My college dorm didn't pick up Fox Family Channel (RIP), so YouTube is allowing me to watch ALL 22 episodes in order for the very first time. And it’s as awesome as I remember.10. It’s about a boarding school for troubled teens in the Pacific Northwest. What’s not to love about that premise?
9. Pre-Star Wars Hayden Christensen as a moody jock, Pre-Firefly (but Post-Flash Forward) Jewel Staite as a moody goth chick, Pre-Criminal Minds AJ Cook as a moody abuse victim, Pre-Battlestar Galactica Kandyse McClure as a moody token black chick.
8. An episode that features Adam Beach as an intuitive Native American tracker, AND an Indian Spirit that speaks telepathically to bulimic/cutter Juliet while she's trapped in an underground cave. Seriously!
7. One word: Angst
6. Two words: Joe Lando
5. Three words: Canadian Teen Melodrama
4. Sheryl Crowe's "I Shall Believe," playing over the last scene of the series. Scott might be ruining his future to return to Shelby, but I’m too caught up in the moment to care.
3. It doesn't shy away from issues: parental and sexual abuse, alcoholism, suicide, teen prostitution, interracial adoption, cutting, huffing...
2. Even though the show aired in 2000, Hayden Christensen frequently rocks the turtle neck/button up combo.
1. Jules seems like she means it more than Ellie did when she cuts.
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