Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 66 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Piste Off, Or: The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 20 | Aired on 02.18.2014
I mention this mostly because I think about borderline stuff a lot with this show, but also because the Spencer episode in particular illustrates an often under-addressed part of this scenario, which is that part of being crazy is being stuck in the thought that you are crazy, when what's really happening is that every problem started out as a solution, and what you think is "crazy" is really just a no-longer-necessary tool out of context. So are you going to bleed for that? Or just see it as scaffolding -- for what you built, and are building -- that you no longer need? The painting would look a lot prettier if you lost all that masking tape.
At root, Spencer trying to turn this speed intervention into an Ezra intervention is exactly as short-sighted as the Liars are saying it is. The proof comes a little later in the episode, when she starts pulling directly from the Junkie Playbook, but the flags are up now: Once you start pulling disordered shit like this, nobody else can help you, because getting told you are crazy just underlines what you already knew, and most therapies are helpless against that kind of confirmation bias. Spencer isn't wrong, but that doesn't make her right either.
GRILLE
Mikey: "I bet you were such a cute baby!"
Mona: "No, I was born wearing glasses."
Mikey: "That's adorable. I've always been physically pretty perfect. All of my problems are on the inside."
Mona: "It's so fun being on this normal date with normal you!"
Mikey: "Are we in love? Is this love? Can you please be in love with me?"
Mona: "Simmer down, Thirsty. I'll be right back."
Mona: "Ezra, what are you doing here at the Applewood Grille? I am on a date with a child, and would like zero of your nonsense."
Ezra: "Here is some of my nonsense. Say thank you."
Mona: "Thank you."
Ezra: "Sir."
Mona: "Don't push it. But also please don't murder me."
LOVE IS A DRUG
Paige and Hanna nosh on pizza and talk about their friend's drug addiction and this book of murder evidence they keep trading with a serial killer. Justgirlythingz.
Liars: "Aria said she was staying home, but isn't it more likely that she's being murdered? Oh well."