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”.
Episode Transcript: Read it on Buzzsprout!
Chickpea Recipe: Sheet-Pan Feta with Chickpeas and Tomatoes (we suggest using only 1 teaspoon of honey, and adding other spices to your taste - Deepa's family added garam masala and ground cumin)
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.
Fashion Analysis: Our (slightly revised) best, worst, and almost-worst outfits!
Deepa’s Literary Analysis: Wuthering Heights is the worst; even some who think it’s brilliant also hated reading it
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)
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