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The Perfectionists - Season 1 Episode 5 "The Patchwork Girl"

Episode Discussion

It has been well over a year since the conclusion of Pretty Little Liars and Marlene has blessed us with a sequel/spin-off series, The Perfectionists. Allison and Mona return from the original series along with a new ensemble in the town of Beacon Heights. A new episode premiers on Freeform tonight (Wednesday) at 8:00 pm in the US.

Synopsis

https://www.wdtvpress.com/freeform/shows/pretty-little-liars-the-perfectionists/episodes/the-patchwork-girl/

Mona communicates with a mysterious stranger who promises insights into Nolan’s murder. Dylan struggles to concentrate on an important audition while being distracted by Dana Booker’s investigation. And the Perfectionists plan to clear their names ends in tragedy.

Previews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKdlesvAiM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J-HF3uX_So

Notes

Also, don't forget that Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish recently did an AMA on our subreddit. Feel free to check out the Q&A if you have not already done so. Thanks ladies for taking the time to visit us!

Posted Apr 17, 2019, 12:36 PM UTC · edited

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kevyn123•

well guys we’ve officially met a group dumber then the four girls.

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afroproblems101•

Tbh. At least the girls spent more time trying to figure shit out as opposed to fighting each other.

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Sonnyeclipsegroupie•

In the new PLL's defenses, the original PLL's were best friends

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ChrisRedfieldfanboy•

What will they do with Mason's locked, password-protected phone?

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Coffeenwineplease•

Give it to Mona.

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ChrisRedfieldfanboy•

They don't have any idea that Mona's a hacker. Maybe they counted on Ava's hacking skills? Their plan sucked anyway.

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manilavanilla1•

With their luck they probably lost it or that driver ran it over. Lol

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Jack_Shaftoe21•

Truth serum?!? These are supposed to be intelligent people. I almost fell out of my couch laughing when I heard their plan.

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Tiny-Ghost-GraceTaylor Hotchkiss' Pet Snake 🐍•

Taylor: "We don't just look alike, we think alike."

Alison: [Looks at the writers.] "Y'all recycling lines straight off old Pretty Little Liars scripts now? 😠"

Taylor: "Don't be so dramatic, Ali."

Alison: "..."

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claysrx•

Taylor upon seeing her mother: "Did you miss me?"

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IntrovertedJustin•

So not only is it confirmed that Mary and Alex Drake escaped but this detective knows that Mona had them as prisoners. How the fuck

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sak10a•

Because fan service

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emikoalaBH-00004•

Yeah, that was super weird. How would Mona have gotten caught unless Mary and Alex went to the police about her? In which case surely Mona would be institutionalized again and Mary and Alex would not be living in hiding? If they just escaped and disappeared then how would anyone know?

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IntrovertedJustin•

IIRC Mary Drake escaped from prison. Going to the police would end with her being taken back into custody. I’m not sure if Alex was ever officially arrested since Mona’s bf at the time is the one who “arrested” her in the finale. Still doesn’t explain why this person knows what happened though.

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butterbenzo•

Driver of the car will be like “but did you die?”

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Radioplay79We're thinking, not drinking•

But she makes a comeback with the car and Rollins lol

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kevyn123•

well

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GhostOfHamlet•

“Playing with my dolls” 😂

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Radioplay79We're thinking, not drinking•

And shoplifting with Hanna 😏

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DC4L_214•

Except her dolls were humans HAHAHAHA

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PrettyLittleWhino•

Okay the slideshow model show with a surprise ending? Literally PLL recycled scenes

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GhostOfHamlet•

Yeah, there was nothing unexpected about that

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Coffeenwineplease•

Not!Tanner: “I wanted to get your opinion on something.”

Mona: “Yes, you can use a makeover.”

Mona still proves herself to be the best character.

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sweeet_caroline•

i burst out laughing when she said that. best line of the ep for sure

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peanutbuttermmFriends don't let friends sneak into insane asylums alone•

I like to call her DollarTreeTanner

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GhostOfHamlet•

Is it just me or are they doing almost exactly the same tropes as in PLL but worse?

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gameDubPosts•

That should be the tagline for the show: 'Like PLL, But Worse'.

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emikoalaBH-00004•

"Like PLL the way tongue meat is like ribeye steak"

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PrettyLittleWhino•

Taylor used CeCes line of “we don’t just look alike; we think alike”. She also drives a pickup and wears a backwards hat. My husband thinks Marlene is planning to have her be trans or transition into a man. I really hate that I can’t get mad at him and immediately rule out that insane theory

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carpe-jvgvlvmIt's All Mona Revenge Porn•

Your husband has solved the mystery we won't get to for seven years (the "perfectionists" will be killed off by the end of the season, but the show will go on) for seven years.

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Tiny-Ghost-GraceTaylor Hotchkiss' Pet Snake 🐍•

Ray: "I tried to warn Alison that there are sinister forces at work."

Mona: "By writing threatening anonymous messages?"

Ray: "Yeah, it wasn't my best idea but—"

Mona: "Oh no, I'm not judging. 🤗"

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lexasamiEmily's Army of Formerly Straight Lesbians•

"I know your childhood nickname and favorite lullaby."

Okay you damn creep, what the hell?

Ava: I hope a bear mauls you.

Wolves: *howl*

Booker: >__>

Booker: <__<

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PrettyLittleWhino•

Hahaha for real though! “I know your first kiss and favorite color, and which breast you preferred to feed on. What’s strange about that? It’s the beauty without the badge”

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lexasamiEmily's Army of Formerly Straight Lesbians•

I love everything about this comment.

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lexasamiEmily's Army of Formerly Straight Lesbians•

Alison: Mona! She's gone 😥

Mona: Shit.. Shit, should I get the shovel?

Alison: I mean missing, Mona..

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PrettyLittleWhino•

This is Emily’s messed up shoulder all over again, isn’t it?

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DC4L_214•

oh man, I forgot about that. This is getting a bit ridiculous!

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carpe-jvgvlvmIt's All Mona Revenge Porn•

Caitlyn got Hannaed!

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butterbenzo•

“She knew too much” - A

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Falconr3•

I see you -A

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7palmtrees•

Did Caitlin really just get hit by a car?? They really are just recycling PLL scenes aren’t they?

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emikoalaBH-00004•

And it was way less effectively deployed. In PLL it came 10 episodes in, after building a lot of suspense with them being stalked. Here they rush it in at episode 5 when we are still getting to know the characters, and sure, they have a blackmailer, but we already know who he is and we don't yet have reason to suspect Nolan's murderer would want to come after them. There was no creepy stalker "how far is s/he willing to go?" vibe building up over the course of 10 weeks that gave the Hanna scene all its power.

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SJ1030•

Getting hit by a car is not a PLL thing

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Sonnyeclipsegroupie•

the incident and setting mirrored a major storyline involving Hannah and A

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Tiny-Ghost-GraceTaylor Hotchkiss' Pet Snake 🐍•

Previously on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists: Dylan revealed his affair with Boy!Alison Nolan to his boyfriend, Boy!Paige No idea, maybe Antonio?, while Caitlyn confessed how she accidentally ruined Ava's life by consciously exposing all the Jalali family criminal scandals that Olivia Pope couldn't fix. For some reason, both Dylan and Caitlyn were [Shocked-pikachu-face.gif] when Andrew and Ava didn't instantly forgive them. Emily divorced Alison— something about Alison refusing to 'like' enough of Emily's Instagram (@SwimmingEmpanadas214) posts? Anyhow, #RIPEmison; the writers treated your narrative consistently awful from beginning to end. (But in this show, nothing is ever truly dead. Except maybe Shana Costumeshop.)

Tensions are at an all-time high, as Ava, Caitlyn, and Dylan concoct an idiotic scheme in hopes of appearing less guilty to the police, but of course, they manage to achieve the exact opposite. Mona discovers that 'Ray Hogadorn' is an anagram for— (No, it was the janitor's actual name.) Wait, what? (The janitor. Did you even watch last week's episode?) Not in any sober capacity, but okay, okay. Then is he playing chess with Mona? (No, that is Bad Bishop.) ...and is that also an actual name? (...) ...Ahem. Moving right along—

Alison's suspicions were proven correct! CeCe Sara Bethany Taylor is indeed alive! And sometime between her younger brother's funeral and her mother's Easter Sunday brunch, she was able to acquire a new chic haircut! Très magnifique! Tonight we get as many answers as we usually get from a character who faked their own death— a whopping zero! So tune in bitches, and listen to Taylor's tale, how the tragic death of Peter Hotchkiss changed her perspective on life. A mugging gone wrong in the middle of a darkened alleyway. A wayward daughter turned vigilante. Because Taylor Hotchkiss may be the hero Beacon Heights deserves, but not the one it needs right now. 🦇

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lexasamiEmily's Army of Formerly Straight Lesbians•

Wait her name is Caitlyn? Why have I been calling her Sydney this whole time...

Oh my god, I really have no attention span LOL. What is wrong with me?

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Tiny-Ghost-GraceTaylor Hotchkiss' Pet Snake 🐍•

I saw you calling her Sydney and I assumed it was a joke. Not once did I question why you were calling her Sydney. 😂

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lexasamiEmily's Army of Formerly Straight Lesbians•

Omg I'm so embarrassing 😂😂 I was going full force with my comments too. I looked on the app I use to track TV shows and it said her name was Sydney! That one wasn't my fault lmao. I was misled.

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garykahnji•

Well she DOES look the girl who played Sydney in season 4 of that’s so raven

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carpe-jvgvlvmIt's All Mona Revenge Porn•

Tensions are at an all-time high, as Ava, Caitlyn, and Dylan concoct an idiotic scheme

I'm beginning to fear this could be the summary for all the TP episodes.

At least Ava has some game in that Hanna-kind-of-way, but the other two should just be knocked off fast and replaced with characters. Maybe Lily can get B and S to come put Beacon wherever on the MAP! (What I'm really watching for: girl cat fights over hot guys.)

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butterbenzo•

Kinda surprised Taylor wasn’t wearing a yellow string top a la Allison, Bethany and Cece

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Eledwyn•

I think I love you.

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Coffeenwineplease•

Marlene dear, not all blonde, blue-eyed, caucasian people look alike.

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opp0rtunistMelissa always wins. •

seriously

Bethany Young Cece Drake Sara Harvey Taylor Hotchkiss

and I always felt like Cece looked more like Hanna, but somehow none of these blondes get compared to Hanna

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Radioplay79We're thinking, not drinking•

Booker: my French isn’t very good. Mona: NO !! ...it’s not 😂😂

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DC4L_214•

and then she called her out on being fired from the FBI - i fucking LOVE Mona! She is why I watch because she's pure entertainment!

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fuzzlenop•

they should really just have done a spin off on her. It would've been so much better.

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emikoalaBH-00004•

"Linda" is Spanish for "beautiful" - A must be hitting on me.

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BrittKach•

Any ideas why she tried to swipe the chess piece? To get Mona DNA?

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lexasamiEmily's Army of Formerly Straight Lesbians•

Taylor: I'm the gone girl. I'm gonna stay gone 💃

Alison: Then why didn't you go to Florida, you dumbass bitch?

Taylor: Look. You can't be here.

Alison: 🤨 I don't understand.

Taylor: My mom used Mona's algorithm to find you. She wanted YOU to find ME.

Alison: I'm not following.

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claysrx•

What really got me was the fact that Ali didn't close the fucking blinds! Bitch after all you've been through, and now having TAYLOR OF ALL PEOPLE in your damn house you decide to let the whole campus look in your windows?!

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