the paper.

[themightybee]

I love this show!

I usually steer clear of anything and everything related to teenage drama because I just. don't. care about their problems. But, because this is a documentary-styled show, it's focused on real teens with real problems. And, yeah, it's kind of obvious that the director's off-camera prodding at people to start dialog to further the plot and continue the conflict, but no reality-based show is truly based on reality, and anyone who still doesn't believe that needs a reality check. (See what I did there?)

Anyway, it follows the editing staff of Cypress Bay High School's newspaper, The Circuit. The drama flows like a burst pipe, but it's totally believable. I'm so sad that there were only 8 episodes; withdrawal arrived fast. I couldn't find the last two episodes available for streaming anywhere, so I actually bought them off of iTunes, which I never do. And now I'm seeing that they were both available at mtv.com - goodbye, precious four dollars.

Then I went to find a community so I could freak out over this awesome, awesome show with some folks and there's NO COMMUNITY FOR THE SHOW! I found that to be completely unacceptable, so I made one:

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Watch the show! You can stream all the episodes here (if you live in the US, anyway. I'm not sure of MTV's policy on foreign streaming). Or, if you have Cable On Demand, you can watch episodes 1-6 (thus far) there. Just go to FreeZone > Cable TV Showcase > MTV.