What more can you ask from an episode of Faking It besides an eight-person communal date? (It's communal.) This week, everyone tries to keep secrets from everyone else, which of course goes perfectly with no complications. Heavily charged food metaphors are bandied. Liam actually gives good advice! IT'S A GROUP HANG, A GROUP HANG.

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This episode of Faking It ushers in a new status quo, and so does this episode of Hot Taking It. Karma and Liam are finally dating openly, which brings their toughest challenge yet: actually reflecting on their issues. Amy opens herself up to girls besides Karma. Shane's free of having a boyfriend who's celibate, and now has one who LOVES to come... just not out. Alix takes over writing the episode description, because Laney's not feeling well. Where are the extreme teen shenanigans, you ask? Well, Lauren does take ecstasy in this one! 

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It's Karma's birthday, but we're the ones who received a gift... great Karmy development. Not so shocking in this episode: Karma and Amy snipe at each other passive aggressively. Lauren eavesdrops. Shane tries to out someone. Laney and Alix (AKA Lalix) are not so into the newest male character. Yes shocking: we kept this one under 40 minutes. Enjoy!

Two Faking It characters stand before you. One always tells the truth and one always lies. Both are Liam Booker. In this week's episode, Amy's targeted chaos creates problems for Liam's bizarro rich family, and Laverne Cox yells at Karma until she cries. Also, Oliver is there for some reason. It's great.

Can a bad episode of Faking It make for a good episode of Hot Taking It? That's what Alix and Laney are gamely trying to find out this week. When the characters try to bond with foreign exchange students, maybe what they're really struggling to understand is their own selves. Or maybe this plot was not the best writing choice. Either way, Alix and Laney are here to fixate on Karma's Amy issues and Shane's chronic outing addiction. Please join us.

An episode about hostile communication. Between Lauren, Karma and Amy. Between Liam and Shane. Between Shane and his inner good wolf. Luckily your hosts Alix and Laney are here to smooth things over with a gentle recap, because this IS group sharing, Lizbeth. 

Season 2 kicks off with some new season resolutions. Karma promises to stay away from Liam. Shane promises to stop outing people. Both are broken within 20 minutes of television. We find out Lauren's secret, but Amy and Liam keep their secret buried, which makes them pretty bad people. And the Faking It writers pose an important question: is kidnapping really bad if the person you're doing it to sucks? Alix and Laney argue: no.

Straight up, just tell me: is this the most intense episode of Faking It yet? It sure is the one with the most lasting and devastating consequences! Amy’s mom’s wedding provides the perfect stage for Karma, Liam, Pablo and Shane to all bumble around their burgeoning relationships. Even Amy has feelings, just like those trashy woman on reality TV! Goodbye, Season One!

Amy and Karma break up, but not for real, but then for real, but then not for real. Secrets are spilled. Fake secrets are fake spilled. Alix and Laney, like Lauren, just want to be surrounded by this show's minor female characters. Alix controversially weighs in on who is "the Vriska of Faking It."

HELL YEAH, IT'S THIS ONE. For this trio-themed ep, our duo of hosts are joined by a third party... Amy and Karma's tender love. Let Alix and Laney take your hand and lead you through this madcap romp of fanfiction tropes, dance competitions, and threesome choreography. Plus multiple gay kisses. We know: whoa.