Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 37 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT What We Pretend To Be
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 08.20.2013
He starts the truck just as Spencer is noting the coincidence of the money and the shoe both showing up on the same day, and then is gobsmacked by a recording of his mother singing that "Any Time" song on the CD player! That is some quality mindfucking, A. I find myself twice as into this storyline as I was a moment ago.
Spencer is all weirded out and starts crying along with him, begging him to stop it playing, and it's pretty compelling: "There's more where this came from," says the CD. No kisses, though. I hope we figure out why A or the new A says "kisses" all the time, it's fascinating.
THE BREW
Hanna's fussing with her purse when Travis comes in, ordering only a water. She has no time for your bullshit, of course, so she immediately threatens him in every way she can think of and then stomps off, with one last hilarious scornful head shake at the door, like, "I am so disappointed in you, strange boy." Tut-tut. I am intently fascinated by all of this. What is happening? Why is Travis here, what is he doing? What is his agenda? Why is he staring at Hanna all day today? To what end, Travis?
HAUNTED TRUCK
Toby: "Well, just because every visit to Dr. Palmer only makes me sadder and crazier doesn't mean I can come up with something better. For I am Toby, the person who only has one plan at a time. Perhaps Dr. Palmer, who can't remember his own name, will somehow be able to remember where CDs of psychiatric sessions from years ago are stored."
Spencer: "Toby, are you familiar with the concept of the unreliable narrator? That dude is crazy as shit. And trust me, I know crazy. But also, this is classic A. She was probably hoping you'd crash this truck when you heard it, not just start blubbering like usual."
Toby: "Are you coming with or not?"
Spencer: "Not. I have a hoedown. And a crawlspace to crawl into."
He dials Dr. Palmer immediately, and she's like, "Do you really not see that you are doing totally A-Team stuff right now? You are doing exactly what you have been doing this whole time. Like literally I am watching you be on the A-Team. We can prove CeCe is A, and then it's all-Marion, all the time, but until we are safe this is just divide-and-conquer BS. You are quickly becoming a liability."
Knowing better than to challenge her, Toby hangs up. But you know his ass'll just call them the second her back is turned, the better to walk mournfully and doggedly into some fresh hell or another. My hope is that Marion Cavanaugh neither suicided nor was murdered, and in fact was moved to Ravenswood, an in-between place that secretly our world is their heaven. I want to say that Ravenswood has its own Radley, and it is the Ravenswood of our Radley, and there past the rec room, with its many record players each warped subtly to a different pitch, there is a room of giant stuffed rabbit dolls as tall as the ceiling, heads tipped over to one side, eyes ripped out, loose strings hanging.
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