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From the first episode I was hooked. This became my new guilty pleasure and it sometimes hurts waiting for the next episode every week. I have never read the books, and I don't want to start now in fear that I'll spoil it for myself. Here are some reasons why you should watch Pretty Little Liars.

Great Cast! - The casting was really done well. Although Spencer does look a bit older than the rest of the girls, it still is great. They all have great chemistry with each other on screen, it really makes it believable. I believe every single one of these girls its crazy, and I am like on the edge of my seat wondering who is "A".

Great Story! - At the end of each episode i get mad! Its like damn gotta wait another week for another one. Its so addicting. It really is, just watch it.

Secret Life is a mess, This is A lot BETTER!!! This should be on Mondays instead of Tuesdays!

Pretty Little Liars is an interesting teen drama shown on ABC Family. The plot of the show involves a circle of four female friends who become engrossed in a missing persons case when the "queen bee" of their group, Allison, goes missing and the remaining friends find themselves being blackmailed by "A" who seems to know an awful lot of their secrets.

Unlike the other ABC Family teen dramas (i.e. - Secret Life of the American Teenager) I found that Pretty Little Liars has much better character development and the actors who portray them are all very believable and talented. Each character has their own interesting subplot which is what really drives the show. The initial idea of teenage girls being blackmailed definitely was not interesting to me but after the first episode I found myself hooked. I felt like I had to know what happened next to each character, even the ones that seem to have more minor roles.

This may not be a show that will win huge awards since it is definitely meant to appeal to a specific demographic, but it is refreshing to see a teen drama that is not completely based around sex and deals with other common issues too. This show is interesting enough that even if you are not a teenage girl it is still fun to watch and less feminine or religiously biased than other ABC Family series out there.

I used to watch this show, and for the first few seasons it held my interest. But come ON---I don't even care who "A" is anymore. Talk about milking a single plot! I finally stopped watching since the plot just kept getting more and more confusing and ridiculous, with references to characters and things that happened years ago suddenly coming back with no rhyme or reason, endless new bizarre and nonsensical twists and turns, and the always omni-present "A" who seems to know everyone's thoughts and actions while simultaneously thwarting attempts to uncover his/her identity. A decent show that the writers messed up in a big way! If you watch this show, you need a scorecard to keep track of the zillions of characters bouncing in and out at random.

Look a lot is improbable...and you need to suspend reality. This is just plain fun. Fun trying to figure all the bad guys are fun to watch the twists. It's pure escapism. The reviews saying it's bad acting is a crock. I can't believe how many times the actors need to cry each episode and it's never a dry cry. The acting is great and so is the writing, very clever. It's best binged...i would have been frustrated waiting each week.

Pretty Little Liars is one of those shows that is not fantastic but drags you in and won't let you go until you find out what's next.There is enough mystery in the identity of A to keep you watching for more clues.

It keeps you guessing. The show has a touch of Gossip Girl, with the mystery texts and the high class rich kids who can buy their way out of anything. It's got a lot of clichés and some bad drama but it's worth a shot.

It is definitely not the best show out there, but it has it's moments. If you are having some withdrawls from your favourite dramas this summer, this may just satisfy you until September.

Season One: 9/10

Season Two: 8/10

Themes: Drama, High School, Romance, Mystery, Suspense, Missing Person, Lgbtq+, Lesbian, Crime Solving, Anonymous Bully, Teacher-Student Relationship & Blackmail.

Top five characters: 1) Spencer Hastings, 2) Caleb Rivers, 3) Hanna Marin, 4) Emily Fields and 5) Toby Cavanaugh.

I started watching this last summer. I was bored and a friend recommended me this series. I'm not a big fan of scary drama, but I was addicted from episode one.

The characters are unbelievably interesting, and every little detail makes sense. It's the kind of show that keeps you wishing you had more and more episodes available to watch. It's really thought-provoking-- meaning, a lot of theories and ideas are going to start popping up in your head and you'll find yourself addicted to this show soon enough.

If you haven't watched it yet, do yourself a favor and do it. It's absolutely brilliant.

I can't believe it took me this long to find PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. WOW. I can't stop watching it - this is an addictive show, no doubt.

I love the cast - each girl plays her character so very well. (HANNA IS MY FAVE) All are believable. And, geez the plot twists keep you on your toes, don't they???!!!! The boys are good, too...and the moms. A great deal of chemistry between the actors and actresses- which helps this series work at a very high level.

Lots of drama that you care about- lots of love, attraction, heartbreak, confusion, gossip, and a crime or two here and there!

Beginning of the 2nd Season and I just found out something I literally could NOT believe. (I won't tell you- you should go find out).

So glad I found this show- just finished watching BREAKING BAD..and, although I thoght that was a great show, too...it was so dark, ttis one is generally not "dark," but it does have some seriously heavy plot lines....it's no lightwsight, belive e.

Who's A? Could it be this person? No. It's actually this other person. Just kidding! It's another person! Could it be this other person you barely remember?

This is a fun watch. The main characters are all likable and get some great development over the course of the series. The series gets very formulaic and repetitive over time. By the end of season 6, where they finally revealed A, I did not care anymore. The seasons are long and there are some really fun twists and turns, but this could have benefitted from shorter seasons. The teacher-student relationship was extremely creepy and it was gross that they dragged it on for the entire series.

So I decided to watch pretty little liars on Netflix I was hooked from the minute it started. Bit far fetched in places but was very entertaining to watch. In my opinion the last episode was done brilliant and the acting was good especially from girl who played Spencer's. Ignore some of the negative comments and watch it and decided for yourself well worth the watch

This show saved my life. I love it, it instilled passion and motivation in me when I had lost it all due to my illness. It made me care again. I was intrigued by the plot, mystery, and drama. Somehow it gave me my life back. The characters are all so relatable. I identify the most with Hanna and Spencer. Most of all, it covers REAL issues. Hanna's ED, her dad leaving, Mike's depression after the parents divorce, Spencer's struggle to be perfect in her family, Emily coming out to her parents. This show has a lot of depth. It's fantastic. Please watch this show! You won't regret it. It can be very intense but also comedic at times. I think that everyone can relate to at least one character.

Just started this, almost done with season 1, I love it, it is fun to watch, I love the girl's outfits, who wears that to high school ? Everyone wore jeans in my high school, no fashion sense at all. Love the Teacher/Student relationship, it is taboo, but intriguing and very realistic! And the boys are so cute, Caleb is about the cutest thing I have seen , he is a great character. Cant wait for more.

Wish they stoped at like third or fourth season. I feel like they have been just wanted more money so they continued making more episodes without a good idea and then just ruined the story. Ok, maybe not ruined but it definitely became boring toward the end. I liked the cast.

I am enjoying this show but it should have been concluded 3 seasons ago! I'm finally on the last season age now bored with all the possible suspects but also bored with the main characters that I was invested in... Aria and her "deer in headlights" look... Spencer with her "I've grown a mullet shaggy look and I'm sticking with it" Emily's permanent anxious face Only Alley developed in character and ACTED in the later seasons and also Allison did so well considering she gained weight through health issues.

All in all I'm enjoying it but there's something wrong when you are waiting for a show to just finish already!

This is so good. It is the perfect mix of a drama and mystery series. It hookes you at the beginning and it keeps going stronger and stronger! It is if not the best teenage drama ever! Great for all ages, no disturbing images (well no scary images)

If you asked me years ago when this show had 3-4 seasons I would definitely give it a ten but the storyline is just getting repetitive and you get a little bit bored and that's why I'm giving it a low 7.First four seasons and maybe fifth are from another planet,acting and plot were very well executed and acting was on point but after that story just gets more boring and boring.The ending is something not expected but I don't like it because after everything the girls gone through that ending was jus bizarre.Overall it's good series to watch and entertaining.