Bros Watch PLL Too - A Pretty Little Liars podcast
291 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 590 ratingsBenjamin Light and Marco Sparks break down each episode of Pretty Little Liars in ever increasing detail. This feed covers Pretty Little Liars seasons 1-7, The Perfectionists season 1, and the HBO MAX PLL reboot.
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Podcast Extra! Revisiting s03e09 “The Kahn Game”
November 02, 2015 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBIt’s time for another re-watch of a classic PLL episode. This time it’s Marco’s favorite: “The Kahn Game.” Armed with the new knowledge of CeCe Drake’s true identity, the Bros revisit this delightful Team Sparia romp and find a way to keep doing Toby-voice, even though he isn’t even in the episode. Don’t sleep on the soulful crooning of Tyler Blackburn’s Find A Way on the soundtrack, available in iTunes.
Podcast Extra! Revisiting s01e14 “Careful What U Wish 4”
September 14, 2015 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBIt’s hiatus time, so the Bros are revisiting some favorite episodes. Up first is this classic season one ep, which happens to be Benji’s favorite. Aria is losing her mind when Meg Manning comes to town to steal Ezra away, Hanna is being forced by A to whore out her dances and feelings for cash, Emily is missing Maya and getting angry drunk, and Spencer is living the unending terror of sharing a house with her new and probably murderous Brother-in-Law Ian Thomas. Alison is still dead.
Podcast Extra! A Pretty Little Liars Roundtable with the Bros, Heather Hogan and Jacob Clifton
August 18, 2015 07:00 - 1 hour - 40.5 MBThe half-season may be over, but we’re still talking about the finale. Marco and Benji are joined by noted PLL scholars Heather Hogan and Jacob Clifton to answer listener questions. Topics include: plot holes, the big reveal of who A is, hopes for 6B, favorite liars, Noel Kahn, how many planes were at the Thornhill Lodge that other night, and much much more. Thanks to Heather and Jacob for joining us! You can read more of Heather’s work on Autostraddle, and find out about Jacob’s recaps and f...
s06e10 “Game Over, Charles”
August 14, 2015 11:04 - 2 hours - 80.3 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 10 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria gets made fun of for not noticing the bulge in Clark’s pants, Hanna Banana has a special moment with her OTP, Mona Vanderwaal, Emily is betrayed by someone she thought she could trust, and Spencer defuses a bomb. Seriously. Also, we find out who A is and get her tragic backstory.
s06e09 “Last Dance”
August 07, 2015 10:50 - 2 hours - 62.7 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 9 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria discovers Clark’s true identity and orders Ezra not to follow her after high school, Hanna is worried about Caleb’s vigilantism until is turns out he was just at a job interview, Emily asks Sara to prom in the lamest way possible, and Spencer delivers a cliff notes version of her irrelevant valedictorian speech to Toby. And Charles reveals himself to Ali. And #PLLMoms get crunk and have their own adventure.
s06e08 “FrAmed”
July 31, 2015 10:35 - 2 hours - 67 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 8 of Pretty Little Liars. All the guys in Aria’s life are lying to her, but she just wants to be able to attend her own Gallery Show, Hanna is all out of sympathy for Charles or Alison’s sisterly feelings, Emily turns down a prom invite because she wants to take Shower Harvey, and Spencer is now hot on the trail of the mysterious Rhys Matthews of the Carisimmi Group. And Red Coat makes a glorious return to the show.
s06e07 “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”
July 24, 2015 09:51 - 2 hours - 58.5 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 7 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria realizes that she’s turning into Mona, and commences mutilating dolls, Hanna gets a suspicious scholarship and is hesitant to deposit it in the Bank of Lasagna, Emily goes full clinger with Sara, and even Shower Harvey is like, “Maybe a little too much, Em,” and Spencer learns surgery from youtube and accidentally lets Toby get high AF from her special gummy bears. Oh, and their latest plan to trap Charles is ruined by stoned Toby, be...
s06e06 “No Stone Unturned”
July 17, 2015 10:37 - 2 hours - 62.3 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 6 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria receives a new threat from A, and unasked for help from Ezra, Hanna shows off her bra strap and steals a car, Emily is sad to turn down another Habitat for Humanity trip but gets to make out with Sara Harvey, and Spencer witnesses the inevitable disintegration of Dean the Sober Coach’s boundaries.
s06e05 “She’s No Angel”
July 03, 2015 10:23 - 2 hours - 59.3 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 5 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria goes to a creepy junkyard with Clark to take photos, and they might have snapped one of A, Hanna tries to help Mona patch up her relationship with a furious Lesli Stone, Emily a officially adopts Sara Harvey after getting her emancipated, then they get tattoos together, and Spencer is high on pot cookies and horny af with Toby out of town.
s06e04 “Don’t Look Now”
June 26, 2015 10:12 - 2 hours - 56 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 4 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria makes a trip to the darkroom and A tries to trap her inside, Hanna has had about enough of her smothering boyfriend’s concern, Emily’s seduction of Sara Harvey continues with a dip in the pool, and Spencer finds a new low, dumpster diving for pills and trying to score off of the new Brew Chef.
s06e03 “Songs of Experience”
June 19, 2015 10:03 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 3 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria turns to an old hobby to avoid going to school, Hanna tries to get the liars to talk with Therapy Anne, Emily stays home to take care of her new lost puppy, and Spencer confronts Jason and Ali about the mystery of Charles DiLaurentis, and their lying son of a bitch of a father.
Podcast Extra: An interview with PLL Director of Photography Larry Reibman
June 15, 2015 12:30 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBAs we settle into the new season, we’re joined by the Director of Photography for Pretty Little Liars, Larry Reibman, to discuss the visual style of the show, working in digital, influences, and much more. If you’ve ever wondered what a gaffer is, you’ve come to the right place.
s06e02 “Songs of Innocence”
June 12, 2015 10:04 - 2 hours - 56.5 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 2 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria wants to put a wall between before and after, Hanna can’t live in her room now because it’s ruined, Emily’s got a gun and a new kooky blonde to look after, and Spencer can’t sleep without meds that her mom won’t let her have. Also, Ali goes to church.
s06e01 “Game On, Charles”
June 05, 2015 10:15 - 2 hours - 58.7 MBRecapping Season 6, Episode 1 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria vows to commit murder, Hanna is concerned for her mother’s health, Emily tries to comfort her friends and Spencer figures out that Charles is a DiLaurentis. All this while they’re locked in A’s murder dungeon for weeks as Ali and the Hardy Bros hatch a plan to lure A out with Ali as bait.
Podcast Extra! An interview with Troian Bellisario
June 01, 2015 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBSeason 6 is almost upon us, so let’s all celebrate with an extra long podcast where the guys talk to Pretty Little Liars star Troian Bellisario. Honestly, what else needs to be said? You don’t want to miss this one.
Podcast Extra! An interview with PLL Script Supervisor Paula Hunziker
May 19, 2015 09:33 - 59 minutes - 27 MBAs the new season creeps closer, we sit down for a talk with Paula Hunziker, the Script Supervisor for Pretty Little Liars. Paula tells us what a script supervisor does, how she got into the gig, some of her favorite scenes from PLL, and more. Also discussed: which episode Paula is directing in Season 6, what side of the time jump it’s on, Kiefer Sutherland’s intensity level, and the mysterious allure of Lee Pace. Enjoy!
Podcast Extra! An interview with PLL writer/producer Joseph Dougherty
April 28, 2015 05:58 - 1 hour - 41 MBThe guys are back to talk more Pretty Little Liars, The Prisoner, and obscure film references with writer and producer Joseph Dougherty. We discuss “Shadow Play,” Vivian Darkbloom, what Paige might be up to in California, what’s in Ezra’s special blend, and much much more. Adjust your theories accordingly! Seriously!
Podcast Extra! An interview with PLL director Norman Buckley
April 17, 2015 20:30 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBAfter a visit to the set, the Bros are back to talk with director Norman Buckley about working on Pretty Little Liars, editing that one montage for The O.C., sneaking Antonioni references into some upcoming episodes, and possible PLL spin-offs. Thanks to Norman for dropping by to talk shop with us, and convincing ABC Family to let us onto the backlot!
Podcast Extra! An interview with PLL writer Bryan M. Holdman
March 30, 2015 09:00 - 1 hour - 31 MBIt might be hiatus time on the show, but we have PLL writer and producer Bryan M. Holdman on the podcast for a chat about the writing process, the Hardy Bros, chickpeas, and Act Normal, Bitch! Thanks so much to Bryan for giving us such great insights into how the show gets created. Don’t worry, no spoilers here — unless your whole A theory hinges on Jesse the guidance counselor. In that case… shut the door and have a seat.
s05e25 “Welcome to the Dollhouse”
March 26, 2015 10:50 - 2 hours - 69.6 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 25 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer are kidnapped and trapped in creepy bonkers hatch from LOST in this insane an amazing season finale. The Hardy Bros team up with Hastings and Hastings to work the cops, and an old fan favorite returns to help the liars. Also, Charles is A, whoever Charles is.
s05e24 “I’m a Good Girl, I Am”
March 19, 2015 10:42 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 24 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria recruits her ex-boyfriend to take her brother into hiding, Hanna tries to get Caleb to calm down about questing after new evidence, Emily investigates Ali’s story about Thanksgiving in hopes of finding a witness for Ali’s alibi, and Spencer finally has The Talk with Toby that has long been festering. Per Tanner, it’s Spencer or the job. Choose wisely, Toblerone.
s05e23 “The Melody Lingers On”
March 12, 2015 10:15 - 2 hours - 56 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 23 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria discovers another side of Andrew when the topic of Mona comes up, Hanna is sanguine in jail, ready for whatever fate awaits her, Emily fields an unexpected call from Ali that might rekindle and old flame, and Spencer tries to bury the hatchet with Jason about her constant controlling nature.
s05e22 “To Plea or Not to Plea”
March 05, 2015 11:52 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 22 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria does her best to avoid the inevitable awkward talk with Fitz, Hanna panics when she learns Tanner is trying to get Ali to name her as an accomplice, Emily enlists Ezra to help track down new clues about this Varjak fellow, and Spencer goes on a theatre date with Colin in jolly old England, which might just be a planned distraction engineered by Melissa.
s05e21 “Bloody Hell”
February 26, 2015 11:09 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 21 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria tracks down Cyrus to a burn unit before falling victim to A’s trap for her brother, Hanna’s mom settles for awful Pastor Ted, and Hanna has to bury the hatchet with Ali, Emily gets ‘encouraged’ to drop out of the pageant due to her sketchy reputation, and Spencer gets shipped off to London by her mom, but A still manages to mess with her there too.
s05e20 “Pretty isn’t the Point”
February 19, 2015 11:27 - 2 hours - 55.7 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 20 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria recruits Andrew to spy on her brother, Hanna enlists help to prepare for the talent portion of the beauty pageant, Emily meets Talia’s husband and pulls the ripcord on that disaster, and Spencer is saddled with an awful Egg pollen about stealing back his “stolen” artwork from The Man, which further drives a wedge between her and Toby. Also, a huge reveal about a major plot thread.
s05e19 “Out, Damned Spot!”
February 12, 2015 11:09 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 19 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria tries to keep an eye on her suddenly suspicious and suddenly swole little brother, Hanna tries to hit up her dad for some help with college tuition, Emily learns a disturbing fact about her new girlfriend, and Spencer gets tricked by egg into committing some petty vandalism. Also, Cyrus Petrillo returns and is suddenly awesome.
s05e18 “Oh, What Hard Luck Stories They All Hand Me”
February 05, 2015 11:14 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 18 of Pretty Little Liars. The Liars make Aria investigate her suddenly shady brother, Magic Mike Montgomery, Hanna unlocks all of her powers and becomes the mythical Black Swan, Emily tries to figure out whether or not Talia is flirting with her (uh, she is, Em), and Spencer is fascinated by the local blue collar boy and the amazing things he can do with junk and electronics.
s05e17 “The Bin of Sin”
January 29, 2015 10:16 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 17 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria comes clean with Ezra about the letter to Jackie, Hanna orders Caleb to help her clean out the storage bin A rented in her name, Emily rescues Team Sparia from a chilling death trap, and Spencer’s relationship with Toby is being stressed to the breaking point over his split allegiances to her and The Law.
s05e16 “Over a Barrel”
January 22, 2015 10:56 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 16 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria gets pressed into work delivering flowers to her tulpa, Hanna is dealing with the return of Pastor Ted after catching her mom with Jason, Emily’s entire plot-line revolves around the shirt that she’s wearing, and Spencer and Caleb sneak into a storage shed and maybe find poor Mona’s final resting place.
s05e15 “Fresh Meat”
January 15, 2015 11:15 - 2 hours - 57.1 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 15 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria tries a new strategy when she discovers that Jackie Molina is an admissions officer at the college that wait-listed her, Hanna goes searching for Holbrook and has a jail cell chat with Ali, Emily goes after a Chef’s position at Ezra’s new business to earn money to see Paige, and Spencer recruits Caleb to steal some evidence that Toby finds while on duty.
s05e14 “Through a Glass, Darkly”
January 08, 2015 12:18 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 14 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria tries to get her brother to open up about Mona, and takes up a new hobby, Hanna recruits The Grunwald to help locate a body, Emily faces her last days with Paige, doing everything to get her to stay, and Spencer tries to talk Jason into saving one sister over the other.
s05e13 “How the ‘A’ Stole Christmas”
December 25, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 13 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria fails at her one task, and discovers that Ezra was a fancy boy growing up, Hanna lays down the law with some pre-teen bullies, and gets knocked out by A, Emily encounters secret allies, and learns that Paige might be leaving for good soon, and Spencer cosplays with Toby and searches for clues to keep her out of jail. Also, Ali is visited by the Ghosts of Mona Past, Present and Future.
s05e12 “Taking This One to the Grave”
December 23, 2014 21:12 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 12 of Pretty Little Liars. Ali takes a lie detector test to prove her innocence to Holbrook, Aria and Ezra make pie together, Hanna’s SCT scores have her looking at Ivies before suffering a great personal tragedy, Emily gets back with Paige via some no words needed smooching, and Spencer Hastings is finally arrested for murder. Fatal Finale time, get the tissues.
s05e11 “No One Here Can Love or Understand Me”
December 22, 2014 04:33 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 11 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria’s father gets his fedora re-blocked for a cosplay viewing of Strangers on a Train, Hanna recruits Toby via Spencer to bro down with Caleb about his drinking problem and related Ravenswood BS, Emily teams up with an unlikely Ali to gather intel on Ali, and realizes she wants Paige back, and Spencer finally learns what Melissa’s dark secret is, in the form of an incriminating confession.
s05e10 “A Dark Ali”
December 18, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 10 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria tries to protect Ezra from Ali’s machinations, Hanna is cleaning up her life and trying out for a Chorus Solo, Emily struggles to maintain her loyalty to Ali in the face of mounting evidence against her, and Spencer dresses up like a sexy detective and jumps out of cars to yell at people about her latest clues.
s05e09 “March of Crimes”
December 15, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 9 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria has to confront the truth, and then her mother, about Muffin Man Zack, Hanna tells Caleb about what’s eating her, and for once, someone believes her, Emily discovers a new friend has been lying about their connection to an enemy, and Spencer dresses down Caleb on his new shady ways before hallucinating two Jenna Things.
s05e08 “Scream for Me”
December 12, 2014 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 8 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria is a terrible friend to someone in need, too wrapped up in her own drama, Hanna gets to experience the awfulness of secretly skeezy Rosewood men, Emily is offered an assistant coaching position by a fellow student, which is a thing that happens, and Spencer gets a black eye while escaping another of A’s little terror traps.
PLL Roundtable Christmas Miracle!
December 09, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 29.5 MBBehold! The top minds in PLL criticism, Heather Hogan and Jacob Clifton, have joined us for a special roundtable discussion before the Pretty Little Liars Christmas Episode. We’re answering questions from listeners and readers on twitter, such as "which character is the most underutilized,” “Is Ali actually a sociopath,” and “Noel Kahn.” Thanks so much to Heather and Jacob for joining us, this was a ton of fun and we hope you all enjoy it too. You can find more from Heather on autostraddle.co...
s05e07 “The Silence of E. Lamb”
December 05, 2014 11:37 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 7 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria goes undercover at Radley and runs into Bethany’s former roommate, Hanna has to deal with Caleb after he has a run-in with Ali, Emily is forced to invite all her friends to dinner at Pam’s request, and Spencer helps Ezra hide some evidence and then borrows his spy gear to spy on Melissa.
s05e06 “Run, Ali, Run”
December 03, 2014 05:30 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 6 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria tries to pump the brakes on Ezria 2.0 after a couple slips, Hanna has had enough of Ali’s new normal and tries to help her flee town, Emily forces Paige to name names about Mona’s Army, and Spencer attempts to save her parents’ relationship while hunting down info on Bethany Young at Radley.
s05e05 “Miss Me x 100”
December 01, 2014 04:00 - 2 hours - 61.8 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 5 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria has some metaphorical pie for Ezra after comforting Jenna Thing, Hanna’s world gets rocked by the return of her haunted cyberwolf ex-bf, Emily’s slow thaw with Paige is interrupted by unexpected bedroom eyes from Ali, and Spencer’s parents have finally turned on each other, with Spencer caught in the middle. And an old friend comes back and says hello.
s05e04 “Thrown From the Ride”
November 27, 2014 12:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 4 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria backslides onto the Fitzwagon before having a Jessie’s Girl moment, Hanna helps out Ali with the doctor and tries to reclaim her own identity, Emily searches for the elusive Ex Utopia with Paige, and Spencer briefly gains respite from her constant paranoia before getting sucked into her dark suspicions even further. And Ali is so mysterious because maybe something terrible happened to her.
s05e03 “Surfing the Aftershocks”
November 23, 2014 07:59 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 3 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria returns to the scene of the crime, Hanna has an existential crisis when she realizes that Mona created her in Ali’s image, Emily makes a new acquaintance on the swim team and adjusts to Paige as an ex-girlfriend, and Spencer has a lot of late night conversations with Hastings about Jessica’s death.
s05e02 “Whirly Girlie”
November 17, 2014 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 2 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria is losing her mind over her new taste for human blood, Hanna is snooping around her mom’s dealings with Mr. DiLaurentis and soiling her underwear, Emily is doing everything she can to remain loyal to Ali, including walking her new dog, and Spencer takes a time out to bone Toby before spying on Jason as a new suspect.
s05e01 “EscApe From New York”
November 14, 2014 07:59 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBRecapping Season 5, Episode 1 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria worries about the fate of Ezra Fitz, Hanna ponders life in a field hockey skirt, Emily pries some answers out of Alison about her secret shenanigans with CeCe, and Spencer’s stomach is growling because she hasn’t eaten in two episodes. Oh, and we find out who A is.
s04e24 “A is for Answers”
November 12, 2014 05:28 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBRecapping Season 4, Episode 24 of Pretty Little Liars. Now that the Rosewood Police Department knows Alison DiLaurentis is alive, Aria, Hanna, Emilym and Spencer meet up with Ali in NYC to find out what happened That Night and try to put all the pieces together to figure out who A is.
s04e23 “Unbridled”
November 06, 2014 07:59 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBRecapping Season 4, Episode 23 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria’s mother returns with big news about the Muffin Man, Hanna volunteers to help her mom out with the bridal show as a guise to sneak into Ali’s house, Emily cuts Paige loose after one betrayal too far, and Spencer discovers that she has huge gaps in her memory the summer before Ali went missing, and was being a complete terror to her parents, almost like an evil twin.
s04e22 “Cover For Me”
November 03, 2014 11:10 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBRecapping Season 4, Episode 22 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria enjoys a lost weekend with a loser guitar bro, Hanna learns about Paige dropping a dime on Ali, Emily confronts Ezra about his insincere assistance, and Spencer gets a new life coach who helps her fugue out about killing Ali That Night.
s04e21 “She’s Come Undone”
October 31, 2014 06:59 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBRecapping Season 4, Episode 21 of Pretty Little Liars. Hurricane Aria descends on the Fitzpalace, turning up new clues, Hanna talks Holbrook into doing a solid for Travis’s dad, and then promptly smooches him, Emily receives an ultimatum from Paige when Ali’s resurrection is revealed, and Spencer begins to suspect that perhaps she was the one who tried to kill Ali.
s04e20 “Free Fall”
October 28, 2014 06:59 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBRecapping Season 4, Episode 20 of Pretty Little Liars. Aria finds out about Spencer’s pill history from Ezra, and then about Ezra, Hanna is afraid of reptiles, Emily tries to walk a fine line between intervening with Spencer and tracking down A, and Spencer’s planned intervention of Aria takes a turn for the worse when Ezra’s machinations turn it into an intervention for her.