The show is also just very funny, overly dramatic, and full of romances worth rooting for.

She has two friends and a secret blog and is generally invisible.

This mystery hangs over the entire first season and it has a surprising and explosive resolution.

Matty McKibben and Jenna Hamilton laying down on Jenna’s bed together in Awkward Season 1.

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Palos Hills High School is the perfect settingfor a teen-centered comedy series.

Everything about this bizarre school is exaggerated to play on typical high school tropes.

High school was a daze.

Tamara, Jenna, and Ming walking through the school hallway together in the pilot episode of Awkward

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LikeXO, Kitty,Awkwardalso has a compelling and messy central love triangle.

Matty and Jenna have a strong connection, but he doesn’t want anyone to know about their relationship.

Jennifer Jason Leigh in a high school classroom in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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