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Welcome back to our rewatch of the 90's cult classic teen drama My So-Called Life, which TRAGICALLY only saw one season. For today's episode, we watched:

E2: Dancing in the Dark

E3: Guns and Gossip

E4: Father Figures

We're watching My So-Called Life on Amazon Prime, but check Archive.org first to see if you can watch it for free.

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We're kicking off a new rewatch, and this time it is of the 1994 Xennial cult classic My So-Called Life, which only aired for one season on ABC (but you may have seen the re-runs on MTV).

On this kickoff episode, Dani shares the background information on the writers, actors and context of the show from the POV of an average teenage girl.

We're watching My So-Called Life on Amazon Prime, but check Archive.org first to see if you can watch it for free.

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

This episode was made possible by the following sources:

My So-Called Life on Wikipedia

My So-Called Life, 30 years later on People.com

My So-Called Life on IMDB

Staci Keenan and Devon Odessa (Besties) on People.com

My So-Called Life Facts on Buzzfeed

How My So-Called Life Changed TV on TheGuardian.com

Episode Topics and Mentions:

Claire Danes
Jared Leto
A.J. Langer
Wilson Cruz
Devin Odessa
Devin Gummersall
Bess Armstrong
Tom Irwin
Lisa Wilhoit
Winnie Holzman
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
Alicia Silverstone
Shannon Leto
Stephen Schwartz
Barbara Streisand
Jimmy Buffett
Staci Keanan
Laurie Metcalf
John Malkovich
Gary Sinise
Joan Allen
Chelsea Clinton
Anne Frank
Jimmy Stewart
My So-Called Life
Dawson's Creek
Little Women
Romeo + Juliet
The Way We Were
Wicked
Rent
The Wonder Years
Step by Step
Blossom
Coach
Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Baywatch
Seinfeld
Touched by an Angel
Party of Five
Sister, Sister
Ally McBeal
The Facts of Life
Small Wonder
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Felicity
Hook
Mean Girls
Clueless
Porky's
It's a Wonderful Life
Arrested Development
7th Heaven
Even Stevens
Jaws 3-D
The Haunting
China Beach
The Outer Limits
Beethoven's 2nd
My Girl 2
Independence Day
Dick
Fight Club
Girl, Interrupted
Urban Legend
American Psycho
Masters of the Universe
Everybody Hurts — R.E.M.
My So-Called Life — The Ataris
Claire Danes' Poster — Size 14
Companies / Organizations / Places
ABC
MTV
Amazon
Apple TV
Archive.org
People Magazine
Elle
TV Guide
Entertainment Weekly
Time
Rolling Stone
The Atlantic
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
30 Seconds to Mars
The Ataris
University High School
Space Center
Topics
LGBTQ+ representation
Teen sexuality
Teen fashion
Sharing clothes
Life before cell phones
1990s nostalgia
Early internet fandom
Fan campaigns to save canceled TV shows
Television cancellations
Cult TV shows
Child actors / child labor laws
Method acting
Actors' careers
Theater and Broadway
Community theater
Hair color / changing your hair
Y2K
High school
Smoking in high school
Police giving teenagers rides home
College memories
Dating/relationships
1990s music
1990s movies
TV Easter eggs

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We’re wrapping up Xennial Girl Summer with a re-read of the original 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and discussing all of the spinoff pieces of pop culture it has inspired.

We hope you've enjoyed Xennial Girl Summer. Let us know what you'd like us to watch and read next time!

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