On the Haleb front, ep 20 was pretty much a total roller-coaster - it started so happily and sweetly that you just knew rocks were going to fall. That last scene with them? My heart. The thing is, I totally sympathize with both of them - of course Hanna feels betrayed when she finds out Jenna hired Caleb to get info on her - Jenna is Enemy n1 and Hanna opened up to Caleb the way she hasn’t to anyone else (not to mention he was her first, I think), and to find out he was hired to approach her - well, let’s say that slap she gave to Jenna was pretty justified and so was her feeling of betrayal and anger at Caleb. But if you look at it from Caleb’s side - he was hired to do something pretty innocuous (pass some gossip he overhears) to someone he doesn’t know - and once he realized the information wanted wasn’t some simple girl-fight stuff and once he got to know Hanna/care for her, he quit. And you can see the look on his face once he realizes he lost the one good thing in his life :( So, basically, short version - I want my woobies to kiss and make up, ASAP!!! And be happy the way they were…
“People cross the street when they see me coming, and they think you are trying to frame your brother-in-law. Who else are we going to hang out with?” Oh, God, Toby, it’s official, I love you. I love how he totally can make the understandably freaked-out Spencer smile, even in the middle of her being investigated by the cops. And I love that he totally gives her pointers on how to deal with it (well, he’s got experience) and they are just so ridiculously good together.
I think Spencer and Toby discussing running away was my favorite scene in this episode. I loved it when she asked him what it’s like to run away and he answered “cold.” Heh. I love his sense of humor. But even more, I loved it when Spencer told the story of how she ran away from home when she was seven, got lonely and came home, and her parents didn’t even notice. And his comment “do me a favor, you ever get the urge to run away again, call me first, ok?” with her soft “ok” pretty much killed me. Because that is the thing - Spencer so much needs to matter to someone, and I think Toby instinctively realizes it, and that is why his reaction is so perfect. And I think he realizes it because he so needs to matter to someone too. No wonder her frazzled edges smooth around him - she feels more secure. Just as he can be happier around her, and more secure as well. It’s funny, because that is what they have in common (other than both being framed for a murder they didn’t commit) - unsatisfactory families to whom they do not seem to matter much (well, except for Jenna to whom Toby matters a bit too much, but that’s a whole other can of totally creepy worms).
Some Emily/Paige...I want them to work out.
Oh Hanna, darling darling Hanna...
