The only thing better than a good high school show, is one with a mystery plotline. Pretty Little Liars started its second season last night and the first episode was great (available online at ABC Family and Hulu). It follows a group of four girls who are trying to determine who killed their friend. They have fallen out of touch but are reunited when their friend’s body is found and “A” begins tormenting each of them with texts about things that they do not want to become public information. The opening with its haunting theme song with the line “two can keep a secret if one of them is dead” really sets the mood for the show.
The show has elements of a lot of different shows: there are the teenagers with better wardrobes than me (The OC), noir plotline (Veronica Mars), based off a popular young adult series (Gossip Girl). Not to mention there are lots of romantic plotlines (teacher-student, bad boy-rich girl, nerd-popular girl, girl-sister’s boyfriend, etc.), essentially every classic romance type to exist in a TV show. The mystery is very engrossing with twists and turns in every episode. There is a thriller factor as well which leads to some jump out of your seat moments.
At the heart of the show are great friendships and high school girls beginning to learn about life. The first season is only available on disc right now and you definitely need to watch the first season to have any idea what is happening on the show.
No comments:
Post a Comment