MSCL TV Club: Best weekend ever (Episodes 17 and 18)

About this episode

Greta Johnsen and Kristen Meinzer discuss episodes 17 and 18 of My So-Called Life with guest Soraya Roberts.

In today’s MSCL rewatch episode, Greta Johnsen and Kristen Meinzer discuss My So-Called Life episodes 17 and 18 -- “Betrayal” and “Weekend”  -- with Soraya Roberts , a culture writer and contributing writer at Defector who wrote the the book In My Humble Opinion: My So-Called Life . They talk about THE BEYRAYAL, whether Jordan actually loved Angela, and what Brian’s deal is. SHOW CREDITS Creator and host: Greta Johnsen Co-host: Kristen Meinzer Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg Composer: Andrew M. Edwards Tile art: Lou Lovisek See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Greta Johnsen

Guest: Soraya Roberts

Topics covered

• My So-Called Life
• TV rewatch
• culture discussion
• character analysis
• teen drama

Keywords

• My So-Called Life
• Betrayal
• Weekend
• Jordan
• Angela
• Brian
• teen drama
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: My So-Called Life, In My Humble Opinion: My So-Called Life, Betrayal, Weekend

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