
Darren Kagasoff, Shailene Woodley
The Secret Life of the American Teenager, also known as the Secret Life first premiered on July 1, 2008. Now on its 2nd season, the Secret Life has been given a mixture of positive and negative reviews.
Produced and created by Brenda Hampton, the show has a lot to offer.
Directors:
Ron Underwood
Anson Williams
Jason Priestley
John Schneider
Gail Bradley
Lindsley Parsons III
Keith Truesdell
Characters:
Amy Juergens: is the 16 year old girl who gets pregnant in the show. In the 2nd season, she is a young mother who is trying to juggle her relationships with family, boys, her sisters and rivals along with her studies.
Ashley Juergens: the younger sister of Amy who is kind of an anti-socialist. In the first season, she’s just an annoying extra who says funny stuff. In the 2nd season, she seems more bright and energetic and builds a relationship with a cute gay dude.
Anne Juergens: the mother of Amy and Ashley who I don’t really care about much but seems to be half a bothersome, half nobody in the story (sorry).
George Juergens: the father of Amy and Ashley who cheated on his wife but loves her anyway.
Ricky Underwood: the sooper adorable dude who got Amy pregnant. He’s a foster kid and he’s been through a lot. Out of all the cast, he may seem the cockiest, but he’s actually the most interesting, most mature of all. I love the guy.
Ben Boykewich: who’s he? Just kidding. The other guy in Amy’s life, the boyfriend, the good guy, the everything good, the – whatever. We don’t really care. (Sorry, Ken Baumann, your character really does suck)
Adrian Lee: the slutty, bitch who I have a love-hate relationship with. I love her personality but I definitely hate the way she’s between Ricky and Amy.
Grace Bowman: Aside from the fact that she’s the best dresser of all the female cast, I don’t really, well, there’s nothing much to say. She’s pretty, she has good chemistry with Ricky but in the first episodes of season 2, she was so annoying, I would fast forward her scenes. I’m mean, I know.
Jack Pappas: I don’t like him either, but because he’s Grace’s boyfriend and a regular, I have to put him here. He’s the jock who cheated on Grace over the summer. What else? I don’t remember.
Okay, here’s the fun part.
I haven’t really got the guts to watch every episode of the first season, but I am hooked and has been watching the 2nd season.
I actually really do like the whole show, despite the fact that you cannot even count how many times they mention the word “sex” in every episode. Not that that’s bad, but if you need another reminder, this is a teenage show with 16 year olds and 14 year olds and of course “sex” is a hot topic.
Let me just point out the essential positive and negative things on this show:
Starting with the negative, because that’s a lot of fun.
Negative #1: It focuses a lot on sex. Sex isn’t really the only thing high school is about. There’s like friendship, relationships, honor students – oh, okay, sex is more fun.
Negative #2: It can sometimes be so serious, you start not having fun watching.
Negative #3: There’s a lot of immature characters that you would love to kill during the episode. Amy, who’s a mother now, just because you’re a mother doesn’t make you mature! My mother has 4 kids and even she can be immature!
Negative #4: Tom. I have nothing against autistic or retarded or special people. I just think they point that fact out too much, that it can be an insult for them. On the other hand, it’s probably just me. Plus the Tammy thing is just ridiculous and disgusting.
Negative #5: Too many conflicts. While some shows lack conflicts (ehem…10 things…ehem), others like the Secret Life is overflowing! The title is convenient though. Very secret indeed (well, technically, not the pregnancy anymore) but there’s so many secrets! (juicy!)
Negative #6: I really don’t like Francia Raisa. She overacts, is extremely irritating and I really, really don’t like the way she acts around Amy (okay, of course I’m biased, and maybe a little jealous, she’s got the thinnest waist ever).
Negative #7: the bestfriends. I don’t know what their point is. Sorry, but really??????
Okay, okay, there’s always a positive side. I wouldn’t be watching this if there wasn’t.
Positive #1: First of all, it’s brutally honest. You gotta love how they portray high school. No matter how much we say its not true, we know they do we just refuse to believe. This is probably why I like it so much.
Positive #2: Second, Daren Kagasoff. Need I say more? The dude is HOT, plays a matured, father, a really cool guy and somebody secretly in love with Amy (or so I say so in my dreams).
Positive #3: The show portrays the life of a young mother. It’s hard, it’s brutal, it’s honest.
Positive #4: Although for some it may be negative to have a lot of conflicts, my other me says it’s great. The show is juicy, worth watching and you just can’t wait for the next episode!
Positive #5: Ricky + Amy love team. Okay, so there might not be one in the near future, but there is definitely something there. They both have such a connection probably even without the baby that we all hope they’d end up together someday.
Positive #6: Ashley and George. Hilarious. Cute and really touching.
Positive #7: John. Having a baby there puts everyone into the reality of having a baby when you’re a teenager. It’s scary. It’s big. It’s a responsibility. And as a teen mom, you have to miss out on all the fun stuff all the time because, you’re not just a teen anymore. You’re a teen mom. And that’s just not that much fun.
So there we have it. Even.
Oh, sorry, forgot another Positive:
Shailene Woodley is actually a very good actress. Yes, I argue with myself sometimes whether if she’s pretty or not but, she really does a great job portraying Amy Juergens. I love the girl.
Sorry, I guess 8 beats 7.
You gotta watch the Secret Life. It’s juicy, sweet, bitchy, cool and honest as well. Who doesn’t love that?
Secret Life every Mondays!
Love you, Daren Kagasoff.

The Secret Life of the American Teenager
