Why Did Every Teen Show Age Like Milk?

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Why Did Every Teen Show Age Like Milk?
Hey guys welcome back to my channel! Today we’re going to be looking back at some very interesting shows that either used to be on air or are somehow… some way still on the air right now. I had been thinking lately about how Riverdale seemed to be the only teen show really carrying the “chaotic teen show” energy these days in comparison to the 2010’s (technically riverdale fits in that category too tho but obv late 2010’s) when it felt like there was a lot more chaos happening on television.
Like Glee was an absolute fire storm of chaos, Pretty Little Liars was out here convincing teenage girls they should aspire to date their english teacher (HELLO?????) and Riverdale is.. currently still being Riverdale. Obviously the chaos isn’t limited to just TV, there are tons of teen movies that have the same insane tendencies but I think it was a lot more common on television since naturally you have to write more, and considering we’re talking about shows from the 2010’s, these shows had LONG seasons so throwing shit at a wall was even more likely back then.
So i asked you guys over on ig to send the wildest moments you remember from teen shows that were airing during the 2010’s and some of the answers were… wild lol. I ended up narrowing it down to the main parts of shows like Pretty Little Liars, Riverdale and Glee (the most common ones sent) that either you guys or I felt were the most unhinged and that looking back on… i can’t believe i watched with a straight face. (yes i was an ezria supporter in the early seasons) (yes it is extremely embarrassing but i was a teenager oKAY). I also had some submissions for shows from the 2000s which I’d love to do as well but i realized it might be better to keep that for a separate video since I feel like the chaos from the 2000s was just a completely different ballpark (let me know if yall are interested in that btw lol)
SOOO if you wanna look back on some of the weird shit we used to watch as teenagers keep watching! Of course I definitely wasn’t able to cover every crazy thing that happened in each show in this video, so feel free to share any moments you remember that were particularly crazy that I didn’t mention :) also if you see me rewatching these shows for the 82934823rd time because making this video made me nostalgic No You Didn’t.
Hope you guys enjoy the vid, if you did feel free to give it a like and subscribe it really helps me out! But otherwise i’ll see you guys in the comments :))
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[@iheartwoonhak]

Does Ned's declassified school survival guide count?

[@mya4385]

Teen wolf ! (Go easy on her)

[@harlswillow]

the oc

[@itchywitch420]

DEGRASSI! Ofc Especially any scene with Clare is just perfection. Or honestly, any scene with Emma works just as well.

[@leopardshadow333]

UK skins when Tony gets hit by the bus out of nowhere

[@jaylaoliver6725]

I will never forgive pretty little liars for gaslighting me into thinking Ezra and Aria’s relationship was perfectly okay as a kid 😭 especially since in the books Ezra immediately went to jail after their relationship was found out and never appeared again

[@mariomario1462]

Who cares they both wanted it

[@aiden8834]

@@mariomario1462 She was a child💀 And he already knew that before he fucked her💀

[@erlgjnerigneoifnroiueabgr]

@@mariomario1462 yeah!!!11111 it was TRUE LOEV!!!11111

[@alessandrajackson3768]

As he should

[@mariomario1462]

@@erlgjnerigneoifnroiueabgr ? What

[@ceruleangolem4936]

They cast an actor who's 27 to play a character who's 22 and another actor who's 25 to play a character who's 16. That's why it takes a while for us to realize how messed up the whole romantic plot is. It looks right when we focus on the beautiful cast rather than the story, which is what teenagers tend to do.

[@mariomario1462]

Nah it's just cringe because it's bad writing

[@caseyaonso4270]

wait this is v true

[@Msptomb]

YES! People go "oh why aren't y'all outraged with Ms Grundy and Archie? He's 15". HE DOESN'T LOOK 15 AT AAAAALL.

[@jcherry875]

@@caseyaonso4270 The relationship between Chris and Angie on Skins made me very uncomfortable because they did very well with portraying the characters as teens/children. I also don't think the teacher-student relationship never was questioned if it's wrong or right. Everybody was aware that it wasn't a good thing and that they have to stop.

[@suru_media]

This is true. You tend not to think about it when the teenagers who look like they’re 24 date older people in the show. Because in reality they are all older than 22

[@LivTheSlayer]

How did you not include the part where Aria's brother Mike punches Erza when he says he loves her. He was ahead of his damn time

[@caseyaonso4270]

ok wait ur right i should have kept that

[@uhoh2017]

Totally forgot this happened haha. Ahead of his time for sure...

[@lanz247]

mike supported ezria though. iirc he only punched ezra because he was scared that byron mightve done something worse and it wouldve upsetted aria

[@adeleaslan8182]

Good for him 😌

[@morganf1968]

Stan Mike Montgomery he’s a real one for that

[@gummybearsh]

I think the acceptance and support for Ezria was largely due to all the ‘teens’ being played by full adults. Aria never looked underage to us, so Ezria didn’t seem creepy together

[@onlyangel1969]

Oh 100%, the fact that the actors playing Ezra and Aria were only two years apart….

[@walkingexistentaldread3079]

i mean she was 21, it wasn’t that far off.

[@human9460]

And for me because I was crushing on men his age like Louis Tomlinson who is 10 years older then me

[@tunafish5462]

And cuz Ezra was attractive.

[@maaxrenn]

but the fantasy is still of teens so the effect is still the same

[@annabelleb3510]

My favorite glee moment is when finn sang losing my religion when he realized that Jesus wasn’t in a cheese sandwich

[@heecheese]

grilled cheesus❤

[@c.w.8200]

Oh my god, how did I forget that?!

[@Chlo255]

Ngl I loved that performance, but yeah the reason behind it 💀

[@randybobandy4000]

That show was such a fever dream.

[@MJfan560]

YES 😂😂😂 Im crying, I forgot that, damn

[@MsJaytee1975]

The only character who called Ezria correctly was Ezra’s friend who tells Ezra it’ll end with him wearing an orange jumpsuit.

[@girlfieri3156]

i know he was confused when he got that wedding invitation lmfaooo

[@adeleaslan8182]

@@girlfieri3156 you just know that he started filing the report himself

[@manicpdnora]

and he never got to put it on. like, I'm so saddened by this. when I read the books I was sad at first that he's sent away and he breaks up the relationship as soon as they're found out (not soon enough for me now, tho), but now I'm pissed marlene kept them up and going on and off for so long. like ffs marlene, let a kid grow up and realise they've been abused in their teens!!

[@ilanakarp]

Who was played by Troian Bellisario’s now real life husband Patrick J Adams … he actively went after that part because she had broken up with him due to work scheduling. He has gone on record saying it was the best role of us life, he got to be the ONLY true voice of reason about Erzia and he and Troian got back together!

[@maggie3842]

@@ilanakarp really?? That's so sweet, loved him in "Suits". Troian made a guest appearance there as well. Cool stuff

[@lunadragonxanime2639]

I had gotten into the books of PLL through the show and the ACTUAL SOURCE MATERIAL had Ezra get arrested for preying on a high school student. They retconned Aria's pretty good relationship with a student of her own age in the books for the creepy teacher student one in the show. There was even a scene in the books where Ezra had gotten out of prison and then - guess what - was caught as a total creep for being in another relationship with an underage student

[@mightymeatymech]

I never made it to that point in the books but i remember them being wayy different from the TV show. Wish they would have stuck to that story, it's completely realistic and wouldn't have convinced too many teen girls that having a relationship with a teacher was ok edit,,, maybe its not realistic, considering how many predators get away with this crap. But i want groomers being arrested to be *my* reality

[@clockworkprincess3034]

Also I'm pretty sure he knew who she was when they met? Because he knew Allison from when she was in a mental hospital?

[@mightymeatymech]

@@clockworkprincess3034 YES sorry i saw your other comment clarifying this. I completely forgot he was writing a book on her missing friend.. Absolute weirdo lol, as an english lit major, we Do Not Claim Him!

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

In the show it was kept as long as it was - despite Ian Harding, Ezra's actor, being vehemently disgusted by the relationship, even calling his character America's Most Beloved Pedophile - because I Marlene King, the showrunner, loved them.

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

@@DrGregoryHouseIT Marlene king genuinely needs to face genuine repercussions and consequences for making a generation of young teen girls think a man in his mid twenties / their teacher hitting on them is okay and even romantic, I’m glad to hear at least Ian Harding realised how screwed up his character was.

[@aamburrito]

How tf did 12 year old me think Ezra and Aria’s relationship was “goals” 💀💀💀💀

[@caseyaonso4270]

literally had me wishing my english teacher was mr fitz like ABORT

[@Man-ej6uv]

really glad i grew up on cartoons now

[@mychannel8809]

We didn’t know any better 😩

[@_o6629]

So glad i grew up watching cartoons like a 12yo normally does.

[@Gh0ulsin]

@@_o6629 same I was watching my little pony lol, I didn’t watch pll until later on

[@uhoh2017]

Pretty Little Liars and other teen shows of the time totally normalized and romanticized minors dating adults, and it contributed a lot to my own grooming and abuse by older men. It was such a common thing growing up in the early/mid 2000s. Ugh.

[@pigeondance]

yeah, same here :/ had me dating a 17-year-old when i was 13, thinking i was so cool and grown-up 😔😔😔😔

[@mariomario1462]

Uh no. Stop using words u don't have a clue about. Nothing u said is remotely close to reality

[@mariomario1462]

@@pigeondance yes thays normal. Try again

[@WhitneyDahlin]

Also this is slightly off topic but her wedding dress was f****** hideous. God it looks so 2010 in a bad way. The extremely short length, the faux lace, the '60s Bell sleeves, she looks like she's going to a crappy state fair while everyone else around her is dressed to the nines in a formal decorated church. Super ugly. She looks extremely out of place. Which isn't what the directors were going for but can be looked at as a metaphor for her relationship with a teacher she is NOT prepared for. She looks out of place because she shouldn't be there and she shouldn't be marrying him. Unfortunately that's just my head canon. The way the writers and directors treated that relationship for the rest of the show is too positive for this to be what they were going for.

[@pigeondance]

@@mariomario1462 17 and 13 is normal?? i'm sorry but are u mental??

[@GRA5S]

I heard Glee was supposed to be like a Highschool Musical satire type of show and it really shows in season 1. But they got really big and started to take themselves seriously by season 3 that it just got ridiculous.

[@gayhomosexuallll]

mans said "you're all minorities...you're the glee club" with a straight face in the first episode. It always took itself too seriously and then would swing to extreme satire. it was always off

[@gayhomosexuallll]

(Brittana forever)

[@chloe-fy4wc]

@@gayhomosexuallll I always took that line as a joke too

[@tegztegz]

The wild thing about glee is that the storylines are all recycled from the show "Popular" which definitely had a stronger satire feel, and yes, same creator >. >

[@averyeml]

The creator of the show is very much the “let’s do an off the wall, edgy satire” kind of guy. His other shows have that energy for sure, I think they just got stuck with it being taken more earnestly by a broader audience than his other shows were lmao

[@reannaphillips4383]

I think everyone seems to forget the fact that Ezra 100% knew who Aria was at the bar???? He confessed like several seasons in that he knew and also had a relationship with Allison before this, when she was FOURTEEN. He specifically sought Aria out because he knew she'd been close to Allison. That was the thing that officially turned me off Ezria and made it so hard for me to finish the show.

[@IvoirePunk]

He admitted to not only being a predator but that this wasn't the first time he's done it either 🤢

[@psychomaia]

I completely forgot about this. Why was this show so pushed onto us😭

[@ainomerlin]

omg really? what the fuck-

[@Duchess711]

Omg I didn’t even put that together! I was just even more upset she forgave him after finding out he was using her for the book

[@EmyN]

Exactly!! I guess she couldn't discuss spoilers

[@stink..]

I was SO confused, even as a preteen, why Emily fell in love with a girl who tried to kill her by drowning lmfao

[@rosecoloredbby]

And then fell in love with a girl who used to bully her and queerbaited her 😭

[@jessicaaa991]

And the worst part about the Ezra/Aria relationship is that we find out later, that he also was romantically involved with Alison when she was even younger and knew who and how old Aria was when he met her in the bar

[@Friotx78]

& THAT was the moment they could have addressed how fucked up of a relationship it is and always have been. but nah, they glossed over that real fast.

[@kaniahankston4310]

The whole student teacher relationship thing is the reason why I love the show Cruel Summer. It actually showed us as the audience how grooming really starts, and how it can be easy to convince a whole child that it was their decision. It’s the ONLY show that did not glamorize it and I love it!

[@jalapeno1119]

Cruel Summer is amazing

[@cautioninchaos]

Oh sounds interesting, thanks for the recommendation

[@arianewinter4266]

I Like copenhagen, where when He finds Out even though He IS tempted and Overall Not a responsible or very good Person, He choses to reject her because He genuinly Cares for her an knows IT IS wrong. She pushed, He did Not know at the start, He was drunk, He IS in a vunerable state, IT would have been so easy to make excuses, But He does Not, He IS aware AS the adult IT IS one him to say No so He Takes responsability once in His life and tells her No AS she throws herself at him

[@sayakamaizono2050]

As a Lana Del Rey fan, “This is what happens when you listen to Lana Del Rey too young” sent me laughing

[@Zenaidafromthemoon]

Frr Melanie Martinez

[@marialauraverso]

riverdale is carrying supernatural's legacy of having the most unhinged non sensical plot lines ever, the "if you are just a casual viewer or dropped the series ealier on you now have no idea what the show is about but have the need to watch it to see how it ties together" and i honestly respect it. i wonder if someone will end up on superhell cause honestly it seems completely possible

[@ubermaster1]

A friend of mine told me the current storyline of Riverdale and I genuinely thought she was telling me a really surreal joke, right until I watched said season and oh my god..

[@blazehaze233]

it's camp

[@akaneve478]

the difference between the two is that supernatural has actual likeable characters

[@walkingexistentaldread3079]

supernatural took over 6 seasons to become unhinged. riverdale went off the rails after 2.

[@pigeondance]

@@walkingexistentaldread3079 °~* speedrun *~° 😂😂😂😂😂

[@keyye4392]

I'd say abt 90% of Buffy aged incredibly well.. (setting aside the recent controversy with its creator) its truly a masterpiece of storytelling, teen or otherwise.

[@neivilde.1242]

yeah i was thinking that, i was like overall buffy aged pretty well aside from some things here and there

[@a.evelyn5498]

Yes!

[@cantinasmile]

I think Heathers aged OK, as far as I remember, though it's a movie

[@ChardeeMacdennis339]

I loved Buffy ❤️

[@Kitty-the-Bunny]

There's definitely some stuff in there that didn't, but overall I do think it mostly holds up well and I love it a lot.

[@thatcher6923]

I originally read the title as "Why Does Every Teen Like Milk?" and I was very confused

[@caseyaonso4270]

pLS

[@rml2765]

I did as well😂

[@alexthompson2466]

Peer pressure from the got milk posters

[@PrityKumari-my3yp]

I did as well. This is weird.

[@mars_is_cooler]

Glee was a heartbreaking story on how criminals like will shuester are out there 😔🥀🥀💔💔💔

[@randomina465]

I just think it's such a sarcastic thing that the universe did by making such awful horrible things come out from the cast of such a over the top positive tv show

[@wintermelonboba9903]

"you're in your predator era" god casey you're humor is everything 😭😭

[@nata6233]

once you look at glee as being completely satire from being serious you start to like it more

[@DankrumStar]

I always thought it was supposed to be? I honestly thought it was a satirical glimpse of theater kids and high school drama

[@FacebookQueen]

Someone should of told me this before I watched the whole series 🤣 I repeatedly call it a train wreck that is problematic but can’t stop watching lol

[@gayhomosexuallll]

if only ryan murphy had gotten this memo

[@idek7438]

I think you have to be an idiot to think Glee is supposed to be taken seriously.

[@Chris-ot9bk]

@@DankrumStar Glee always go back and forth from satirical to serious lol

[@LubGub]

oh my god and let’s not forget that sasha pieterse was 12 when she shot the pilot episode of pll 💀💀 while the other main 4 were in their early to mid 20s

[@caitlingill]

OH MY GOD TWELVE??? She looked fourteen or fifteen

[@jc-mb2cc]

YES! No one seems to understand that when Ezra was caught being A , he confessed into knowing that these girls were in danger because he thought it would make a good book for it to reach 2 stars on Amazon and he did nothing to protect them they were literally being stalked and almost killed !

[@alteregoniko5129]

2 STARS ON AMAZON LMAOOOO 😭

[@junkpool]

@@alteregoniko5129 IM IN TEARS

[@tunafish5462]

I was an Ezria stan when I was 14 and even I was annoyed at that reveal. why didn't he tell the police or their parents anonymously? Also the fact that he confessed to dating Ali too I--

[@jc-mb2cc]

@@tunafish5462 just poor writing and just ridiculous, I was so upset that aria ended up with him . How crazy is that the relationship that Mona had with aria’s brother was the most healthy imo

[@person954]

I think the best thing about glee is that every fan hates it, but if anyone that’s not a fan talks shit about it, they’ll absolutely destroy them

[@pigeondance]

many fans say that glee is one of the best AND the worst things that happened to them 😂😂😂 and i agree

[@Vorelociraptor]

that’s because the people that hate glee that haven’t watched it don’t hate it for the right reasons, they just hate it bc high school theatre kids are annoying, and while that’s true, they don’t deserve intense hate bc we’ve all been cringey and had to learn

[@blrfivvuvu]

I would like to include SKINS UK in this. Everyone on tumblr was in middle school or so and glamourised EDs, doing drugs, characters that bullied others and SA. Plus, Cassie posts and glamourisation singlehandedly turned a lot a people from that time into disordered eating and eventually EDs. Everyone on tumblr wanted to be like Effie and Cass, it was very messed up.

[@tinagoli5375]

i thought skins was critically acclaimed though? I’ve never watched the show to be fair; was it really that bad?

[@jessicawolf5669]

@@tinagoli5375 it really was that bad or even worse

[@smwatertasteslikewater]

@@jessicawolf5669it really isn’t

[@jonginisholy]

I was in a facebook group for ezria when i was like 11 and I remember we used to worship that relationship. We were all teens and preteens and the way we all wanted that same exact thing to happen to us is insane to me now. They really normalized the shit out of that toxic "relationship" to a whole generation.

[@brittanys505]

I think the creators need to be sued or some regulations on what media we can consume at this point.

[@heartiko2681]

@@brittanys505 too far, that's on the same level as book burning

[@katherinegriffin]

@@heartiko2681 what about something like a panel of people who are there to read over the plot lines for teen dramas and decide if the story is going to be harmful for impressionable children

[@gioisaweirdo2485]

The whole teacher & student in Pretty Little Liars reminded me of when I was in high school whenever there was a young Caucasian male teacher they would always have this weird fanbase of "adoring" students. Idk I feel like that type of behavior shouldn't be normalized in irl and in media.

[@lordarthur2165]

The students liking the teacher and having a crush it's completely fine, what's not fine is the teacher taking advantage of it!!

[@gioisaweirdo2485]

@@lordarthur2165 Yes, I agree a simple crush is harmless and when a teacher takes advantage of it is definitely not okay!I should've been a bit clear about how some students will purely sexualize a teacher, and it's just dehumanizing and disgusting. That's where my issue lies with the student behavor.

[@lordarthur2165]

@@gioisaweirdo2485 I do understand it feels weird and we should talk about this with teens to guide them to understand their feelings without dehumanising someone, but I know a lot of people that shame teens for having crushes on older people which breaks my heart, we shouldn't shame them for having feelings. However I understand it completely what your point it, sorry if I misunderstood what you said originally.

[@mweeming]

@@gioisaweirdo2485 I mean... Teens are hormonal, they either wanna marry some grown person or bang them. I think it's understandable for kids to think /talk amongst themselves like that as long as they're not acting on it.

[@serenetides]

this happened a lot at my school too :/

[@mworthy]

Glee was a hot mess, but they delivered with the covers for sure

[@caseyaonso4270]

no like one thing that cast was gonna do is SING

[@carlycotnoir]

Can you imagine a Glee version of WAP??? Obviously sung by Mr. Shu 😭

[@motunrayo1413]

I hate studentxteacher relationships with a passion

[@bhav7539]

same bro same

[@xVadRay]

Me too but on top of the creepiness I hate them because my father and mother were teacher and student and that ended up in a divorce and too child support trials. Sorry for tmi lmao

[@jaybehkay2438]

I think part of the issue with Ezria and how easily it was accepted by people watching was how much older the actresses are than the characters and how little the creators tried to make them look like teenagers

[@josephine2321]

they all dressed like adults

[@bbrynnaa]

Gossip girl also had way too many adult child relationships and normalized it. I think degrassi next gen hasn’t aged like milk tho

[@jalapeno1119]

I think the Sav and teacher storyline wasn't condemned as much which was weird.

[@cel.2263]

i would have a very hard time finding one thing in gg that did not aged like milk

[@purplemari8770]

I feel like the weird exception to this rule is animated TV shows. In fact, as I've gotten older and rewatched some of my favorite animated shows that I enjoyed as a teen, like Avatar the Last Airbender, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gravity Falls, etc., I feel like my appreciation for them actually increased.

[@justjoannak]

100% agree!

[@amierulbaharin765]

All of these shows are masterpieces. Including Regular Show, I guess? I don't know. I didn't watch it much

[@alessandrajackson3768]

I’ll never forgive Pretty Little Liars for making me think Ezra and Aria were forbidden lovers. I made polyvore sets for them

[@Lazy_Kat]

Gurl-SETS?

[@mightymeatymech]

@@Lazy_Kat we were once blind, but now we see the light. Once lost, but now we have been found. By commentary youtubers pointing out how ridiculous our teenage ships were

[@alessandrajackson3768]

@@Lazy_Kat yeah….look up Polyvore sets and you’ll see

[@rosecoloredbby]

Not polyvore 😭😭 girl that crap used to be it for me back then !!! 😭

[@alessandrajackson3768]

@@rosecoloredbby same 😂. It was lowkey addictive

[@danielsimmich1858]

My biggest achievement in life is even when I was young, I knew the Ezra Aria thing was all kinds of fucked up

[@jazzycat8917]

That iconic Santana read against Kurt is actually really sad. Naya Rivera said on a podcast that she hated this scene because Chris Colfer got really upset filming it and she herself felt terrible and had to constantly reassure him it was ok. This was coz the whole thing was actually a horribly petty Ryan Murphy punishing Chris for spending time on other work projects that weren't Glee. Kurt's character was written from scratch FOR Chris using some real aspects of his own life and personality, and many of the aspects of "Kurt's" character that were being flanderized and attacked in that read were basically just intended to be attacks on Chris.

[@cmmusic4721]

The craziest part of that Ezria confession scene is that some predators actually will tell the parents and the parents will fucking let it slide. Like, the most insane part is that it’s not even an unrealistic/uncommon scenario

[@NonsenseWithGlasses]

The best part of the puppet scene from Glee is the fact that you can clearly see Kevin McHale's soul leaving his body the second he appears onscreen.

[@icaughtthesnitch]

I read this title and thought it said “why does every teenage show like milk?” And I had just watched an episode of PLL where Ian was drinking a glass of milk and I said “that’s a sure sign he’s a psychopath” and I thought you were going to address a phenomena that I was unaware of

[@liloslahalle2173]

😂😂😂

[@nataliarosales4884]

the thing i love about glee is yes they had some absurd and digesting plot lines, the show made fun of itself calling out the craziness. this usually happens during sue amazing confrontations with mr shue

[@ZoeAlleyne]

My best friend's mum literally committed suicide by rolling her wheelchair into water. And given my best friend's sense of humour I can confidently say that even she would agree that the scene with Artie flopping forward into the pool is a greater travesty.

[@valenfigurka3869]

To be honest, I’m a little TOO proud my 15 yo self never fell for the “Ezria is an okay ship” bs.

[@pigeondance]

you got a big brain!! i'm happy that at least some people didn't fall for that couple

[@valenfigurka3869]

@@pigeondance tbh it was mostly because I was always a big contrarian and I shipped her with Jason. Like, BIG time.

[@gallarinas]

me too

[@arianewinter4266]

I know, why I never watched those Shows . . . Most conventional Media romance IS plain toxic AS hell

[@michell3insf]

In Riverdale, didn't they say that young Grundy was just someone who stole the identity of the real Grundy who was actually an old lady?🤔

[@kaseyferrell8249]

Yes

[@FacebookQueen]

Probably

[@megan-wl1ym]

i thought that was just the commentary on the character being made young since grundy existed in the source material but as an old lady

[@Pooh_Bella]

I feel like overall degrassi is probably the most tolerable teen show from my childhood. There are episodes that aged like milk, but for the most part they aren’t terrible. That is also a Canadian show so I’m sure that helped a lot 😂 anything we made here in America aged worst than milk

[@sidhraf-p6795]

came here to say this 👆🏻

[@SS-xr7jf]

Same here. I can’t speak of the latter parts of the next generation, but the first half is remarkably uncringy, all things considered. I mean, at least half of the topics covered would probably have been turned into very special episodes if they were in the hands of less competent writers and and child actors.

[@natatatt]

It also had the benefit of being a reboot of the original 80s era Degrassi TV show, so it could learn lessons from the first series

[@edenzero4740]

Degrassi is far and will be my fav teen show

[@jalapeno1119]

Degrassi may have cringe moments but there's a lot of things they do SO MUCH better than any other show.

[@calistusjay60]

This is why I'll never understand why Gen Z sleeps on Buffy The Vampire Slayer so much. It's the show that inspired all of these shows, the supernatural shows, the high school dramedy's... It's got all of the wacky plot lines, insane ensemble casts of lovable characters, the mystery and horror, witty and iconic dialogue, etc but without any of the bullshit. It's never making shit up as it goes, it doesn't jump the shark, it never betrays who it's characters are. The show is a masterpiece of fiction, a coming of age allegory using vampires and a destiny as a slayer as a metaphor for the traumas, responsibilities and trials of growing up - and it just so happens to be a show aimed at teens, rather then being a teen show first and foremost. Not to mention how dark and adult the later seasons get. Seriously, anyone who enjoyed Glee, or Riverdale, or TVD or Supernatural - please, you owe it to yourself to watch Buffy. To this day, it's the MOST academically written about TV show ever made. Meaning out of every TV show or movie in the world, Buffy has more university papers written about it than anything else. More than Breaking Bad, or The Wire, or even movies like Alien or The Terminator. It's a classic. People think it's a silly show because of it's campy name, and it is, but that was the creator's vision - he made the name campy so it would only attract the geeks and the outcasts to watch it, and they did, and it saved our lives. Please, everyone - go watch Buffy right now. It's got all the camp, iconic-ness, and hilarity of these shows - but with a masterpiece story attached to it. Trust me. You guys will LOVE IT.

[@HowCaseySeesIt]

I feel like I could’ve written this comment myself because I agree so wholeheartedly

[@calistusjay60]

@@HowCaseySeesIt TASTE

[@calistusjay60]

@what ever it’s incredible!

[@psychomaia]

You’ve sold me and I think I owe it to myself after spending years of my teenage life watching pll 😭

[@calistusjay60]

@@psychomaia PLEASEEE 😭 you absolutely do! It’s a life changing show. I hope you enjoy it!!!

[@princeastral2983]

Honestly so happy I found this channel...yes I've been binge-watching for a week now and let me tell you WORTH EVERY SECOND

[@MS-wh7ec]

Enjoy the ride!! One of my fav KZbinrs !! Jealous ur getting to binge everything for the first time haha

[@caseyaonso4270]

tySMM im glad u like them 🥹🥹🥹💓💓

[@Aster_Risk]

A teen show that aged well but wasn't in the 2010's is Veronica Mars, particularly the first two seasons. There's definitely stuff that's cringey or dated, but generally it's still really good almost 20 years later.

[@iwouldgiveyouthemoon_]

i love veronica mars sooo much! it's probably my favorite show!! most of it has aged pretty well compared to so many other shows.

[@TheGinaChan]

Ugh, that was my favorite show when I was younger ❤️

[@justjoannak]

100% agree! S3 wasn't my fave growing up (Veronica & Logan were on & off *WAY* too much for me to enjoy it) & S4 was *TRASH* but S1-2 are the best

[@dasiasaur]

HARD agree on the Ezra/Aria slander, I went through the same issues of not seeing anything wrong on the first watch through to look back on it years later and go “…yikes…” Made me really reflect on how weirdly normalized that is in media. I assume it must be a mix between me being more mature now and also having more education and experience in the world to realize how awful that power dynamic is as a premise but I’m more picky about the media I consume now. Also, a huge testament to your point that they focused all of the conflict on the teacher and student dynamic rather than the age gap because I genuinely didn’t think about that for awhile even after I fully realized how awful it was to root for a teacher/student relationship(which though still not okay in college, is way worse of a concept when in high school)

[@kairos-049]

This is what happens when you ask people who haven't been teenagers for decades to write to the lived experiences of current teenagers.🤷‍♂️. Also if Glee did K-pop. The troubletones covering How You Like That. Think about that.

[@pigeondance]

remember that they did Gangnam style for some reason??? that was weird. i see the troubletones performing something like Egotistic from Mamamoo! would be fire

[@gibsonn2018]

Nah the troubletones would be doing a Blackpink medley 😂😂

[@emsroemer]

i remember my dad walking into my room as i watched an ezria scene and him telling me i needed to turn it off… and i got SO mad at him and said he just didn’t understand them… my childhood self was so brainwashed

[@George.J]

This has been said before, but I will say it again: GLEE was never meant to be taken seriously. Also, GLEE did help a lot of LGBT+ youth to accept themselves so it did have positive aspects despite the weirdness of it all.

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

i feel like they were def moments that tried to take themselves seriously tho?? like the school shooting episode that was absolutely played straight

[@Ganychan]

Yet it talked about disabilities, bullying, school shootings and death. They had huge tone issues.

[@smwatertasteslikewater]

Just because something is camp doesn’t mean it isn’t bad Camp isn’t an excuse

[@smwatertasteslikewater]

Also the show has a bunch of super biphobic comments That’s not good representation

[@caitlingill]

Victorious is one of the Disney/Nick teen shows closest to how real teens act, the characters in the show aren't fluffed up and act like little kids (aside from Cat) but they aren't drunk druggies who constantly have sex and break the law. It's a happy medium.

[@blazehaze233]

the only teen show that has aged okay imo is one tree hill, i recently watched it and while of course some of the writing is over the top and cringy i think most storylines and character development hold up

[@caseyaonso4270]

i was jUST talking to my friend about how im due for a rewatch of it!!

[@blazehaze233]

@@caseyaonso4270 omg you should totally rewatch it and post a video about your opinion bc some of the villains are SO funny like that one murderous nanny that kidnaps haley and nathan's son, it was such an insane storyline

[@LivTheSlayer]

there's so weird plot lines in that show too though, but its more "wtf LMFAO" than cringey

[@keyye4392]

@@blazehaze233 the 1st 4 seasons are perfect (just take away a cringe/melodrama here & there) ..speaking of weird tho you guys remember the dog scene in the hospital?!.. 😂

[@blazehaze233]

@@keyye4392 THAT WAS PEAK COMEDY

[@somstan]

ONCE AGAIN JUST IN TIME FOR MY SUBWAY SANDWICH LUNCH BREAK

[@caseyaonso4270]

PLS i love how this is a routine now

[@somstan]

@@caseyaonso4270 your vids + sub = perfect lunch break 😌

[@baileyj7968]

When you were talking about the Glee student/teacher thing I was like “lmfao watch it be Don’t Stand So Close to Me or some shit” AND THEN IT WAS

[@ColePenner]

This just reminds me of how tragic it is that we lost Naya Rivera so young

[@yusha5728]

How have you not made a season wise glee song covers tier-list yet?! (or have you? I'm new lol)

[@caseyaonso4270]

WAIT……..

[@breadbread6814]

@@caseyaonso4270 DO IT

[@gayhomosexuallll]

@@caseyaonso4270 PLEASE

[@Star_sweeper]

I literally just started rewatching Freeform’s “The Fosters”, which I adored in college, and in just the first two episodes I’ve cringed about a dozen times. Why did we all dress like that.

[@randomina465]

I tried to rewatch friends do not recommend

[@randomina465]

I tried to rewatch friends do not recommend

[@13time]

Listen there's a lot of cringe but there's still a lot to love

[@ruth-br6tl]

I watched this in middle school & vividly remember shipping Maia Mitchell with her foster brother 😭😭😭

[@NeonGreenSpidey]

@@ruth-br6tl yooo that was such a crazy time in the fosters 🤣

[@veronica.gimenez]

Freaks and Geeks aged incredibly well to be honest, it's super enjoyable

[@neivilde.1242]

yeah, some of the stuff is a bit dated obviously but like it's a solid show I love it

[@breelinton4803]

i really really wish we had gotten more than one season of it

[@justjoannak]

Agreed!

[@rileycordero4054]

as someone who watched the fosters as a kid, w all the issues that show tackled, and as someone who just started binging PLL in the last 2-3 months (currently on S5 and I'm 21 y/o), I always hated ezria and cant imagine ever shipping them like I was uncomfy the entire time lmao but I guess they get married so I'll have to get used to it eventually bc ngl I kept thinking he was gonna die esp after he got shot on that roof

[@aiden8834]

I still can't believe younger me didn't see anything wrong with Aria and Ezra's relationship 💀

[@ConnorLockhartYGO]

Glee was one of the series of all time.

[@talesfromatiredmind4785]

Well I'm happy to say I've seen none of these except one episode of glee because in my teen years I was obsessed with cop shows like Hawaii 5-0, Criminal minds and CSI NY.

[@caseyaonso4270]

i was SO obsessed w criminal minds at one point in highschool 😭

[@Melissa-sx9vh]

@@caseyaonso4270 I don't know if you know but they are bringing Criminal Minds back for a sixteenth season!

[@sarascarpati887]

@@Melissa-sx9vh whaa?

[@Melissa-sx9vh]

@@sarascarpati887 it's true! They officially announced it recently!

[@sarascarpati887]

@@Melissa-sx9vh when?

[@CapriciousCobra]

I remember seeing another video that pointed out that shows targeted toward adults treat student-teacher relationships for the crimes they are. Whereas, teen shows want to show it as scandalous but true love.

[@_..jolene.._]

Pretty Little Liars: In the books written by Sara Shepard, Ezra goes to jail and Aria gets with a boy her age. So that shows that Marlene was the one who decided to romanticize their relationship and make people think that it’s okay.

[@laurencamila9024]

I don't care for Lea Michelle but her getting the role of Fanny Brice is a prophecy fullfilled

[@itsabdullahkhalid]

A good example of a teen movie not aging badly is Edge of Seventeen, mainly because it shows the main character being in the wrong and having to learn from it through real life consequences of her actions eventually leading to growth and maturity.

[@sadlystuckinreality]

'I'm gonna start with Pretty Little Liars' Me, immediately: 'Oh fuck here we go'

[@gab2386]

I’m actually super proud of myself for never liking Ezria. And I was the queen of toxic ships. But I drew the line at that awful, no chemistry couple.

[@DestinyHopeLou]

Girl same. I hated Ezria with a passion. Spencer kissing her sister‘s older fiancé? Get it Spencer!!

[@tracyo7558]

Yeah same, when I was younger I saw my classmates who were watching the show just loving ezria. And I hated their relationship and kept thinking something was off and I never realised the reason why they made me uncomfortable till recently.

[@gallarinas]

exactly

[@madisonsmith6176]

I definitely thought the title said “why did every teenage show like milk” and I was like yeah, why did all the teens in the shows I watched drink glasses of milk as if it was normal

[@jisoo1571]

Let’s take Rachel Berry out that thumbnail Glee is fine wine 😩

[@user-nu6bw5mg9n]

You ripping on teen dramas are some of my favorite videos

[@mebethan]

i've literally stumbled upon your channel in the past week and im OBSESSSSSED, i was such a die-hard PLL and Glee fan as a teen and this video is the epitome of how i feel about them now - just when i was getting tired of youtubers, you saved my faith - loving all the content queen ✨

[@chinenyeachusiogu1418]

also the casual racism, homophobia and transphobia in almost all of these shows 😭😭

[@chinenyeachusiogu1418]

not to mention misogyny, fatphobia and classism 😭😭😭 dear lord

[@dd4850]

Glee is the only one of these that’s still good. Glee was always meant to be a satirical comedy about the “band geek” type trope where everyone dates one another and the teachers are either pervs are on drugs it’s satire

[@sammytrs14]

Can you please do a whole video analysing Glee? Like maybe your opinion on the songs, characters, plots, etc?

[@Noname-nc8xw]

Omg you have to do one about some of the weird shows back from early 2000s like awkward, teen wolf, secret life of an American teenager… like the list goes on and on.

[@caseyaonso4270]

i LOVED AWKWARD OMG

[@Noname-nc8xw]

@@caseyaonso4270 I FORGOT VAMPIRE DIARIES I was like I know there most popular shows back then and I forgot this masterpiece

[@anna74957]

i wish more youtubers would talk about teen wolf bc it truly is a gold mine of weird scenes and bad cgi 💀

[@Kevtastical]

Who here also watched the epic 3 part series by Mike's Mic about PLL? I never even watched PLL but I ate up those hour/hour and half long videos!

[@tocotronicon]

they're my new comfort food but in video form. i've been pining for the glee part 2 for months now. 😭😭when will my husband (michael microphone) come home from the war (weeks of video hiatus)? 😞🔫

[@Kevtastical]

@@tocotronicon haha! Soon! He's been working on em (plus he had to go be bougie at the PLL: Original Sin premiere!)

[@stellamarinho8243]

KZbin recommended your content to me a few times so I watched and liked a few videos but you saying that Glee aged like wine is what makes me subscribe!!! The first one I watched was the one on nepotism and I loved it, you are iconic kisses from Brazil

[@Lynsey17]

Veronica Mars does the teacher-student thing well. Especially seeing Veronica's disillusionment about a teacher she truly admired.

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

The greatest thing about watching PLL and being an older teen (so the age range or so the girls were supposed to be) was that I would watch it with my mom and the only thing she complained about, was the bad hair extensions because she's a hairdresser and it was obvious. Not a SINGLE word about "hey, don't date your teacher" to her high school age daughter who thought it was all fine and dandy, goals even. Glee is nostalgic for me because my best friend and I would drive out to another city at midnight, get McDonald's and watch the newest episode of Glee on his ipad in the Walmart parking lot. If you live you in a small town, then you get it. BUt dear gods, did it not age well except for the earlier music choices. They got Journey trending again.

[@reey2778]

No bcz Aria and Ezra literally changed my brain chemistry in middle school 😭

[@caterinafiaschi133]

This is the first video I watched of your channel and I came back to comment that I fell in to a rabbit hole. Im obsessed with your channel. I really don’t understand why KZbin didn’t recommend me your channel before. Love your videos

[@jayngb]

Casey knew better than to add classics like Dawson’s Creek, OTH, Gossip Girl, The OC, etc. bcuz those all aged pretty good imo

[@skeleton5459]

for real. for the last several years, i've been trying to find newer teen shows that compared to the classics like Dawsons creek and the OC.. I've pretty much started watching season 1 of all the teen drama shows i can find and still haven't found any that compare to the classics of dawsons creek and the OC.

[@jayngb]

@@skeleton5459 I didn’t watch any of those shows when they were on but I recently did a binge of all of them and watching them in for the first time ever in 2022, they all aged well imo & became some of my favorite shows especially Dawson’s Creek & OTH

[@coops9597]

Chuck was an abusive POS and a terrible person and his entire character aged so poorly. I want financial compensation for listening to that creepy whisper voice of his for so long.

[@tesswhitley]

No what we really need is a continuation of this PLEASE there is so much more to discuss I’m sure!!!!

[@bailey3645]

This is Veronica Mars erasure, the only teen show I can take seriously

[@elizabethsalas9555]

I saw it for the first time when corona started and honestly iconic

[@julianzacconievas]

Hey Casey, just found your chann a week ago or so. Watched a whole bunch of videos, subscribed and have watched a whole lot more. Just wanted to say I really appreciate your content. I'm a grown as man, sometimes life gets a bit difficult. Listening to your commentary has helped me lot the last few days, and I needed the help. Thank you for your work.

[@ubermaster1]

I marathoned the entirety of Glee over a week off from work and lemme tell you, the amount of mood whiplashes and audible gasp at the most out of pocket jokes and lines I heard on top of the many scandals and the passing of two of the actors made it incredibly difficult to watch after a while..

[@thngvbts5182]

Three of the actors..

[@Julia-tk2em]

Wasn’t one of the deaths related to getting caught with CP?

[@ubermaster1]

@@Julia-tk2em Yep, the actor that played Puck(name escapes me sadly) ended his life before his court appearance due to having CP

[@kayhaven4710]

@@ubermaster1 I’m sorry. IS THAT WHT HE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED FROMMTHE SHOW??? I only what have two seasons and never got into the fan groups, so I had no idea that he disappeared for this reason!!

[@Tyhansbrough91]

AMAZING. I’ve never been this early, so excited for this Casey. I was literally JUST watching awful clips from PLL I’m so excited for this

[@caseyaonso4270]

🥰🥰🥰

[@emmahinchcliffe]

the first season of the oc is perfect tv to me imo -- like it has seriously held up. the latter seasons aren't as good (i still like them), but s1 is still really highly regarded by adults and the overall tv industry.

[@sidhraf-p6795]

came here to say this

[@adelinav6435]

Casey I want to thank you. Struggling with insomnia, I rewatch your videos almost every night to help me sleep, bc your voice tone is so soothing.

[@marspater]

Girl i just followed you and i wanted to say that I adore you!! Your content is very engaging and i love the way you talk, your opinion you give on certain subjects etc. You're very entertaining :)

[@woahcrash]

you should have included nene's iconic "what's wrong with a bob? SOMETHING" when talking about dark betty

[@bluespace8531]

Glee Season 3 Volume 7 and The Graduation Album will forever be ingrained in my psyche they were THAT good

[@sammytrs14]

they were so good! i feel like seasons 1 - 3 of glee were the best (song wise, cohesive enough storyline), but after season 3 it just kinda fell off (i still watched the whole show still though). i mean, the show did really age badly, but the covers were pretty decent.

[@liv241]

Please do a part 2!! Loved this!

[@jamiller9044]

You are so funny ugh! Your editing is so creative and perfectly timed :)

[@hausofpancakes]

I've seen a couple of videos that discuss this same topic, but your presentation and discussion of this topic is the first one that had me dying laughing.

[@justapersonwithinternetacc3558]

The way your hair changed color during the ad read lol

[@AndSoWeLaughed]

your video literally just blew me away! I criiiieeeed laughing from your editing and quips. Thanks for making my procrastination worth it. (Not a shake it up extra stoooop)