the steps of their high school. Hanna is wearing a teal linen dress with black lacy tights and a wide leopard-print waist belt over the dress
Hanna talking to Aria, Spencer, and Emily at the steps of their high school. Hanna is wearing a teal linen dress with black lacy tights and a wide leopard-print waist belt over the dress

Our favorite was unanimous though: Aria’s burgundy outfit! Possibly we like Aria’s fashion almost as often as we hate it?

Aria on the steps of the school with Spencer and Hanna. Aria looks shocked and is wearing an all burgundy outfit: a dress that has three-quarter sleeves and is sheer at the top with a vertical striped slip underneath, while the skirt portion is pleated. She’s also wearing a burgundy headband with a bow and a long necklace with black and burgundy beads.
Aria on the steps of the school with Spencer and Hanna. Aria looks shocked and is wearing an all burgundy outfit: a dress that has three-quarter sleeves and is sheer at the top with a vertical striped slip underneath, while the skirt portion is pleated. She’s also wearing a burgundy headband with a bow and a long necklace with black and burgundy beads.

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