PLL starts with a bang as author Sara
Shepard makes a special guest appearance. Mona’s old friend, Lesli Stone, takes
the stand, and her testimony isn’t particularly kind (or honest). It doesn’t
help that Alison’s public label as the ultimate “Mean Girl” further tarnishes
her image. The only hope that she has is for someone to corroborate her
whereabouts on Thanksgiving Day. Months back at the park awaiting Cyrus’s
arrival, Alison heard someone inside one of the large pipes near where she was
sitting. The girls track down the lead, but it winds up being a dead-end.
Mike’s eagerness to help with Alison’s case throws the Montgomery clan into hot
water. It’s obvious he wants to testify, but Aria puts the kibosh on that when
“A” ships a large box to their house with a huge cow tongue inside.
Aria
convinces Mike to go with Ezra out to his cabin, and the boys find an unwanted
guest waiting inside for the two. Caleb, the cabin crasher, insists that Mike
return to Rosewood for the sake of Hanna and Ali, but Ezra argues differently.
During the spat, the youngest Montgomery exits stage left and takes the car,
only to be attacked. Ezra and Caleb race after him and come across an old Pathfinder’s
camp where a mysterious archer starts firing at the boys. With arrows flying
through the air, they flee from the scene before coming across Mike. Having been
pepper sprayed in the eyes and knocked unconscious, “A” ties Mike up and leaves
him for the others to find.
Caleb
and Ezra race to Detective Tanner, relaying the ordeal. Being the archetypal
cop in town, Tanner simply brushes them off. Yep, one of Rosewood P.D.’s finest
at work. Andrew continues to up the creep factor with every discussion he
shares with Aria. First, he blows a gasket over Aria asking for Ezra’s help instead
of his. Then after the whole crazy target practice at the scout camp, Andrew
mentions to Aria that he just so happens to be an award-winning Pathfinder. No,
you don’t say?
Alison
DeLaurentis may be the prettiest prisoner of them all, and she’s going to be
wearing a whole lot of orange…for life. Following a grueling murder trial, the
verdict finally comes in, and it’s unanimous. Guilty. The Liars remain shell-shocked by the ruling, until Aria
notices Detective Tanner waiting for all the girls. Without any
explanation over the charges filed against them, Spencer, Aria, and Emily get
hauled off to be processed before entering the slammer.
The
plot of this episode does meander here and there, but “I’m a Good Girl, I Am”
is entertaining overall, even if outlandishly so. Mike’s commonsense (or lack
thereof) to go venture out alone in the woods is blatant proof that the kid got
what was coming to him. The mentioning of Andrew’s archery skills immediately
after Hawkeye apparently attacks Mike, Ezra, and Caleb was about as subtle as a
brick to the small of one’s back. And the whole Kendra storyline was pure time
filler. We already knew Alison was framed, so Kendra’s confession wasn’t for
the audience’s sake. The plotline wound up being put on a fast track to nowhere.
The only good news to take away from the episode would probably be Toby’s
declaration of love to Spencer. Thank the Lord! About time, man. Glad nobody
held their breath waiting for this turnaround. Geez.
Detective
Tanner has to be working for the “A”-team. Someone gets attacked, and she
treats it like it was a jaywalking violation. How could you be in that job
position and be that useless? She’s
smarter than that, and we all know it. With “A”’s identity apparently being
revealed next week, it makes us wonder…who’s under the hood? Some still think
Mona’s alive (strongly agree), some think Aria might be behind the whole
debacle, and whispers still linger over Wren’s involvement. Remember, how could
“A” sabotage Spencer’s Oxford interview and know the exact moment the blood
vials would bleed out…unless “A” was there in England? Definitely something to
think about.
Pretty
Little Liars - “I’m a Good Girl, I Am” Rating: A -
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