Dead Ends – Details, episodes & analysis

Of course we'd come around on the series when it had its Halloween episode! We come in excited to discuss Imogen throwing a rager, how sweet all the love interests are (for now...), everybody pairing off, and how the show flipped our views on Karen/Kelly. We also dig into some difficult reveals about Tabby and Mouse, the show incorporating Tabby's film language better, the devastating Ouija board scene and the hilarious Monster Mash death.

Episode 106 content warnings: kidnapping, pedophilia, drug use, marijuana, murder, gore, suicide, self harm, abuse, sexual abuse, rape, policing, gaslighting, mental health, manipulation

Brenton's detective club theme is "80s retrowave" by Eugene Barduja

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Outside of some big moments, it's a bit of slower week and unfortunately not really hitting our hopes so far. We discuss the rollout of the mystery, our theories on which twin survived, theorize on who the actual targets are, Noa's rote characterization, try to parse out who Mouse actually is, Faran's extremely fair weather attitude and the coalition of moms.

Episode 105 content warnings: drug use, marijuana, murder, gore, suicide, self harm, abuse, sexual abuse, rape, policing, gaslighting, mental health, manipulation, animal cruelty, 

Brenton's detective club theme is "80s retrowave" by Eugene Barduja

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We are so close to the end now! There's plenty to puzzle over as we unpack Emison's continued domesticity, Haleb annoying Spencer, Spencer and Marco's great dynamic, Mona stepping up (and potentially looking very guilty), Aria getting way too into being AD's employee, Fitz saying the quiet part out loud, and that tremendous dance scene.

Episode 96 content warnings: addiction, grooming, sexual assault, murder, abuse, gaslighting, pregnancy

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We get some troubling realizations about Ian, Noel threatens Fitz and we realize these people are all the same goddam age. We discuss the unwanted surprise party, Pam reaching new heights of homophobia, the horrors of juvy camp and a bad detour into an after school special. Brenton also shares fond memories of past neighbors and his full proof (note: probably wrong) theories about A.

Episode 7 content warnings: disordered eating, fatphobia, homophobia, bullying, stalking

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The glamping trip of the year kicks off an exciting week and packed episode! We get more tantalizing reveals and secrets plus a strange visit from Alison in the hospital. We run down shifting character dynamics, the two "A's" theory, Noel's extremely weird white knight behavior, Fitz and Aria's important meeting in broad daylight, attempted murder by car, Emily's awful awful parents & so much more.

Episode 6 content warnings: bullying, stalking, murder, grooming, homophobia

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Despite our seasonal allergies, Brenton comes out swinging with really confident predictions for where the show is going. Apart from the schadenfreude of Brenton being wrong we discuss the introduction of two new characters in Jason and Noel, Wildon finally getting checked & his appearance at the SATs, the amazing Mrs. Hastings, despair over the Byron-Ashley situation & the concept of "Third Act Hannah."

Episode 5 content warnings: dental surgery, murder, grooming, ableism, homophobia, bullying

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This is it, these are the episodes where to show takes off. Pretty Little Liars fully tilts over into the Soap opera plotlines and pays off big time. Our Homecoming extravaganza has us discussing our love for Toby, Fitz outdoing himself yet again, Spencer's lessons in class disparity and the severe mistreatment of Jenna. And wait a minute, who actually died?

Episode 4 content warnings: murder, grooming, incest, sexual abuse, ableism

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This week the girls try to spurn A only to make them more powerful. As secrets start to spill out and things heat up in Rosewood we discuss Fitz showing his true colors, cheering for Hardy, Hannah's job situation and new career in espionage,  and Toby's life as an empath.

Episode 3 content warnings: grooming, infidelity, stalking

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The show starts to move forward and immediately clarifies just what exactly is the "Jenna Thing." We discuss the situation with Wilden, more talk on the situation with Mr Fitz, the depiction of Hannah's body issues, and the hero of the locker room/loner Toby Cavanaugh. 

Episode 2 content warnings: death, grooming, disordered eating, sexual abuse, body dysmorphia, fatphobia, homophobia

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Welcome to Dead Ends! The new weekly podcast where we discuss mystery shows and starting off we're going to cover the teen drama Pretty Little Liars. Emily is a longtime fan of the show and is going to be taking Brenton through the entire series. We discuss the pilot episode, the wild events happening in Rosewood and it's relative lack of big mysteries.

Content warnings: death, murder, grooming, disordered eating, sexual abuse, tonsillectomy

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