Episodes 1.06 & 1.07: "Lions and Tigers and Bitches, Oh My!"

Don't Forget the Chickpeas

In this episode, we covered all things Homecoming: 1.07, “There’s No Place Like Homecoming”, and 1.08, “The Homecoming Hangover”. We discuss Ella missing lacrosse games, Melissa potentially poisoning former Homecoming Queens, and Deepa’s extensive literary analysis of two books referenced in the show. We also go on some truly unnecessary tangents, and then play a classic PLL game at the end!
Episode Transcript: Read it on Buzzsprout!
Chickpea Recipe: Creamy Cashew Kale & Chickpeas from Vegangela!
Fashion Analysis: Our best and worst outfits!
Literary Analysis

• In the scene in 1.07 where Sara Shepard cameos as a substitute English teacher, she is writing questions on the blackboard about Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
• In 1.07, Aria is reading a book Ezra gave to her, which is Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
• Deepa found an essay that somehow managed to link the two, despite having nothing to do with PLL, and also has interesting analysis of Anderon’s work: “On My Obsession With Sherwood Anderson”, by Bruce Falconer for Humanities

Things We Referenced Actually Related to PLL:

• Pretty Little Wine Moms, aka the PLL rewatch podcast hosted by Lesley Fera, Holly Marie Combs, and Nia Peeples (Veronica Hastings, Ella Montgomery, and Pam Fields, respectively) in 2020 – which is tragically no longer available on the internet! (If you have copies of the episodes, PLEASE let us know)
• Diego Boneta’s song “Siempre Tú”, which plays during the scene where Alex and Spencer are dancing in the kitchen

Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL:

• My Fake Boyfriend, starring Keiynan Lonsdale, Dylan Sprouse, and Sarah Hyland
  • Deepa was wrong, it is available (in the U.S. at least) on Amazon Prime, not on Netflix!
  • Here’s the trailer – if anyone watches it, let us know how it is lol
• Memes about funny series of events
  • The 9/11 → My Chemical Romance → Twilight → Fifty Shades of Gray series of events
  • Apparently the timeline does not actually work out to be causal for the Jensen Ackles’s homophobia → Jughead’s “I’m a weirdo” speech in Riverdale series of events, but it’s still hilarious
• Rent and the dinner order during “La Vie Boheme”

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