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TV Rewind: ‘PLL’s’ ‘Reality Bites Me’ reminds us that exchanging mix CDs is so 2010

With only 10 episodes left — and six months before they premiere — Screener wants to take a look back through the twisty mysteries and tangled lives of everyone’s favorite “Pretty Little Liars.” So join us daily as we revisit Rosewood of old. The entire show is streaming on Netflix if you’d like to watch the episodes for yourselves.

Up next: Season 1, episode 5, “Reality Bites Me,” aired July 6, 2010.

What we thought then …

There seems to be something nefarious going on with Jenna (Tammin Sursok) and Toby (Keegan Allen), and Emily (Shay Mitchell) is playing with fire a little bit by befriending Toby. The Liars are convinced Jenna is “A” or helping “A.”

What we know now …

It’s a bit of a double cross, as it turns out Jenna isn’t helping this “A.” But she will be helping a future “A.”

Hindsight hilarity …

Toby and Emily exchange mix CDs. Awww, 2010!

Creepiest dude award goes to …

Ezra (Ian Harding) by a mile, so that’s a two-week streak for Mr. Fitz.

Not only does he argue with Hardy (Patrick J. Adams) about his relationship with Aria (Lucy Hale), which Hardy says is totally inappropriate and for which there is no excuse, but Ezra sees an “A” message on Aria’s phone and freaks out at her about it.

“You told me you were mature enough to handle this,” he berates her. “Do you know what would happen if the school board or if anybody …”

Do not lay that at her feet, buddy. Guess what? There wouldn’t be anything to find out if you weren’t dating your student.

Runner-up is Peter Hastings (Nolan North), who almost gets Alex (Diego Bonita) fired from the country club for blaming it on Alex that he (Peter) forgot to make lunch reservations. Mr. Hastings is terrible, and unsurprisingly has not gotten better on the show.

Honorable mention goes to Byron (Chad Lowe) for having the gall to be angry in the face of Ella (Holly Marie Combs) finding out about the affair.

She puts it best when she says, “You used our daughter to hide this from me. How could you do that to her? I don’t even know who you are!”

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