The Perfectionists - Season 1 Episode 7 "Dead Week"

Ava: "Okay, we have to Google these guys."

Mona: "You won't find anything. We were minors, those records are sealed."

Ava: "You were minors during all of that?"

Mona: "This all happened during our junior year of high school, all in the span of a month— a November that lasted about 3 years."

Ali had more chemistry with Taylor in two scenes than she did with Emily in seven seasons.

Mona: "Someone left me a box of cupcakes last night."

Dylan: "And that's a problem?"

Mona: "Yes! Any decent stalker would know that I love pie!"

Previously on Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists: After Caitlin was rushed to the hospital, Ava and Dylan considered the idea of talking to the police about the person that is stalking them, but then they quickly came to their senses because [insert whimsical plot reason]. Alison didn't do much to advance the storyline, while Mona revamped Taylor's RV by plastering various creepy baby-zombie masks along the walls and leaving behind a mixed tape (♡) with all of Edith Piaf's greatest hits.

As exam week approaches, the Perfectionists realize that they might be in trouble because they haven't studied at all (being in a chemically-induced coma has really put a damper on Caitlin's academic career.) Ava is forced to spend time with that guy who hates her (let's call him Blonde!Caleb) which seems like the usual recipe for true love in a teen drama. Dylan will play a viola (a slightly larger violin that is probably always referred to as 'a violin' because who cares?—) this week, thus finally completing his episodic exposition of string instruments.

Tensions are an all-time high when Ezra's publicist Special Agent Dana Booker— (She's not a special agent.) Oh right! Detective Dana Booker— (She's not a detective, she's not even a police officer.) Okay, what the fu— (She's the head of security at Beacon Heights University.) ... So, as a concerned citizen, Dana Booker continues to harass a group of college students. What this woman lacks in legal jurisdiction, she makes up for with a team of forensic analysts, criminal investigators, and highly-skilled snipers. Honestly, Veronica Hastings should just adopt all the Perfectionists and protect them from Dana (—there is a 70% chance that Peter is their father anyways.)

Ava: "I am just going to develop a complex algorithm for a specialized computer software program that I will also design. Then we can just scan the partial image on this puzzle piece and my sophisticated program will find what painting it belongs to."

Zach: "Seriously? People like you always want to do things the easy way!"

Ava: "Easy?!?"

Mona: "I stole Taylor's RV. I hid it in the woods."

Alison: "Seriously Mona? You stole from Taylor?"

Mona: "Hey, I usually murder your doppelgangers. You know what— this is growth."

Alison: "..."

Alison: [Thinking.] "I don't understand why Taylor keeps lying. What a liar."

Jessica's Ghost: "You hypocritical little shit."

How to get through this episode...

Take one shot for:

• Every cello/violin cover of a song.
• Every PLL reference.
• Any time someone says ‘Hotchkiss’ - I can’t stand it.

Double shot for:

• When someone says then know who killed Nolan, but it immediately gets disproved.
• Someone crying.

Triple shot for:

• An appearance from Dana Brooker.

Can replace shot for a sharp blow to the head.

Happy watching

I'm highkey cringing so hard at how they reference the original PLL show. Like, murder and mayhem is not a joke, Mona! So I was -A. Big deal! So I stalked and tortured some girls! Big deal!

Somebody's gotta end up actually dead for Dead Week, right?

edit: well that was disappointing

y'all she put a period at the end of her Google search. why she so mad at Google?

Does anyone give an ounce of a damn about Dylan because imo his whole shoulder could fall off and the only part of the show that would be affected is the string instrument background music.

I thought Taylor was monitoring beacon guard in order to take them down and prove spying on students, she just needed the "why", but now she's all "your beacon box is harmless it just tracks when you open the door". Someone tried to kill her so that's why she faked her death? She doesn't look scared to be walking around at all! Alison was still in hiding when she returned because she was terrified. Shouldn't Taylor be mad Ali blew her undercover mission? What happened to all the mirrors being cameras?

Mason is a different character every week. Bad Bishop could only have been him or Taylor, so no surprise there. But Mona's previous swoon eyes are problematic. Mason is a student. Mona is faculty. Please no ezria 2.0. and 3 seconds ago he was trying to seduce his ex girlfriend in a cabin. He is NOT on Monas level at ALL.

OK, maybe police records were sealed from criminal activities they did, but their disappearances were ALL OVER THE NEWS all the time. Ali made a press release statement to try and capture "Andrew". None of this in on youtube? Front page newspapers entitled "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" with the four liars' faces on the cover just vanished?

Knowing Pretty Little Liars, Ava and Zach are going to hook up.

uneventful episode but Mona saying let’s take this bitch down gave me life. booker’s stupid smug face annoys me so much

🅰️ ... wow okay

Ali is finally acknowledging her kids!

The fact that there were two reveals in this episode, that Mona has been playing chess with Mason and Dana is using Nolan's identity and neither produced enough of a shock to make someone comment on it in this thread just shows why they need to introduce more characters. Without suspects, it's just all very predictable.

Anybody else getting Spencer and Andrew vibes here?