It took me three years and _multiple_ attempts at the first few episodes of season one to finally get through this (the trick is just skipping through the awkward and cringy, second-hand embarrassment scenes) but I’m so glad I did because it’s such a beautiful coming-of-age story.


This show is definitely best watched as a whole as I don’t think I would have loved it as much if I hadn’t watched all 4 seasons together and got to see the amazing character growth. I can’t think of a single show that has done character development so well (outside of Schitt’s Creek) and in such a way that every choice is justified and makes sense.


I’m firmly in the [spoiler] Paxton x Desi[/spoiler] is end game park but even then, I’m happy with the way everything ended, because while I didn’t get the ship I was hoping for, even that made sense.


[spoiler] Desi became obsessed with Paxton as a way to avoid dealing with her father’s death, which is why when she finally got to the goal post that seemed unreachable, she didn’t know what to do with herself, but being with each other changed them both for the better and made them into the best versions of themselves.[/spoiler]

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story = 8/10
acting/cast = 9/10 (minus fabiola's [spoiler]first girlfriend[/spoiler] who is shockingly bad at acting)
music = 4/10
rewatch value = 3/10 (while the character growth makes the last seasons great, rewatching all the bad decisions desi makes would be physically painful.

overall = 7/10