Emily continues on into her locker where she is followed by Spencer. Spencer is trying to make nice but Emily is having none of it. It’s sort of frustrating when the Liars fight because they should really know by now that all they’re doing is letting A win.
How can I cheer you up? I could use that french tickler you like so much…
Spencer tells Emily she called over to the sorority house and learned all about The Old House Mother. That’s old news to Emily, who learned about it just by flirting with one of the sorority girls.
Like the viewers who have to watch this shit.
Emily storms off only to be greeted by the sweet sounds of the violin. She wanders over to the music room where she spots Shana playing. Maybe I got this wrong. Maybe Shana isn’t here to steal Paige, maybe she’s here to steal Emily. Maybe they’re going to have cable TV’s first lesbian threesome. I could live with that.
God she’s good at fingering.
Down the hall, Mike comes up to Aria and basically accuses her of sleeping with Friend Connor. Aria doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about, but even if she did she’d be allowed to sleep with whoever she damn pleases because slut-shaming is never okay.
Is this seriously what I have to do to get some screen time around here? Because I have better things to do. I’m gonna be big. I just starred as “Peter Malarky” in a Hunger Games spoof.
Aria marches into the boys locker room and we discover that Mike’s Friend Connor is a mean jerk.
Four. Which is the only reason Aria wouldn’t play it. Unless she was turning “WHIZBANG” into “WHIZBANGS” putting the “S” on a triple letter score earning her 93 points.
Oh my god I hate his face so much. Someone write a mean letter to every college he wants to go to and then call his mother and tell her to ground him. But first, someone’s at the door behind Aria and overheard the whole thing. Who’s at the door?
It’s Fitz!
Fitzy is unamused.
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That side trip to Ravenswood just about gave me viewer whiplash.
I basically live for these recaps.
Liz, I love you, but the spelling errors…errrrggghhh
Shana was NOT fiddling. She was playing the violin. There is a distinct difference because of the type of music she was playing. (It’s a pet peeve of mine when people depict violinists with terrible/inaccurate posture or movements, but I digress.)
Rosewood seems to be populated with annoying white brunets. It’s getting a little old. I don’t even want to see new male faces, but can’t they at least have some diversity? I’ll take a blond at this point for a change of scenery.
Also, umm, I don’t agree that Mike calling Aria out on having illegal sex with her teacher is the same thing as slut-shaming. She can date whomever she wants CONSIDERING IT’S LEGALLY CONSENSUAL. I’m still on Team Mike for that.
Arbitrary age limits on sexuality are repressive and I don’t think that they are the end all be all say on what is sexually appropriate, nor on what is consensual. It is beyond me to see how a system rooted in the puritanical, patriarchal values of protecting society from sex and desire can be right in determining that, at exactly 18, a magical switch preparing people to deal maturely with sex just happens to flick on, and then for that designation to be considered to be correct and moral. I can’t get behind it, somehow. I think it falls in the same realm as slut shaming.
I’m not talking about the fact that Aria’s underage (although that has its own baggage of issues), but rather the fact that Ezra was in a position of power for the majority of their relationship. There’s a reason why many post-secondary institutions have strict policies against teacher-student relationships, and that’s in an environment where everyone is (presumably) a legal adult.
Ali seems to have been sexually involved with a lot of people who were older than her, so to focus on that and to call her a slut is slut-shaming; pointing out the inability to legally consent to sex with someone in an authoritative position over you is completely different.
I agree on your power imbalance argument, Paperflowers. But the problem in this scenario is the following: Mike doesn’t call out Ezra or shames him for taking advantage of a minor and his student. He solely focuses on Aria, the person who was lacking the power in this relationship. So his behavior is, in fact, nothing but good old fashioned slut shaming.
I think if Mike had a more accessible relationship with Ezra, it would make more sense for him to directly approach Ezra but that’s not realistic given the characters.
But I agree – it would be better if the show focused more on calling out Ezra for making horrible decisions as an adult rather than dumping everything on Aria; this hasn’t really happened yet because Aria is a main character, and Ezra solely exists as an extension of Aria’s storyline, so beyond her parents intervening, there aren’t other routes for that to occur.
Me too vis a vis the inaccurate posture and movement. Judging from what we’ve seen here, Shana’s fingering skills are elementary at best. Disappointing.
Brunettes, not brunets. :)
I am really freaked out by how much that mask looks like Emily? which is odd because I can’t recognize the Alison or Melissa masks at all
Oh Lizz, these recaps just make my week! Thank you so much. I know I have before but I think showing appreciation is important.
I loved Ravenswood! One of my favorite things about PLL and how I always describe it to people who haven’t seen it is that it feels like Halloween year round. And since Halloween is one of my most favorite times of year it’s no wonder I love this show. Ravenswood feels like that dialed up to 11 though. It’s great.
“I prefer Spencer’s soft lady kisses.”
Don’t we all?
Honestly I had to stop watching the show after the 1st season the lack of answers drove me crazy. I never miss one of these wrap ups though. You should write an episode.
You did better than me! I think I made it to episode 10 before giving up.
I don’t want Emily to start a trend of hooking up with every lesbian who floats through town, but Shawnna is gorgeous. Emily should stay away. Far away. Because that road is tempting.
In other news Hannah has been making bad decisions. Like traveling with a gun? Who does that? She had so many other options concerning that weapon…
Mike got better looking. He’s doing that thing Elena’s younger brother did on Vampire Diaries. Where they get more attractive seemingly out of no where.