Talk:Ravenswood (TV series)/@comment-82.31.152.215-20130819132014/@comment-83.86.80.209-20130913114518

I'm pretty sure there will be some cross-overs in the first season, but if they get a second season the show will probably distance itself from PLL. Same thing happened with Buffy and Angel. The first season of Angel had a lot of appearances from characters from Buffy, but from season 2 onwards the storylines were no longer connected to Buffy and less characters from Buffy appear (Buffy herself never appeared on Angel after season 1).

Also, people who haven't seen PLL should be able to follow Ravenswood. In the first episode of Angel they explained the things you needed to know again. So people who were not familair with Buffy could understand the characters and some of the references to Buffy without seeing the original show. I presume the same thing will happen here. They'll tell the Ravenswood audience (in some way) what they need to know. People who watch PLL will already know this, offcourse.

However, my guess is the only thing you need to know before watching the Ravenswood pilot is that this dude, Caleb, just moved to Ravenswood. He previously lived in another town which is 90 minutes away. He had a girlfriend there but they split when he moved to Ravenswood. He still loves her. That's probably it.