Please do another for season two!

I remember in my eighth grade english class I asked if my teacher liked any of his books, and this woman straight up said no and said he was weird, and that every story is about this one girl he can’t get and that it sounds like he has issues lol. This was 9 years ago.

"You have a pop quiz in Spanish, DON'T. GO. TO. THE TRAIN TRACKS." I love this channel

pretty lil liars summer school summary yessss

not you giving us a sneak peak on ur writing!! I need to read your sapphic comedic writing so bad it sounds amazing

HBO max should have paid you to promote this show hahaha your passion about PLL made me pause the video, watch the whole show on 2.5 speed, then come back

Mike's mic is such a legend

"If you're not an original Pretty Little Liars watcher, I don't know why you're watching this video." Me: 🧍

Summer school now!!!!!

Hot take: anything that made for teen girls is automatically seen as over the top and ridiculous. I liked how they took criticism from s1 and added more realistic depictions of how the trauma of being stalked and followed can affect you,, s2 is actually pretty enjoyable. It’s of course not the most serious show, but it’s not trying to be. Loved how we actually got answers to questions and didn’t have to wait 6 seasons for 1 lackluster reveal…. The drama is fun and the feminism and sisterhood between the main 5 girls is refreshing to see. The queer and POC representation is also wayyyy better than the original.

without watching the vid yet... carley bestie imma be so for real i'm going to be so upset if you say a single negative thing about my gurlz

“You’ll never guess what my mental illness told me!!!” I will be taking that and saying it to my friends, thank you very much!

okay im a ballet dancer and whenever it's in media i physically can't prevent myself from sharing info + personal thoughts so writing as it goes: in most professional productions, the Black Swan (Odile) and the White Swan (Odette) are usually danced by the same dancer because Odile is supposed to be Odette's like evil twin. in the context of this being a production where the cast is all students, having Odile and Odette be split roles makes sense (both roles contain a LOT of difficult dancing and a student's stamina may not be there yet, studio director wanting to give two dancers who may fit the movements of one character or the other a little better the opportunity to learn the variations, etc). however, did nobody get cast as Odette? like was it just not important to mention for this breakdown or are they just doing excerpts from the ballet orrrrr like what's going on here? razors in pointe shoes: okay i guess maybe their teacher didn't want to victim blame but if there is something in your pointe shoe that isn't usually there, you know IMMEDIATELY. pointe shoes must fit very tight to the foot in order to work correctly when you're dancing on pointe, so anything wrong or different is pretty obvious, especially to a dancer who is presumably practiced enough to be a candidate for Odile (the solo variations are considered among the hardest in classical ballet). so uh. everyone around karen should be a little suspicious that like - girl how the fuck did you not NOTICE razor blades in your shoes! and realistically speaking, even if faren (no clue how to spell lmao) got Odile taken away because she put razor blades in someone's shoes, the girl whose feet got all cut up would NOT be the one to get the principal role because she needs to let her feet heal. like girl your toes got sliced and diced, you are not going to be doing 32 fouettes right now!! and as for kelly post-karen-death being suspiciously better at dancing, there could be some merit to that being weird. every dancer has specific things they're working on and areas that they are better at than others, as well as good and bad habits, etc. so, lets say if kelly was a good jumper but just okay at turning, and karen was decent at jumping but better at turns, and kelly was suddenly much better at turning after karen's death, that might be a little weird if there were also other dance habits/mannerisms that were suddenly shifted from karen to kelly. but the switching lockers thing is a weird move regardless. like kelly is either taking over her dead sister's dance locker for no explained reason (is it an especially good locker and/or in a good spot that she doesn't want someone else to take? is she afraid that someone else will take it and do something to karen's belongings? is she grieving and wanting to feel some connection to her sister?) even though an explained reason would probably do good things for fleshing out kelly as a character, or karen is doing an inherently weird thing, again, with no explanation, that could potentially blow her cover for not being kelly in pll logic world. ALSO why the fuck would kelly be put in charge of helping faren with black swan??? that should either be something for faren to work on on her own as an additional challenge to her self-motivation, something for uh the fucking director/teacher/ballet master to do, or a more experienced dancer to be helping her with. like maybe it would be fine for like a one-time "oh kelly, can you watch faren do her variation and give some feedback?", but it makes no sense for a peer to be in a sort of mentorship position with faren long-term. and then faren loses black swan again for her weird investigation behavior?????? at this point the director needs to just fucking choose holy shit. in general, it's really unusual for the cast list for principal characters (as opposed to corps de ballet stuff) to be changing this much. so yeah carley, i am also not feeling confident about this swan lake production. summer intensive not accepting faren for a back scar is just like... no. summer intensives, expecially for high school-aged dancers, are literally just for continuing your training over the summer. attending an intensive CAN be a way in to auditioning for a school's year-round program, which CAN be a way to get into apprenticeships and/or corps positions at connected companies (if the school is connected to a ballet company, which many big intensives are), but the school is not "risking" anything by accepting a dancer with a history of back injury. faren would be paying to go there lol, if she gets injured and can't participate, that's her loss, not the company's. the last reference to ballet is the whole "she [ballet teacher] made you be perfect, make her imperfect" thing, which sort of implies that this ballet teacher was one of those scary Russian ones who hasn't smiled since she made her final performance as the sugarplum fairy under the direction of vaganova himself. anyways so nowhere else have i noticed any flags of this teacher being like that? no severe, old-fashioned teacher would change a fucking cast list that many times, and definitely wouldn't give a principal role to a girl who just had her feet cut up with RAZORS IN HER POINTE SHOES (i still can't believe that was a plot point omg), like it just doesn't fit into the archetype that maybe the show wanted to her to fit. and one last thing that is literally just me being annoying and overly pedantic: ballerina = principal/prima ballerina in a professional ballet company, ballet dancer = most others. like that's super technical and like who cares, it's not a crime to be like a soloist and call yourself that. but that alongside the weird "taking a risk with a dancer with a history of back injuries" led me to question: are they ballet students or are they literal professionals on the side? is faren getting paid for Odile? what is happening??? okay that's it yap session over love carley videos love mike's mic it was absolutely beautiful to see the first few minutes of the video no notes wonderful okay bye

Omg I’m so glad you also like summer school bc I literally love it and now I feel validated 😋

btw: Mrs Beasley was Buffy's doll on Family Affair. Series is now more than 50 years old but watch a few episodes some time. You'll like it : )

Tabby got SO much less annoying in Summer School. They toned the film references down by like 70%, much more tolerable now. EDIT: my vote for A in Summer School is the therapist..... But I could be wrong.

Glad to hear that you're currently working on a novel and some short stories. I hope that soon you will share something with us. Best of luck, and try not to obsess (as some of us sometimes do : ) ).

Eww you’re such a mad hater

would love to see a video on season two <3

Okay but Hanna Marin did try to plead guilty to the murder her mom was framed for, and pushed a cop car into the lake

They should literally pay you bc I saw this pop up, suddenly remembered this show existed and binged what’s come out of the second season in a day

i see no one ever mention that Shawn is played by the (ex?) youtuber Alex Aiono!!! i used to watch him ALL THE TIME when he was vlogging with Mia! when he popped up on the show i was STUNNED

what nail polish are you wearing queen

So I read somewhere that some of the girls were supposed to punish their bully in the finally, but HBO said no.

they should do the right thing and bring in mona

Recap the next one!!!

41:13 "I'm geocaching" 😂😂😂

not being a hp fan means that draco malfoy is lauren lopez to me and i constantly forget that this guy exactly exists but just as some random dude in The Flash for a few seasons

Uncarley 2010s pop culture content is top tier KZbin. Especially PLL. ILYSM

I didn’t think Chip was sus before the revelation, he was honestly so forgettable that I simply didn’t pay attention to him oop.

Pretty Little Liars has irrevocable damage to the psyches of everyone involved but I can’t say it’s in a bad way.

pretty off topic but the person who ran YFIP is my mutual on twitter nowadays and her article about her teenage years is really interesting if anyone wants to read it! She talks about it on twitter from time to time too

Yesssssss I LOVE seeing my main man Derek Klena getting his PLL bag!!! Go Broadway boy go!!!!!!!

thank you carley cause i have committed to never watching it even though i love PLL 😋🙏‼️

dude. i know this has nothing to do with the video but i just signed up for Milanote and it's like. the best thing that's ever happened to my ADHD brain that's desperately trying to write a novel but keeps losing the plot lmao

This is too good! I love your storytelling style with a big dollop of sarcasm! The best! ❤

The do clarify why Divergents matter and/or are a threat (to some). But you do have to read all the books. 💀 I don’t remember the films, but I remember reading the series, and your facts are off due to a few misconceptions that they presume in the first book & movie.

31:29 I raise you the Snape/Regulus ship and leave you with any questions you may have to contemplate on why

I need your thoughts on this summer school season STAT

All of my knowledge on the Riverdale multiverse comes directly from you and Mike's Mic. I have watched hours upon hours of content and deepdives of shows I've never seen and don't plan on seeing. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I didnt make myself a dftba tshirt in 2008 just for John Green to become Hank Green from ticktock's brother.

Omg we're super close to bring birthday twins. Lol at "reputation era"

I was wondering who you reminded me of in the black hoodie. I realised that you look like a 2007 Britney Spears after her head shave! Love your videos <3

when my unhinged elder gen z youtube girl boss trinity all upload in the same day-ish>>>>

I genuinely love this show because it is the most campy and insane as it could possibly be. Such a fun ride

no i have not watched a single episode of PLL in my life but I HAVE watched all of mike's mic recap videos so I feel like I am fully qualified to watch this video. earned my degree in pretty little liars which is both normal to want and possible to achieve

My favourite example of fake dating is THE HUNGER GAMES!!

What’s the name of the painter you mentioned in the ad read?

I’m listening to this while working on my broken washing machine. Being a queer woman means I think I can fix literally any thing. Thanks for the entertainment Carley!

i used this video as company and a timer while my apple loaf was in the oven… anyway banger vid