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Season 1 – life as we know it

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Meet Dino, Ben and Jonathan, longtime best friends navigating high-school waters in Seattle. Being teenagers, their minds are preoccupied with sex pretty much all the time. The twist here is that they actually talk about it -- with one another and with the camera -- as do their girlfriends. So what do their relationships look like? Dino, the school's star hockey player, dates soccer player Jackie, Ben is carrying on a relationship with one of his teachers, and Jonathan's girlfriend is witty Brit Deborah, Jackie's best friend.
life as we know it — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Life as We Know It might be too risqué for some viewers, but the teen drama tackles relationships in a nuanced manner.

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Joy Press Village Voice 09/24/2019
[Life as We Know It's] camerawork is imaginative throughout, but unfortunately the insights offered in these confessionals are uniformly trite. Go to Full Review Nancy DeWolf Smith Wall Street Journal 09/24/2019
What is this thing? Go to Full Review Noel Holston Newsday 09/24/2019
I was resistant to Life as We Know It at first, but it won me over. What seems prurience for prurience's sake turns out to be a good bit richer, kind of like My So-Called Sex Life. Go to Full Review Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com 09/24/2019
3.5/5
It's a little bit smart, a little bit silly, and all but entirely smitten with sex. Fun stuff all around, I suppose, but you'll be wishing for a "Very Special Abstinence Episode" after just a few short hours. Go to Full Review Bullz-Eye Staff Bullz-Eye.com 09/24/2019
4/5
This primetime high school drama is an oversexed Saved by the Bell that is far better than The O.C. Go to Full Review Samantha Bornemann PopMatters 09/24/2019
Life as We Know It offers a primer on high school, and especially teenaged boys, exactly right now. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/30/2020 Incredible show. The acting is alright, but it's a teen drama so it's on par with that. It's comedy, cute, sweet, vulgar, and flows smoothly. Sean Faris is especially great. It's a bummer that ABC executives aren't very smart and tried running it against The OC when it was in its second and biggest season. Enjoy the show if you have the chance. See more Read all reviews
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Sean Faris

Dino Whitman

Jon Foster

Ben Connor

Christopher Lowell

Jonathan Fields

Missy Peregrym

Jackie Bradford

Kelly Osbourne

Deborah Tynan

D.B. Sweeney

Michael Whitman

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 7, 2004 Pilot Dino makes a devastating discovery about the relationship of his parents; Jackie struggles with her sexual boundaries; Ben is under pressure to achieve perfection; Jonathan is ready to take his relationship with Deborah to the next level. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 14, 2004 Pilot Junior Three hormone-charged teenage boys tackle the issues of adolescence. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 21, 2004 The Best Laid Plans Ben and Ms. Young throw caution to the winds and decide to get acquainted on a more intimate level; Jonathan slows things down with Deborah when he learns he is not her first. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 28, 2004 Partly Cloudy, Chance of Sex When Dino quits the hockey team for no apparent reason, Michael confronts his son about what's really upsetting him; Jackie has trouble admitting that she lives in a very dysfunctional household; Ben auditions for the school play. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 4, 2004 Secrets and Lies Ms. Young calls things off with Ben, but then reconsiders; Dino tells Michael he wants to move out of his mother's house; Jackie tries to deal with her father's alcohol problem by attending an Al-Anon meeting. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 2, 2004 Natural Disasters Jonathan and Dino discover Ben's big secret; Ben gets tired of living a lie and develops chemistry with Sue; Ms. Young's jealousy gets out of hand; Jackie makes a new friend at the Al-Anon meeting. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 9, 2004 With a Kiss, I Die As Ben tries to sort out his feelings for Sue, Ms. Young tries to bring him back into their relationship; Jackie reacts to news of Dino's conquest by taking things too far with her new friend, Matt. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 16, 2004 Family Hard-ships Ben learns an eye-opening lesson when his older brother comes to visit; Dino finds a reason to appreciate his mother again; Michael and Mia have an awkward discussion on how far their friendship will go. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 6, 2005 A Little Problem Sue makes a stunning admission; Dino sees a counselor (Peter Dinklage) to deal with his anger about his parents' separation; Deb's visitor intrigues Jonathan. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 13, 2005 Breaking Away Jonathan considers asking out another girl; Ben is forbidden to see the person he has come to like; Dino begins to come to terms with his feelings about his family. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 20, 2005 You Must Be Trippin' Sue and Ben come up with a scheme to be together on the class ski trip; Deborah aggressively pursues an exciting internship that her mother has forbidden. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 27, 2005 Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Junk Jackie and Dino resist as they get closer; Jonathan tries to coax Deborah with a birthday present; Sue is furious with Ben; Ben has already claimed it with Ms. Young; the boys fall in love with a cheap and shoddy car. Details

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Season Info

Director
Michael Alan Spiller, John Peters, Paul Holahan, Rachel Talalay, Michael Engler, Rick Wallace, Rodman Flender
Executive Producer
Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Stu Bloomberg
Screenwriter
Gabe Sachs, Allison Adler, Luvh Rakhe, Leila Gerstein, Melissa Carter, Edward Kitsis, Joel Madison, Jeff Judah, Adam Horowitz, Donald Todd
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 7, 2004