This week started off quick with a bunch of sass and an eye twitch! Let’s discuss what happened:
1. Ali, no longer a newlywed: It seems like whatever brief honeymoon period the girls had is over. She gave a very terrified Regina George type speech, “If one of us falls, we all fall,” to Spencer as a way to keep her loyal. Ali spent a good chunk of the episode walking around shaking with her arms crossed to show she was scared for the girls. This girl gives me whiplash! One minute she’s the mastermind, the next she’s a victim. She wasn’t concerned with those girls when she was playing dead.
2. Emily, a Sasha Fierce of sorts: Why is Noel Kahn back? It’s hard for me to keep up with the guys in this show who aren’t currently boinking one of the girls. Ali must have something on him. Emily was on her clumsy sleuthing game! First she heard Noel listening to that recording of Ali, then she abuses her privileges as swim team manager and breaks into his locker and his car to find those creepy pics he had of Ali. Ooooh and she burned when she went off of Sydney after she found out that Sydney was friends with Jenna. She looked fierce as hell doing it in her blue jumpsuit. Emily gets all the points ever.
3. Hanna in peril: Ashley Marin is a gift from the TV gods. She’s a legit mama with perfect hair and I’m glad to see she gave Hanna a no nonsense speech about alcohol not being the answer. No, the answer would be giving Taylor Momsen her clothes and attitude back. It’s understandable that she’s acting out with Zack being a creep and all that. It seemed to be the only thing that got Caleb to acting like his normal, pre-falling in love with a dead girl self, and had him be all sensitive and loving towards Hanna. It’s also cute that he keeps on bringing up how much she likes to eat, #realcouple #heknows. And his confrontation with Zack?? That punch was all types of powerful and perfectly paired with “Don’t worry I’m not coming back for the party.” What a rebel. This new A really is different though, with that note to Zack . But I guess A saved Ella in a way.
4. Aria gets a brain: Who is the cop?? Like why can Officer Tanner just pop in and interrogate the girls during school hours. It makes no sense. Like they have to study. But nevertheless, she pulled Aria out of class to get all up in her business about Ezra possibly being a predator and having a relationship with Shana as a motive to kill her. They didn’t really follow-up with this throughout the episode but it did set up a better case for him as a murder suspect. Aria finally got a clue that Zack was bad news and confronted her mom about it, and have to say, that was one of the most real scenes on this show. Why can’t Ella be happy?! Aria finally apologized to Hanna though, so all’s well.
5. Spencer takes one for the team (again): Spencer should get a best friend award for going to talk to Caleb about Hanna’s drinking problem. And his for that matter. She shows up at his nasty plaid filled 90s looking house (seriously, it looked a set on “Roseanne”) and told him he was messing up Hanna’s life. Oh, and good one on the director for those blurry shots to show how messed up Spencer’s eye was. But the best thing about her impaired vision was seeing A’s note on the eye doctor’s chart! That was inspired because as as glasses wearer since the tender age of 8, I knowwwww they intentionally try to trick me every time I go for my eye exam. That can really mess a person up, just sayin’. In her second story arc, she broke into a creepy house (of course) and confront Noel about what Ali has on him. And she stabbed him with a fireplace poker! She’s really thinking about Ali being the enemy, since she’s keeping the photos that proved Ali wasn’t kidnapped.
And:
WHO IS THAT SCRUFFY (SEXY? TBD) VAGABOND???????
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Your "Pretty Little Liars" Cheat Sheet: Season 5, Episode 9
