It's an...okay show. I like it and I'll keep watching, but it feels very affected and like it's trying too hard to be trendy. It's all right, though.

I do have to congratulate Bianca Lawson on her 17th year of playing teenagers, though.

Edited June 17, 201015 yr by All My Shadows

I am enjoying this show so far, it's intriguing to me. I wanted to watch because of Holly Marie Combs, and now I'm sucked in by the entire cast.

Loving this show. So soapy and fun. Ashley Benson was much better in this episode. Loved her in the scene where she stood up to the cop.

If I was Aria, I would have knocked that slut out.

Jenna needs to be on more. The one little scene where she walked past Spencer and and uttered that bitchy little line was the best part of the episode.

Ha, loved the cliffhanger as well.

Edited June 23, 201015 yr by Amello

This episode wasn't as good as the others, but still very very good!

And it was nice to see Roark Critchlow! I feel like he's everywhere!

And he played a DAYs alums Dad...LOL.

'Pretty Little Liars': Truth be told, it's pretty good

We're in the middle of guilty-pleasure TV season, full of shows to secretly DVR, discretely pressing "record" while pretending to search for something far more respectable. And "Pretty Little Liars," a new teen drama on ABC Family, is fashioned to be one of those breezy, summertime series that, ideally, is enjoyed and almost instantly forgotten.

There's just one problem: It's actually kind of good.

Not good in an Emmy Award-winning, breakout actor, or record number of viewers kind of way. But good in a can't-stop-watching, must-find-out-what-happens, "Oh, my God, I'm an adult, why am I addicted to a show on ABC Family?" kind of way.

"Liars," about a group of high-schoolers trapped in a mystery surrounding their best friend's death, is unabashed in its attempts to be mindless entertainment. In fact, the response to the show seemed to catch even the network by surprise. Two weeks ago, after the third episode hit a series high of 2.7 million viewers -- for comparison's sake, the season finale of "Gossip Girl" drew about 1.9 million -- ABC Family announced an order of 12 additional episodes of the series, more than doubling the Season 1 total from 10 to 22 episodes.

Network name aside, "Liars" isn't very family-friendly at all. The show, based on a book series of the same name by Sara Shepard, centers on four 16-year-old girls, and starts one year after their best friend, Alison, disappeared; at the end of the premiere, Alison's body is discovered. The twist: The girls start receiving nasty messages from someone claiming to know all their secrets, who signs each message "A."

Thus the story begins, as the friends not only try to find out who is threatening to ruin their lives -- is it Alison (Sasha Pieterse), as the "A" would imply? But . . . she's dead! Cue freakout -- but also deal with the dirty laundry of their secrets. For Aria (Lucy Hale), it's a torrid romance with her much older English teacher, Mr. Fitz (Ian Harding). Hanna (Ashley Benson) grapples with an eating disorder and shoplifting habit. Emily (Shay Mitchell) has a boyfriend, but harbors a crush on her female neighbor. And Spencer (Troian Bellisario) hooked up with her sister's fiance.

The plot, however, is the element that sets "Liars" apart from its fellow teen soaps, such as "Gossip Girl" and "90210." Other such shows run through plotlines at breakneck speeds, or don't pay much attention to story consistency. Many times, it seems as if the writers are too busy trying to make one teen character do something completely outrageous for his age, or top the previous episode's craziest outfit. With "Liars," the story unravels slowly, but carefully, and doesn't sacrifice credibility in order to create a water-cooler moment.

Another "Gossip Girl"-type misstep that "Liars" avoids is letting the grown-up characters become too involved in the show. Sure, the adults in "Liars" have problems (boy, do they ever). Hanna's mom (Laura Leighton) is sleeping with a police officer so her daughter won't face shoplifting charges, and Aria's college professor dad (Chad Lowe) got busted for having an affair with his former student. Each issue, however, is seen through the eyes of the teen characters, and only in the context of how it will affect them.

The fifth episode airs Tuesday night, and it appears the show will just get creepier. The girls delve further into the mystery surrounding "A's" identity, and also face the consequences of their biggest secret of all: what happened the night they all played a prank on a classmate, only to accidentally injure his sister when the joke went awry.

But even when the subject matter gets dark, "Liars" doesn't take itself too seriously. And for those who eagerly but shamefully add it to the DVR every week, it looks like the mystery will continue through the fall, and beyond.

Source: The Washington Post

I agree with all of this.

This show is sooo good. Not in an emmy winniny best show ever kind of way, but in a teen drama kind of way, lol.

Damnit! I forgot to watch it again. I need to catch up with the past two episodes on abcfamily.com

So, for all of those that watch, who do you think "A" is?? Any guesses?

I think it's Mr. Fitz...

If you think about it, he always seems to be around. When Aria was in class those couple times, and got texts about her affair with him, he would have been able to send them and know WHEN to send them...Even the other girls have received texts at school, where he works, so it gives him the perfect oppurtunity to know when to send the messages.

And even when the girls were in the park that day talking about Allison and blocking their texts, and that paper with the picture of allison and the message on it blew by, Mr. Fitz HAPPENED to be riding by on his bike.

And then with Mr. Fitz having Aria's phone and seeing the text, all he would have had to do is send it from his phone, then open it on hers. It makes it seem like he's alarmed, but in reality would be the perfect cover up, saying he read one of the texts, so that no one would suspet him...

What does everyone else think?

I get this feeling that Jenna isnt really blind and could be sending the texts though in the end of the 2nd episode, Spencer caught her on the phone with someone saying "send text now." Not sure if that was suppose to mean anything.

I wonder how closely the series will follow the books.

I wonder how closely the series will follow the books.

they have said season 1 will follow books 1-4 pretty closely, season 2 books 5-8, and then go off into its own

they have said season 1 will follow books 1-4 pretty closely, season 2 books 5-8, and then go off into its own

Who is the one sending the texts in the books?

Who is the one sending the texts in the books?

If I remember correctly, its been a long time, in the books...

The first A. is Mona (Hanna's friend and Ali tormented her)

I'll ask my friend for confirmation - I just remember the stuff in the later books since they just wrapped up the series last month.

Edited July 13, 201015 yr by London

If I remember correctly, its been a long time, in the books...

The first A. is Mona (Hanna's friend and Ali tormented her)

I'll ask my friend for confirmation - I just remember the stuff in the later books since they just wrapped up the series last month.

Yup

Did anyone watch tonight? OMGGGGG!!

Did anyone watch tonight? OMGGGGG!!

GREAT episode....But for those interested, Emily

DOESN'T die