#slotat

[adaintygarland]

For some reason I had a sick curiousity to binge/rewatch SLOTAT. I know it's bad. as is the acting, but I was still curious since it's been years since I've seen the show, and I really just wanted to get to that epic "God killed my dad because I had great sex" story arc. Amazing. Anyways...

When watching, I had this feeling from what fans have said that Ricky would develop into this amazing character/boyfriend/father that Amy should be so grateful to have, and Amy was so selfish unbearable shrew.

Now season 2 Amy sucks. Season 1 Amy was nice albiet bratty at times, but she was a pregnant 15 year old so I was willing to give her some slack. But season 2 Amy really was unbearable, and selfish as hell. I will agree I hated her then.

Come season 3 there's a shift, and I think there was this really nice progression with her. When she went to New York she really matured a lot. She wasn't dangling custody issues in front of Ricky anymore, and now trusting him more, she reached out to Adrian. Adrian whom slept with Ben to get back at her and Ricky when she found out she was pregnant with Ben's baby, because Amy's done the whole teenage pregnancy thing, and gets it. I was usually Team Adrian but I shifted when Adrian kept constanty being catty to her despite Amy extending a very undeserved olive branch.

For about a season and a half Amy was very likeable, and mature, and the character progression dropped again come season 4B-5. Mainly her reaction to Anne being a lesbian. That was bad. She was even annoying me with Ricky sometimes.

But come season 5... I was confused on how people were deeming Ricky this great guy who deserved better. When the biggest crime Amy committed prior to the finale was dare to maybe want to go to school in New York.

Ricky was an ass in season 5. Wanting to/at least thinking of cheating on Amy especially with Clementine, talking down to her, and always opening her mail, etc. He was always so... Aggressive?

I think they were trying to tell it from a perspective where he just wanted her to say waht she wanted because Amy was very meek about her wants in season 5, but they did a terrible job at showing it. Cause when she did say maybe, yeah she wanted to go... He demanded the wedding ring back, etc.

Amy could be annoying and bratty, but she wasn't this evil shrew fans and the show tried to push her as, and Ricky certainly wasn't the saint fans and the show tried to push him to be.

I he to wonder if Brenda Hampton hated Shailene the last coupe of seasons, because the way they wrote her, and had others speak about her is...Gross.

[comfortpickles]

SLoTAT Reunion - Where the characters are now, according to the actors!

Came across this reunion video after watching a few old episodes. Honestly I hated a lot about how the writers handled everything in the show, and the pro-life christian values peppered in EVERYWHERE, but it was refreshing to hear the opinions of the actors. The purpose of the reunion video call was to discuss the importance of voting for the 2020 election, including a lot of useful information about voting in general. I recommend watching it yourself if you can!

They also answered a few questions about SLoTAT, including where they imagine their characters would be now. Amy, Adrian, Grace, Ben, Henry, Lauren, Madison, and Anne's actors all showed up. Ricky, Jack, Ashley, Alice, and George are not there. I did not see this video recapped anywhere yet, so I thought I would take it upon myself. They also discuss some other fun behind the scenes details and go over what topics they would want the show to cover if it was airing now. If some answers conflict, it is because each answer is from a different actor. I am only recapping the part about what the actors envision for the future of their character.

Most of the cast fully admits to not remembering the ending, since so much time has passed.

Shailene Woodley (Amy):  Ricky and Amy get married, and then divorced, then married again, and then divorced again. But it is okay, because she is back with Ben, and they have two more children together. In a fantasy world, she would love to see her be someone who had all of her children very young and is now rocking her thirties child-free as her children are all grown, while all of her friends are having children for the first time.  Now fluid in her sexuality, not identifying as anything - not necessarily with Ricky OR Ben. Might even be with... Grace! Hopefully traveling, learning languages, and eating good food. 

Megan Park (Grace):  Grace became a doctor. Maybe a heart surgeon. Also single, living her fluid life - maybe with Amy or Adrian. Living her best life.

Francia Raisa (Adrian):  Adrian would be a lawyer. Very involved with the border situation, lawyer for detainees and immigration. Single boss woman - she specifies she would not last with Omar. Francia later mentions she is still fighting with Amy - this time, over Grace.

Allen Evangelista (Henry): Henry likely died after enlisting in the military in season 5.

Molly Ringwald (Anne, Amy's Mom):  Anne would have a teenage son Robbie by now, so she is pretty much the same in that regard. Either still a lesbian or living her fluid life like her daughter Amy. 

Ken Baumann (Ben): He just hopes that Ben is going to therapy regularly and lifting weights (Francia agrees that they all needed therapy lol)

Camille Winbush (Lauren): Lauren decides to stop competing for boys and instead becomes life partners with Madison. Power Couple.

Renee Olstead (Madison): Renee had a more depressing future in mind for Madison. Madison does not go to therapy. She is single, and a cocktail waitress in Vegas who takes shots every time she hears the words "oral sex".

Surprisingly, everyone agreed they would still love to do an actual one-off reunion episode! Or maybe even redoing one of the episodes as they are now. Two years have passed since then, so it seems unlikely - but you never know.

[horror-thot]

watching the secret life of an american teenager and i just heard a WHOLE ASS MAN say "i think i know a bit more about women than you do" to a WHOLE ASS WOMAN LMAO WTF

[wastedyouths]

rewatching the secret life of an american teenager and it’s so bad but I can’t stop watching

[teendotcom]

7 Popular Teen Television Shows That are Actually the WORST

[tvrox23]

I'm watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager and episode 4 is bugging the shit out of me. In this episode Grace gets attacked by some random guys late at night and tries to defend herself with a broken beer bottle. It gets recorded on a security camera and everyone eventually sees it, and they all mock her for almost "cutting a guy." Like.... Seriously??? She almost gets assaulted (physically, potentially sexually) and all anyone is focusing on is that she used the bottle as a weapon and for some reason that's hilarious??? Was she not supposed to defend herself?!? Was she supposed to let those guys do whatever they wanted??? Why was no one making sure that she was alright after being attacked?!?! What the hell were the writers on this show thinking?!?!

[comfortpickles]

damn ricky had it bad for adrian. lying to amy about adrian contacting him, secretly saving her voicemails to listen to over and over (his excuse about wanting them for evidence made no sense LOL), telling his therapist he might still love her after everything, gives her “one last kiss” the same day he proposed to amy

i was cringing out of my mind when amy trash talks adrian to ricky, and calls her crazy and then, in the same conversation, flirts with him by saying that she can be crazy too if that’s what he wants.  

all of you need to graduate and move far, far away from each other. hopefully new york is big enough for them to all meet new, normal people because none of them should end up together LOL

[cancerian-woman]

Ben wanting to leave Adrian 2months after their daughter’s passing… he’s a villain omfg.