We'll see, I guess!
I don't think Agnes' young love formula had aged so much as some of the details did or didn't work depending on the moment. I remember thinking her reintroducing the town class system, snobbery, etc. in the late '90s and early 2000s was refreshing and kind of neo-classical for me personally. We have class struggle today too, God knows. But it's in the details and casting. I liked Becca but she was often too rural or saccharine as written, and Scott was miscast and a plank of wood. If they'd presented a Becca character as more bohemian in her country background but hip it would be a different thing.
When AMC 2.0 did Pete and Celia in the same formula a lot of it was saccharine, but what elevated it was not only Rob Wilson's imperious, darker Pete, basically a scheming techbro tycoon (I know people clown him on DAYS for good reason but he channeled a young James Mitchell at times), and the possibility of Cassandra entering his orbit at the end, but also the creepy gothic mystery behind Celia at the core. Meanwhile both Miranda and A.J. were well cast and more compelling in their deep friendship and potential romance, even if the show had planned to pivot AJ. to coming out as gay. Again, it's a question of elements.
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