Life As We Know It Tv Show Official
Dino was the confident jock dating the ethereal Jackie (Missy Peregrym), but his interior monologue revealed a boy terrified of intimacy. Ben was the sensitive hockey player navigating his parents’ divorce and a secret affair with a teacher (the always-watchable Marguerite Moreau). And Jonathan (the future Veronica Mars and GLOW star) was the comic relief who wasn’t really comic—a sweet, awkward boy pining for his best friend while obsessing over losing his virginity.
It asked a question few shows dare to ask: What if teenage boys actually told us how they felt? The answer, it turned out, was too honest for 2004. But it was, for 13 perfect episodes, life as we rarely get to know it. life as we know it tv show
In the fall of 2004, ABC took a swing at the teen drama genre. Wedged between the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the rise of The O.C. , the network premiered Life as We Know It , a show that aimed for raw, unflinching honesty about teenage male sexuality and emotion. It lasted just one season of 13 episodes (though only 10 aired in the U.S.). Yet, nearly two decades later, it remains a cult touchstone for those who found it—a time capsule of mid-aughts angst that was, in many ways, ahead of its time. Dino was the confident jock dating the ethereal