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by Melissa Parkin
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| Photo by ABC Family.Eric McCandless |
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, and relay the ordeal. Being the archetypal cop in
town, Tanner simply brushes them off. 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 . . . .
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 of 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 meanders 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” attacks Mike, Ezra, and Caleb was about as subtle as a brick to
the small of one’s back. The whole Kendra story-line was pure time filler. We
already knew Alison was framed, so Kendra’s confession wasn't for the
audience’s sake. The plot-line 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. Hopefully, no
one 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 (I strongly agree). Some think Aria might be behind the whole
debacle. 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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