If you have never watched the show before, Awkward is about the specific incidents in our formative years that define us -sometimes for the best and sometimes for the worst. They’ve measured people based on how popular they are, how attractive they are. The show centers around a fifteen-year old Jenna Hamilton, who, like many, feels invisible to her peers and desperately wants to find her place-which is hard to do in a day and age where fitting in means standing out.
Meanwhile back at school, Tamara was gearing up for Seniors’ bonfire when she found out about secret grading score of hers. Someone had called her Allentown and she didn’t know what it meant until Sadie explained. Sadie said her score must be similar to the zip code of Allentown (484)
Guys at their school have been grading girls they’ve dated and apparently everyone could find out their score in the Phone Book. Tamara wants to see it and so far the guys she’s been asking have been uncooperative. Including Owen.
Tamara decided to hunt for the book with only Jenna acting as her backup. And surprisingly they found the back with ease. Guys had actually put what they called a “Phonebook” in the real Phonebook section at the Library. As they looked through the so called, “Phonebook”, Tamara is Allentown, Jenna was St. Louis. Someone had low scored Jenna and because she knew the handwriting-she knew it was Matty behind her “score”. So she confronted him. She asked why he never said a word about it. Back then, when they were dating, or even now that they’re supposed to be friends. Yet he didn’t get it and that’s why he tried to shake it off as no big deal.
Jenna called him a jerk and due to poor timing - the girl Matty was interested ended up catching the whole exchange. Thus cancelling their date for later that day and basically told him not to try for a second chance with her.
Jenna was furious with Matty and what she needed the most was to hangout with Owen. But she couldn’t do that seeing as he was her secret (since she didn’t want to be ranked as a senior cougar going after a sophomore). Plus when she almost came clean, Tamra made a joke about dating him and being on a one way back to desperate cougar.
Later at the bonfire, Tamara had got some revenge on behalf of the female student body. She set up a “Dudes Database” where the girls can now rate the guys. And sadly Jenna didn’t find out about until after Matty realized he had made a mistake. He made a public apology in front of everyone at the bonfire, tossing the phonebook into the fire and that managed to earn back some brownie points with both Jenna and Gabby. Though he’s not going to like being called a man-whore on the “Dudes Database” and someone else who might take offence at that would be Gabby. She changed her mind about Matty because she thought he had changed. That all ugly past behavior was really in the past. So how is she going to feel once she learns he’s been rated as a whore?
As for Jenna, she broke up with Owen and it wasn’t because of what Tamara said or how people would react. She came to the conclusion that he deserved a real relationship with someone that wasn’t going to be leaving for college in the next couple of months. That’s why she regretted taking his virginity. She was only looking for a little bit of fun and he’s going to need more from someone than that. But now that the database is blowing up - no relationship is safe! This is all the effects that come from how we measure people, statistically.
Since so much went on this episode, I thought, why not post another recap video like I did for last weeks post! It makes everything so much more interesting capturing everything that goes on without missing a single detail versus just reading what went down!
Plus videos are much more fun.
Plus videos are much more fun.
You're welcome.
Xoxo, Jacqueline Villalpando
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