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
What I mean is, while I realize Aria's outfits appear somewhat catch-as-catch-can to the casual observer, we know she puts a lot of effort into creating whatever effect it is she thinks she's creating with her fashions.
DILAURENTIS
Emily: "Uh, Toby needs to quit trusting A. That's idiotic."
Spencer: "Yeah, well. You know Toby."
Emily: "Go get the rest of my shit from the bathroom so we can get outta here forever."
Paige texts again about the hoedown, but Emily and her gorgeous hair are not interested at this time. She looks over at the vanity, and sees something insane! It is a nail polish bottle full of…
FLASHBACK
Ali was blowing on Emily's toes after applying a coat of hideous turquoise that matches both Aria's boots and Emily's shirt in the flashback, and then she ordered Emily to dump Ben and his blue-green blueballs. Kick him to the curb, or else.
Emily: "I mean, sometimes it feels right... Like in the screaming corner of my mind where Pam taught me to live, just like her mom did to her. Or if I close my eyes and think about Angelina Jolie."
Alison: "You don't make decisions, that's what you end up with. The mushy squash, the steamer tray leftovers at the buffet."
And she said the most beautiful thing: "Stop taking care of everyone but yourself. You need to be careful at what you're good at, hon, because you'll spend the rest of your life doing it."
That is awesome. I had to take a ten-minute breather after she said that just because of how amazing it is. That's the most "are you hurt or are you injured"-brilliant thing anybody on TV has said in a while. I mean, it's amazing because that's now Emily's story -- if you aren't good at what you're good at, then your life is empty, or at least full of emptiness -- but also, what a profound statement. Be careful what you're good at, because you're going to be doing it forever.
I tend to express it as, your behavior only ever follows your priorities, so if you just worry about changing your behavior, you're going to be angry with and disappointed in yourself a lot of the time. We make our most optimistic plans on our best days for our best days, but it's our worst days that we're weak. We have this idea that changing the behavior -- sternly forcing the diet, the regimen, whatever it is; sternly listening to NPR even when it's super boring, even -- is a better way to be because it hurts more, which I think is insane. That's spiritual anorexia.
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