The most ridiculous storylines of Pretty Little Liars

Last week I was in bed with the flu and unfortunately wasn't, like (I hope for you) all of the Netherlands, with a glass of rosé on the terrace, but with my soul under my arm at home. Nothing to be done, and luckily I'm a champ at drowning in self-pity, so I completely surrendered to that. And since my brain could handle very little else, I thought it was a great moment to start over with one of my favorite series: Pretty Little Liars.

Now I hear you thinking: how on earth can this be one of your favorites?! I know, I know, but the first two seasons were really top-notch. What happened after that, we shouldn't really talk about anymore. I honestly have never known a series that has gone so completely off the rails and whose writers seemed to have forgotten where their last episode ended.

So it seemed like an ideal moment to list the most ridiculous storylines of this gem. And honestly: when you put them all together, it sounds even weirder, right? I have to give credit to my source of inspiration, that's Mike from Mike’s Mic. In no less than three parts of about two hours each, he explained the entire series in an attempt to provide a clear overview. And he himself is especially hilarious. The first video is linked below, and you might think that two hours is long, but this is really pure enjoyment.

1. The pig

The cliffhanger of season 3, when the Liars plus Mona opened the trunk of Wilden's car and were shocked out of their minds. We had to wait for months for the answer: who was dead? Who was in there? And it was... A pig. Months we waited for a slaughtered pig. Mmmkay.

2. Crash course in playing cop

Toby who suddenly became a police officer in just two days. Despite his own criminal record.

3. A Hanna walks into the dentist

Hanna who was drugged at the dentist and then found a note from A. In. Her. Tooth.

4. The unnecessary flash mob

The Liars followed A to New York where this mysterious A then organized a gigantic flash mob. How?! And especially: why?

5. Miss Aria You’re A Killer

Aria killed Shana (okay, it was self-defense) but then... Nothing happened? Not even an interrogation?

6. When PLL suddenly became a dance show

Maddie Ziegler suddenly dancing through Radley: what was the added value of this besides the fact that she clearly just wanted to have her in the show?

7. Toxic relationships

Emily falling in love with Paige, the girl who not long before wanted to DROWN her without any doubt. Come on, Emily, your standards could be a bit higher.

8. PLL meets Grey’s Anatomy

The Liars getting chips in their heads and removing them themselves without any of them needing to go to the hospital afterward. And that CeCe who put them in, who gave her a surgery course?

9. When PLL suddenly became a dance show part 2

That dance scene of Hanna and Emily still lives in my head rent-free. How awkward was that to watch. It was so obvious that this scene was shoved in because they wanted to show how well Shay Mitchell can dance. Yeah, who cares if it has nothing to do with the series.

10. Alison getting pregnant by Emily

Emily donated her eggs and A managed to steal them to then place them back in Alison fertilized (with Wren's sperm). And that was actually fine; Emily and Alison were just going to raise the kids together.

11. Alex

That Uber A turned out to be Alex, aka Spencer's secret twin sister with a fake British accent, is the moment I knew that creator I. Marlene King had been messing with us for seven seasons. What clues? Just introduce a new character in the last quarter.

12. Alex, part 2

And that fake Brit then turned Wren into a DIAMOND. Hahaha. This will be something when Alison's kids, who are also Emily's and Wren's, want to see their dad.

13. Ravenswood

...Let's just pretend this never existed, okay? Fine solution.

14. Bye Noel Kahn

That poor Noel Kahn who accidentally decapitates himself and the police who don't even give a tiny fuck about it.

15. The ghost of the Marin house

For one Halloween episode, a deceased girl lived in Hanna's house that we never saw again afterward.

16. Tippi the Bird

The Liars get a bird in their hands and manage to get a phone number from this beast. Look, that's a strong plotline: giving clues through birds.

17. The mothers in the basement

During the last episodes, all four mothers were completely stuck in the basement. How did they ever get out? We will never know.

18. The bees in the car

Ella suddenly being attacked by all these bees in her car while Aria looks on. She decides after her own shock to start screaming at her mother and ~nobody~ thinks to open a window or a door.

19. Toby's bandana

You know we're back in Toby's ~gangster phase~ when we see a flashback with his bandana. He was a dangerous boy. Just look at the cloth on his head.

20. Alison is a wonder child

Alison is back at school after years of not being dead and... That's it? She just picks everything up again? In fact, without any delay, she is hired as a teacher at Rosewood High?

21. Nobody cares about Mike

During the first seasons, Aria's little brother wasn't doing so well, but then everyone found him so uninteresting that we just didn't see him on our screens anymore.

22. Toxic Relationships, part 2

Aria and Ezra. That’s it.

23. Just a summary of That Fateful Night

Were we paying attention? Mona hit Bethany with a shovel while she thought it was Alison. Melissa then buried her because she thought Spencer was the one who hit her. Then Charlotte hit the real Alison with a shovel because she thought it was Bethany. Alison's mother found her and then buried her (also check a heartbeat or something) because she wanted to protect Charlotte. And there were a lot of yellow shirts involved everywhere.