Pretty Little Liars

I used to watch this show, and for the first few seasons it held my interest. But come ON---I don't even care who "A" is anymore. Talk about milking a single plot! I finally stopped watching since the plot just kept getting more and more confusing and ridiculous, with references to characters and things that happened years ago suddenly coming back with no rhyme or reason, endless new bizarre and nonsensical twists and turns, and the always omni-present "A" who seems to know everyone's thoughts and actions while simultaneously thwarting attempts to uncover his/her identity. A decent show that the writers messed up in a big way! If you watch this show, you need a scorecard to keep track of the zillions of characters bouncing in and out at random.

Season One: 9/10

Season Two: 8/10

Themes: Drama, High School, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, Missing Person, Lgbtq+, Lesbian, Crime Solving, Anonymous Bully, Teacher-Student Relationship & Blackmail.

Top five characters: 1) Spencer Hastings, 2) Caleb Rivers, 3) Hanna Marin, 4) Emily Fields and 5) Toby Cavanaugh.

From the first episode I was hooked. This became my new guilty pleasure and it sometimes hurts waiting for the next episode every week. I have never read the books, and I don't want to start now in fear that I'll spoil it for myself. Here are some reasons why you should watch Pretty Little Liars.

Great Cast! - The casting was really done well. Although Spencer does look a bit older than the rest of the girls, it still is great. They all have great chemistry with each other on screen, it really makes it believable. I believe every single one of these girls its crazy, and I am like on the edge of my seat wondering who is "A".

Great Story! - At the end of each episode i get mad! Its like damn gotta wait another week for another one. Its so addicting. It really is, just watch it.

Secret Life is a mess, This is A lot BETTER!!! This should be on Mondays instead of Tuesdays!

Who's A? Could it be this person? No. It's actually this other person. Just kidding! It's another person! Could it be this other person you barely remember?

This is a fun watch. The main characters are all likable and get some great development over the course of the series. The series gets very formulaic and repetitive over time. By the end of season 6, where they finally revealed A, I did not care anymore. The seasons are long and there are some really fun twists and turns, but this could have benefitted from shorter seasons. The teacher-student relationship was extremely creepy and it was gross that they dragged it on for the entire series.

I'd give this show an 8 out of 10 because as many faults as it has, I can't help but watch. I was extremely disappointed with the first episode. They introduced way to many characters all at once. I understand that a lot of those people were important to the story line but it would have been better if they did it differently. After that I found little interest in the show and only caught bits while channel switching, but after hearing all the hype I decided to watch some of the later episodes. Despite how unbelievable they were..I was hooked! I could not wait for the next season and so far I've been pretty impressed. The story line has been okay, definitely far better than Secret Life, but how long is this going to happen? I mean the whole point of the show is figuring out who A is, which I'm assuming won't be until the last episode. So how many seasons are these girls going to be able to run around getting threatening text messages? Im not sure where they are going with the story but I'm interested in seeing what happens.