Secret Life of the American Teenager: Falling in Love, Rewatching & Roasting

In our Season 1 recap, we're joined by special guests and two WONDERFUL people from our podcast community: Shana and Liz. We unpack the general ranking of Season 1 compared to others, our favourite couples, what IS Brenda's vision?, Ben: friend or foe?, and what it was like to have the PRIVILEDGE of watching this when it was airing in real time. A huge thanks again to everyone that listens...

WE MADE IT!!! It's the last episode of Season 1!! We did it! Woo woo! After an entire season of speeches about abstinence, pregnancy, adoption, putting the baby in Mimsie's drawer, love triangles, fake marriages, fake IDs, and approximately 14 million conversations in the school hallway, the moment finally arrives: Amy goes into labor. Suddenly every single person she's ever spoken to...

Fresh from an American Pie reference, this episode takes us back the moment where it all started. Band camp. Suffer through a flash-back episode as in present day, Amy is going into labor. Long live Dairy Shack!

Baby showers and going into labour! This episode has it all! [Okay, again, there's drama on the street below that's distracting me] - Rob

Sorry for delay!! I was on vacation and should have brought my laptop with me!! Anne heads to another interview—this time with David (but since he was in SATC, his name is now SKIPPER), the architect from the hot dog stand who clearly wants to date her. George, threatened by the horrifying concept of his ex-wife moving on, launches a campaign of pure misinformation, telling Anne that David is gay...

Move over Dire Straits and the title/song reference: it's time to really party.... with Secret Life! Woo ya. At the Juergens house, it’s business as usual: Anne is serving divorced woman in a power blazer , George is pretending the divorce is just a fun misunderstanding, Amy is passionately unemployed (she has a sausage empire as a dowry), and Ashley has once again vanished without anyone soun...

icky returns to therapy and proudly informs Dr. Fields that he’s grown as a person™, learned to love himself, and has a fresh new obsession: Amy . Unfortunately, Ricky’s definition of “personal growth” includes sabotaging the adoption process so he can swoop in emotionally. Dr. Fields watches this trainwreck unfold in real time and probably mentally updates his retirement plans. Meanwhile, Amy is...

Placeholder text right here because it sounds like two divas are yelling at each other outside, on the street, so my nosy ass needs to go catch the tea. If you haven't checked out our Instagram, go ahead at @ fallinginlovepod

Why was this episode called Chocolate Cake???

SORRY for the delay! I couldn't find the file! (And then it was my birthday). Anyways, back to it . *Trigger Warning: This episode deals with abuse. Adrian and Ricky are getting down with it. Afterwards, Ricky reveals to Adrian his deepest secret: His dad used to .... him when he was younger. Adrian is shocked and calls her own father (Sexy Bald, the DA) on the phone, demanding that he put Ric...

* Note that the storyline in this episode deals with the SA of Ricky from his dad. If you are sensitive to these topics and themes, we advise you to skip this one * Huge hugs!! -- We finally meet the mega creep: Ricky's dad, AKA: Bob Underwood. He scares even Amy and Ashley just by walking up the driveway and asking if Amy is Ricky's baby momma. Bob starts to make the rounds. He goes from...

Amy and Ben’s shotgun wedding lasts approximately one (1) chaotic reception before every adult in a 10-mile radius storms in to shut it down. Leo and George burst in like it’s a police raid, dragging the newlyweds back to reality—and, unfortunately for Amy, the marriage isn’t even legally valid. Nothing says romance like forged documents and immediate annulment vibes. Meanwhile, Adrian’s dad Ruben...

Anne decides that because Amy is basically glowing and responsible now , it’s time to hand her even more adult duties — you know, as one does when their teen daughter is nine months pregnant. Meanwhile, Anne discovers George is planning to move into the garage like a disgraced raccoon husband, and the two have a blowout that screams “we should’ve divorced three seasons ago." Honestly... if on...

EDITING ROB here**: I think WHY I rated this episode so highly (👀 Sarah & Ashley) was because it was directed by Canadian royalty: Jason Priestley from 90210. Like... come on!!! Anyways, enjoy the episode.

Amy briefly considers escaping her problems by attending a special school for the loose—which lasts exactly five minutes before George pulls a classic George and unilaterally ships her back to Grant High, because nothing screams  healing  like forced public humiliation. Tea. Grace thinks she might want Jack again… until she spots him holding hands with Alice in the hallway and immediately pivots t...

In this LIVE (okay, not live, but all 3 of us are live together and not over Zoom) episode, we unpack the ICONIC episode that features the arrival of Jennifer Coolidge as Tom's prozzy. Some other stuff happens in the episode as well, but let's be real, we're still recovering from the holidays being over.

The Instagram is now live! Follow @FallingInLovePod. Right now, only Rob's boyfriend has (<3). Grandma Mimsy arrives to collect Amy like a carry-on item and put her in the drawer. Nobody puts baby in the drawer. Ben spends the episode wandering the halls in full Sad Boy™ mode. Amy’s bags are basically packed… until the universe decides to throw in one more devastating plot twist. Grace and...

Amy’s allegedly about to run away to Grandma Mimsy’s Retirement Home for Wayward Pregnant Teens™, and Ben is spiraling. He’s begging her to stay, but Amy’s already mentally packed her flip phone and floral tops and business casual wardrobe. Meanwhile, literally  no one  is in class -- not even in the bespoke hallways (this means, god bless, that every scene is in the Jeugrens household). Ben skips...

Guess what guys? Amy finally drops the news: she's pregnant! Of course in this show, we need to see how every character makes her pregnancy about themselves somehow. While Anne tries to figure out what she should do, in between contemplating George being allowed back in the house or not after his vacation to Adrian mom's house for a "conference", Amy takes matters into her own ha...

Ben really woke up and chose “marriage as a coping mechanism.” What starts as a cute little picnic (plate of wings on a bench?) quickly turns into a teenage proposal scene straight out of an after-school special— except it's more dramatic than Degrassi (how?!), we get Amy sobbing through a full-blown confession: yes, she slept with Ricky, yes, she’s pregnant, yes, her fashion still gives 2008...

Grace may be the town’s resident angel, but tonight she’s trading in her halo for a beer bottle and a front-page scandal. After another not-so-holy meetup with Jack, she fends off two creeps with some impressive “don’t-mess-with-me” energy—just in time for Ricky (shirtless, obviously) to swoop in. Unfortunately for them both, the local news captures the entire thing, broadcasting “Grace and the Ha...

Amy’s  glow-up  is actually a baby bump, but everyone’s pretending not to notice—except, of course, the entire town, thanks to Lauren and Madison’s Olympic-level gossip relay. Meanwhile, Anne’s still wandering through life in blissful denial, getting pregnancy hints at gas stations from random doctors like it’s divine intervention. Ben’s obsessing over the perfect first kiss, Ricky’s suddenly doin...

Again, we are reviewing this show. Why? Why! Ben and Amy are playing high school soulmates after one youth group party hookup, Ricky’s still orbiting with his “surprise baby” claim, and Adrian is the eternal backup plan pretending she doesn’t care. Jack’s groveling to Grace after getting down with the only FABULOUS character (Adrian) in front of literally everyone, but Grace forgives him because s...

Join Sarah, Rob, and Ashley as we review the first episode of this wonderful dumpster fire show ❤️. In this episode we recap we we got here in the first place; and then delve into the fabulous lives of Amy, Ben, Ricky, Adrian (love her), and the rest of the purity group.