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Season 1 – Brutally Normal

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This comedy is about the idiosyncratic daily events in the lives of "brutally normal" teenage friends with their unique points of view of adolescence at its most absurd.
Brutally Normal — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Its subject matter and off-beat style are more derivative than fresh, but Brutally Normal still delivers with sharp, heartfelt writing.

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Tom Shales Washington Post 09/19/2019
"Brutally Normal" is kind of cute, kind of smart, kind of funny--and might even turn into kind of a hit. Go to Full Review Linda Stasi New York Post 09/19/2019
Some of "Brutally Normal" is brutal. But some of it's brutally funny too. Go to Full Review James Poniewozik TIME Magazine 09/19/2019
It's no surprise to see someone doing a formulaic half-hour comedy knockoff of the WB's successful hourlong teen dramedies. And perhaps it's no surprise that it's the WB doing it Go to Full Review Terry Kelleher People Magazine 09/19/2019
The flights of surrealism are alternately clever and gratuitous, but at certain moments the writers show a commendable tendency to stress irony over high jinks. Go to Full Review Tom Jicha South Florida Sun-Sentinel 09/19/2019
Brutally Normal is more of the same. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Brutally Normal — Season 1

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Mike Damus

Robert "Pooh" Cutler

Lea Moreno

Anna Pricova

Eddie Kaye Thomas

Russell Wise

Tangie Ambrose

Dru

Joanna Pacula

Gogi Pricova

Susan Ruttan

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 24, 2000 You Get What You Get Russell meets the woman of his dreams at an art gallery and again as his substitute teacher; Teenage friends explore life. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 24, 2000 Barricade Russel locks himself in the principals office, becoming the leader of a brief campus revolution; Pooh faces off against vice principal Strauss. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 31, 2000 Mouth of Warm Roses Russell sends Pooh to deliver a love letter to the girlfriend of the school bully. Anna has a secret admirer. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 7, 2000 Stretching Ethics Anna and her family are about to be deported. Pooh and Russell scheme to cheat at poker to win enough money for Anna to buy forged papers. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 14, 2000 Well Solved Sherlock Russell plays private investigator to find out if Pooh's father is having an affair with Anna's mother. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 22, 2000 Damaged Goods A guidance counselor questions Anna's social skills; The friends fret about their social skills so Anna agrees to show a new student around school. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 29, 2000 Road Trip Pooh steals his brother's car and, defying his father's orders, takes Anna and Russell to a nightclub, where they plan to meet Russell's father. But getting into the club proves difficult. Details

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Season Info

Director
Marc Buckland, Lev Spiro, Randy Zisk, Michael M. Robin
Executive Producer
Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg, Greer Shephard, Michael M. Robin
Screenwriter
Tommy Swerdlow, Stephen Chbosky, Will McRobb, Michael Goldberg, Chris Viscardi
Network
The WB
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 24, 2000