We’ve decided to broaden our horizons a little here, and so
we’ve decided to do some reviewing of TV shows. One of my guilty pleasures is
Pretty Little Liars, and since season five has just started up, I thought it
was a great one to start with.
BEWARE – SPOILERS BELOW.
Yes, I have been waiting a very long time to use my collection of River Song spoiler GIFs.
THE GOOD
ARIA: I’ve always loved Aria- she’s my absolute favourite
character out of the entire show, in fact Lucy Hale was the reason I started
the shown in the first place. I think she’s usually quite the strong character
so it’s been good to see her be a little less in control.
THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE GIRLS: Is it horrible for me to say
that I like that the girls didn’t instantly fall back into BFF territory? There’s
this awkwardness between them that you experience when you meet up with someone
you used to be friends with after a long time. I really like how this was done.
THE PEOPLE IN BLACK HOODIE AND MASKS ROUNDUP: I didn’t know
what else to call this bit, but I’m sure you know what I’m referring to. I
thought that was amazing, seriously guys- A’s pretty damn resourceful if they
can get that many people to dress up and be creepy.
THE BAD
MONA: Are you good or are you bad? I don’t really care, just
make up your mind! Though I admit, I do love your dramatics.
POLICE: Can we just talk about how this show portrays
police? They’re either manipulative or really, really stupid. Surely the forensics are good
enough to find out who the girl is Alison’s grave is…
THE HASTINGS: This family is seriously screwed up. So
Melissa’s back and is being all mysterious which is fine, but why is Mr
Hastings so weird? Plus that scene in the kitchen with the alcohol is weird,
and really unnecessary.
EZRA/ALISON: Words cannot describe how much I hate these
flashback scenes. I loved Ezra/Aria, so I just can’t deal with these two. Besides,
there’s something really uncomfortable about these scenes.
SHANA: What was that? Really? I know we’ve had our little ‘Shana
is suspicious’ moments, but that still felt a bit out of the blue to me.
FINAL THOUGHTS
I don’t know if I liked this episode or not. It kind of felt
like a final episode of a series than a season opener. I’ve gotten so used to
cliffhangers with this show that I didn’t expect for it to not end on one. Obviously,
this whole A thing isn’t over but I’m interested to see where the show is going
to go from here…
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy this post and I'll see you next week for episode 2. If you've got any requests for other shows, let us know in the comments!
