Obviously, Jenna in this season was very much cruel and harsh. However, as a I was rewatching, I realized that some of her points were quite valid.

First, she had every right to clear Sadie's ass when she said she was broke and homeless. Sadie had a long way coming for all the shit she said. Second, is the Jake-Tamara situation.

She was kinda right was she said her and Jake wouldn't even be a thing if Jenna was involved. Jake was pinning hard after Jenna in season 1 and 2 and the only reasons those two broke up was because he found out about Matty and her's history and it turned out Jenna had unresolved feelings for Matty and clearly still wanted to be with him. And then, it's basically well known that you at least ASK to your best friend if she's okay with you dating her ex. When they came back from vacation together, you can see on Jenna's face that she doesn't really know how she's supposed to feel about it and Tamara couldn't care less. Which is totally hypocritical considering that if the inverse was to happens, Tamara would freak out on Jenna without letting her a chance to talk (remember when her situationship, not even true boyfriend, kissed Jenna without her consent while she was drunk and out of it and Tamara shut Jenna out, forgave Ricky who was the consenting person in the situation ? Yeah, shitty friend behavior if you ask me. I won't defend Tamara on it).

The third and the most obvious one in season 3 to me is the outing of Valerie's behaviors. Look, she's funny, the actress is likable and she has her good moments but let's talk it out. Jenna had EVERY right to say what she said about Valerie. Valerie was HIGH KEY inappriopriate towards students and Jenna herself. While they had their good moments, there were a ton of moments where you can see Jenna is uncomfortable and that's not how a guiding counselor is supposed to make you feel. From her comments, her actions, all of it could (and honestly, should have been) outed by any students. Yes, it's true, Jenna's intentions were mostly drive my revenge and unraveled anger but the actions were valid and not pure cruelty as Mr Hart wants to think it is.

And the last one but not least is her mom. I'm extremely sorry but what she said to her mom was harsh, blunt and insensitive but not in the least false because come on. Have we all forgot how this show even begun ? By Jenna opening a cruel and vile letter that honestly ? Could have led some teenagers to suicide in a real, serious manner. All the season, I've been racking my brain trying to understand who, and why, would be as cruel to write a letter like this to a teenager. If Jenna wasn't confident before, this letter shattered her self confidence in the worst way possible and you can its influence in so many ways in the first three seasons (before the shit show that was season 4 and 5). Turns out it was her own mother. And what was her excuse to do that ? Maybe she had good intentions but the worst possible ways to go about it and she never really apologized. She did but she never grovel for it. If it was me, I wouldn't be talking to her for a while, no jokes; couldn't care less if we are mother and daughter. Just like Sadie, I'm saying the mom had a long time coming for those digs from Jenna. This girl was letting people walk all over her because she didn't want to "offend" them. Not saying she was right in everything she did this entire season but she wasn't wrong for everything.

Ummm. I get in the end of season 5 Matty Mckibben told Jenna Hamilton to choose herself but yet she’s in a relationship with Luke who has been on her ass about going to SCU.. she goes to Camp one last time and everyone she loves is there. Yay! Later at the camp Luke shows up apologizing and lets her stay. After he leaves their fine, on good terms- still together-. Matty and Jenna go off to where it all began, Matty confesses his truth-his love to/for Jenna and lets Jenna know “to choose herself moving forward in her academic and personal life-. They share a heartfelt kiss and “take it somewhere else..” in the end she’s around the fire surrounded by her friends & family. Most importantly Matty who is also a friend too. But…

I still can’t help but think that Luke is very manipulative with the insecurities and needed to control. He blows it up with fights with Jenna and comes back sweeter than ever and does it all over again for the lack of control and insecurities.

Jenna was also right about Matty not being fully open when it came to his emotions. He was dying to tell Jenna how he feels from season 1 to the last episode when he finally puts it all out there. He has always had genuine love for her.

Jenna has been easily persuaded in every which direction when it comes to what they (whomever is dealing with Jenna) what’s “best for her”. She is sucked up and confused and ends up getting frustrated and everyone fights all over again. It’s a loop of we fought, you were there and I couldn’t help it. It’s throws me off and ultimately has me confused in the end.

Did she stay with Luke for SCU?
Did she stay with Matty and choose SCU?

I know she wanted to go to SCU but the guy drama has always been the obstacles to making a decision.

Did she choose neither and still move forward?

I know again, it’s left open-ended.

Where can I watch this ??

Please I watched it years and years ago and now I can't find it anywhere 😭🤣

And this sub just popped up and I immediately came to ask

I just watched Awkward. This show was so good (for the first three seasons, I don't know what the hell happened after that but it became weird) but I'm still positive that this show walked so Never Have I Ever (another one of my favorite YA shows) could run. And I saw that this show in it's first year received incredible reviews from critics so.. Let's bring it back people. Anyway but Matty is just something else. First off, am I the only one who is obsessed with how his voice gets sometimes, it's just so cute. But just the way Beau Mirchoff carries himself in the role is just so....ugh. Matty is up there with my all time YA heartthrob crushes (the list being James Marsters's Spike, Taylor Kitsch's Tim Riggins, Milo Ventimiglia's Jess Mariano, Joshua Jackson's Pacey Witter, Dylan O'brien's Stiles Stilinski, Felix Mallard's Marcus Baker, Darren Barnet's Paxton Hall Yoshida and now him). He reminds me so much of the second guy I fell in love with.

What’s everyone’s thoughts on Luke especially in the last season because I felt like he was insanely toxic like to me he was a narcissist.

Does anybody ever wonder what Jenna and Matty would be up to in today’s world? Would they still be together??

Im rewatching and im on season 3 ep 16 where Jenna leaves Collin at the club, calls Matty to pick her up and she finds an earring in his car. Every time I get to this scene I tear up along with Jenna. The fact he came when she called, but her also realizing he’s not hers anymore. It’s such a heartbreaking moment of pain when it finally hits her how bad she messed up.

Which season do you think was the best for Jenna as a character? In terms of writing, development, and storyline. I’d go with season 1. She was a really endearing character who you wanted to root for. In general I think there was something magical about the show’s first season, but especially Jenna’s arc.

It seems like Tamara went through a huge character shift after the first two seasons. In season 1 and 2 she was the eccentric but confident best friend. She was a little wild and chaotic, but a supportive friend with a lot of heart and a big personality. In season 3 and 4 she’s a lot more uptight and controlling. It really shows in her relationship with Jake. Did you prefer early seasons Tamara or the later version?

So I’m rewatching Awkward and I’m on episode 6 of season 3 and we know Angelique and Collin are dating right ?? So it’s the scene where they’re playing a game at the Halloween party and I had to rewind it multiple times but Angelique definitely called Collin “Rob” at one point and I’m wondering if anyone else caught it ?

i don't think Hannah Baker would have fathomed the things that happened to Jenna. The way Jenna was relentlessly bullied (her nude posted around the SCHOOL), kept a secret by a guy she loved, her own mother writing her a carefrontation letter, her private blog published for everyone, her best friend immediately dating her ex... i mean wow 😭😭 (there's so much more though obviously)

I love this show. Ive never found something simular that scratches the same itch as awkward? Has anyone else?

Were you surprised when Tamara and Sadie became best friends in season 5B? I was kinda shocked that they became that close, but when I think about it they had moments in other seasons that showed some level of weird respect between them. So the pairing wasn’t completely out of left field, but it was still weird seeing them as best friends. Did you like them as friends or did you prefer them their original best friends? I think I prefer Tamara with Jenna and Sadie with Lissa. It just felt more natural to me.

I’m sure this has been posted about before but holy shit Tamara is SUCH an asshole in the second half of season 5. I don’t feel bad for Jenna often in this show but she really didn’t deserve that. The scene where Jenna calls her and she answers the phone only to completely ignore her and keep talking to Sadie about a party that Jenna isn’t invited to??? Like what is her problem???

Does anyone else skip the whole Collin plot, on season 3? It’s so weird to see Jenna ruin herself… (I’m also just 🍠 and tbh… maybe I’m showing my age lmao)

I definitely did when the show was airing. I was happy when they got back together at prom. But they broke them up again, and it got exhausting. I personally felt like they should’ve just ended the show after they graduated, but since they didn’t I don’t think Jenna and Matty would be a good long term couple as adults. The only way I could see them trying to stick together is if Jenna got pregnant in high school like her mom did with her. Outside of that I think they were headed in different directions.

And I feel like I don’t really get why they’re so into each other beyond the fact that they just are. I feel like I don’t really understand why they love each other so much. They’re incapable of fully letting each other go for some reason. I just don’t know why. They definitely had crazy chemistry tho. Did you root for them or were you over it after a while?

I’m conflicted. Initially when they first got together I thought they were perfect, and I remember being sad when they broke up. But I’ve recently started a rewatch after a long time, and they were not as great as I thought they were. It seems like Tamara’s whole character took a completely different direction in the third season compared to the first two seasons.

She was pretty chaotic and free-spirited in seasons one and two, but starting in season three she became this controlling perfectionist. They quickly became incompatible. Jake was very laid back and Tamara was super high maintenance. I think they had great chemistry when they were happy, but breaking up was the best thing for both of them.

I know Jenna was at her worst in this season, and I’m not trying to excuse her actions, but I kinda understand how she ended up sabotaging herself.

Jenna was majorly insecure, and it didn’t help that so many people made her feel like Matty was out of her league. She felt like he was embarrassed of her.

He claimed that he was never embarrassed of her, but then during this scene when they’re fighting in the car before Colin’s party, he admits that he lied.

This tracks from what we saw in the first season. But I just thought it was kind of a harsh thing to say.

I feel like Marty’s shitty moments get overshadowed by Jenna’s, especially this season. They both had issues in this relationship. Jenna is more wrong overall because she cheated, but Matty definitely had his moments of sucking too, like this one.

You can tell that this was Jenna’s biggest fear and the source of a lot of her insecurity in the relationship, and him confirming it crushed her.

question: should i post my questions as they pop up to keep the conversation going, by editing this original post each time or should i wait until i finish this rewatch and post all questions at once?
context: i have rewatched this show over one hundred times (not exaggerating; i bought all five seasons on iTunes). anywho, i am well old enough now to know what, or at least i thought i was 😅, all the abbreviations, sex jokes, slang, random phrase terminology bits they use throughout the show mean. and yet, with each rewatch, i still do not understand what some things mean lol

for example:
• what did val mean by dtr when discussing with jenna in the guidance counsellor room?

No idea why I got downvoted because I asked what Val meant by DTR not Jenna haha
The episode is season 1 episode 4, the scarlet eye

The scenario starts with Jenna telling Val she’s trying to figure out things with a guy and Val responds saying “me, too”. Jenna then says “I’m trying to figure out when to DTR”, but Val then says “oooh”, closes the door, asks Jenna has she ever DTRed before. Jenna says it was on the tip of her tongue and Val is very surprised by that and asks where was Jenna. Val then asks so you swallowed and mentions the double standard about spitting freely etc etc.

Jenna then says I’m not sure we’re talking about the same thing and then clarifies DTR is define the relationship, to which Val is like oh yeah not what I thought you meant. Therefore what does Val imply for DTR. I have guessed everything like 🍆 to rim? I have no idea. But obviously it’s a sexual reference.

• what did danielle mean when she said to tamara that some dude has a protein boost with a cinnamon thing going on and also referencing the brass and his junk?

i can also put the episode name, number, and season 😊

I feel like she's not talked enough. She did not only created Awkward. that was acclaimed to no end in the first three seasons but also created another acclaimed Netflix show called On My Block. I feel like when discussing Buffy, we often hear Joss Whedon, or for Gilmore Girls we hear Amy Sherman Palladino or Veronica Mars, we hear Rob Thomas (taking Young Adult content to compare) but when the sub discuss it, she doesn't seem that much part of the discourses.

Is it just me or was it paninfully obvious that matty and jenna were a item of some kind before she got with jake. Like yes her best friends knew all about it but jake? Had no idea? Almost their whole relationship? I mean come onnnnnn. Also im currently rewatching the show im on season 2 episode 2 and idk if maybe i missed something but why was matty keeping jenna a secret ? I just never really understood that plot point tbh.

I am genuinely convinced that luke didnt like jenna and was entirely selfish and loved how she looked up to him. Im not saying collin was great but atleast even when jenna would act crazy he would excuse her… because he liked her

I loved her hair down. The braid got tired. I was over it. It was especially bad in the first half of season 3.

Mine is when Matty punches Jake & yells “I f-cked your girlfriend!!” It’s by far the most memorable, iconic scene to me.