Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 36 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Your Body Will Know
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.07.2014
Mona: "Care to see me squeeze blood from a stone?"Ezra: "Who needs a stone for that? C'mere."
"Let me tell you what I've learned about Rosewood High, Miss Vanderwaal. Fear, I have found, is the #1 motivator. Not love of knowledge, fear. Fear of failure, fear of being discovered, fear of liking the wrong person. You figured that out, and somewhere along the way, you dumped all that fear. And that's what makes you special."
Mona: "Uh, what is this? I feel like you're doing a scary spell on me."
Ezra: "Makes you special, makes you vulnerable. Fear is a fucking great thing, Miss Vanderwaal. It keeps you from underestimating people. Keeps you from making mistakes, thinking you can push harder than you should."
(Mona: "Are you literally threatening my life right now?"
Ezra: "I am literally threatening your life right now.")
Do you remember The Hills? My favorite part of that -- besides anything having to do with Justin Bobby, and of course that last crane shot in the finale -- was this one time Heidi went over to Lauren's, when Lauren said the thing about "I want to forgive you and I want to forget you," which whatever, but: For the first time in her life Heidi took in her surroundings -- LC's liquid eyeliner welling up, ready to spill; Lo in the kitchen, sharpening her knives -- and just abruptly fucking bailed.
Snatched that purse and was halfway to the door, in one fluid motion: "Okay well it was nice talking to you bye" and then just like, a metaphorical barstool spinning under where she just was. Papers slowly floating down, like a Sylvester cartoon. Gorgeous. Sometimes you gotta bail out. I think about doing that, but I don't have the presence of mind to ever do anything other than what I am currently trying to do. I do think about it all the time, even though it was so long ago you may or may not have seen the show.
Anyway, that's what Mona does right now. Ezra has, impossibly, scared the shit out of her -- just by praising her bravery and intelligence in a frightening way. So wonderful, so wonderful. I've never been more into it.
CALEB
Hanna: "So she says she fucking talks to Ali, in her dreams? What is that?"
Caleb: "All of you have done that, no?"
Hanna: "No! I mean, ghosts! Ghosts of a non-dead person I can't talk to you about."