I hear what everyone's saying here... I think it's a tragedy we lost this show when it was just entering the 1967 - 1969 era. Would've been fascinating to see the Pryors go through the Summer of Love, the intensity of 1968, and then 1969 with Woodstock & the Moon landing. And such musical acts as the Doors & Jefferson Airplane. I realize the ratings were low... and I am grateful the show went on for a third season when it probably could easily have been cancelled at the end of season 2. But even now, 5 years later, I'm still haunted by what could've been if these fine actors, writers, and producers had been given a few more years to create this story. This was magical, heartwarming, vital television, This was art. And it was a joy to behold while it lasted.
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15 years ago
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DegrassiFan08
15 years ago
I miss this show. I wonder how it would have done today? Maybe it started too soon? There is a bunch of crap on tv today. This was the one show I watched with my parents, a show we always looked forward to watching.
By today I mean the emerging relationship with Meg and Sam. I don't watch a lot of tv shows now but I think interracial relationships are becoming common on some teen shows (new 90210 maybe?).
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GotMilk00
15 years ago
I miss the show too. It's unfortunate that it got canceled. I think they started making a lot of mistakes in season 3, though. Season 1 did pretty well. It seemed like they may have gotten too political around the 2004 election time, in addition to the character of Meg becoming a little bit unlikable and tough competition on other networks....but yeah, I miss it too.
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MadameRoyale
14 years ago
Why would the realistic depiction of social and political upheaval in the 60's have anything to do with the 2004 election. The only thing that was even remotely close was the Vietnam war and Meg's growing anti-war stance but it was always counteracted by the opposing view which was almost always in the form of an adult.
I love how people think Meg became unlikable when really she just started to become independent and find her own identity. I think there's people who prefer Meg as the innocent 15 year old dreaming to be on American Bandstand and then there's people who like her as that 15 year old but also appreciate her evolution into an 18 year old woman with the motivaton to make change. Her character was much more interesting once she started to worry about real things in the world.
Another overlooked aspect was how great Patty's character was becoming. For most of the series she was an annoying little know-it-all but towards the end she really started to grow. It would've been interesting to see how her character would've played out in the late 60's as well. Patty is intelligent and would be good at accepting things that may be considering out of the norm or taboo. Perfect for the sexual/political revolution of the late 60's early 70's.
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