My So-Called Life was a perfect television show that no one watched. I loved everything about it, and I still mourn that there was never a second season, especially as the season one finale left so many things up in the air. One of which was the outcome of Angela (Claire Danes) discovering Brian’s unrequited love for her. She had been pining over Jordan Catalano for the majority of the season, and while he took his time, Jordan finally came around to admitting his feelings for Angela as well. All the while, Brian Krakow, her childhood friend, has pined for her.
When Jordan royally screws up, he recruits Brian to help him win Angela back by putting into a letter how he feels about her. Brian fills the letter with his feelings but signs Jordan’s name. The letter is practically perfect, and Angela and Jordan reunite. Of course… Angela discovers the truth… we never get to know what would have happened between Angela and Brian because the show was canceled. But this was a love triangle where I wasn’t one hundred percent on board with one love or the other.
Jordan grew a lot as a person because of Angela and how he felt about her. They had amazing chemistry, and while the bad boy tends to win over the sensitive soul, Brian’s love for Angela was clearly something that moved her, and the *promise* of these two lifelong friends finding love with each other was a very real possibility. I adored both, and I wished I knew what had happened to these characters.
