Season 2 Episode 8, Pretty Little Liars Recap, Save the Date

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Emily is poisoned by steroid cream; Hanna’s parents split up again.

Oddly enough, it turns out that Aria and Ezra aren’t the worst at hiding their taboo romance in Pretty Little Liars. Miss Jenna here likes to put on a show from her house window, as she gets hot and intimate with that pedocop Garrett Reynolds.

Just because you’re blind, Jenna, that doesn’t mean ~windows~ cease to exist in the world. Perhaps it’s not the best idea to make out with your secret boyfriend where the whole neighbourhood can watch. Or maybe she enjoys an audience?

Season 2 Episode 7, Pretty Little Liars Recap, Surface Tension

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Jason and Ezra lock horns at the Montgomery dinner party; Spencer’s dad withholds a possible murder weapon from his daughter.

Hey A, you lazy bitch. Stop slacking off! Other than a run-of-the-mill message and a complimentary gift basket at the beginning, A is hugely absent from the rest of this episode. Nonetheless, the girls still keep themselves busy with a lot of dysfunctional family drama. (Except for Emily, who virtually has no storyline this episode, other than the blatant foreshadowing that her shoulder hurts a lot.)

Pretty Little Liars Female Characters Guide

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A Viewer's Guide to the Women of Pretty Little Liars

This is the companion piece for the Pretty Little Liars Male Characters Guide. As much fun as it is to ogle at the shirtless guys, we all know the show is only so entertaining because of the strong and unique female characters. Aria, Hanna, Emily, and Spencer each have distinct personalities that make them stand out as characters, and they are joined by other well-rounded females in the cast, to varying degrees of bitchiness. I have prepared a visual guide to help us celebrate the girls and women on this show. Here are the ladies of Pretty Little Liars.

	Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale) 1. The naive one 2. Jailbait; hooked up with her high school teacher Ezra 3. Immature, neurotic, and kinda stupid 4. Hopeless romantic, likes artsy stuff, literature & poetry 5. Always makes this doe-eyed, pouty lips, O_O expression when she’s shocked or confused
	Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson) 1. The popular one 2. Shoplifter; currently dating reformed bad boy Caleb 3. Appears self-assured, but masks her insecurities 4. Former fattie nicknamed ‘Hefty Hanna’ 5. Don’t get on her bad side; she can slap a bitch
	Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell) 1. The mature one 2. Lesbian; always gets the hottest pieces of ass 3. Got outed by A, now a proud lesbian on campus 4. Athletic, on the swim team, faked a sports scholarship 5. Don’t mind her constipated expression; she’s just trying to act.
	Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario) 1. The assertive one 2. Home-wrecker; stole two of her sister’s fiances 3. Perfectionist, overachiever, leader of the girls 4. Anything Melissa does, Spencer can do better 5. Each hat Spencer wears has a unique personality
	Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse) 1. The bitchy one 2. Queen bee; most popular girl on campus 3. Murdered under mysterious circumstances 4. Wanted to leave a legacy upon her death, never to be forgotten or ignored 5. Obnoxious, manipulative, and possibly pure evil
	Jenna Marshall (Tammin Sursok) 1. The blind one 2. Lost her vision due to a prank gone wrong 3. Molested & blackmailed her stepbrother Toby 4. Hates the pretty little liars with a passion 5. Such a HBIC
	Mona Vanderwaal (Janel Parrish) 1. The annoying one 2. Wannabe; former social outcast turned popular girl 3. Hanna’s best gal pal 4. Vain, superficial, desperate 5. Loves boys, fashion, status, brands, and popularity
	Melissa Hastings (Torrey DeVitto) 1. Spencer’s older sister 2. Got married to Ian in a shotgun wedding 3. Jealous hag 4. Ambitious, competitive, ruthless, judgmental 5. Overemotional hot mess
	Ella Montgomery (Holly Marie Combs) 1. Aria’s mother 2. Teaches in Aria’s high school 3. Kinda sweet and motherly, but mostly clueless 4. Moved out of the house & abandoned her kids because her husband cheated 5. We see where Aria gets her immaturity from
	Ashley Marin (Laura Leighton) 1. Hanna’s mother 2. Separated from her husband Tom long ago 3. Fierce mama bear who’ll do anything to protect Hanna 4. This includes sleeping with a sleazy cop and stealing money from dead old ladies 5. Escaped from a dysfunctional family when she was 17
	Pam Fields (Nia Peeples) 1. Emily’s mother 2. Evil, shrewd, unsympathetic woman 3. Very strict with her daughter 4. Stay-at-home mom with too much time on her hands 5. Had a personality transformation in Season 2
	Veronica Hastings (Lesley Fera) 1. Spencer’s mother 2. Lawyer up! 3. Smart, sharp-tongued, sassy 4. Had cancer, but didn’t tell her family because it was seen as a ‘weakness’ lolwut 5. Probably wishes she didn’t have two feuding daughters
	Jessica DiLaurentis (Andrea Parker) 1. Alison’s mother 2. Grieving parent 3. Took Alison’s death the hardest 4. Had suspicious dealings with Spencer’s dad 5. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree; she mothered Alison, enough said
	Maya St. Germain (Bianca Lawson) 1. Emily’s first girlfriend 2. Very flirtatious 3. Smoked pot 4. Got sent away to Jesus camp by her family 5. “Maya eats everything,” (except seafood) according to Emily
	Paige McCullers (Lindsey Shaw) 1. Emily’s bully 2. Swims “in the same team” as Emily 3. Closeted lesbian madly jealous/in love with Emily 4. Psycho biatch tried to drown Emily in the pool!!! 5. Her hair has more personality than Emily or any of her girlfriends
	Samara Cook (Claire Holt) 1. Emily’s casual fling 2. Proud out lesbian 3. She goes to another school, but stalks Emily incessantly on Rosewood High campus 4. Fun, friendly, preppy 5. Carbon copy of Maya in terms of personality
	Danielle (Amanda Leighton) 1. Lucas’ crush 2. Mousy looking bitch 3. Part of yearbook club 4. Hanna played matchmaker between her and Lucas 5. Actress possibly a relative of Laura Leighton?
	Jackie Molina (Paloma Guzman) 1. Ezra’s ex-fiancee 2. She was the one who broke up with him 3. Works at the same college campus as Ezra 4. Knows about Ezra’s relationship with Aria 5. Gives the best bitchface ever

Season 2 Episode 6, Pretty Little Liars Recap, Never Letting Go

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The girls participate in a high school fashion show; Hanna’s parents might be reconciling.

The girls still can’t decide whether Ian is actually Alison’s killer or not. Either way, there’s a general sense of relief amongst the group that their lives are normalizing again. Spencer is especially elated that all four of them are in a committed relationship right now. Since ‘normalcy’ is the last word anyone would use to describe Aria’s love life, she immediately complicates things by sneaking out for a secret rendezvous with Jason DiLaurentis.