Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Pretty Little Liars: Over My Dead Body



"Two can only keep a secret if one of them is dead"

The episode starts off with Spencer, Hanna, and Aria at the police station covered in dirt. Detective Wilden has returned to finally prove that these girls murdered Alison. 12 hours earlier we see the girls at Dr. Sullivan's house looking for her, but she has not returned home and left a voicemail saying she is out of town. Later the girls are at Spencer's house where they get the Ransom note ordering them to do what A says by 6pm. Back at the police discover that the record on how Alison died is gone. Aria makes an emotional phone call. Toby shows up to see Spencer but is unable to. Spencer's parents show up as well as Jason DiLaurentis who assures Spencer's father that he knows his secret that even his wife would be surprised to hear.

Most of the episode takes place earlier that day leading up to the girls being arrested.


Aria stops by to see Ezra chatting with Jackie. Jackie hits on him and Ezra informs her he's seeing someone. Aria's phone vibrates so she walks away. She then sees that A sent her a picture of Dr. Sullivan holding up the newspaper, proving that she's still alive. A gives Aria proof that Jackie plagiarized her paper that is about to be published and orders her to "make Jackie go away".  She goes to Jackie and shows her the proof and orders her to leave town or else. Later her mother apologizes for making her lie and assures her that things went well with Mike's therapist. Jackie shows up at her house and turns the tables. Aria has to break up with Ezra, otherwise Jackie will spill about their relationship and ruin his career.

  
Toby later finds out his brake line was severed which could have caused him to crash, but he figures it was just an accident on his end. Spencer has not shared with Toby the reason why her father was at the DiLaurentis house. Toby pushes her not to go along with her father's wishes. Spencer later gets her doll from A that tells her to "keep Toby safe". She realizes A cut Toby's brake line. She later confesses to Toby that she lied about her father not saying anything. She tells him there are so many things she could never tell him. She ends things with Toby and runs off in tears where she is spotted by Wren. Wren consoles her and helps her get ready for the wedding and then kisses her.


Caleb returns to be Hanna's date for the wedding. Hanna is already stressing over the wedding and her new stepsister but Caleb wants to cheer her up. Later Hanna's doll from A tells her to "stop the wedding". Her father later apologizes for putting so much pressure. He assures Hanna that he loves Isabel and wants to be happy with her. As everything begins A pressures Hanna to stop the wedding. During the ceremony Hanna request Isabel to stop to talk to her outside. Hanna breaks Isabel's heart by telling her about her parents sleeping together which is seen by her upset father. A then text Hanna directions to go to.


Maya comes over to Hanna's house to see Emily. Maya tells Emily that she wants to start off as friends so she can get to know the new Emily. Emily is shocked to see that she is the only one who does not get a doll with a request from A. Emily later finds her doll in the back of the car and her GPS ready to lead her to Dr. Sullivan. The girls worry when Emily doesn't show up for the wedding. Emily arrives in a garage with a parked car that is running. She gets trapped inside and later passes out. Someone drags her out before she dies. She dreams of Alison comforting her and telling that she knows who A is and that Emily has to choose between life and death. She wakes up to see all of her friends circled around her.

After finding Emily the girls get directions on where to find Dr. Sullivan. They realized that A must have buried her alive the way Alison was and the girls quickly dig to save her. The girls are shocked to find a mannequin followed by the police surrounding them.

At the police station Ezra shows up. Ella informs him that she knows his secret and lets him know her disapproval and suggest he end things. Ezra tells her he's in love but soon realizes that Ella thinks he is involved with Spencer. Meanwhile the girls are upset to find out Wilden has been reinstated because of his evidence.  Jenna and Garret are thrilled that their plan to take down the girls is working and that Jason has no idea they were the ones who gave him that note the night Alison went missing. Wilden informs them that the shovel Alison was killed with was the one they were using tonight, and the girls realize A left them the shovel purposely to frame them. Garret then has Jenna burn the page 5 that proves how Alison died so there is no evidence against them. Jenna exclaims that Alison deserved to die.

At the end we see A eating with Dr. Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan assures that she did everything A asked. A hands her an envelope and an upset Dr. Sullivan walks away.

Pretty Little Liars does not disappoint in the finales! This episode hands down gets an A+! It answered so many questions yet it did not. Are we sure that Jenna and Garret killed Alison? It sounded like they were A but then they weren't! Looks like it'll be a long wait until 2012. But luckily ABC Family is airing a special Halloween prequel!

Degrassi: Take a Bow (Part 2)


"Congratulations class of 2011"

Tonight concluded the episode named after a Rihanna song. We said goodbye to another class of Degrassi students. 

Fiona wakes up late and is avoiding Holly J's calls. Her mother worries about her going to the graduation but Fiona assures her she's fine. Fiona is hiding her empty wine bottles from her mother. Fiona arrives at the graduation full of resentment for Holly J leaving her. Holly J is angry at her for being selfish and informs her that she is getting her surgery the night of prom and will not be able to attend. Fiona leaves as Holly J gives her emotional valedictorian speech for the class of 2011 and the graduates receive their diplomas. She later runs into Charlie who catches her with alcohol. Fiona confides her fears about Holly J leaving her alone and confesses that she let Mr. Tuxedo Pants out of her apartment. Charlie berates her and tells her that she pushes people away. Fiona takes her advice and surprises Holly J at the hospital where she apologizes for her selfishness. Holly J is tired of fixing problems for other people so Fiona surprises her when Anya and Chantay show up to celebrate prom early. The girls take a fun limo ride through the city that leads them to Degrassi. The girls decide to leave their mark on Degrassi by leaving their hand prints in the cement. Fiona confesses to drinking the night before but assures them that she's better now. Fiona smiles as her friends leave their hand prints and initials so Degrassi never forgets them. The next day Fiona goes to apologize to Charlie and finds out that the cat is now safe at home. Fiona then informs her that she'll be missing prom as well because she's going back to rehab.

Anya breaks the news to Riley that she's going to prom with Owen now. Later Riley's mother accepts and comes to terms with the fact that he is gay.

Katie and Marisol prepare for the future running student council. Katie worries about having sex with Drew. He soon happily informs her that he is STI free and invites her over to watch movies in his basement. Katie has Marisol crash the movie date to avoid having sex with Drew. By the end of the night Drew has had enough and asks Marisol to leave. Katie confesses that she is not ready for sex and Drew informs her that he invited her over to meet his mother because she's important to him. The two go upstairs to get to talk more with his mother. The next day Katie informs Drew that Bianca signed up for Grade 9 orientation and she does not know whether or not to trust her. After Katie steps away Drew declines a phone call from Bianca.

Annie Clark and Charlotte Arnold gave great performances in this episode. It was surprising to see an absence of the Owen and Anya story, but it seemed like a good choice given the graduation story. We said goodbye to the seniors as we know them. This episode gets an A and is probably one of the better Degrassi graduation episodes. It is almost the end of Degrassi: Now or Never!

Tomorrow: Dead and Gone (Part 1)


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

SPOILERS: Degrassi, The Lying Game, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill!


Ooh big round up for the spoilers today! Chad Michael Murray might not be the only one returning for the One Tree Hill final season! Will Chuck have new love on Gossip Girl? What's next on The Lying Game? And Degrassi is doing an hour long Halloween special that might be fun for Eli fans!

http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/spoiler_chat_exclusive_scoop_on_gossip/260795?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-tvnews&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_tvnews

Sneak Peeks of Pretty Little Liars Summer Finale!


In Rosewood it seems that everytime a question is answered, four more pop up. Tonight is expected to be no different. It's the summer finale of Pretty Little Liars! Dr. Sullivan is missing, A is more dangerous than ever, and we expect a shocking cliff hanger to hold us on edge until 2012!

Check out these sneak peeks we've collected for tonight's episode!


The Pretty Little Liars summer finale "Over My Dead Body" airs tonight on ABC Family and MuchMusic!


Monday, August 29, 2011

Degrassi: Take a Bow (Part 1)

"Where lesbianpromdate.com?"

Tonight kicked off the FINAL week of Degrassi: Now or Never with an episode named after a Rihanna song. We are dealing with character's past, present, and futures.


Even though Fiona is not graduating she is still excited to be going to prom with her friends... if she can find a date. Fiona runs into Charlie and gets invited to an upcoming art show of hers. Fiona cannot help but notice how fine Charlie seems to be doing post break up. Things get more complicated when she finds out Holly J and Anya will be bringing dates. She attempts to ask Eli to be her date but he is already planning on being a server with Adam at the prom. She later goes to Charlie and apologizes for what happened with their break up. Charlie assures her that everything is fine between them, she's just upset that she cannot keep her cat (Mr. Tuxedo Pants) at her Mom's. Fiona offers to take him in and then invites Charlie to prom, which she accepts. Holly J does not approve of her decision, but Fiona insists that it's platonic. Fiona shows up to the art show and sees the painting that Charlie did of her. She later buys the painting from the woman selling when Charlie steps away. Later Charlie introduces the woman as her girlfriend Meredith. An upset Fiona grabs alcohol as she leaves the show. Fiona cries as she drinks at home with Mr. Tuxedo Pants at her side. She feels alone and unloveable and pushes the cat out of her home then continues to drink.

Anya has been accepted into the army and is excited to leave for basic training. Riley points out the demanding training she is about to go through. Later he invites her to the prom. She later runs into Owen and assures him she's off cocaine before she asks for his help training. She struggles to keep up during the work out but does not quit. Eventually Owen gets Anya into good shape for the training. The two discuss their break up and he tells her how much he likes her when she's off cocaine and confident. She later shows off her new uniform to Owen and proclaims that she now feels willing to wear it. Owen kisses her and tells her that they need to make the most of the time they have left together and request to be her date to the prom.

Katie is upset that Drew will not accept her best friend Marisol. Drew later praises her for her loyalty to Marisol and the two plan to go to prom together. Later Marisol suggest that Drew is going to want sex after prom. Katie worries as she is no where near ready for sex. She later goes to question him about STI's and accidentially suggests that she wants to have sex with him soon. Drew is excited and Katie lets him believe that she's ready for sex.

So far this looks to be a promising episode with a lot of emotions. Annie Clark is giving some of her best performing. We will post a review along with the recap of part 2 tomorrow.

Tomorrow: Take a Bow (Part 2)

Degrassi Sneak Peek!



Nothing big or major spoiling. But it does give a way a small surprise from Take a Bow (Part 2) which will air tomorrow night. A very emotional scene with Charlotte Arnold (Holly J) and Annie Clark (Fiona).

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Degrassi-Exclusive-Video-1036808.aspx

Degrassi airs Monday-Thursday on TeenNick and MuchMusic.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Degrassi: Don't Panic (Part 2)

"You're dead to me!"


Ms. Oh confronts Katie about her rumored bulimia, and as school protocol she has to set up a meeting with the guidance counselor. Katie tells Marisol to tell everyone it's not true because she's stopped purging but Marisol refuses. Later Katie is a guest on Mano a Mano with Dave and Adam where they use a lie detector app to help her prove that Marisol is lying. Unfortunately for her the app informs them that Katie is lying when she denies her eating disorder. A very stressed out Katie attempts to prep for the Q&A in hopes of saving her campaign but instead begins stuffing her face with chips. She later goes to purge in the toilet and Marisol finds her crying in the stall. Katie lashes out at Marisol and informs her that she's dead to her and leaves an upset Marisol in the bathroom. Katie later confesses to Drew that at soccer camp she tried to lose weight and that led to her bulimia, and informs him that she still desires to purge. Drew is still into Katie and pushes her not to give up on the election. Marisol, Mo and Katie face off in the election where Marisol tells everyone she made up the accusation and withdraws to throw her support behind Katie. Later Dave and Adam announce the new school president is Katie Matlin! Katie promises to be Degrassi's greatest president and appoints her vice president/BFF Marisol Lewis. Drew does not appear to be pleased by Katie jumping back into her friendship with Marisol. The next day he informs Katie that he does not like Marisol and if she's around he will not be.

Eli and Jake are working on their sweat lodge project and Eli uses the opportunity to attempt a bond. Jake tells him their problem regarding a movie she wanted to see but declines Eli's advice. Eli later confides in Fiona who jokingly advises him to lock them in a room until they get along which Eli takes seriously. Eli and Fiona later trap Clare and Jake in the sweat lodge until they get along. Eli then confesses to them that he has bipolar disorder and asks them to work through their problems. Clare confesses that she's more worried about how Jake will react to future problems. Eli pushes them together and they declare their love for each other. Jake and Clare make up and Jake thanks Eli for his help. The next day Jake confesses that he still loves Clare but has to let her go. He makes his next stop to apologize to Imogen. She's still upset with him but accepts his invitation to meet for coffee.

Sav hints to Mo about his kiss with Ms. Oh. He makes things awkward when he later yells at her class for not listening to her. Sav later apologizes and Ms. Oh reminds him that nothing can happen between them. Later Mr. Simpson calls them both into his office to discuss the rumors about their relationship. He knows how it feels to have similar rumors so gives them the benefit of the doubt. Sav takes the fall and says he spread the rumor to impress people which lands him in detention until graduation. She later slips him her number with a note to hang out after he graduates.

The overall storylines for this episode were pretty good but the timing just did not seem right for this close to the ending of Now or Never. There was not anything really exciting going on and it all seemed like it could have been more intense. This episode gets a B and we are now down to the FINAL week!!!

Next Week: Two part episodes "Take a Bow" and "Dead and Gone"

WARNING: The promo may give away a HUGE twist in the final episode!


Video Interview with Raymond Ablack and Cory Lee!



Hollywood Life recently interviewed Cory Lee and Raymond Ablack (Ms. Oh and Sav) about the new "Sinnie" relationship brewing between their characters. The also discuss the speculation that the story would happen between Ms. Oh and Dave.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Degrassi: Don't Panic (Part 1)

"May the best girl win"
Tonight premiered the episode named after a Coldplay song. There is a race for the new school president! Meanwhile the current pres is romancing a teacher!



Katie is running for school president and her BFF Marisol is by her side. Marisol has no idea what's been going on with Drew and Katie and asks Katie to try and set her up with Drew since she's liked Drew all year. Katie worries about how Marisol will react to her new romance with Drew. Katie tells Marisol that Drew is just interested in someone else, however Marisol overhears the real conversation between Drew and Katie. Marisol makes a last minute decision to throw her hat in the ring for school president to get revenge. Katie worries that the popular Marisol will win. Katie wants to try to talk things out with her BFF. Drew tries to get Katie to eat a burger that he brought for her but she declines. Marisol tells her the only way to make things right is to end things with Drew. Katie tries to break up with Drew but he talks her into staying together. Things turn ugly during the final speeches when Marisol bad mouths Katie and Katie responds by calling out Marisol for taking KC from his "Baby Mama" Jenna. Later that day Marisol reminds Katie of all the things Drew doesn't know, especially her "problem" that Marisol swore she'd never tell anyone about. During taekwondo, Katie asks Drew why he likes her, and he tells her that she's seen him at his worst and he needs her. Marisol interupts to drop the bomb about Katie's bulimia. Drew does not believe it, but Katie is still clearly ashamed.


Eli watches his video from the play during his therapy session. He hates what he did and dreads going back to school. He has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Eli makes a list of people he needs to apologize to, starting with the girl he needs on his side the most... his new friend Fiona. Eli gives her a trophy for her acting in the play and Fiona forgives him. Eli attempts to apologize to Jake but he will not accept which frustrates Eli. He later calls his therapist to get advise on how to deal with Jake. She tells him that he's done his part and needs to move on. He later sees Jake and Clare fighting and makes it his new mission to help Jake be a better boyfriend for Clare. In class Eli arranges to be partner's with Jake for their history project.

Sav helps Mo pass out his fliers for school president, Ms. Oh walks over to suggest some good music for him to listen to. Mo keeps insisting that Ms. Oh is into Sav. Sav later tells her the music inspired him to change some songs and wants her help finishing it. After she helps Sav, she plays her own song for Sav. She stops in the beginning of the song (when it becomes clear it's about Sav) and walks out. She returns later and tells him that they should stop spending time together. She confesses her feelings for Sav but feels she should drop them since she's his teacher. Sav walks over and kisses her.
So far this episode is looking good. We are seeing a real storyline for Katie and Marisol for the first time. We will post our review with the recap of part 2 tomorrow.

Tomorrow: Don't Panic (Part 2)

Pretty Little Liars: I Must Confess



"And I'm the first person you've told about this?"

Emily hasn't slept in weeks and she keeps getting texts from "A". Hanna wakes up that morning to see Emily is missing. The girls find Emily's phone she left behind and see that "A" is now trying to force her to rat on Aria and Ezra's relationship. Emily runs to Dr. Sullivan's office ready to talk, but to her surprise all of her friends have beat her there. The four discuss the situation and Dr. Sullivan asks what's going on. The girls fill her in on everything, with a few exceptions such as what happened with Jenna. Emily later spends the evening with Hanna's mother and the two chat about their lives. It turns out it's not Samara that Emily has been missing, when she meets up for a dinner with Maya. The two catch up and Emily informs her on how much things have changed, such as her mother. Emily apologizes for how things were the first time around with them.

Hanna gets some of Spencer's old horse books as a gift to her stepsister as a peace offering. Hanna's grandmother comes to town for the dinner. Hanna's father wants her to give a toast along with Kate at the dinner, but her grandmother suggest she skip it, she wants Hanna's parents back together. The night of the dinner, her grandmother is very cold to Isabel. Hanna and Kate decide to make peace and put the past behind them. Kate shares vodka with Hanna as they prepare for their speech. Kate continues getting Hanna to drink more and more through the night. Kate steps out and leaves Hanna alone with Isabel's dress which she later throws up on, this pleases Kate. Her father finds out and berates her for trying to sabotage the wedding, as it turns out Kate just gave a completely sober speech. Her grandmother defends her and when Kate comes in to taunt Hanna, Hanna's grandmother dumps out Kate's purse to find the vodka. She shows Hanna that Kate was drinking water the whole time. Hanna swears her revenge against Kate.

Toby is working at Jason's house when he spots Jenna kissing Garret in his car outside. He later shares this information with Spencer. The two are making out in his truck at night when they see shadows watching them from the window of Jason's house. Spencer storms out to confront them while Toby chases after her. She is stunned to see her father coming out of the DiLaurentis house. Spencer questions why he's there but he won't tell her. He yells at Toby for getting Spencer involved and orders Spencer to go home. But to his dismay Spencer gets in Toby's truck and the two drive off. When she gets home her father tells her that the DiLaurentis family hired him to change their grandmother's will to include Jason, as she had cut him out and left it all to Alison. They feared it would make him look like a suspect. Spencer has a flashback to Alison questioning Hanna's grandmother about what it would take to make a grandmother disown her grandchild. Spencer realizes Alison went to Georgia to get Jason out of the will. Spencer wants to go to the police but her father cannot risk losing his career. Spencer asks what the DiLaurentis family has on them, but he will not answer anymore questions.

Aria's parents are worried about Mike and arguing with how to deal. That night Aria tries to get Mike to come down to help with dinner, but he is busy on his computer. When his mother comes up he tries to kick them out of the room. His mother tries to take his computer and the two break out into a struggle that ends with Ella hurting her hand and Mike storming out. Ella begs Aria not to tell her father what happened. Aria now struggles with keeping another secret for another parent. Aria later sees Mike crying and consoles him as he worries about his mother and himself. Aria comes down and tells her parents that she cannot keep anymore secrets. Mike follows her down the stairs to talk to his parents.

Dr. Sullivan gives a talk at the school to talk about cyber bullying and hints to "A" that damage that can happen if they continue to harass the girls. The girls get paranoid but realize it was time to speak up. As they walk out Jenna taunts the girls and reminds them what a bully Alison was. Later while leaving her office, Dr. Sullivan gets a phone call that keeps replaying her voice from her session with the girls. The cops show up to look for signs of bugging but come up empty handed. Garret is on the scene and asks for the names of the patients from the session but Dr. Sullivan tells them it's confidential. Dr. Sullivan goes through the girl's files and then checks out one more and realizes another one of her patients is "A". She calls Emily to get the other girls to meet at her office so she can reveal "A"'s identity once and for all. The girls show up to see no sign of Dr. Sullivan. They get a text from "A" saying "The Doctor is out".

At the end we see "A" grabbing a few things from the office including the hidden microphone.

This episode had family, rivalry, love, and of course the never ending mystery surrounding "A" and Alison's death. This episode gets an A and next week is the summer finale!