Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Cyberwolf: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
By Jacob Clifton | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 07.12.2011
Spencer: "I've decided that A is trying to keep us going in circles so we can't ever lay Alison to rest -- and we cannot negotiate with that kind of terrorism. The years will pass by and we'll just continue to be scared and crazy, and at some point Therapy Anne is going to be correct. We will be obsessed. And it occurred to me, looking at that dead body, that possibly we've already reached that point. Do you not remember how fucking insane I went last week? Red flag, Fields."
Emily: "But the truth!"
Spencer: "You cannot bring her back. By acting crazy like me, you are not going to bring her back. I know that's what it's about for you but seriously. I need to worry about my family and the Liars and Toby. Alison can rot."
Aria: "Ezra! This funeral is like a date! A chance for us to be together in public!"
Ezra: "I don't see anything insane about that, at all."
Ella: "Ezra, why are you here?"
Aria, psychically: "Tell her! Tell her that we are in love. I couldn't possibly do it myself, for reasons that are clear only to me!"
Ezra: "I'm trying to be a good teacher and support the children. Certainly not here to hold hands with your daughter if that's what you're suggesting."
Byron: "Come sit with us, fellow magister. And not with our daughter."
Aria: "Aw, nuts."
Emily: "Hey Garrett, can I lay some insane paranoia on you?"
Garrett: "Yeah, that seems appropriate at this funeral."
Emily: "Okay, well, it wasn't Ian that hired Logan Reed. It was a woman."
Garrett: "Well I'm sure it was a sighted woman. Anyway, let's go bury that killer, okay?"
Emily: "Thanks, authority figure. I knew I could count on you for the first time ever on this show."
They bury the bastard. Nobody cries. Melissa drools. Ashley looks bored and thinks about her dad. The Liars try to feel some sense of justice. Then they throw dirt on the coffin instead, and wipe the dirt off their hands -- that whole thing was awesomely done -- and then Aria spots, off in the distance, Jason DiLaurentis. He is not wearing black, but I guess he's thinking about justice too.
It's so weird because you know the show is not over and it's always something with this show, but like if you could just pretend and see it the way they see it: The end of the story of Alison's death. How relieved their parents must feel; how bad Spencer's mom must feel. How hard it would be -- how hard you would be trying -- to be sad for Melissa Hastings. How hard they're all trying, to believe that it's really over. That they found the right answer, finally, by never giving up, and the whole town forgave them, and they're back to just being the friends of the girl who died.