Watch Wednesday: Breaking Bad, Dexter and Pretty Little Liars

Spoilers for all three shows!

Each of these shows has had a big shocking turning point in the episodes for the week, so I will be discussing them in my post today! I know, Pretty Little Liars on the same list as the other two? I’m allowed to enjoy a guilty pleasure show, and I’m easily obsessive over television shows. I just have to know who killed Ali, and who A really is. Don’t judge until you at least watch the pilot. 

I’ll start with Breaking Bad, “Confessions” 

Poor manipulated Jesse finally gets a choice.

Breaking Bad this past Sunday made me incredibly proud of Jesse Pinkman. He deserved to know the truth about Walter, and he was able to discover it on his own. The man was so manipulated by Walt, I wasn’t sure he could ever get out of the abusive relationship. 

Unlike Skyler, who seems to have turned her abusive relationship with Walt back into one of equality. At least, that’s what I’m hoping is happening. I’m concerned about her continuing to stand by her man. I just do not trust Walt, or his decisions and I don’t understand why she still does. I understand love, but does Heisenberg really love? 

My theory with Breaking Bad is that Skyler gives up on him and that is why he is alone in the flash-forwards. OR hey, maybe Skyler has become the one in charge? She’s been smarter than him the whole time so I wouldn’t be surprised. 

Now for Dexter, “Make Your Own Kind of Music” 

I'm surprised he doesn't think JAMIE is his mom.

I’ve had a feeling we would find out who the Brain Surgeon actually was before the series end. The writers of Dexter always clue us in a few episodes early. However, I had assumed it would be Vogel’s husband, not son. But I also thought Oliver killed his girlfriend, silly me didn’t connect the two. 

But what shocked me the most in this episode was simply Dexter’s stupidity. The theme of this season is that Dexter being in two worlds is messing him up. But come on, Dex. He obviously saw you standing outside the window of the restaurant. He’s a smart guy. Dexter is too used to dealing with idiots. 

My theory for Dexter’s end died with Zachary. I was thinking that Dexter would teach him his ways and then be able to move on and have an actual life with Harrison. He cannot be a killer and a father. Every time he mentions how important Harrison is to him, I get annoyed. He abandons Harrison all the time. I want the show to end with him realizing that and realizing that Vogel got it wrong; he has emotions and he can love. He can give up killing as long as he knows someone is stopping the serial killers who get through the cracks. Which I wanted to be Zach, but that theory died…

Lastly and sort of least, the Pretty Little Liars finale “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t”

Logically explain the body or Ali better be a ghost.

EZRA. You creepy, teenage-girl-loving poetry snob. First off, I have to say, as much as Ezra is a creep, I like him with Aria WAY more than Jake. I hate all men on this show though. Expect for Caleb. Sorry Toby-lovers. Dude is not cute, and he has been incredibly stupid this past season. I understand mommy issues, but the boy should know the ways of A as well as the girls and he has continued to let A play him.

Moving on: the debate is whether Ezra follows his ex-girlfriend around or Ezra is Team A? I don’t like those odds, personally. Let’s say Ezra is just upset that A is still a threat. Then that means he is stalker. He followed Aria all the way to another city. I have to say, that’s not all that shocking considering he is in love with a girl that is his STUDENT. Now let’s say Ezra is Team A and I’m much more intrigued. That raises so many questions and it answers the ultimate question about Ezra from the pilot episode. The dude is actually a creep who likes teenage girls. 

My theories? I almost refuse to have any anymore. Too much, too complicated, too many variables. Basically I just think that the girls should bar themselves up in their rooms until college. 

Hope you enjoyed my summer watch list. It will continue next week sans PLL. Leave questions and comments! 

I don't care if it hurts
I want to have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice when I'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell I'm doing here?
I don't belong here

Wet Wednesday: Why I Plan to Show My Future Babies The To Do List

“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.”

The moment I heard about The To Do List I had plans to go see it. Aubrey Plaza’s humor is enough to make me watch any movie or TV show, but add to that the fact that it is about her completing a sex to-do list? There aren’t even words.

After I saw the film, I realized that showing this film to a teenager would be the perfect way to avoid the awkward sex conversation that all parents fail at. I learned about sex three ways: playing Barbies, playing the Sims, and the menstrual cycle talk my elementary school gave to 4^th grade girls. I don’t think my parents even talked to me about sex. My mom sort of did when I started taking birth control. But it was nothing like Aubrey Plaza’s character had with her mom. 

I would like to be that open with my children, but I don’t see myself ever being comfortable enough to hand my daughter a bottle of lube or my son a pack of condoms. Something I’ve felt I would say is, “If you aren’t comfortable going into a store to buy lube, condoms, or the morning after pill yourself; you aren’t ready to have sex.” But truthfully the reason teenagers are uncomfortable buying these products, or even asking their doctor about birth control is that we are taught not to talk sex. Sex is for married couples or just adults in general. But every adult did it before they were adults, so what’s the big deal? 

The To Do List is sex positive. It shows boys being as emotional about sex and relationships as much as girls are said to be, and it shows girls being just as nonchalant about sex and relationships as boys are supposed to be. It’s honest about expectations and questions about what sex is like when you are still learning about it. It’s okay that you didn’t have great sex the first time. And I love that it ends with her having an orgasm with a boy she actually likes, not the creepy “perfect” guy. 

Watching this movie with my son or daughter will be awkward for them, but I think they’ll thank for me it. It’s hilarious and it will show them how I feel about sex and how to talk about it without me having to go into the horrifying details that remind them I have sex with their father. 

I give The To Do List a perfect 5 out of 5. Leave comments and thoughts about my rating and the film itself in the comments.