We cover episodes 2.06, “Never Letting Go”, and 2.07, “Surface Tension”. This episode not only introduces Jessica DiLaurentis, but also gives us our first hint of Wine Moms! We discuss lack of butch representation, social constructions of criminality, and our dream guests on the podcast. Peter Hastings is probably so mad because his secret son is putting up boundaries.
Our awesome theme song is composed by Ashok R. Chandran! You can find his other work at his website.
Transcript: Read it on Buzzsprout!
Chickpeas Oh My Gosh! Cook chickpeas and onion and a lot of spinach in coconut milk and sambar masala. It looks like you can no longer buy the specific sambar masala spice blend Cameron used, but you should still check out Preeti Mistry’s work!
Fashion Analysis: Our ratings of Ali’s dresses in the fashion show!
Deepa’s Literary Analysis: No one should be surprised that Deepa used to be pretentious about James Joyce, but Ezra is somehow worse?
Things We Referenced Related to PLL:
- The wedding dress fashion show
- How the dog digging in the yard could be a Rear Window reference
- The long-lost Wine Moms podcast
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL:
- Torrey DeVitto (Melissa Hastings) discussing astrology on Ghost of a Podcast
- “What about the lily?” in Imagine Me and You (Deepa was wrong about which scene it was in)
- Jason Baldwin of the West Memphis Three on Amanda Knox’s Labyrinths podcast
- Top Chef, The Great British Bake Off, and how racist cooking reality competitions are
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