Oh thank god I won't have to watch Pretty Little Liars

My favourite Hanna quote: "Jenna can't hear us, she's blind."

Allison was so busy the day she died that I'm surprised that she didn't really die by exhaustion.

gotta respect allison for just never doing the right thing, even when it's easy

the amount of times aria would STRUT into ezras classroom in season 1 and FLIRT with him in PUBLIC and then had to nerve to be shocked once people started finding out ???

“we find out jenna has a seeing eye dog named shadow, shadows really cute, we never see shadow again” this line summarized the whole show and im here for it

"jenna can't hear us, she's blind" must be the BEST line on the show

I'm late on this one but ''the implied threat level of this blind girl is extremely high... like this girl is blind but she's also a thanos-level threat'' is possibly the funniest thing ever said. jenna marshall was truly such a serve of a character

Your line "Ezra Fitz is not seeing heaven, and I'll make sure of it." absolutely changed my life, picturing you skulking in the bushes outside the pearly gates with a tranquilizer dart and a net or something.

Something I always found HILARIOUS was how the show tried to make out Aria’s parents for being villains bc they didn’t approve of their daughter being involved with her teacher 😭

"Pam invented homophobia. Jenna invented the flute." wheezing

I will always applaud PLL for making 14 year-old me feel in danger everytime I watched a episode

The fact that Allison was collecting enemies like pokemon, she really was a MENACE

my favorite thing about toby is that he spent the basically whole first season just being a nice person and the show’s framing of it was “what a suspicious weirdo”

Obsessed with the way the writers apparently went “Ok Aria’s thing is English so we’re gonna surround her with people whose names are inexplicably related to the English literary canon. Her father will be Byron, her childhood friend will be Holden, her love interest will be a Fitzgerald. We will do nothing remotely similar for any of the other characters.”

Melissa have terrible taste in men. They all try to hook up with her 14-16 sister. And Melissa always blames Spencer for it.

the amount of times something wild is followed by "and it never comes up again" "and we never find out why" "it contradicts a previous point and is just there for no reason" is hilarious

The fact that the writers didn’t have this kind of wall going is why the show didn’t wrap up all the plots.

“pam invented homophobia, jenna invented the flute”

I showed up at a party once and this show was on, and I assumed the episode must have been a few seasons in... This video just confirmed that I was watching the second episode.

on september 17 2022 I started watching this video, I knew absolitely nothing about PLL. I got like half an hour in and I thought "mh, you know what? this show seems kinda cool, I could watch it" so I paused it and I asked my gf who used to be a big PLL fan when it first came out if she wanted to rewatch it together. Today, a WHOLE YEAR LATER, we watched the last episode. It took us ONE YEAR to get through the absolute madness this show is. And here I am now, 12 months and a whole lot of nonsense later, finally finishing this video.

I think Ezra should have been A. Making him the big bad would have been the funnest way to teach all those teenager shippers that teacher-student relationships are actually super creepy.

i love that the phrase “minimizes her slay” could mean anything from a breakup to literal murder and it would track either way

oh my god imagine getting a tattoo that says "finally free" next to the date that one of your peers who was later murdered disappeared... my brother in christ you are asking to get arrested

1:43:48 “Mona escapes radley by literally walking out the front door” that got me 😭😂

“Mona escapes Radley by literally walking out the front door”

The way Mike has done more thinking on this show than the show runners 😭

I will always give props and respect to Sasha for running around Rosewood being a menace at 12 years old

Jackie was right, but for all the wrong reasons. She wanted Aria out of the picture so she could GET BACK WITH EZRA, even though she knows he’s a creep who likes teenagers. Girly’s priorities are a mess.

As someone who has unfortunately read the majority of the Pretty Little Liars books, I feel it is crucial to stress that the events of the pilot episode take up almost the ENTIRE first book.

Honestly these girl bosses just need to stop having sleepovers in Spencer’s barn

Aria in the book literally realizes how pathetic Ezra is and promptly breaks it off with him and he goes jail (as he should) also the books were great and I'd love to see a faithful adaptation one day

can we talk about how emily went through the worst shit like she almost died 20 times she could not catch a break and none of the other girls went through half of it 😭😭

this is a masters degree thesis and you passed

I can not explain how unhinged this feels. Like I feel like I met you at a party and you were like “hey wanna hear about my pretty little liars theories?” And I was like ok and then you dragged me in this room and locked me in for 2 hours to give me the most frantic explanation I I’ve ever heard. I’m very invested though

all i got from this was that pam invented homophobia and jenna invented the flute. 10/10 review thank you so much!!

also the LENGTHS the show runners went to gaslighting us that Ezria wasn’t the creepiest predatory relationship- in the episode where they tell arias parents the fact that she’s a minor is mentioned ONCE and the fact that she’s young seems to only be important in that ezra is older so should have known better/stopped the student teacher relationship. AS IF THE CORE OF THE ISSUE IS THE STUDENT/TEACHER THING!! like when ezra gets a job at hollis him and aria are like Finally We Can Be A Couple In Public… babe. she’s 17. you are a felon.

You know if I was Melissa I’d be less like “omg my sister is a skank” and more like “why are all my boyfriends into grooming my younger sister and her young friends”

The fact that Allison is dead for so long and is still the main character is honestly a slay

*"...and Aria... was there."* this pretty much sums up her character after season 1😂

*MIKE’S MIC PLL RECAP DRINKING GAME** *SIP WHEN* • mike puts up a screen cap of the scene he’s discussing • someone/something is referred to as a “felon”, a “menace”, a “flop”, a “crustlord”, “ridiculous”, or “disgusting (double sip if the person he’s referring to is ezra) • someone/something is referred to as a “girlboss”, a “slay”, a “girlie” or a “bestie” (double sip if the person he’s referring to is mona, melissa hastings, or jenna marshall) • triple sip when mike compliments troian bellasario’s acting • double sip when we get information about the night allison went missing • mike discusses a plot point and laughs because even he can’t believe it • mike sighs with disappointment • mike sings/makes a cultural reference *CHUG WHEN* • there’s a death and mike sings the survivor theme while putting an X over their picture. stop chugging when he’s done singing. • there’s a plot hole/plot point that never gets explained and mike makes a passive aggressive comment about it • mike refers to someone/something as one of his favorite characters, plot points, episodes etc. *TAKE A SHOT WHEN* • someone comes back from the dead and mike rips their X off • mike says that someone is not seeing heaven • mike says someone invented something (ie. homophobia) • mike discusses the dollhouse episodes (take two shots: one for each episode) • mike puts on the allison dilaurentis wig *FINISH YOUR DRINK WHEN* • there’s an A reveal • mike proposes a plot point that would have been so much better than what actually happened *DRINK WATER WHEN* • mike mentions/puts up a picture of: Vivian Darkbloom (and her crusty wig), Allison’s Halloween 2008 costume, Durag Toby • mike rants about ravenswood/mrs. grunwald • mike uses the inception BWOOM • mike spells a word instead of saying it so he can stay monetized *drink responsibly and don’t drink underaged!

I appreciate the categorization of everyone in this show into "crusty", "girlboss", "slay", and "menace".

"Ezra Fitz is not seeing Heaven, _and I'll make sure of it."_

legit so many teen shows should be college shows not high school shows. all those weird issues with teen shows; missing/irrelevant parents, mature sexual and romantic relationships, more time being spent socializing than being in school ect. are all massive gaping problems on pretty much every teen show, but are totally reasonable behaviors if they were set in college instead

Who else thinks Mike is a fucking genius for understanding and taking us through all the 50+ plot holes that are planted which led to nowhere in the end for just the first two seasons?

evolution of “stupid yellow blouse” to “crusty yellow top” is unmatched

Allison was literally a tween who had an entire town under her thumb, actually adults were hating on this baby I love her.

If I could buy a DVD version of this recap series I would I’m so serious. I’ve watched it over like 10 times.

THIS WAS 2 YEARS AGO???? I'VE BEEN REWATCHING THIS.... FOR TWO YEARS?!?!

“ezra fitz is not seeing heaven and i’ll make sure of it” took me out , thank u for that amazing line

i can’t believe that this video is nearly two hours and it’s labelled “part 1”

The way blondes loved crusty yellow tops and dresses in the early 2010s is unmatchable. You’re blonde? Prom dress? Yellow. Going to the beach? Yellow tank top. Going to a house party? Here’s a yellow baby doll top from hollister. Match your hair to your shirt because we didn’t have the knowledge of toner shampoos and the concept of being a dimensional blonde. You were weather chestnut brunette, or yellow blonde. No other options.

Actually the most realistic part of the series is Mike playing lacrosse, it’s like an integral part of life in Delaware County (where Rosewood is set)

“pam invented homophobia, jenna invented the flute” I SHOULD NOT BE LAUGHING AS MUCH AS I AM AT THAT

The way I burst into laughter at “spencer has a flashback of Alison calling Hannah, let me check my notes… a fat loser.”

This show was 90% plot holes and still had us all in a chokehold

the way "menace of the century" has seamlessly integrated itself into my vocabulary

"Jenna has a seeing eye dog named Shadow. You'll never see Shadow again." The highlight of the video for me

“The way Sasha was in the trenches with these crusty wigs.” I cackled!!!

I was watching this while having dinner, accidentally spilled my drink and scrolled from you describing the pilot to you suddenly wandering around in a blonde wig wearing a pink hoodie and honestly I’ve never been more hooked

While following the "Emily going to Texas" plot, I noticed that at the end of one episode the realtor is giving A (I think it's implied it's them, with the gloves and everything) a tour of Emily's house (while A is erasing everything from her laptop) BUT, once you know who A is, it doesn't make any sense

The slow fade to the photo of Alison wearing the iconic Lady Gaga wig immediately followed by "Mona has escaped Radley by literally walking out the front door" has me screaming and in tears. This entire video is art.

I think the most baffling part of the whole show is that mayas parents sent her to rehab for a joint 😂

No way it’s been two years since you made this I remember the day it came out like it was like yesterday 😭😭😭

i have watched this entire series multiple times. to go to sleep, when i’m cleaning, when i’m cooking, for some reason these videos come up in my recomendad and nothing else compares

what kills me about this is just how confident the girls were everytime they thought someone was A and they were always wrong.😭💀😂

“Pam invented homophobia, Jenna invented the flute.” I’m dead lmao 💀

I really think this whole thing, the whole series, deserves to be put in the museum.

Personal Clips SEASON ONE 1:30 Unhinged 3:12 Art Pop Era 3:57 Casualty 7:30 Pensive 12:56 Schteeling 15:45 Cheek Kiss 16:22 Messy Girls 17:10 Hillary Clinton 18:00 British and Doctor 20:20 Menacicity 20:36 Reputation 22:01 Jenna Marshall 23:00 Blind Girl Thanos 24:24 Ezria 25:08 Not Seeing Heaven 26:36 Planet M 27:10 Alison the Menace 29:16 Revolving Wheel 30:50 Crusty Scab SEASON TWO

When I was in grade 6, a girl didn't do her maths homework and claimed that her maths book had been "stolen". The next day she found it on her desk and there was a note from "A" in it. Everyone lost their shit. Her book went "missing" and she found it on her bed that afternoon with another note from A. She claimed no one had been home all day and the house had been locked. Everyone in the class was eating this up and I can't even imagine the cringe my teacher must have felt.

I feel like I'm tied to a chair and you're forcibly explaining Pretty Little Liars to me. Great energy

The power you wield. You and Jenny brought forth an era. A genre. You have a Legacy babe!!!!!

Every time I feel the urge to rewatch PLL I know it's time for a Mike's Mic rewatch instead -- thank you for saving years off my life lmaooo

I'm torn between "I don't have to watch the show now" and "god I have to watch this disaster happen with my own two eyes"

The fact that the pilot is the plot of the WHOLE first book is still baffling to me

“Season one Pam Fields actually invented homophobia” always makes me giggle 🤣

Nothing in this video blew my mind more than the "back on the train, we have...Adam Lambert" reveal followed by a picture of Adam Lambert absolutely killing it in those vampire teeth and little cravat. Man Edward Cullen WISHES

The string management is honestly under appreciated

this feels like when you havent seen a friend in a long time and they have to speedrun their gossip. i love this so much

on my like 7th watch through i made a quotebook- inspired by a comment i saw - 17:19 “this may as well be called ‘the day alison wore a yellow top’. the amount of scenes that sasha-the actress- has to wear a yellow top, i know she was screaming and crying. ‘let me wear one other item of clothing marlene’. *wheeze* - 20:16 “that level of threat of menace…menecicity…menecicinization-“ - 23:00 “there’s a blind girl who’s THANOS” - 25:07 “ezra fitz is not seeing heaven-and i’ll make sure of it” - 35:15 “season one, pam fields actually invented homophobia” - 41:29 “jenna and that fucking flute-jenna actually invented the flute.” - 44:29 “caleb skips town to get on the homeless bus” - 50:15 “pll costume department-not seeing heaven” - 57:26 “also in season 2 jason is shirtless like 80% of the time. someone please buy jason a shirt he has run out” - 1:08:15 “mike punches ezra. very fun, maybe i’m a mike stan now” - 1:10:14 “holden goes to do fucking martial arts…this show has too many episodes” - 1:11:46 “‘call off your techno-boy-toy or i tell the cops what your mom keeps in the lasagna box’…best moment of my life” - 1:40:59 “we meet ezra’s mother diane who hates aria because she’s underage and poor. get her ass diane!” - 1:43:47 “mona has escaped radley by literally walking out the front door” - 1:46:42 “emily demolishes the runway in this barbarella slay…actually hannah really did too…and let’s be real, spencer ate too…and aria-was there”

I've literally watched this recap series 7 times in total and still want to keep watching. Phenomenal recap. I was able to have a conversation with people who actually WATCHED the show and they were shocked I hadn't seen it.

“What did Maya know? Maya knew that I’ve got a big fat ass…….sorry” I cry EVERY TIME

Incredible that Allison somehow managed to interact with literally everyone she knows within a 20 mile radius on the day she “died”. Like I’d need to disappear for a few years just to recover from all that too ngl

i feel like mike truly does not know how insanely SMART he is ugh these videos are literal perfection it’s just so yas !

babe it's time for the annual MMCU (Mike's Mic Cinematic Universe) rewatch

watching this feels like sitting on your best friend's bed at a sleepover at 2am while they explain the entire plot of yaasified war and peace

Mike put more thought into this show than the writers ever did. The amount of plot holes is ridiculous! Tomato tomato miss Marlene

me coming back to watch this every few months is part of my personality

1:24:03 Mona mentions in s2 that she and Hanna were friends in junior high ("I made my boyfriend kiss my friend from junior high"), and in s7, she gifts Hanna a scrapbook that they made together before Ali's disappearance. So I guess the implication is that they were friends, and then Ali recruited Hanna into her clique, and that's where Mona's jealousy over Hanna stems from I also don't think jealousy over Hanna was her main reason for being A, I think it was more of a side bonus (since iirc in a later season she apologizes to the Liars for taking her Ali anger out on them)

"This will become a plot hole later, feel free to remember that." The way some shows have little plot holes or continuity errors but PLL hit the GAS honestly is just more iconic.

The amount of slay shows in 2010s had... horrendous wigs, inaccurate portrayals of mental illness, romanticisation of abuse relationships... all the while you're sitting at the edge of your seat waiting for the drama to unravel... unmatched

The way the majority of this recap wasn’t even any the main 4 really shows how chaotic this show was

I know this is over a year old; but I needed you to know I’ve never, ever enjoyed a show break down more in my life. My oldest is obsessed with this show an I just cannot, but this is gold! So thank you an I’ll be watching the rest of these as well. 😂

“Maybe people are ready for multiple hour deep dives in to 2010s tv shows” like bro you don’t even know I watched a 5 hour video about victorious the other day I would love to hear you talk about pll for two hours

Pam invented homophobia, Jenna invented the flute and Marlene invented plot holes😩

“A is absolutely eating the girls up in season 1” is so valid 😂

Every few months I make sure to come back to this video to study, work, read, and draw to. It's iconic and very important.

The Ezra slander is sheer perfection, a true crusty felon 😌

Everytime he says "we never find out x" with growing frustration really makes my 11-18 year old self feel seen.

Mike's the hero every twenty-something year olds needed to heal our teen selves losing our shit on tumblr during the 2010's because of this fucking show