EPISODE
My So Called Life - Season 1
A 15-year-old girl and her trials and tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents and school
30 July 1981, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
9 April 1957, Santa Monica, California, USA
30 August 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 November 1948, New York, New York, USA
30 November 1985, Camarillo, California, USA
22 February 1928, Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
3 December 1975, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
20 March 1968, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
24 April 1967, New York City, New York, USA
13 July 1968, Tampa, Florida, USA
23 November 1952, Burbank, California, USA
27 July 1967, Wiscasset, Maine, USA
31 August 1976, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 April 1937, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
11 May 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA
22 May 1974, Columbus, Ohio, USA
8 December 1943, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
19 December 1953, USA
January 31, 2015
The central character in My So-Called Life feels so real. Like many adolescents, she -- and the series -- can be off-putting at first, but it doesn't take long to develop a deep attachment to her.
January 29, 2015
It is a blessed relief that Life portrays things that have become "issues" without turning them into moments of preachment.
January 31, 2015
There have been many successful coming-of-age teen television shows over the years, but what had been missing for so long was realism, and MSCL's quality may have actually helped lead to its demise.
January 31, 2015
This collection presents the show as being of a particular time that only gets further away from us, but also as timeless in its achingly realistic portrayal of adolescent angst.
January 31, 2015
My So-Called Life was doing something special. These were kids who felt incredibly genuine and believable.
January 29, 2015
The show is so beautifully, dreamily shot--almost to a fault sometimes--that watching nothing happen to earnest, angsty, teenage philosopher Angela again was pretty fun.
January 31, 2015
The built-in obstacle for a dramatic series about teen-age life that aims to engage an adult audience has to do with its level of sophistication. My So-Called Life bravely takes on this problem, and even adds a degree of difficulty.
January 29, 2015
My So-Called Life handles standard high school woes with delicate insight.
January 31, 2015
Ostensibly concerned with the lives of teenagers the show revealed itself to be a greater and more nuanced examination on the interconnectedness of family, friends, time, and place.
January 29, 2015
In subsequent weeks the series settles into a more predictable and sentimental mold, reminiscent of The Wonder Years, but it is still superior TV The debut episode is so poignant and so powerful, however, it deserves separate consideration.