INTRODUCTION
As the headline states, this is possibly my new favourite TV series. When one episode ended, I was wishing the week away for a new episode. Other TV series that I am watching at the moment include Desperate Housewives and Gossip Girl. Therefore, if you like either of the above then this may be the series for you.

THE CHARACTERS
There are four main characters: Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer. They are your "average" school girls in the respect that they have secrets, have relationships and go to parties. However, there is one thing less than average about them: the previous summer, their best friend died and they are spending the next school year investigating who was behind her murder.

THE PLOT
The series starts off with the four characters coming back from their summer breaks where they have all grieved the death of their friend, Alison, independently. They start receiving texts from "A" who they initially think could possibly be their friend Alison as her body was never found and the text included things that only Alison would know. However, when her body was found the four friends knew that it must be someone else, but did not know who.

This leads to the main plot of the story, the four girls are trying to work out who "A" is and who killed Alison. The subplots includes their love lives, relationships with their parents, homosexuality, hiding the secrets and the police thinking that they are in on the death of Alison.

THE SUMMARY
Currently there has only been one season, but the second season is due to begin in June 2011 and for one ... I cannot wait!