A Good Girls Guide to Murder
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Pippa Fitz-Amobi is a homebody.
You wont find her on the dance floor.
Her demeanor is literally in the title of the show: Shes agood girl.
But to solve the Andie Bell mystery, Pippa needs to attend a calamity party with her friends.
What is a calamity party, you ask?
Unlike EPQs and Jammie Dodgers,calamityis not a word that exists with this usage in British lingo.
A calamity is a Little Kilton specialty basically a rave.
You cancall them calamity parties, or if youre cool about it, they are simplycalamities.
They are mind-boggling mythic happenings and, boy, are they exclusive.
Here, we get a tiny mysteryinsidethe preexisting mystery.
A mysterious spot in the woods.
A date with destiny.
Pippa, Cara, and Lauren get ready together at Pips house.
Pippas outfit a sweater and her Converse is quickly vetoed, leading us to a seminal high-school makeover.
Gosh, doesnt Pip look so good with a pound of glitter on her eyelids?
Hopefully, a cute boy will be waiting for her at the party.
The new and improved Pip deserves a little male gaze as a treat.
You already know whose name Im about to say: RAVI.
But, sigh, Ravi has already declined Pippas invite to the calamity.
What a damn waste.
Shes shocked to discover that the calamity isnt being held in a pina coladacarrying establishment, however.
Pip approaches what seems to be an abandoned cave, redone as a mazelike club.
Is this thoroughly unrealistic?
Uh, yeah.Euphoriais a bit of a fantasy at times; now teenagers are partying in literalcaves.
But is it also a damn feast for the eyes?
This is the most exciting thing thats happened to Pip in the show so far.
Sigh … if only Ravi were here too.
One of the sniffing dudes spins the bottle and it lands on Pippa.
Petrified, she agrees to follow him into an empty room ripped straight out of the Upside Down.
She asks to buy drugs instead of kiss.
He takes her to Howie (Thomas Gray), the resident dealer.
Howie is an easy interview, probably because Pippa bribes him with cash.
She pays 20 quid a question, which jeopardizes her journalistic integrity but thats okay because she getsanswers.
Andie stashed a burner phone and drugs like weed, ketamine, and Rohypnol (a.k.a.
She races home immediately.
Up until this point, this episode was one of the most exciting to date.
There was so much potential that just falls flat the minute Pip flees the party.
Ravi calms Pip down by explaining whats happening in his video game and apologizes for missing the calamity.
Were a team, he says.
Pip promises shell give him the full debrief from the party tomorrow.
A debrief session is a very important step in a relationship.
(I say this as if Pip werent already stickinghernose into Beccasbusiness.)
Becca confronts Pip in town and begs her to stop working on the case.
This isnt something Pippa takes lightly.
Ravi has been stood up.
Ravi even made a personalized, nonalcoholic cocktail just for Pip.
Girls, if he doesnt invent your very own version of a Pip-mopolitan, dump him!
Its going too far Pip needs to drop the EPQ topic.
For a minute, it seems Pip may oblige.
Shes had a long, exhausting weekend.
Plus, Leanne only told her to pick a new EPQ … not to abandon ship completely.
Pip was always going to return to the case.
But weve got to get back to business.
For the most part, this plan goes off without a hitch.
They find the bunny, but its full of drugs and the phone is nowhere to be found.
Still, the drugs confirm that Howie was telling the truth.
She and Ravi flee the scene giggling, enthusiastic about having just broken the law together.
Not only that: Pippa ditched school to do this with him.
Our little Sherlock and Watson have become Bonnie and Clyde.
Ring a Bell?
Cara suspects Pips desire to go to the party stems from her obsession with Sal and Andie.
Cant I just be trying to YOLO, Pip says.
BRB, working trying to YOLO into my everyday lexicon.
Speaking of Cara: She and Ruby dance and kiss at the calamity.
It doesnt go much further than that because Cara starts to worry about missing Pip.
Pips actions have resulted in a net good for her bestie.
When Becca returns to the Bell household and nearly busts Ravi and Pip, shes not alone.
Dan da Silva is with her.
This man is everywhere.
Ravi and Pip argue about which one of them is Sherlock and which is Watson.
One would think Pip, the shows lead, is obviously Sherlock.
But Ravi makes an argument that convinces me: Pip isobviouslyMartin Freeman.
