My So-Called Life
The Zit
TV Flash files “The Zit” as a desk essential hour — My So-Called Life (1994–1995) on ABC, season 1, episode 5, aired 1994-09-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 19 in the My So-Called Life guide, hour 5 of 19 in season 1. It aired 1994-09-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Father Figures” (S01E04). Next is “The Substitute” (S01E06).
Essential hour: “The Zit”. The Zit: interior weather as house style — teen realism that treats a face as history, not a gag.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Angela and Patty come to grips with the feeling that they are not measuring up to some standard of beauty as Angela breaks out and Patty develops laugh lines.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Zit sit in the My So-Called Life guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 19 — hour 5 of 19 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did My So-Called Life S01E05 air?
The Zit aired 1994-09-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
How much of it is there?
One season — 19 episodes on ABC in 1994–1995. There is no later run to skip; the cult is the whole text.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Angela Chase narrates sophomore year like a wound that hasn't scabbed — one perfect canceled season. Winnie Holzman's ABC drama treats adolescence as interior weather, not a problem of the week. Claire Danes arrives fully formed; Wilson Cruz's Rickie is a landmark queer teen presence. Cult textbook for teen realism, cancellation included.
ABC, 1994–1995, one season, nineteen episodes, and then the network did what networks do when craft outruns the overnight. Angela Chase narrates sophomore year like a wound that has not scabbed — parents mid-crisis, hallway politics, a crush on Jordan Catalano who leans on lockers like a career. Winnie Holzman treated adolescence as interior weather rather than a problem of the week. Claire Danes arrived fully formed and won a Golden Globe. Wilson Cruz's Rickie Vasquez became a landmark openly queer teen presence…
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- Wilson Cruz as Rickie Vasquez
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- A.J. Langer as Rayanne Graff
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- Bess Armstrong as Patty Chase
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