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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 28, 2011, 2:50 pm
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Added Episode 5: The Zit
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 28, 2011, 4:26 pm
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The Zit
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Yup, this episode is exactly what it says it's about. Angela of
course is suffering from being self conscious of her looks and
zits just complicates it all the more. On the flip side, Sharon
is having to deal with boys staring at her because of
her...ahem..."twins". So, they both have something common given
that they are dealing with issues that make them think they are
attractive. So instead of seeking comfort in each other, they
tear each other down.
It's only at the end do they actually start to bond and remember
being good friends. It sucks that as soon as Rayanne enters the
picture, Angela feels the need to just shun Sharon once again
all for the sake of keeping up "appearances" of looking cool.
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 28, 2011, 8:23 pm
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Added Episode 6: The Substitute
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 8:31 am
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The Substitute
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By law, it's required that every series set in a school has to
have an episode where a Substitute Teacher comes in and takes
over the class and changes the students so profoundly that they
finally wake up and start thinking for themselves and revolt
when that teacher is dismissed. Whether it's The Wonder Years,
Freaks And Geeks or Veronica Mars just to name a few, this
series is no exception in having that kind of episode. Mr.
Racine is the "odd" teacher that doesn't stick to the same
formula of teaching and does things a little differently which
yields results. Obviously the students respond in a positive way
while the staff does not, particularly the schools Principal,
who I think is still a d*ck.
How good was Mr. Racine? Good enough to get Angela to defy the
Principal and good enough to get Jordan to stick up for him and
tell people he was the best teacher he ever had. This coming
from the kid that doesn't know how to read.
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 8:33 am
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Added Episode 7: Why Jordan Can't Read
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 9:52 am
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Why Jordan Can't Read
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The answer to that question regarding the title of the episode
is never really addressed. But it does set up a misunderstanding
between Jordan and Angela when he finds and returns a love
letter she had written to him on a class field trip to the
museum. She wanted to know what he thought about the letter and
it dawns on her that he can't read. Later, this leads to their
first "real" kiss and everything seemed to be on the upswing for
them as a "couple". But what goes up, comes down when he stands
her up the following day because he didn't want to meet her
parents. I thought the whole exchange between the two of them
when she was asking him out on a "date", followed by the
aforementioned "meet the parents" request was spot on. It was
awkward, scary and exhilarating, which made the scene all the
more better because of it.
So they finally give Danielle (Lisa Wilhoit) something to do
other than jumping around and reciting a cheer-leading cheer by
having her getting a crush on Brian. It was cute but weird. Why
would anyone get a crush on him of all people? He comes off as a
stalker with the way he looks at Angela. Some would say it's
pining, I say it's something more. And speaking of Brian. I get
that he has a major crush on her, but who the hell keeps popping
up at someone else's house unannounced and using the "return my
book" excuse to start a conversation only to start yelling about
whether or not Angela and Jordan are a couple? And to do it with
Angela's parents in the house just makes it more unbelievable.
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 11:25 am
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Added Episode 8: Strangers In The House
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 12:41 pm
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Strangers In The House
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This was one of the more stranger episodes of the series. Pun
intended. With Sharon's Dad having a heart attack and ending up
in the Hospital for surgery, it sets off a chain reaction where
everyone around reacts to the news in their own way. Sharon's
boyfriend blows her off when she needs comfort, so then she
seeks out Brian, which leaves him thinking there is a potential
for a relationship between the two. Angela's mom has Sharon
staying over at their house to take care of her while her Dad
recovers. Sharon then uses Brian to make her boyfriend jealous
(implied) but to also flaunt it in Angela's face...in her own
bedroom no less.
Sharon just rubbed me the wrong way with how she was acting, not
because she was scared of losing her father, but the fact that
she feels entitled to sympathy from everyone and when Angela
doesn't give it to her, she acts out on it regarding Brian by
inviting him over. And getting back to Brian, who later is over
at Angela's house, he takes it upon himself to answer the phone.
Dude, who does that? No one is calling for him. He has no
boundary issues at all. And even if the Pizza guy is calling
back, he still should not be answering the phone. Just sayin'.
Even though I liked the reconciliation scene between Sharon and
Angela at the end of the episode, it doesn't change how off
putting most of the episode was. Still a good episode though,
just....strange.
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 2:04 pm
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Added Episode 9: Halloween
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Re: My So-Called Life (Season 1 - Entire Series)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 29, 2011, 4:17 pm
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Halloween
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This was not one of their better episodes. It's one thing to
have the kids break into school after hours for some cheap
thrills on Halloween night, but it's another to have Angela
conversing with a Ghost of s student who died a long time ago.
This definitely took me out of the story and in a way cheapened
the episode because it wasn't sticking to the type of stories
being told up to this point and was out of character. Having
said that, there was one winning moment where Danielle (Lisa
Wilhoit) dresses up as Angela as her costume. Her impersonation
of her was spot on and got a laugh out of me because of it.
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