Talk:Fresh Meat/@comment-25287454-20150113201834/@comment-25937133-20150113231731

@TheEvilTwin: You are spot on! Having Ali and the others sit around all perfectly happy would be incredibly boring. To be honest, it would also be disingenuous to Alison's character. Even before she disappeared, there were several conflicts with the other girls.

I also think we are going to see way more of Ali in 5B then we thought originally. There was a point where we werent sure if we were going to see her at all until 5x22. Now we have seen she has pretty nice chunks of time in 5x14-5x15 and likely from 5x22-5x25. Also will be in 5x17 most likely. I bet as time goes on, we will she that she will be in most of these episodes, including 5x16-5x18. Also, she doesn't necesarily need someone to visit her - she could get her own scenes in jail.

This season is definitely about getting to know the real Ali - behind the snark and toughness. We are seeing her vulnerabilities, her fears. We are starting to get more insight into how her mind works and why she is the way that she is. I think we will get to know Ali even better while she is in jail because she isn't hiding behind masks and secret plans.

The writers must be really happy - they wanted to get people all worked-up over Ali going to jail. Clearly their strategy is working to get everone overly emotionally invested.