Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin

2022 - 7 - 28

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The Cast of 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin': Your Guide (MarieClaire.com)

It's time to meet a new set of Liars. Five years after we left Rosewood behind, the HBO Max reboot Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin is finally here.

Pope is a Canadian actress who get her big break on the WB series Popular in 1999. Tabitha's best friend Chip (a fellow film buff who's not-so-secretly in love with her) is played by Rowland, a Florida-born singer and actor. Karen and Kelly Beasley's father is the domineering sheriff of the town, who rules over Millwood with an iron fist. Goode is an NYC native who has worked as an actress and a model. Like all the Liars' mothers, she has her own secrets in addition to their decades-long shared mystery. Mouse is the youngest Liar, a shy girl who is raised by her two moms. Leal made her television debut on the long-running soap opera Guiding Light in 1996. She spends most of the time with her football player boyfriend Shawn. She's also a super determined and loyal friend to Imogen. Imogen's life changes in the show's premiere, when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances. Read on to meet the Liars and the parents who are all wrapped up in A's motives. It's time to meet a new set of Liars. Five years after we left Rosewood behind, the HBO Max reboot Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin is finally here.

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin's First Major Victim on That 'Totally ... (TVLine)

Warning: This interview spoils Episode 2 of the new Pretty Little Liars, now streaming on HBO Max. History repeats itself in the second hour of Pretty ...

To get back at Karen for allegedly mocking them after landing them in detention, the Liars screen the embarrassing footage in front of a decent chunk of the student body. “I wanted to be nice and talk to her, but I also needed to really stay in the moment. While Bechtel filmed as Kelly, “they had a background person and they put her in a wig, and I’m just holding the body of this girl,” she recalls. Only Karen never gets to see her plan come to fruition, because “A” chokes her out in the rafters and drops her corpse onto the dance floor below. It was so early in the process. Allow me to set the scene: Upon removing herself from the running for Spirit Queen, Karen intends to pull a classic Carrie by dropping a bucket of “pig’s blood” on Imogen during her crowning moment.

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Series-Premiere Recap: Oh, Mother (Vulture)

Original Sin understands all the weird, wild details that made the original a pop culture phenomenon. A recap of “Chapter One: Spirit Week,” the premiere of ...

Reading Clanton’s “other students” comment as a euphemism for “Karen Beasley,” Imogen goes on the warpath, confronting Karen loudly in the cafeteria about her bitchiness (and, as a bitter aside, her boyfriend’s cowardice), then doubling down on her own continued presence at Millwood High by vowing to run for, and win, Spirit Queen — just like her mom. • Slasher A lures the school janitor to their evil lair (on school premises, naturally) at the 45-minute mark and brutally murders him … and then it’s never discussed again! • A hearty welcome back to the kinds of arts curriculum and cultural events that could only happen in a small Pennsylvanian town hell-bent on terrorizing its teen girl population. That Imogen doesn’t seem to have an actual OB-GYN to turn to in private, and that the school nurse then went and told the school principal what Imogen had been asking about, though? We won’t fully understand the reason for Karen’s ire until the next episode, but we know enough right now to understand that it has something to do with her boyfriend and Imogen kissing at some party in the not-too-distant past. On the day we meet Noa at her “job,” she sees Slasher A creeping in their herringbone boiler suit and leather murder mask inside a nearby warehouse, and in going to report it to Sheriff Beasley, accidentally catches him in the process of forcing one of the teen boys on the community service line to give him a blow job. As for Imogen, as if it’s not enough to both be a pregnant teen and a recent (scandal-adjacent) orphan, she’s got Karen literally breathing down her neck, trying to make her feel extra worthless because of it. An evident loner who finds more comfort in the internet than in the real world, she’s shocked into socializing when a very friendly, very cute guy named Ash taps her on the shoulder in the computer lab and personally invites her to the next Spectrum Club meeting. She does at least have her clearly smitten best friend, Chip (Carson Rowland), on her side, but that’s small comfort, as not even being both white and male confers on him enough power, as a teenager, to effectively push back against either their teacher or Wes (Derek Klena), their 36-year-old manager at the Orpheum Theater who also has an obvious crush on Tabby (though this one, at least, is presented as Bad). Why, specifically, is something we don’t know yet (much like why Imogen and Karen aren’t friends anymore or what the backstory of Imogen’s pregnancy is), but Pretty Little Liars is a franchise known for being a slow burn — we’ll get there eventually. To quote Imogen: “Gross.” There’s a knock at the door and Imogen stands to get it, in the process revealing a medium-small baby bump. She’s here to collect the last of her things from Imogen’s closet before the two put the final, bitter bow on their former friendship, but first, she’s got to give Davie an envelope she (again, apparently!) just found stuck on the Adams’ front door.

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin: Season Two? Has the HBO Max ... (TV Series Finale)

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Sneak Peek Teases the Secret at the ... (E! Online)

They awkwardly stand together, Imogen crossing her arms over her pregnant belly as Karen just stares. "I don't want any drama," Karen says, to which Imogen ...

As teased in the official trailer, the spin-off's new A is out to seek vengeance on Imogen and her friends for not just their sins, but their mothers' too. Davie turns it over and finds its addressed to her, but the "A" in her name is a blood red color, standing out among the black font. After the girls leave the room, Davie turns over the flyer and finds a message: "Gone but not forgotten.

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HBO Max 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin': The slasher horror chapter ... (Yahoo News Canada)

The team behind the Netflix hit Chilling Adventures of Sabrina have stepped into the world of the 2010s Pretty Little Liars universe, with HBO Max's Pretty ...

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<em>Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin </em>victim speaks! (EW.com)

As the second episode of the new HBO Max drama came to a close, Karen (Mallory Bechtel) was poised to humiliate Imogen (Bailee Madison) at the school dance by ...

So it was interesting initially auditioning for Karen because I really felt like I had that character down and I was very excited to do that character, and I just had this one scene as Kelly. And so for the callback, I sat down with the little information I had and I was like, "All right, let's figure out every tiny little difference between these two people." Yeah. I always assumed it was going to be at the very end of the season because I was like, "She's such a huge character surely that's a season finale event!" It's the first time I got to be on a set for more than a week or two weeks. What was it actually like to be part of the PLL universe? I had a completely different vision of what it was going to look like. But he's just so fun, so sweet, not a creepy bone in his body, except when we start doing the scene, and all I can hear is him breathing through the mask. So I was obsessed with it when I was a kid. But I bought the book when I was way too young, and was obsessed with it. But in my mind I was like, "Okay, well the other twin will be the less important twin, clearly." I saw that cover with the doll on it, and I was obsessed with Coraline at the time, and it just looked so creepy. So I originally auditioned for just Karen, but they included in the description that she has a twin. I bought the first book when I was in fourth grade.

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These Pretty Little Liars Connections in Pretty Little Liars: Original ... (Seventeen.com)

The story goes like this: After the assumed death of their friend Allison, former best friends Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer get a text from 'A' threatening ...

Even better, he teased that these exciting references to the original Pretty Little Liars will continue "up to literally the last moment of the last episode." In the original PLL, Courtney pretends to be Alison, sending her sister away to live as "Courtney" in a mental institution called The Preserve. The real Alison escapes, coming back to kill her sister Courtney (aka fake Alison). Courtney's body is later found and believed to be Alison's body. At least at the beginning, however, the team did want to really establish our town and our girls without being in the shadow of that original, iconic franchise." "Lindsay and I, as writers and creators, are fans [of the franchise]," Roberto tells TVLine. "We're fanboys and fangirls. Imogen, who had been close friends with the twins, thought she'd approached Karen at the dance only for the girl to say she was Kelly. If the switch theory is true, that means Kelly was the one that died, and Karen is still alive. Pretty Little Liars and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin writers certainly seem to think so! This relationship seems to mirror the controversial relationship between Aria and Ezra from Pretty Little Liars. Aria was Ezra's student when the two formed a relationship. Like Alison and Courtney, Karen and Kelly have a thing for pretending to be each other. In the first episode of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, we see Tabby *almost* kiss her boss Wes, who has already graduated from college and manages the local movie theater. Both shows have included a set of blonde twin sisters in the main character cast, with Sasha Pieterse portraying Alison and Courtney DiLaurentis in the original and Mallory Bechtel playing Karen and Kelly Beasley in the reboot. PLL: Original Sin adds a generational twist, connecting the frightening occurrence the young girls are experiencing to a tragic event their parents' witnessed 20 years ago. So across their seven seasons, the girls teamed up to unmask the anonymous assailant who was threatening to reveal their darkest secrets.

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How Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Differs From Its Predecessor (E! Online)

There's a new batch of Liars on our small screen thanks to Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. But how does the HBO Max series differentiate itself from the ...

In episode two of Original Sin's first season, the new friends decide to leak a drunken video of mean girl Karen ( Mallory Bechtel). Fun fact: Original Sin's Millwood, Pennsylvania, is a neighboring town to Rosewood, the setting of Pretty Little Liars. Chandler, who plays Tabby Haworthe, explained to E! News, "Millwood is just a couple miles down the road. On seeing the Original Sin bad guy for the first time, Malia said, "I was terrified. Expressing a similar sentiment, Bailee, who plays Imogen Adams, noted that Original Sin is honoring the foundation that PLL set. Maia, who plays Noa Olivar, said as much, telling E! News, "The most interesting spin is that this one is a slasher. Because we have all the answers to your burning Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin questions.

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Episodes 4 & 5 Preview: Release ... (The Review Geek)

When are episodes 4 and 5 of Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin airing? Where can you watch this teen drama? Here's everything we know:

What do you hope to see as the series progresses? Expect the story to continue developing over time, with plenty of sizzling chemistry between the leads and enticing mystery to keep things interesting. Also expect subtitles to be available from release.

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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa talks Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (Culturess)

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa discusses the HBO Max original series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin and what to expect from the new series/

That’s the tension that’s keeping alive in the show, that very universal journey of “oh, this is what my parents really are like,” if that makes sense. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: When you’re a kid, you have certain ideas of who your parents are, and you look at them a certain way. We wanted to explore the messiness and the ugliness of some of the things our characters do. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: For me, I think you fall in love with the characters, and I think you fall in love with these actors, these actresses. But, we also wanted to explore just kind of the daily horrors of moving through the world right now in 2022, 2021, being a young woman moving through the world where there are villains and dangers everywhere you look. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa: This is a very different version of “A” if you’ve seen the original series.

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“Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” Cast, Release Date, Plot and More (TeenVogue.com)

Pretty Little Liars Original Sin cast features Chandler Kinney, Bailee Madison, Zaria, Malia Pyles, and Maia Reficco. Find out more about the plot here.

Bailee Madison is Imogen Adams, a pregnant teenager grappling with the fallout following a family tragedy. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls — a brand-new set of Little Liars — find themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to pay for the secret sin their parents committed two decades ago…as well as their own.” Sounds like we're definitely in for one wild ride. Rosewood definitely had its share of secrets, but the neighboring Millwood may prove just as terrifying, especially if the first episodes of PLL: Original Sin is any indication.

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HBO premieres 'Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin' with new faces ... (Economic Times)

The new rebooted version of "Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin" has been released. This version of show follows a storyline similar to the original series.

Zariacan be seen playing the role of Faran Bryant, a dancer dedicated to making a career in ballet. In the show, Tabby is Imogen's best friend and aspires to be a filmmaker. Imogen Adams, whose life changes after her mother's mysterious death.

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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Recap: Full Circle (Vulture)

We get our first big group entrance to an arcane school event! A recap of “Chapter One: The Spirit Queen,” episode two of season one of the HBO Max series, ...

(“It was kind of our thing,” she explains to a confused Tabitha on the next morning’s walk to school.) What this gets us is the missing piece of the flashback story that started the episode and the video, both of which were apparently a lot of buildup for nothing: Karen didn’t take her clothes off; Imogen didn’t kiss Greg. Better yet, Imogen was the one who saved Karen, having walked in on the pair after doubling back to get her sweater, which then allowed her to stop Karen and steal the phone before she could undo a single button. Tabby’s wearing the first shorts-suit in history to not look like a joke. Of course, planning to kill Karen at the Spirit Week dance and actually getting everyone there to see it happen are two entirely different propositions. But more importantly, a useful red herring, as the skulking presence of ol’ leatherface a couple hundred feet from where Imogen eventually leaves Karen, upset and alone, is meant to make us believe that Karen’s about to meet her demise at the hands of Slasher A. Ali disappeared (and was, briefly, murdered) the night she was wearing that storied yellow top, remember! Frustratingly, none of the Final Girls are as remorseful of their actions as one would want them to be in this situation — and not just because it would be better if they were collectively kinder people. But also, in this case, the answer is yes! If it wasn’t obvious from the moment Imogen told the rest of the girls the video even existed that this was going to be an awful idea, the inevitable appearance of Slasher A skulking behind the theater screen would be enough of a red flag. In this case, the answer is no. That’s a testament to the fact that Imogen is also a wounded teenager, and teenagers have a clinically demonstrable weakness in robust critical forethought. The video, which starts as a tricksy “Vote for Karen for Spirit Queen!” campaign ad, turns into a short reel of a drunk Karen trying to make some unseen boy laugh by talking shit about her boyfriend then making it as though she’s going to take her top off for the phone owner’s personal-viewing pleasure. No sooner have the Final Girls all shut themselves in their respective rooms than Slasher A is on their phones, texting them videos they assume are from Karen, taunting them over “her” Machiavellian victory. Unfortunately, that brief shock of parental care is all the time Slasher A needs to scupper Imogen’s “let’s sleep on it” plans.

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Photos from Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin: Where You've Seen the ... (E! Online)

Before she was resourceful pregnant teen Imogen Adams on Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Bailee Madison was a child star with several impressive credits ...

On PLL: Original Sin, Chandler Kinney plays film fanatic Tabby Haworthe, who is being targeted by a masked assailant. Mallory Bechtel has the exciting challenge of playing not one, but two characters on PLL: Original Sin. Yet, before playing twins Karen and Kelly, Mallory had a stint on Broadway as Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen and had roles in 2018's Hereditary, FBI: Most Wanted and Law & Order: SVU. Before she was resourceful pregnant teen Imogen Adams on Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Bailee Madison was a child star with several impressive credits on her resume, including Once Upon a Time, The Fosters, Just Go with It and Good Witch.

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