PRETTY LITTLE LIARS “The Goodbye Look” Review

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS “The Goodbye Look” Season 2 Episode 2 – This week’s PRETTY LITTLE LIARS was slow moving at first, but all was forgiven toward the end. The question that seems to be the driving force this season remains “Is Ian dead?” This week we got more clues that are supposed to lead us to believe he is alive, texting Melissa, meeting Melissa, camping nearby or possibly living with Jason. Naturally, I refuse to be led down that path.

First, let’s start with our relatively new character, Jason. He is the soulful, mourning brother of Ally who is no longer mourning. In fact, he moves into the house and immediately gets rid of the memorial items. Apparently, according to the flashback, there is no real love lost between the siblings. In typical Allison fashion, she tortured her brother as much as she tortured others. My question is, what is in the ground by where the dog was sniffing around? Is Jason digging something up? Burying something? Didn’t A or the hooded person at the end seem awfully familiar with the dog? The dog recognized the whistle right away.

I have to take issue with this therapist’s plan to keep the girls apart. That seems difficult at best. Also, why do the parents blindly follow her advice when many of them have never even met her. Do any of these parents believe their child? At this point, I am beginning to doubt it. Speaking of the therapist, I was expecting some solo therapy this week, but she was a no show on the episode.

My other beef is the Aria/Ezra relationship. I foolishly thought we were finally done with it. Instead we get some fantasy ending where they can both declare their love publicly because he no longer is her teacher. No worries about future ramifications with employers who might not like someone in their mid to late 20s dating a 16 year old while she was his student.

Things that I liked in this episode included the intruder that pushed Aria, although it almost looked like she could have broken her back. I liked the suspicion cast on Melissa because I do not fully trust her and her weird mood swings toward Spencer. My favorite line of the night goes to Mona for her comment to Hanna, “No one has ever forgiven me before. It feels almost spiritual.” Poor shallow misguided Mona. Let’s keep her around.

What did you think of tonight’s episode of Pretty Little Liars? Are we headed far of course with the Ian plotline? Does anyone miss A’s messages? We only got one tonight. Tell us what you think in the comments below.

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