Episodes 1.20 & 1.21: "I Used to Love Algebra"

Today we’re covering episodes 1.20, “Someone to Watch Over Me” and 1.21, “Monsters in the end.” We discuss dolls, ableist violence, dentist gossip, and being “allies” in our high school GSAs. We try to remember things about the Jackie storyline and lament the fact that the N.A.T. Club doesn’t actually have anything to do with A or the plot. The episode ends with Deepa bringing up something ridiculous Cameron did in 2020. Unlike Cameron, act normal bitches! 

Episode Transcript: Read it on Buzzsprout!

Chickpea Recipe: *A Deepa depression meal special* – put some chickpeas inside a quesadilla!

Fashion Analysis: Our best and worst outfits!

Deepa's Musical Analysis

• “Someone To Watch Over Me” is a song from the 1926 musical Oh, Kay! by the Gershwins
• Broadway 2 A Day was a challenge that started on tiktok by voice coach Stacy Moscottin in 2021, where she and thousands of other people following along (including Deepa for a few months) listened to two Broadway soundtracks a day for a year! The only thing that comes up online for it now is a single podcast episode made about it lmao but it still seems to be going on discord

Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL

• Books that romanticize running away, like My Side of the Mountain and The Boxcar Children
• Alison Williams sinisterly drinking milk in Get Out
• The father of fractals is Benoit Mandelbrot
• The (god)father of recycling is Armen Stepanian, and the sculpture with a dog who has his face is People Waiting for the Interurban in Fremont, Seattle

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