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Pretty Little Liars Spinoff Is Not So Pretty

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Spinoff shows have a bad habit of being well… bad! However Pretty Little Liars’ spinoff, Ravenswood, holds no truth to this statement.

Ravenswood premiered after PLL’s annual Halloween special and became the network’s No. 1 series premiere with and outstanding 2.1 million viewers! The very dark and mysterious show (way creepier than any other PLL episode) did not stop viewers from watching it and made it cable’s biggest drama debut, in the demographic for women ages 18-34, in nearly three years.

Why were viewers glued to their seats and covered in goose bumps? Although Ravenswood is a spinoff of Pretty Little Liars it is everything BUT pretty. The town is creepy, scary, dark (literally and metaphorically) and very questionable. Oh and not to mention that this town holds a curse that affects five families. Like I said, everything BUT pretty… I know.

This twilight zone-ish feel that the show brings has huge potential and opportunity to reach additional demographics and maybe even reel in a male fan-base.

Ravenswood has served ABC Family so well that the network took extreme measures and backed up the premiere of Twisted, to make more room for new episodes of Ravenswood. Very bad news for Twisted fans, good news for ABC’s newly Ravenswood fans but maybe some bad news for PLL fans and here’s why.

Tyler Blackburn who plays Caleb Rivers in Ravenswood and PLL had to leave the mother-show to premiere in the spinoff. He’s mentioned in past interviews that it’s a bittersweet feeling.

 “That show has been so wonderful. It’s changed my life. I’ve gotten close with the cast and I’ve had so much fun doing it,” said Blackburn.

Find out about the future of Haleb here.

Tune in Tuesdays at 8 p.m. and stay on the edge of your seats prime timers because Ravenswood will continue with three more episodes in November and will return once again in January 7 along with Pretty Little Liars.

By Marysol Guzman


Pretty Little Liars’ liar is revelaed! Halloween Special 2013

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Pretty Little Liars’ executive producers have done it again! Their annual Halloween special left fans with goosebumps, chipped nails, scared and SHOCKED! Allison’s unsure presence led Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna to the very creepy town of Ravenswood. They underwent a suspenseful tour through a creepy building. Hanna got separated from the girls (what a shocker) and seemed to have stumbled upon the so called “dead” Allison who was very much ALIVE! Twists and additional mysteries seemed to be never ending once Miranda gets introduced in the show. Miranda is a young girl who is on a mission to find her estranged uncle. She happened to hop on the same bus that is headed to Ravenswood with Caleb. Both characters share similar depressing pasts which initiated a special bond between them. Once arrived at Ravenswood, Miranda heads to her uncle’s residence, which just happens to be the creepy building, and finds Hanna… Weird coincidence right? That’s not all, in the midst of it all Ezra is shown to take a different route in his character. The loyal dreamy teacher/lover now has all the indicators that he is A and “red coat’s” influence! But there’s more, Ezra coincidentally appears at the end to rescue the girls from a flat tire. His excuse was that he was worried about his lover Aria. Mr. Superman Ezra saves the night by giving the girls a ride back home but what happens once the girls are dropped off? Drum roll please… Allison in all her well alive flesh and glory is waiting for them! Talk about a plot twister right? You would think it was a dream until the so-called pronounced dead Allison sparks up a conversation, “I don’t have much time,” she said with a fearful tone “It’s still not safe for me to be here. I want to come home, but you have to help me. … Remember what I told you at the hospital, Hanna?” AND SUDDENLY… Ezra ruins the suspenseful moment by returning with Aria’s phone and manages to scare off Ali. But why did Ali take off so suddenly? Could it be that Ezra is the reason why Allison doesn’t want to return to Rosewood? The question abides until the return of the season next year on Jan. 7. The show presented new opportunities for characters; one being the return of Allison (apparently she has resurrected) and the other being able to introduce its spin-off of the show, Ravenswood.

P.S -I’m curious to know what Miranda has to do with all of this and what exactly did Allison say to Hanna in the hospital?

By Marysol Guzman

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