The TV Addict 

I finally got back into watching down all the episodes saved on my DVR, and it is a darn good awful show. The show is so hilariously offensive in the way it portrays 15-year-olds as people who only talk about sex, who routinely have sex, and who fall in love after one date. You say it’s secretly funded by religious family groups…I say Brenda Hampton is secretly the Devil and this show (along with 7th Heaven) is just a hugely subversive parody of religion. Maybe I’m just disillusioned, but I can’t imagine anyone watching this and thinking the way the show portray’s religion is in any way favorable.

I love this show. it is very clever. the only bad part of the show is how religious grace and her family are.

I found the first episode marginally entertaining, almost fell asleep in the second, and having Amy and whatshisname saying they love each other four seconds after they first meet pretty much put me off completely. The only interesting character is Ricky. The acting is horrible, the writing is clunky and unrealistic.

But what I hate most about it is knowing that this kind of rubbish is doing well in the ratings for ABC Family and has been picked up for a second season. While the network’s best new show, The Middleman, probably won’t make it past 12 episodes.

Okay, so the show has it’s issues. Okay, I take it back the show is one big GIANT issue in itself, but I can’t wait to see the next episode. Even my big, tough, heavy-metal guitarist fiance can’t wait for the next episode and that’s saying something. Some of the show is hilariously awful (the microwave counting down when Amy takes the pregnancy test; hilarious) and the dialogue makes me cringe (some of the acting is bad but you can’t really blame them; they didn’t write the script) but I just have to watch the show! Shailene Woodley is actually an excellent actress; better than all of the others including the adults. The stereotypes portrayed and the sappy-sweetness and ridiculous obvious statements and reflections on life are just Brenda Hampton all the way; that all is not surprising. For some reason everyone seems to be able to look past all of this and compulsively watch the show. I dunno!!! I think it is the best worst show of all time.

I tried the first episode, but I gave up. It was unwatchable. The writing was clunky, the acting wooden… I couldn’t take it. Maybe a marathon will suck me in at some point, though. Never say never.

Why was it a trainwreck? What happend? I’m curious.

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The show is a great show. I think it shows the “could be” side to us teenagers. I’m honestly addicted, and honestly it doesent shock me how amy had sex with ricky on their first encounter, i mean THIS STUFF DOES HAPPEN and it would be very “silly” for people to think it doesent. I’m 16 i’ve been sexually active since june.1.2008 and this show started when i most needed it, it makes you think twice before you do what your going to do, and it makes you question and answer whats next. Instead of it happening to me i can just watch Amy go through it. (WINK!)

I think that this show should be supported… it is true that the acting is a bit bad , but it’s true that we have all new actress here and we have no Robert de niro, or tom cruise or other very famous actors.
I think that also the greatest actor became what they become only after making show bad like this one… so, let them grew up and let’s see what they are going to do… nobody should say : “The actors are worse, the setting is worse, it is written worse…” oh come on guys… why do you ever critic each fucking new show who do not have any famous actor? it is getting bored… you are all equals… if there is not any famous actor : “Oh that’s rubbish”, and it’s the same if there is not famous actor or famous director… i’m so tired to go away saying my thoughts… so bye…