I think my eighth grade class watched this... in film strip format. So there was definitely some toplessness going on and well-place hair/hands if I recall. Even as a 13 year old, i recall thinking “why the f are they showing us this in school?”

I can only assume that it feels like crushing loneliness.

It started reaching after school special territory.

Unfortunately, this is how a lot of shows deal with “themes” now. They pick a hot topic - the plight of immigrants, gay people, trans people, or just general feminism - and find something in their story that is vaguely analogous in some way, and pretend that they’re identical, so that they can teach us the correct…