South of Nowhere

[JamesMFan]

I doubt anyone else watches this, I've only seen one ep.

It's about this girl (Spencer) and her two brothers who move from Ohio to Los Angeles.

At her new school she does the usual American things - tries out for the cheerleading squad, sees an implausibly good looking boy (Aiden) etc.

Then she becomes friends with this girl, Ashley. Who's like a social outcast. And it soon becomes apparent that she's either bisexual or gay ( she tells Spencer "I don't like labels") and Spencer is having some "I don't know who I am" issues, as well.

Anyway, she's warned by the popular Head Cheerleader to be careful who she befriends but pretty much doesn't listen.

She goes to the dance and then phones up Ashley and begs her to come cos she's bored. So Ashley finally does and then there's this big fight between Head Cheerleader and Ashley. It emerges that Ashley and Aiden (Head Cheerleader's boyfriend) had a baby and she had a miscarriage.

Anyway, the three of them - Ashley, Spencer, Aiden - leg it after a fight and at the end, Spencer asks Ashley and Aiden if they want to be alone. No. Then Aiden asks if Spencer and Ashley want to be alone. They say no.

Then Aiden asks Spencer if she's gay and she replies "I don't like labels."

Bless.

[z]

ITS A BIT NEIGHBOURSESQUE

[JamesMFan]

The brother is also a basketball ace (as is Aiden = fierce competition) and the other brother I think it adopted, considering he's black and they're a white family. They didn't state that exactly, which I think is good.

It's nothing like Neighbours.

[z]

they didnt need to state it as they dont even think of him as adopted

it sounded a bit like a Sky storyline

[JamesMFan]

Yes, I know. Stop trying to be the person who is so encouraging of diversity. I'm not your boss.

Sky's done it all. Everything sounds like a Sky Blue story.

[z]

IM THINKING OF PERSUADING SOME PEOPLE TO NOMINATE THE LEAST DIVERSE PERSON AND HOPE A JUDGING COMITEE COMES TO WATCH THEM

[JamesMFan]

You work for the Unite Colours of Benetton, don't you!

[z]

yes IM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE CONTROVERSAIL BILLBOARDS

[JamesMFan]

Is that why there hasn't been any?

You could put Spencer and her family on there.

[z]

their used to be in the old days

IT WOULD BE THE SINGLE MUM , THE BLACK SON AND THE GAY GIRL only .

[JamesMFan]

The mum's not single, I'm sorry to say. The dad is a nice social worker. The mum is a doctor.

[z]

ok the mums out , the black son , the lesbian and the social worker

[JamesMFan]

You've labelled her a lesbian. She doesn't like labels!! She kisses a boy in the next ep.

[z]

she's off the poster too then

[JamesMFan]

Ashley's dad is a rock star! He looks like a blonde Ozzy Osbourne. I actually think he's that weird guy off Police Academy.