mf_luder_xf | Life UnExpected (Reply)

If you aren't watching this show, why the heck not? Normally, I'm not a huge fan of personal drama kinds of shows, either. There's been one or two exceptions, though. Gilmore Girls, the early seasons of The OC, Melrose Place...ok, more than some, perhaps. But in general, I don't make it a habit.

But Life UnExpected is ADORABLE. It's witty, it's funny, it's sweet. Yes, there's a lot of unnecessary drama that is obviously plot devices (because if people just actually talked, things wouldn't be so complicated), and sometimes, I get major second hand embarrassment for the characters. But that's also part of what makes it so charming.

And now? I just caught up on the first two eps of this season and holy crap. They just invoked my favorite dirtywrongbad trope. No, not incest. The teacher-student romance. It's making me laugh so hard because it brings me back to my high school days when we had a new teacher who was only 23. ALL the girls crushed on him. Now, unlike the show, I was 17 when he started, and nearly 18 when I finally had a class with him. Lux is only 16. (Also, I assure you, more's the pity, nothing has ever occurred between me and a teacher.) But I'm watching this and it's ABSOLUTELY a disaster waiting to happen, but man, the trip is going to be so much FUN.

And besides, THE PRETTY. You probably already all know about my love for Kerr Smith (unless you're new; in that case, I LOVE Kerr Smith and am upset all his shows get canceled--until this one!). But there's a bunch of pretty, including the newest character, my favorite male from last year's Melrose Place, Shaun Sipos. UNNNNF.

Kerr Smith