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| The truth can be a killer. |
The ABC
Family have done it once again with another
drama mystery-thriller series that will be sure to draw you in.
Although not a lot
happened in the pilot episode, the storyline has potential for
Twisted to become the
next Pretty Little Liars
minus the runway look. Instead, Twisted is about a boy named Danny
Desai played by Avan Jogia from Victorious who
as a child supposedly murdered
his aunt by choking her with a skipping rope. While, his two best
friends Lacey Porter (played by Kylie Bunbury) and Jo Masterson
(Maddie Hasson) play in his backyard. It’s pretty messed up.
Move into the future, five
years later and Danny has been just been release from juvenile
detention. Danny’s father has died on a boat trip and his body has
yet been recovered. He now has to struggle with the reality of a
whole town automatically hating him because of his past and of course
in fear of his presence in the local community. Not even his old
friends Jo and Lacey are happy to see him but Danny’s mother Karen
really just wants their old life back (played by Denise Richards).
Danny is given nickname
‘Socio’ by the students but his mysterious exterior is attractive
to Regina (Lacey’s current best friend). Regina is throwing a party
and invites ‘Socio’ aka Danny to come along. With the past still
haunting Jo and Lacey who never ever got over what they witnessed,
begin to talk again after all the years of ignoring each other.
Danny, who has begun to reconnect with Jo, convinces her to come to
Regina’s party together. Jo is trying to handle this strange
situation in her own way, by getting wasted and just letting go for
once.
Although, Danny has won
over Jo, Lacey on the other hand is reluctant to be friends with him
again.
When Lacey notices a Danny assisting a drunken Jo along the
road, she gives them a lift which leads to Lacey stopping at Danny’s
house for a chat. A long one to be precise that results in Lacey
sleeping over.
Around midnight, Danny
receives a message from Regina asking him to cover over (the girl
really wants him) but he rejects her proposition. Regina responds by
stating that she knows why he killed his aunt. It’s all strange but
Danny ignores it and goes to bed. At least, that’s what is implied.
Then Regina’s housekeeper discovers her dead body… Was it the
Socio?
Friends and family gather
to celebrate the life of Regina after the shocking discovery of her
dead body. Jo has become annoyed that Lacey with holding important
information that I crucial to the murder case-she had slept over
Danny’s house that night. I am guessing she didn’t want Archie
(her Boyfriend) to have another excuse to hate the guy.
At school, the students
are grieving and also questioning the motivation of the murderer. Is
it Danny or someone else?
Mr Masterson on the other
hand is on a mission to find solid evidence to put Danny in jail for
good and keep him away from Jo. Mr Masterson, who has been calling in
all witnesses in for interrogation, brings in Danny’s mother and
tests a theory. He shows hers a photo of Regina wearing the same
necklace (the aunt used to wear before she was murdered) to see
Karen’s reaction. She obviously cannot hold a poker face and
flinches at the sight.
“It was the only thing
missing from her body,” Mr Masterson says.
Jo wants to patch things
up and convinces both their families to get together for a dinner.
Jo’s friend Rico surprisingly doesn’t have a problem with Danny
and tags along to this interesting dinner. Mr Masterson takes matters
into his own hands and goes snooping around the Desai house for
anything that can prove Danny Killed Regina but he is quickly
interrupted by Danny himself. The situation quickly escalates as Mr
Masterson protests to Jo and Danny hanging out again. Karen defends
her son and announces that she is still upset about the Mastersons
not allowing Jo to be a character witness for Danny when he was
trialled as a child.
Lacey attends a grief
support group to mourn her best friend. At first she is angry because
all these strangers were claiming to be Regina’s friend. Lacey
leaves the group and Pheobe an old frenemy comes to aid her.
Tess tells her husband
about a strange coincidence, at the dinner party she noticed a family
photo with aunt but at the end of the evening the photo was gone.
The episode ends with Danny outside burning photos of his aunt and
about to destroy to necklace but doesn’t the will to do it.
In episode three ‘PSA
de Resistance,’ the students of Greengrove
are learning about teenage sobriety and are given two choices-write
an essay on the topic or participate in the play. Most people take
the safe choice but when Danny jokes about Jo and Rico’s lack of
fun/ evolvement, Jo decides to shake things up. Jo impulsively
switches lab groups and teams up Scott/Serita to find out information
to help Danny.
Karen gets a visit the
Sheriff, Mr Masterson in regards to the missing photograph from the
other night at dinner. However, Karen has no idea what he is talking
about but comes forward about Lacey staying the night of Regina’s
murder.
Jo and Danny offer to help
out with Pheobe’s play (that involves Lacey and all her friends)
and lacks any enthusiasm. Danny says to Jo that he could write a
better script and Pheobe agrees to use it. She also agrees to give Jo
the lead role.
When Danny arrives home,
Karen is waiting for him and asks him “did you move a photo from
the dining room?” he replies no.
Rico is upset with Jo
because of her sudden change in attitude. Serita, Lacey’s friend is
not the most welcoming girl and is willing to insult anyone,
especially Jo. Serita who previously had the lead role is not happy
about being replaced by the ‘freak’ aka. Jo. Archie who was
supposed to play the male lead ditches it and Danny has no choice but
to act also. The play ends with educational video of PSA but Serita
switches it with footage of Jo getting drunk from Regina’s party.
Upset, Jo runs off stage and Lacey confronts Serita.
Karen and Danny discuss
the missing photo once again.
“What chance do I have
if my own mother doesn’t believe me?” Danny said.
Danny joins the soccer
team. Jo and Rico realize that there are flaws in Archie’s alibi.
Mr Masterson finds a photo with Aunt Tara wearing the necklace.
Continuing from last week,
Jo and Danny work on socialising with the other students. Things work
out well for Danny on the soccer team and he proves to have the
skills to help them win, although, his team player Archie is
reluctant to accept him. Danny and Rico try hanging without Jo, it’s
about time Rico got himself a guy friend.
“Girls are horrible
snarky monsters. Give me guy friends any day.”-Jo said.
Despite Jo’s comments
about girls when Lacey’s mother invites her to a sleepover with
Lacey and the other girls, she says yes. The sleepover is incredibly
awkward and you warm up to Pheobe’s character a lot more but as for
Serita, she is still frustratingly mean. Whilst the girls are asleep,
Jo brings herself to search through some items that belonged to
Regina and discovers a DVD for Archie with footage of him playing
soccer. It’s pretty suss. Jo takes the DVD to show the guys but
little did she know Serita was awake watching.
Serita tells Lacey about
Jo stealing from the box of Regina’s things and Lacey is furious.
Jo explains to her that the DVD seemed to imply that something more
may have been going on between Archie and Regina. Lacey asks Archie
and he says Regina was just helping him out for an audition. I am not
sold on Archie’s innocence. What do you think?
As much as Karen has
defended her son Danny, you can tell she has been second guessing
herself. The episode ends with Karen finding the missing necklace
hidden in the cup holder of husband’s arm chair.
Did Danny Kill
Regina and his aunt? Or did someone else?
Twisted
is a great thrilling show with refreshing
friendship dynamics and the character Danny grows on you. His wit and
willingness to change his imagine, makes you hope he's not guilty.
Don’t forget to catch
this week’s new episode!
Review by Jessica Tisdell
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