The first season of GG is beautiful. I stopped watching for a while, though, because I couldn't find a tv in the quad freshman year (hadn't yet learned of the Mather Wonder way back then). I'd pick it up again, but I haven't heard anything at all good about the last few seasons. I got the impression it devolved into boring, frustrating soap-opera-ness. But I would definitely, definitely recommend the first season, at the very least. Watch GG in a "Choose Your Own Seasonal Canon" sense. As for the teen/school factor, the daughter figures prominently, but her life at school is way down on the list of things they devote screen time to, luckily. And there is snark like you wouldn't believe.
It's such a shame Ed isn't on DVD. I loved loved loved the first season. It was exactly what you're looking for: quirky, bizarre, and full of writing!love. Sigh.
Another try (heh, very tempted to say "stab," but no) at Buffy couldn't hurt. Very high-school centered, yes, but in a "I hate high school, so let's blow it up!" sense. That, and most of their early plots were taking classic high school woes and making them supernatural, to varying degrees of anvilific, and that was fun. The important thing to remember is that you've got to approach the show with very low expectations and a tolerant sense of humor. (And try starting somewhere other than the first season. I recommend the fifth. Backstory isn't too hard to catch up on - the details are insane, but all you need is the gist of it.)
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Date: 2007-01-03 09:28 pm (UTC)It's such a shame Ed isn't on DVD. I loved loved loved the first season. It was exactly what you're looking for: quirky, bizarre, and full of writing!love. Sigh.
Another try (heh, very tempted to say "stab," but no) at Buffy couldn't hurt. Very high-school centered, yes, but in a "I hate high school, so let's blow it up!" sense. That, and most of their early plots were taking classic high school woes and making them supernatural, to varying degrees of anvilific, and that was fun. The important thing to remember is that you've got to approach the show with very low expectations and a tolerant sense of humor. (And try starting somewhere other than the first season. I recommend the fifth. Backstory isn't too hard to catch up on - the details are insane, but all you need is the gist of it.)