Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Don't Get Too Comfortable
By Jacob Clifton | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aired on 06.12.2012
Hanna: "Mona, I didn't come here to play beauty shop. I came here because I know there is a person still in there. I know you've been hurt, but so have I. And I still am. Trust me, you're not the first person to hurt me, Mona. And you're certainly not the last."
Mona: "Huh. So you're getting them again? The texts?"
Hanna: "Wha?"
Caleb: "Visiting hours are from 2:17 to 9:35 PM, at this particular mental hospital. Time to go!"
Hanna: "But the craziest thing just happened! Mona, are you in there? Are you talking about the A-Team? Mona answer me. Answer me, Mona."
Caleb: "Did you just... Imagine she was talking to you?"
Hanna: "No! It was quite real! Mona, I am coming back to see you, okay?"
Mona: (Unresponsive.)
Hanna: "Good one. That was a pretty good one, you old so-and-so."
And then the second she's gone, Mona pulls out some pilfered tweezers and stabs them slowly into her finger until it starts bleeding, because this show is fantastic.
ELLA
Ezra: "Knock knock. Like what you've done with my classroom. Are you teaching them other things besides To Kill a Mockingbird? I applaud your vision. Can we talk?"
Ella: "As long as it's not about Aria, freak."
Ezra: "No, it's about Emily..."
Ella: "Oh, for Christ's sake. Even the gay one now?"
Ezra: "I've been tutoring her, and..."
Ella: "Well that's ludicrous. But it explains where the 'if I just wish hard enough' bullshit came from, considering that's been Aria's entire plan of attack for convincing us about your relationship."
Ezra: "Anyway, I've been helping her with these exams, you know, and..."
Ella: "Spit it out, Fitz. Why are you here."
Ezra: "I think she might fail her exams due to being an alcoholic basket case surrounded by ghosts and predators, and I was just wondering."
Ella: "I can't believe you came within fifty yards of a high school to ask this, so I guess you really mean it. She did fine."
Ezra: "But like if you'd just let her retake it again..."
This is my second favorite part of the episode. You got your HMC on full blast, making every word of this next bit work overtime to let us know that she's letting him know what's going on, like in secret code she is telling him she cheated for Emily, but that she still isn't giving him the green light just because of dinner, but that he deserves a little reward for being such a kind and concerned former teacher, and pardon me but meanwhile I've got a whole divorce I'm dealing with, so any attempts to kiss my ass are not going to land because your drama does not compare to my drama right now, and just ... all these things at once. Just that ambiguity of, "Don't get too comfortable." So good.