I enjoyed the frightening job employed on “Over My Dead Body.” However, other critics saw a bit problem on this episode of Pretty Little Liars.
TV Fanatic: I wish I could say the same about the storytelling, however. The midseason finale produced plot holes galore, prodded along by dialogue that, I’m sorry to say, was simply too unbelievable to accept.
I mean, Jackie hasn’t really made a move on Ezra all summer and then she suddenly blurts out that she wants to get back together? And Aria happens to be standing there? And then she gives Aria an ultimatum? Out of nowhere, the show decided to move this character front and center.
Yes, I know Pretty Little Liars is meant to be a guilty pleasure and viewers should just go along for the fun ride. I mostly do, trust me. But there are only two possibilities for the conversation Jenna and Garrett held at the conclusion of this episode:
It’s just another red herring, which would be a lazy, desperate, lame way to mislead viewers.
It’s the truth, Jenna and Garrett are behind Alison’s death… and they simply delivered that information in a straightforward, expository manner via an exchange that no two people would ever have.
For that reason, I’m leaning toward scenario number-one. I just refuse to believe the writers would give us Alison’s killers in such a boring, sloppy fashion. Hmmm… how should we make this major reveal to the audience? A-ha! Let’s have Jenna and Garrett just talk openly about it in the police station!! I don’t buy it.
I also don’t buy the supposedly major cliffhanger: the shovel was the murder weapon and now the cops have caught the girls in the act? Okay, but in what act? There’s no evidence at all here, except more proof that the adults in Rosewood are utter morons.
It’s illegal to question a minor without an adult present. In the absence of an arrest, each parent should have walked in and demanded to take his/her child home. Done. Case closed. There’s no legal means by which authorities can detain a minor who is not under arrest. I’m sorry, my family is made up of lawyers, and it may not be fun to read a review that regurgitates the law, but it seems like an important detail for the show to consider, doesn’t it?
Fortunately, while the concluding events left me irritated and empty, the build-up to them was tremendous. The time-jumping aspect of the episode was executed very well, leaving me wondering every step of the way just how the girls came to be dirty and sitting in an interrogation room.
Dr. Sullivan really should have been killed, though. Imagine if the police had come upon the girls holding that shovel AND standing over a dead body. Now that would be a cliffhanger! It would also give A some weight because, as I continue to say every week, she never actually does anything. She threatens, she texts, the girls panic… and that’s about it.
Do you agree with the critics’ observation?
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