My So-Called Life
Pressure
TV Flash files “Pressure” as hour 13 of 19 in the TV Flash guide — My So-Called Life (1994–1995) on ABC, season 1, episode 13, aired 1994-12-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E13: listed hour 13 of 19 in the My So-Called Life guide, hour 13 of 19 in season 1. It aired 1994-12-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Self-Esteem” (S01E12). Next is “On the Wagon” (S01E14).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Angela must make the decision whether or not to sleep with Jordan, while Graham is being pressured into going into the restaurant business with Hallie Lowenthal.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pressure sit in the My So-Called Life guide?
S01E13 is listed hour 13 of 19 — hour 13 of 19 in season 1, season 1 episode 13.
When did My So-Called Life S01E13 air?
Pressure aired 1994-12-01 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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