I Feel Sick
Original Air Date: 7/15/2008
Director: Ron Underwood
Writers: Brenda Hampton and Caroline Kepnes
Did anyone else notice the sign at the gas station in the opening scene that says 'Free tampons with fill up'? What?! Haha! Amy's sister, Ashley, gets Amy some.
Ben is busy making out with a large stuffed bear. Alice offers to help him plan his first kiss with Amy. Weird. What kind of guy needs help to do that? And Alice's help? I don't know. Looks dubious.
Jack is awful! When talking to Grace, he uses the fact that Grace has made him wait so long to have sex as an excuse for why he kissed Adrian. Ridiculous! For a self-proclaimed Christian, it seems like he could use a few repeated reads of the Bible.
Madison and Lauren hang out with Lauren's brother, Jason. He knows about Amy's pregnancy and gives them both a stern lecture about not having sex.
Grace, at dinner with her family, pitches a big fit about Jack. Her parents don't want her to see him anymore since she told them about how Jack kissed Adrian and embarrassed her in front of the whole school. I think she should listen to her parents.
Ricky "visits" Adrian and skips out on his appointment with Dr. Fields. The doctor calls him and it's revealed that he's actually missed a couple of appointments. Dr. Fields tells him he will call his mother if he continues missing appointments. Meanwhile, Amy's mother notices Amy's feet are swollen. Amy is so lucky! Her mom starts talking about going out shopping for 'dating clothes' and, if it were me, I would be so excited! Amy just looks...like she could go either way.
Alice coaches Ben on what to do during his date with Amy later that night. They discuss the most romantic ways for Ben to kiss Amy for the first time. Alice is starting to grow on me. At first she seemed like a frigid statistics textbook, but in this episode she opens up a bit more. After Alice leaves, Ben's dad, Leo, comes in and gives Ben a pep talk as well. One weird thing is that Ben keeps talking about how he's in love with Amy. They really haven't been dating long enough for that, in my opinion, but to each his own. eh :/
Ricky calls Grace to talk. He calls Adrian his friend and says he has a lot of friends. Ew! I have never and will never date a guy who professes to have a lot of friends that are girls! One or two is fine- whatever- but if a guy feels the need to tell you upfront that he has a lot of friends that are girls, you should know he's either gay or a player. There's a teeny chance the guy just happens to have a lot of friends that are girls, but it really isn't likely.
Adrian fights with Ricky when he tells her about his phone call with Grace. He plays it as if he's 'helping' out Grace and Jack so that they can hang out when Grace tells her parents she's out with Ricky. Jack is SO naive! He of all people, should realize Ricky's game here. He clearly is going to play against Jack to get Grace, Ugh! The sad part is that a TON of guys are actually like this! Not all, thank God, though!
Amy's doctor continues to try to get hold of her to talk about her options. Amy, however, is still trying to pretend nothing happened, despite her increased weight.
Ashley goes to Amy's bedroom to tell her that they are going out to eat. Amy is a true meanie here and is quite terse with Ashley. Grace brings Ricky over to meet her parents. Then, they go to the fair. It's so FUNNY though, because the minute they walk out the door, Grace's dad totally calls it. He says they are just going out so Grace can meet up with Jack and WOW he's right!
While Grace is at the fair with Jack, Ricky is busy getting it on with Adrian. Once finished, he rushes out insisting that it's time to pick up Grace. Adrian accepts it, but is clearly upset nonetheless.
Amy goes home after the festival and talks with Ashley. It seems their parents have been fighting a lot. Uhoh! Ashley also directly asks Amy if she is pregnant. How is it that ASHLEY is the one who notices these things? Amy admits to Ashley that she IS pregnant but asks her not to tell anyone. She claims that she will tell them when she HAS to. Oh gosh!!! Ashley seems so tough, but she's just as sensitive as anyone. I think I like her wily ways.
I like that Grace's dad can be a true Christian but not actually hurt anyone. And he has a sick sense of intuition! Love it!
Ben goes to Amy's house to return a jacket she left with him. He brings her the jacket, a bottle of ginger ale (to help her 'upset' stomach).
Is it just me, or do these episodes end rather abruptly?
Quotes
Anne Juergens: "Be mysterious. Less is more."
Madison: "Well, maybe we can get you like a big safety pin. You know like the giant pins they put in diapers."
Alice: "It's a big moment to you."
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
The Secret Life Season 1 Episode 2
You Are My Everything
Original Air Date: 7/8/2008
Director: Keith Truesdell
Writers: Brenda Hampton and Caroline Kepnes
This episode opens with Ben carrying Amy's books to her class and Jack rushing after Grace trying to apologize. And Ricky is hitting on random chicks.
Amy's friends come up and ask Amy if she told her parents about her pregnancy yet. Amy acts like she is bothered that they brought it up at all! She tells them that she is going to act like it never happened!
What?! How is she going to act like it never happened in nine months? Silly girl. To make things worse, Amy's friends continue talking about her and Ben's two friends overhear them say that Amy had sex with Ricky! They are more than likely going to tell Ben. Uh-oh!
Ricky and Amy talk but Amy actually blows him off! Go Amy!!! He tells her that he and Adrian are just friends- liar. Adrian gets super jealous of Amy and says some mean things about her.
Then, Ricky follows Amy to her locker and pesters her, asking if she even remembers what they did a month ago. He even has the NERVE to tell her it wasn't that great, but that she shouldn't feel bad since it was her first time. What?! Someone needs to slap this guy in the face!
Grace talks to her mom about Jack cheating on her. She only knows Jack and Adrian kissed. She doesn't even know that they did more than that. While they talk, Jack comes in with his fly unzipped. Neither of the women tell him though- hah!
Later, Adrian changes her mind about apologizing to Ricky. Points for Adrian! She shouldn't have to apologize if they weren't even going out. If Ricky and Adrian were just friends, she can kiss whomever she wants.
Ben spends some time with his two friends. They hang out and eat chips out of a silver bowl. Ben is apparently wealthy enough to have a butler. He talks about his mom dying and how time passes slowly as kid. Basically he sounds like a long-winded loser. But that's his stereotype, so it works for him. Ben's friends tell him about hearing the rumors regarding Amy. Ben flips out a little bit and calls Amy right away to ask her about it. She doesn't answer because she's busy being intimidated by Adrian.
Naturally, Adrian is pretty intimidating and mean. Amy grabs Ricky to ask if he told anyone. He denies it and informs her it was Madison and Lauren who told people. Upset, Amy tells her friends to stop calling. It is so cute the way she stutters. She does kind of look like she's 12, but in a cute, innocent
way.
Amy's mom is looking over the phone bill when she asks George about money. She wants to make sure they have enough...supposedly. I smell something fishy! Jack tries to go to Grace's house, but Grace's father doesn't allow him to come in. I love it! He had a strong suspicion that Jack did more than just kiss Adrian and he's RIGHT! Jack tries to pull his 'I'm a Christian' excuse out and Grace's father tells him he will pummel him. Yes! Then, he gives Grace a lecture about staying away from Jack. It
seems Grace is torn between her hurt and her love of Jack.
Ricky and Adrian hook up and she tries to get him to stick around for awhile, but Ricky wants to take off. He claims he needs to check in with his foster parents- riiiight. Isn't that what cell phones are for?
Quotes
Marshall: "Oh that's right, I'm a Christian, so first I will smite you then I will pummel you. Go home."
Alice: "That's different, that was in the eighties. Everyone was coked out and disco dancing back then. No one really knew what they were doing."
Ricky: "You know, some girls do it without broadcasting it to the whole school. Some girls are more discreet about their sex life than you are. Some girls have class."
Original Air Date: 7/8/2008
Director: Keith Truesdell
Writers: Brenda Hampton and Caroline Kepnes
This episode opens with Ben carrying Amy's books to her class and Jack rushing after Grace trying to apologize. And Ricky is hitting on random chicks.
Amy's friends come up and ask Amy if she told her parents about her pregnancy yet. Amy acts like she is bothered that they brought it up at all! She tells them that she is going to act like it never happened!
What?! How is she going to act like it never happened in nine months? Silly girl. To make things worse, Amy's friends continue talking about her and Ben's two friends overhear them say that Amy had sex with Ricky! They are more than likely going to tell Ben. Uh-oh!
Ricky and Amy talk but Amy actually blows him off! Go Amy!!! He tells her that he and Adrian are just friends- liar. Adrian gets super jealous of Amy and says some mean things about her.
Then, Ricky follows Amy to her locker and pesters her, asking if she even remembers what they did a month ago. He even has the NERVE to tell her it wasn't that great, but that she shouldn't feel bad since it was her first time. What?! Someone needs to slap this guy in the face!
Grace talks to her mom about Jack cheating on her. She only knows Jack and Adrian kissed. She doesn't even know that they did more than that. While they talk, Jack comes in with his fly unzipped. Neither of the women tell him though- hah!
Later, Adrian changes her mind about apologizing to Ricky. Points for Adrian! She shouldn't have to apologize if they weren't even going out. If Ricky and Adrian were just friends, she can kiss whomever she wants.
Ben spends some time with his two friends. They hang out and eat chips out of a silver bowl. Ben is apparently wealthy enough to have a butler. He talks about his mom dying and how time passes slowly as kid. Basically he sounds like a long-winded loser. But that's his stereotype, so it works for him. Ben's friends tell him about hearing the rumors regarding Amy. Ben flips out a little bit and calls Amy right away to ask her about it. She doesn't answer because she's busy being intimidated by Adrian.
Naturally, Adrian is pretty intimidating and mean. Amy grabs Ricky to ask if he told anyone. He denies it and informs her it was Madison and Lauren who told people. Upset, Amy tells her friends to stop calling. It is so cute the way she stutters. She does kind of look like she's 12, but in a cute, innocent
way.
Amy's mom is looking over the phone bill when she asks George about money. She wants to make sure they have enough...supposedly. I smell something fishy! Jack tries to go to Grace's house, but Grace's father doesn't allow him to come in. I love it! He had a strong suspicion that Jack did more than just kiss Adrian and he's RIGHT! Jack tries to pull his 'I'm a Christian' excuse out and Grace's father tells him he will pummel him. Yes! Then, he gives Grace a lecture about staying away from Jack. It
seems Grace is torn between her hurt and her love of Jack.
Ricky and Adrian hook up and she tries to get him to stick around for awhile, but Ricky wants to take off. He claims he needs to check in with his foster parents- riiiight. Isn't that what cell phones are for?
Quotes
Marshall: "Oh that's right, I'm a Christian, so first I will smite you then I will pummel you. Go home."
Alice: "That's different, that was in the eighties. Everyone was coked out and disco dancing back then. No one really knew what they were doing."
Ricky: "You know, some girls do it without broadcasting it to the whole school. Some girls are more discreet about their sex life than you are. Some girls have class."
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The Secret Life Season 1 Episode 1
Falling In Love
Original Air Date: 10/3/2008
Director: Ron Underwood
Writers: Brenda Hampton and Orlando Bishop
Molly Ringwald! Awesome! So 15 year old Amy Juergens gets home from band practice, wearing a massive band uniform, and proceeds to take a home pregnancy test. From the previews, I already know she is. But I guess the fun will be in seeing everyone around her find out!
Okay, so some blond guy and some blond girl are the 'it' couple. And the guy with the two Asian friends is the 'nerd'. Que the Latina slut, Adrian, and her smooth-talking boyfriend, Ricky Underwood. Ricky doesn't hesitate to hit on Grace Bowman, the blond 'it' girl, after Adrian leaves his sight.
In a stereotypical fashion, the Asian starts rattling off statistics about sex. Weird and unrealistic. Amy Juergens stares at Ricky, the boyfriend of the 'slut', and I think it's obvious- we have a winner! Ricky
is totally the father of Amy's baby. Amy's friend, Madison, seriously looks like the actual daughter of Molly Ringwald.
Grace and her boyfriend have a talk over lunch about being abstinent. Grace wants Jack to wait to have sex until after marriage, but Jack clearly doesn't want to wait. Adrian, the 'slut', comes over and sits by Jack and acts like a slut, while staring at Jack. Weird.
Ben, the nerd, talks to the counselor about joining the band because he was rejected by Amy. Ben already makes no sense. He wants to get closer to a girl who rejected him? What?
With numerous home tests confirming Amy's pregnancy, her friends convince her to go to the doctor. In the waiting room, Amy holds someone else's baby oddly enough. How ironic! Lol.
Finally 23 minutes in, we are introduced to Amy's 13 year old sister who apparently had to put on a sweatshirt in school because her belly button was showing. It would've been funnier to show this I think. Amy's mother is ironically super perceptive and asks Amy if she is okay. I'm pretty sure Amy is a terrible liar and that's why she looks so awkward and struggles to answer. Amy's father, George, gives the girls a lecture about how they are too young to even think about sex.
At Grace Bowman's house, Grace's father gives a lecture on staying pure and not having sex. Grace has promised to stay abstinent until marriage and wears a promise ring her father gave her.
Meanwhile, Ricky Underwood is having a counseling session. It appears he was sexually abused and currently lives with a foster family.
Ben and Amy go on a date. For both, it is their first date ever. At the dance, Ricky approaches Amy and has the NERVE to ask her to dance with Grace's brother so that he can dance with Grace. What a jerk!
Jack is freaking out because he hooked up with Adrian the night before. He totally cheated on Grace! And he thinks he is a good Christian! Hah!
Grace's brother, Tom, sees Jack and Adrian kissing at the dance and yells at the top of his lungs. Everyone runs out and sees them. Everyone except Amy and Ben who dance together.
The funny thing is that Adrian and Jack just stand there. In real life, they would have hurriedly split up and probably would have tried to say Grace's brother was lying.
what you see in the movies, you know, all romantic and stuff."
Jack "Let us not be distracted by the women who are here to lead us into
situations that would lead us straight into hell and destroy our souls
forever, but to cheer us on to victory with their short skirts and tight
sweaters and hot bodies."
Ben "You're going to need to know what a condom's for if you're going to
make it in this job Mark."
SoundtrackGirlfriend (Radio Edit)
-Avril Lavigne
Original Air Date: 10/3/2008
Director: Ron Underwood
Writers: Brenda Hampton and Orlando Bishop
Molly Ringwald! Awesome! So 15 year old Amy Juergens gets home from band practice, wearing a massive band uniform, and proceeds to take a home pregnancy test. From the previews, I already know she is. But I guess the fun will be in seeing everyone around her find out!
Okay, so some blond guy and some blond girl are the 'it' couple. And the guy with the two Asian friends is the 'nerd'. Que the Latina slut, Adrian, and her smooth-talking boyfriend, Ricky Underwood. Ricky doesn't hesitate to hit on Grace Bowman, the blond 'it' girl, after Adrian leaves his sight.
In a stereotypical fashion, the Asian starts rattling off statistics about sex. Weird and unrealistic. Amy Juergens stares at Ricky, the boyfriend of the 'slut', and I think it's obvious- we have a winner! Ricky
is totally the father of Amy's baby. Amy's friend, Madison, seriously looks like the actual daughter of Molly Ringwald.
Grace and her boyfriend have a talk over lunch about being abstinent. Grace wants Jack to wait to have sex until after marriage, but Jack clearly doesn't want to wait. Adrian, the 'slut', comes over and sits by Jack and acts like a slut, while staring at Jack. Weird.
Ben, the nerd, talks to the counselor about joining the band because he was rejected by Amy. Ben already makes no sense. He wants to get closer to a girl who rejected him? What?
With numerous home tests confirming Amy's pregnancy, her friends convince her to go to the doctor. In the waiting room, Amy holds someone else's baby oddly enough. How ironic! Lol.
Finally 23 minutes in, we are introduced to Amy's 13 year old sister who apparently had to put on a sweatshirt in school because her belly button was showing. It would've been funnier to show this I think. Amy's mother is ironically super perceptive and asks Amy if she is okay. I'm pretty sure Amy is a terrible liar and that's why she looks so awkward and struggles to answer. Amy's father, George, gives the girls a lecture about how they are too young to even think about sex.
At Grace Bowman's house, Grace's father gives a lecture on staying pure and not having sex. Grace has promised to stay abstinent until marriage and wears a promise ring her father gave her.
Meanwhile, Ricky Underwood is having a counseling session. It appears he was sexually abused and currently lives with a foster family.
Ben and Amy go on a date. For both, it is their first date ever. At the dance, Ricky approaches Amy and has the NERVE to ask her to dance with Grace's brother so that he can dance with Grace. What a jerk!
Jack is freaking out because he hooked up with Adrian the night before. He totally cheated on Grace! And he thinks he is a good Christian! Hah!
Grace's brother, Tom, sees Jack and Adrian kissing at the dance and yells at the top of his lungs. Everyone runs out and sees them. Everyone except Amy and Ben who dance together.
The funny thing is that Adrian and Jack just stand there. In real life, they would have hurriedly split up and probably would have tried to say Grace's brother was lying.
Quotes
Amy "I didn't realize what was happening until, like, after two seconds,
and then it was just over. And it wasn't fun, and definitely not like what you see in the movies, you know, all romantic and stuff."
Jack "Let us not be distracted by the women who are here to lead us into
situations that would lead us straight into hell and destroy our souls
forever, but to cheer us on to victory with their short skirts and tight
sweaters and hot bodies."
Ben "You're going to need to know what a condom's for if you're going to
make it in this job Mark."
SoundtrackGirlfriend (Radio Edit)
-Avril Lavigne
Introductions!
The Secret Life of the American Teenager is one of my little sister's
favorite shows and I'm super curious as to why. I'm not really sure what
to expect, but I'm going to watch every episode and see how it turns out.
Kaley- if you're reading this and I end up making fun of this show,
don't hate me :)
favorite shows and I'm super curious as to why. I'm not really sure what
to expect, but I'm going to watch every episode and see how it turns out.
Kaley- if you're reading this and I end up making fun of this show,
don't hate me :)
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