Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
Pilot
Recap by: Katrina
Hello my readers and welcome to a very special blog post! Why is it special, you might ask? Because FreeForm has released the first EIGHTY FIVE SECONDS the PLL:P premiere!!! Are you ready? I know I am! Let's get to it!
Ava: Welcome to Beacon Heights University. Where excellence is not an option, it's a requirement.
As Ava speaks, shots of the school are shown and you can immediately tell this is one of the top schools in the fucking state of Oregon(something Ava touches on soon). We quickly go to the Music Hall where Dylan's parents are exiting while their son plays his intense fucking cello music.
Mrs. Walker: Don't stay up too late.
Mr. Walker: He's gonna be in there all night.
Can we take a minute to focus on Dylan's facial expressions as he's playing his cello? This is fucking intense, and it's almost a little intimidating. How hard does this dude work? And he's not even a bit flinched when he realizes his finger is fucking bleeding because he practically dug his fucking finger into the strings of the cello. Jesus Christ, dude.
Ava: Ranked as one of the most challenging schools in the U.S., student's here are the best and the brightest.
Ava: If you thought getting in was hard, keeping up is even harder.
Across the Campus, Caitlin is ready to fucking drop dead of a heart attack... I'm not even kidding, this girl has fucking sweat pouring down ALL OVER HER! Maybe we can think of something and take Dylan's intensity and Caitlin's sweat and forge it into something unbreakable... or something.
After Caitlin floods the entrance of Ava's dorm with her sweat, we see Ava trying her hardest to draw designs of clothes for her class and it's sadly not going so well. Don't you just fucking hate it when you're writing or coloring and the lead fucking snaps?
Ava: At BHU we'll do whatever we can to stay on top. We thrive under pressure, and strive for perfection. But no one's perfect. And the pressure is building to a breaking point.
After Ava's lead snaps, she ends up ripping up all her designs! UMM... I hope that wasn't for homework, Ava! Why the fuck would you rip up your homework for a design class because the lead snapped? Oh yeah, this is called Perfectionists, right? If this is a taste of the setting of this fucking show, then I have a feeling Ava, Dylan and Caitlin are gonna have so much fucking angst... God, I can see it all now.
The next few scenes are of the dead body(Gee, I wonder who gets killed...?) and the crime scene. Cops are flying everywhere, EMT's are rushing all over the place, the ambulance is getting ready to take the dead body to the lab for special testings... After the EMT zips up the body bag, which we TOOOOOTALLY have no idea who's in it...
Ava: And somebody is about to snap. And kill.
A taxi drives down the Portland bridge and it's revealed Alison DiLaurentis is in either a taxi or an uber... I don't know, my bets on a taxi.
Driver: What brings you to Oregon?
Alison: I'm joining the faculty at BHU.
Driver: Got any friends here?
Alison: Don't know a soul.
Alison digs into her purse and gets out her phone, revealing her wallpaper of herself and her twins. Poor Ali had to leave Emily and her kids behind to go travel... I can't imagine what that must feel like. Once she arrives at her new place, Alison looks around but immediately hears a fucking sound... Okay, it's been what... 5 minutes into this episode?(2mins and 32 secs) and she's already hearing creepy haunting sounds...Ick! She's looking around everywhere, but doesn't seem to find a soul... that is until she looks behind the basement door which she opened a second ago to find... Mona fucking van der Waal. Holding a fucking knife and some pie.
So basically, the gist for Mona is that she went to France with her frenchman, jailed up Mary and Alex, but somehow Mary and Alex escaped the Mona made dollhouse so Mona returned to the USA and studied game design for Hotchkiss, but then she got hired 10 months ago to be the college faculty selector... Okay you fucking lying bitch. Anyway, Mona explains to Alison about the school and stuff when Alison notices and interesting box with a glowing logo. Mona explains this is Beacon Guard, the highly sophisticated security system making BHU the safest campus in Oregon. Hmm... yeah, okay. Mona then offers to give Alison a tour of the campus the next day, and asks Alison to put the pie in the fridge, which Alison has the most hilarious and confused look on her face!
In class, Alison introduces herself as Granger's T.A. and she begins asking the class questions about the book. Dylan Walker, one of our Perfectionists, goes all gobblygook talking about...well..stuff. I'm moving on, I don't really care for this lecture lol. But then Alison turns the tables immediately making me a little interested... Calling upon Ava, she asks the Perfectionist about her thoughts to which she bullshits her answer, trying to slide by by using Dylan's answer... Um LOL girl, you gotta do better than that! Anyways, Caitlin joins the discussion giving us her thoughts about how the character's name, Justice, was subtle and it comes down to asking if it's okay to murder a murderer. Ali asks Caitlin this very question, and she responds that she would do it if the person hurt one of the people she loved, to which we meet... Nolan. Fucking. Hotchkiss.
Can I just say I fucking hate this douchebag? He's clearly a fucking obnoxious asshole who does nothing but manipulate the people around him. At the end of the class, Alison asks everyone to write a three page paper on how each of them relates to the characters, but she holds back Nolan to ask him why he thinks she knows about payback... Hmm... Nolan gives Ali a look and tells her that when his mother, Claire, meets and talks to Alison, she's gonna tell Ali she reminds her of Taylor. Umm, what? How creepy is this fucking family?! Why the fuck does Mona need Alison there?! What the FUCK is going on?!
Driver: What brings you to Oregon?
Alison: I'm joining the faculty at BHU.
Driver: Got any friends here?
Alison: Don't know a soul.
Alison digs into her purse and gets out her phone, revealing her wallpaper of herself and her twins. Poor Ali had to leave Emily and her kids behind to go travel... I can't imagine what that must feel like. Once she arrives at her new place, Alison looks around but immediately hears a fucking sound... Okay, it's been what... 5 minutes into this episode?(2mins and 32 secs) and she's already hearing creepy haunting sounds...Ick! She's looking around everywhere, but doesn't seem to find a soul... that is until she looks behind the basement door which she opened a second ago to find... Mona fucking van der Waal. Holding a fucking knife and some pie.
So basically, the gist for Mona is that she went to France with her frenchman, jailed up Mary and Alex, but somehow Mary and Alex escaped the Mona made dollhouse so Mona returned to the USA and studied game design for Hotchkiss, but then she got hired 10 months ago to be the college faculty selector... Okay you fucking lying bitch. Anyway, Mona explains to Alison about the school and stuff when Alison notices and interesting box with a glowing logo. Mona explains this is Beacon Guard, the highly sophisticated security system making BHU the safest campus in Oregon. Hmm... yeah, okay. Mona then offers to give Alison a tour of the campus the next day, and asks Alison to put the pie in the fridge, which Alison has the most hilarious and confused look on her face!
Once Alison's out of sight, Mona looks in the mirror to fix her hair and then she... she begins to talk to herself? Um what the fuck, is her mental illnesses coming back? Mona, are you okay??
The next day, Alison and Mona are going on the campus tour while they talk about the Hotchkiss family. Claire and Peter are the head of everything Hotchkiss, Nolan is their darling little boy while Taylor Hotchkiss is their now deceased daughter. Mona informs that Taylor committed suicide, which was Beacon Heights first ever shockwave... somehow I doubt that, but I'll leave it alone for now. Alison gains her suspicions on Mona, and when Alison finds out she's living in Taylor's old house, she fucking flips! "WHAT?!" Of course in Mona fashion, she tells Ali not to worry because the whole place has new furniture soooo... that's a plus?
In class, Alison introduces herself as Granger's T.A. and she begins asking the class questions about the book. Dylan Walker, one of our Perfectionists, goes all gobblygook talking about...well..stuff. I'm moving on, I don't really care for this lecture lol. But then Alison turns the tables immediately making me a little interested... Calling upon Ava, she asks the Perfectionist about her thoughts to which she bullshits her answer, trying to slide by by using Dylan's answer... Um LOL girl, you gotta do better than that! Anyways, Caitlin joins the discussion giving us her thoughts about how the character's name, Justice, was subtle and it comes down to asking if it's okay to murder a murderer. Ali asks Caitlin this very question, and she responds that she would do it if the person hurt one of the people she loved, to which we meet... Nolan. Fucking. Hotchkiss.
Can I just say I fucking hate this douchebag? He's clearly a fucking obnoxious asshole who does nothing but manipulate the people around him. At the end of the class, Alison asks everyone to write a three page paper on how each of them relates to the characters, but she holds back Nolan to ask him why he thinks she knows about payback... Hmm... Nolan gives Ali a look and tells her that when his mother, Claire, meets and talks to Alison, she's gonna tell Ali she reminds her of Taylor. Umm, what? How creepy is this fucking family?! Why the fuck does Mona need Alison there?! What the FUCK is going on?!
Outside, Nolan demands that Caitlin be at his house for dinner but when Caitlin insists she's busy, Nolan gets all manipulation mode. He makes her feel mega guilty to which she surrenders and tells him he'd be there, and THEN he demands that Dylan write Nolan and Ava's papers... WHAT THE FUCK?! Dylan responds that he can write Nolan's paper, but can't write Ava's because he's trying to claim a Summer Symphony chair. Ava tries to tell Nolan it's fine, that she can do her own paper, Nolan interrupts and starts to make Dylan feel all good and warm and tingly inside. "You're the SMARTEST guy I know, Dylan! You have to figure it out!" UGH DUDE, GO AWAY, KTHXBYE!!!
Caitlin talks to Dylan about how she thought this year would be different, that maybe Taylor's death would have bettered Nolan, but I guess it only made him worse. After offering to help Dylan, Dylan quickly declines Caitlin's offer and goes off to write the three papers, which are going to be nine total pages, for himself, Nolan and Ava. For fucks sake this show...
After a quick shot of the Beacon camera's spying on them, Alison catches up with Mona. Alison demands to know how the fuck Nolan could know about Alison, but Mona says she has no idea and swears she didn't tell Nolan or say anything to anyone about Alison and her past. Mona actually gets serious with Ali, telling her it's best that she stay away from Nolan at all costs and that Nolan doesn't belong at BHU.
Mona: By my calculations he could be dangerous. Just stay away from him, okay?
As Alison is grading the papers, she immediately notices there's some cheating going on. Dylan ended up using the same terminologies in each paper, but just rearranged the order of it all. Alison is also checking up on the policies for plagiarism since... you know... Dylan, Ava and Nolan are fucking cheating. YOU CAN'T FUCKING GET THROUGH BY CHEATING YOU DUMB LITTLE PERFECTIONISTS!! Seriously, it's high fucking time Ava get over her little fashionista delusions and actually...oh...I dunno... DO HER OWN WORK! Sorry guys, I... I got away from myself there for a little bit. After she's finished, she goes over to some of her boxes and unpacks some photos, which I noticed they blurred Emily's face out of the photo... So why can't Shay's picture be in the episode?? Huh, huh. huh?? Oh well, let's move on.
The next day... or whatever... A new guy enters the scenes and notices a sleeping Dylan. He looks to see what he's working on and to no surprise, it's the papers for Ava and Nolan. New guy is actually Andrew, Dylan's current boyfriend. Andrew is clearly not a fan of Nolan Hotchkiss, Or is he? Is it possible that Andrew and Nolan are actually friends? What if Nolan asked Andrew to become Dylan's boyfriend so Nolan can get access to top secret information?? Could that be possible?? It's whatever, because Dylan makes some excuse to immediately bail on Andrew and leaves to get to class. Okay so Andrew clearly knows what's going on, right? So if he isn't in cahoots with Nolan, why doesn't Andrew just go to the higher ups and tell them Nolan is doing bullshitty things to the Perfectionists? Because he doesn't want to get Dylan in trouble and therefore expelled? Huh? Huh?? HUH???
So across the ways, Caitlin is seen shacking it up with some really hot British guy!! This guy's name is Jeremy, and trust me when I tell you his accent is pure swoons worthy! Anyways, Caitlin is studying for a test... Latin, I think? And Jeremy is soooo supportive!! Seriously, this is the type of guy anyone wants as their boyfriend!(Just wait til his secrets come pouring out in future episodes...) The one thing Jeremy doesn't get is the thing that Andrew didn't get in the previous scene about Dylan... Why the fuck is Caitlin hanging out with Nolan Hotchkiss? Well let me answer that for you... BECAUSE HE'S FUCKING BLACKMAILING CAITLIN!!!! YEAH! THIS MOTHER FUCKING DICKWEED DOUCHEBAG IS BLACKMAILING HER WITH A PICTURE OF ONE OF HER MOMS CHEATING ON HER OTHER MOM WITH A MAN! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?! What, you couldn't just TELL YOUR WIFE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE MARRIED ANYMORE?! WHY WHY WHY???? AND AS FOR YOU NOLAN, HOW CAN YOU BE SO SICK AND TWISTED TO EVEN DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS?! JUST LET CAITLIN BE AND LET HER DATE JEREMY! YOU'RE NOT HER FUCKING PARENT YOU MONSTER!!!!!
As if I couldn't get enough of Nolan already... Back at Hotchkiss Estates, Ava and Nolan are hanging out. She's telling Nolan how bad she feels about Dylan doing all her work, but Nolan brushes it off... fucking pansy ass. Ava on the other hand is checking her YouTube analytics and she's apparently gotten 137k subs! You go, girl! Show us that YouTube plaque you got for 1000 subs!! No? Okay... Anyways, the gist of this fashionista delusions is that Ava is trying to do major damage control on her family name... Her father did some terrible shit, fucked over the Jalali name and Ava is using her fashion tips to fix it all up. Which, I'm sorry girl, but you do know whose Universe you were sucked into right? This is Pretty Little Liars, not My Little Ponies where you can find Ezra and Aria on the backs of the pink and orange ponies prancing around with key lime pie falling from the sky as rain... Sorry, but it's just not gonna happen.
It flashes back to Alison who finally has had enough of the wallpaper and starts ripping it off! YOU GO GIRL FINALLY!!! There's a lot of flashing going on between Nolan and Alison, but Nolan continues to talk to Big Bad, telling them things are getting extremely bad! Nolan begs Big Bad for their help, but Big Bad has had enough of Nolan's shit and OMFG HE..SHE..IT..BITCH... Finally flashing back to Alison, she finds a very scary message on the wall... Probably a threat Taylor received before she put up the wallpaper when the police sirens begin to go off!
When she arrives on the scenes, she quickly finds Mona who tells her Nolan Hotchkiss is a DEAD DEAD DEAD BITCH!!! And how did he die? Why, it was the way Caitlin described it in the woods! Pushed off the roof and impaled by the spikes off the fence! Alison surveys the scene when Ava, Dylan and Caitlin shows up. Ava is just heartbroken because she was soooo in love with Nolan, and Dylan is completely shocked because Caitlin's fantasy came true... Holy shit!
As if I couldn't get enough of Nolan already... Back at Hotchkiss Estates, Ava and Nolan are hanging out. She's telling Nolan how bad she feels about Dylan doing all her work, but Nolan brushes it off... fucking pansy ass. Ava on the other hand is checking her YouTube analytics and she's apparently gotten 137k subs! You go, girl! Show us that YouTube plaque you got for 1000 subs!! No? Okay... Anyways, the gist of this fashionista delusions is that Ava is trying to do major damage control on her family name... Her father did some terrible shit, fucked over the Jalali name and Ava is using her fashion tips to fix it all up. Which, I'm sorry girl, but you do know whose Universe you were sucked into right? This is Pretty Little Liars, not My Little Ponies where you can find Ezra and Aria on the backs of the pink and orange ponies prancing around with key lime pie falling from the sky as rain... Sorry, but it's just not gonna happen.
God fucking dammit, this guy just makes me want to heat up a frying pan on the stove and smack it in his fucking face... He's sooo good with his words and Ava's just eating it all up. Does this bitch actually like Nolan?! Does Nolan actually like her?! UGGGH! Ava decides to go for a swim and Nolan of course joins her... he takes off her top and he probably took off his shorts and they most likely had sex in the pool. Let's be real, this is Nolan Hotchkiss we're talking about, so he's likely not even gonna call the cleaners since by the end of this episode he's gonna be... Um... you know what, let's just continue okay?
Inside, Nolan is drying off when we're introduced to the most BIGGEST FUCKING BITCH OF BEACON HEIGHTS!(Love you, Kelly!!) Ladies and Gents, meet Claire Hotchkiss, the leader and CEO of Hotchkiss Industries(No word or sighting of Peter Hotchkiss unless he goes by the alias of Peter Hastings...) Claire had the privilege of seeing Ava as she was leaving much to Claire's own amusement. Guys, this bitch is the reason why Nolan is the way he is! He learned to smooth talk his way out of shit from HIS MOTHER, he learned how to manipulate people from HIS MOTHER, he fucking learned to stalk and spy on people... FROM. HIS. MOTHER!!! Clearly Claire is the fucking Ultimate Antagonist in this fucking show. After Claire and Nolan finishes up talking, Claire sneaks into the library or office, whatever, and contacts Jillian, the head of Security(No it's really Jillian, she doesn't get introduced until next week... blah) and asks for access to BH-05. This is a secret code to spy on her son and all his suspicious activities! Ooh, Claire, spying on your own son? How scandalous!
Inside, Nolan is drying off when we're introduced to the most BIGGEST FUCKING BITCH OF BEACON HEIGHTS!(Love you, Kelly!!) Ladies and Gents, meet Claire Hotchkiss, the leader and CEO of Hotchkiss Industries(No word or sighting of Peter Hotchkiss unless he goes by the alias of Peter Hastings...) Claire had the privilege of seeing Ava as she was leaving much to Claire's own amusement. Guys, this bitch is the reason why Nolan is the way he is! He learned to smooth talk his way out of shit from HIS MOTHER, he learned how to manipulate people from HIS MOTHER, he fucking learned to stalk and spy on people... FROM. HIS. MOTHER!!! Clearly Claire is the fucking Ultimate Antagonist in this fucking show. After Claire and Nolan finishes up talking, Claire sneaks into the library or office, whatever, and contacts Jillian, the head of Security(No it's really Jillian, she doesn't get introduced until next week... blah) and asks for access to BH-05. This is a secret code to spy on her son and all his suspicious activities! Ooh, Claire, spying on your own son? How scandalous!
Over at Andrew and Dylan's, Dylan is working on a piece but it's just...not...Perfect. Andrew comes in after some grocery shopping, and immediately falls in love with it, but Dylan just isn't having it! This is a short scene so basically, Andrew ended up applying for a Summer internship with some guy named John P Haul or something or another..? Well, I mean, I understand why he did it. When Dylan goes to claim his symphony chair(which I'm calling now, will be taken away from him down the line of episodes so he'll just flop at claiming it) Andrew does need something to do in his own spare time, right?
Across the ways at Thorne Hall, Alison is confronting Ava on her CHEATING!!! CHEATER, CHEATER!!! Seriously, Ava doesn't understand who the fuck she's dealing with. If Nolan has the smarts to research who Alison is, why the fuck didn't Ava?! Ali downright tells Ava who wrote her paper, cause she knows damn well Nolan didn't fucking do it! Also, there's a file of Ava's that Ali got her little paws on. Apparently her parents abandoned her or something, leaving her in Beacon Heights all by herself. There was an FBI agent assigned to the case, but Ava put her foot down refusing to tell the agent where her parents were and told her to GET THE FUCK OUT OF HER HOUSE! Daddy Jalali ended up leaving Ava a lot of cash, but if we watched PLL(which duh we all did) we know that cash won't be around for longer, sweeties. After Ava tells Ali to back the fuck off, Ava leaves and we see Mona looking after Alison... Seriously, I know what's going to happen by the end of this episode, and I truly do think Mona is finally forming a friendship with Alison and will start looking out for her, even if Alison has no idea what the fuck is going on... at least for now.
At the Hotchkiss faculty party, Alison is sporting a gorgeous dress with a pair of hot red heels! She walks into the foyer where Mona is busy managing the party, where she offers Ali a glass of champagne which she picked out herself! Alison walks around and notices Dylan performing a piece on his cello, and meets eye contact with The Perfectionist. Mrs. DiLaurentis-Fields ends up in the library where she looks outside to see Nolan acting a little rough with Caitlin, immediately putting on her bully senses. Claire walks up behind Alison and engages a conversation with her, immediately bringing up Taylor Hotchkiss. Claire is a mega low key bitch here, and comments on how Alison used to be a mean girl bitch, to a well behaved college student who is now trying to get her teaching degree. Which, that would be awesome, right? What if after The Perfectionists and if the Big Bad doesn't fuck Alison's career royally, that Alison goes on to become a world famous professor?! That would be GREAT for her and Emily!! But what I hate about this scene is that Claire is the second fucking Hotchkiss to bring up Alison's past, and making it like she's completely safe there... LIKE BITCH STOP BRINGING UP ALISON'S PAST!!! I know it was Nolan who did it earlier, but ALISON WENT THERE TO FORGET ABOUT HER PAST!! Not have it brought up every fucking day! Jesus Christ!
ALERT THE PRESSES BECAUSE NOLAN AND ANDREW ARE IN CAHOOTS! At the party, Nolan and Andrew are talking about... something? We don't know what because we're in Dylan's point of view. What could they be talking about, hmm? Dylan is pissed so the first chance he gets, he demands to know why Nolan and Andrew were talking. Apparently, Andrew was gushing on about how amazing it's been since Dylan and him moved in together... WHATEVER!!! They were fucking plotting something against Dylan or the other Perfectionists, I know it!! Nolan makes a smartass comment about how it's "hot" whenever Dylan gets angry, but our Perfectionist tells Nolan... threatens him, really... and he has no idea what it's like when Dylan gets pissed! OOOH I WANNA SEE THIS!! Do I? I don't know if I do...
Claire asks the Perfectionists to come and take a photo with her, and Alison immediately notices some off behaviors. Did Ava just grab Nolan's hand subtly? Did Claire notice?? Alison knows she needs to keep an eye out on the Perfectionists, and slowly makes her way off as Claire thanks everyone for the photo op.
It seems that Alison was choosing which Perfectionist to talk to next, and since Ava was busy talking to other people, Ali chose Caitlin. After reading her paper, Alison was very impressed with it, claiming how provocative it was. Alison makes a comment about how Caitlin almost turned her views around on how murder can be justified, and OMG Caitlin makes a comment about how she's fantasized about killing Nolan to Alison!! Bitch, she knows you're not kidding BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN THERE!! Holy shit, I know I have said this before, but these people have NO IDEA who they're dealing with when it comes to Alison DiLaurentis! Alison offers her help... like seriously, she's offering to help you Caitlin! TAKE IT! Ali admits to Caitlin she knows what Nolan is like because she used to be like Nolan, but Caitlin is telling Alison to back off like the others did.
Dudes, take Alison's offer! LET HER HELP YOU IDIOTS!!!
Across the Estate, Mona has her eye on the suspicious Nolan Hotchkiss. What is Nolan up to? Fuck, what is Mona up to?! As she walks off, Nolan is seen entering the forest. He's checking his phone to see if Beacon Guard is out of range, and when it is, he quickly makes a call. Who is he talking to?? Well whoever he's talking to, he's meeting them later tonight. Will Mona be there to spy? Hmm...
Back at Campus, Alison is continuing her plagiarism investigation by talking to Dylan. Alison is trying so fucking hard to help these kids, and when she asks what Nolan has on Dylan we get sucked into as flashback!
Dylan is helping... or cheating... by looking over Nolan's business paper when they talk about their families. Nolan is uninterested and changes to subject to Andrew, who in the flashback, is moving in with Dylan the following week. Congrats boys, you became exclusive! Yay! Nolan talks as if Dylan is a bit of a... how do I put this politely without being too mean? A type of guy who plays the field? Does that sound right? Nolan continues, telling Dylan that they should hook up before Andrew moves in, which is JUST A PLOY TO BLACKMAIL DYLAN IN THE FUTURE! Does Dylan get this? Uh, NO! Once again, Nolan has a way with his words because fucking Dylan just sinks right into them. Does anyone else think Nolan is way worse than Alison was back when she was in high school? Because I seriously do. And given that they're in college, god only knows how Nolan was in high school... I shudder at the mere thought of this.
Question of the Day!!
Do you guys think Dylan and Nolan went all the way after they cut off the flashback? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
Coming out of the flashback, Dylan refuses to tell Ali the truth, but Alison informs that she's being nice and throwing him a lifeline before she goes to the proper authorities to report the plagiarism. Dylan tries to tell Alison to leave it alone, but she knows this shit all to well. And again, she is not going to fucking let this all go. Come on now!
Ava is getting ready for a fashion photo shoot, and tells the photographer that she'll be back down in five minutes tops! As she's walking through the apartment, she's calling for her model when she finds that the model and Nolan are having sex. Oh my fucking God, this dude! Ava wants to know why the fuck Nolan would do this, and his response? It was all about the fucking sex. Are you kidding me?! He also makes some stupid fucking comment about how the model looks good without Ava's clothes on as she does with them on... JUST STOP DUDE! STOP ACTING LIKE A FUCKING DICK!! We know he's scared about something, but that doesn't give him the right to go around and manipulate the Perfectionists!!
Back at Alison's house, she's doing research on the Hotchkiss family. There are pictures of Claire an Peter with younger Nolan and his sister, Taylor. QUESTION!! Where is Peter? They got an actor to portray him, right? So where is he? Did he die too? Speaking of deaths, Alison locates Taylor's obituary, which reveals how amazing and spectacular Taylor was. Dare I make this pun, but she was a shining Beacon throughout Beacon Heights. This is also when Ali realizes that she and Taylor has uncanny resemblances to each other... So is this why Mona brought Alison to BH??
Back in the woods, a car approaches a building where we see Nolan walk out of. He's carrying a bag of what I assume to be food and after he enters the little cabin, a second car comes driving up. Is that Mona? Because that's who I thought it was, and only she would drive that type of car. Unless it's the Big Bad of the season? Anyway, inside the cabin Nolan talks to the Mysterious Character, telling her he broke it off with Ava. Mystery Girl(aka OMFG TAYLOR IS ALIVE!!!!) tells Nolan that after they're done with whatever it is they're doing, Nolan can go and explain to Ava why he set himself and the model up.
Dead Girl Not So Dead promises her brother she'll talk to Ava herself... Anyways, this is just my theory, but Nolan and Taylor faked her death because they knew Claire was up to no good. Finding out that they're spying on the Perfectionists, Taylor and Nolan teamed up to take down Beacon Guard. Nolan talks his sister into teaming up with another mystery character, but who is it? Who does Nolan trust so much that he's willing to sacrifice his sister's fake death? This cannot be ending well especially since they're in PLL's universe now...
Just as Alison was making progress researching Taylor, she gets kicked out of the Guard. I can tell she's gluing the pieces of Taylor's fake ass death considering Alison did the same fucking thing. Looking out the window, Alison spies on Dylan who's walking off towards the forest to meet up with Caitlin and Ava. The Perfectionists are discussing Nolan and how they're just done with his fucking bullshit. They come up with plans to expose him of blackmailing Caitlin and Dylan, and then they start to discuss his death... Oh boy, this won't end well! Dylan offers the death of Nolan by him drowning in his own pool, Ava offers the death of Nolan dying of a heart attack while having sex with some random dumb bitch, and then Caitlin offers the death of Nolan being pushed off the roof of Thorne Hall and gets impaled by the spikes of the fence... FUCK CAITLIN! Damn girl, you on fire tonight! After they laugh at their plots of death, there's a snap of twigs in the woods! OOOH SHIT THEY WERE BEING SPIED ON!!!
Mona is seen walking to her car and when she gets in, she has this creepy scene where she's talking to herself in the mirror asking herself... well telling herself, that she's doing an excellent job doing whatever the fuck it is she's doing. I think at this point we know she can't be talking to herself right? Well before she can do anything else, Ali shows up OUT OF NOWHERE and slams on Mona's car, "WHY AM I REALLY HERE?!" and Mona FLIPS THE FUCK OUT!! Alison is freaking out because she doesn't want to be in Beacon Heights anymore. Nolan, Claire, the Perfectionists and now Taylor who is a splitting image of fucking Alison! Mona tries to tell Ali she was chosen to work at the school before she even knew what Taylor looked like... Okay I kinda believe this, because going by the end of the episode, is it possible... Never mind, I'll give you my thoughts on this later.
Mona tells Alison that the reason Ali is there is so she can help the students feel better. That by sharing her own experiences back in Rosewood, she can keep the students safe in their own domains. I actually really believe Mona is telling at least half the truth on this, and like I said earlier, we'll get to this soon.
The Perfectionists meets at a three way intersection at Thorne Hall where they talk about how they had fun hanging out tonight. They make awkward conversation about how just maybe if there was no Nolan, they could actually be friends and know each other well. After they stalk off to their dorms, we see Nolan on the roof spying on them.
Alison is back at Taylor's old house and she looks at the picture of her, Em and the twins when she sees that damn wallpaper shedding! What the fuck is behind there, Ali? We don't get to find out because we're back with Nolan...
Nolan is looking fucking scared on the roof. The scared little bitch looks at Big Bad, apologizing how much of an asshole he's been to Big Bad... WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?! It's clear Nolan's pretty close to whoever the fuck is about to... do something... UGH!! I NEED ANSWERS AND IT'S ONLY EPISODE ONE!
When she arrives on the scenes, she quickly finds Mona who tells her Nolan Hotchkiss is a DEAD DEAD DEAD BITCH!!! And how did he die? Why, it was the way Caitlin described it in the woods! Pushed off the roof and impaled by the spikes off the fence! Alison surveys the scene when Ava, Dylan and Caitlin shows up. Ava is just heartbroken because she was soooo in love with Nolan, and Dylan is completely shocked because Caitlin's fantasy came true... Holy shit!
So, Nolan is dead. There's no coming back to life for this douchebag little bitch! After everything happens, Mona rushes over to the restrooms and orders some random chick to get the fuck out and she looks in the mirror...
"WAS THIS OUR FAULT?! ANSWER ME, DAMMIT!"
That's when we find out... THE MOST PLOT TWISTED FUCKING SHIT EVER!!! THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE SPYING ON BEACON HEIGHTS!!! WHAT THE BLOODY FUCK?!
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?! Are they a part of Beacon Guard?! Is this a secret government agency working to find out about Claire and her secrets?! Where the fuck are the safe places in Beacon Heights? Because if Nolan can be pushed off a campus building roof, anyone can die anywhere in Beacon Heights!!
HOLLLLY SHIT THAT WAS A FUCKING PLOT TWIST!! And I LOVED this pilot episode!! I hope there will be more twists and turns like this in the future!! A PERFECT start to the Perfectionists series in my opinion!
Did you like this episode? What were your favorite parts? Who do you think Big Bad is and how are they connected to Nolan and Taylor??
Can't wait til next Wednesday!
Peace + Love,
Katrina
