The original storyline was setting up so much rich material, even when it was filled with characters I gave zero f*ck’s about (Stafford’s Nina, Valentine) I was invested. You had this sweet and shy boy who was clearly going to be gay (and also neurodivergent IIRC). His cousin Charlotte was bullying him for both. Nina didn’t believe it was true, and thought the whole thing was teacher Willow’s fault. Valentine was vacillating between Nina and Lulu, and Lulu was ready to intervene and did believe Willow. And you had Liz wanting to defend her child, while also being careful not to push Aiden to say something they were not ready to articulate. And her other boys were also very sweetly on Aidan’s side.
That conflict the show ran away from could have been an engine that keep story churning with natural issues between several generations for years!
If it had fully been told it would have been very Agnes Nixon. The issue storyline where every character had a believable point of view and the whole town had something to say about it. As it was we didn’t even get a gay prom out of it. They are so feckless!!
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