Jordan being "left back, twice" means that he flunked grades, not that he was a soccer or football player. It also means that he was 17 to Angela's 15. At that age, that's quite a difference, and I would have been extremely intimidated by him. But I was also painfully shy in high school.
Graham and Patty. My husband and I are the opposite. We went to the same middle and high school, but he claims that he didn't know who I was, even though he was only a year ahead of me and our school only had, like, 800 students. I knew "of" him and his cool, jock friends. I was not the kind of girl that got noticed. (Can you imagine my embarrassment now, when we go home to PA and we run into one of the "popular kids" from HS, and my husband introduces me, and they have no idea I even went to school with them?
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Steve and I met when we went to college. And we have been together for so long (almost 7 years) that we know all of each other's stories from high school. So Graham knew of Patty, and probably had a crush on her, but she didn't know him. I like the theory mentioned earlier that Camille set them up after high school, and maybe even college. But I think it might have been right after high school, because they talk about being together for so long, and if Patty had Angela at 25, it would seem that they had to already have been married a little. But maybe not. My parents went to the same high school, as well, but didn't know each other. They met right after high school graduation, and have been together ever since.
I love the color of Angela's hair in thie episode. So vibrant and RED. Makes me want to dye my hair back to that color.
Rayanne's "house" always made me wonder. When the cop drops them off after Let's Bolt, it looks like a pretty big house, not an apartment building like we see in Other People's Mothers. I wonder if the writers were going to go in a different direction with Rayanne's character. Maybe make her into a rich girl who's dad and mom are never around, and she acts out to try and get their attention. Angela says, "At Rayanne's house, no one was home." I always had that impression, until we meet Amber in Guns and Gossip. But it could just be an apartment building that looked like a mansion... because we never see the outside of the apartment building in OPM, just the door to the apartment.
I love it when Angela returns to her room after Let's Bolt and sheds her clothes. I can't describe it, but I alwyas loved it.
I also love the way every one is circling Angela at the end of the episode, but the camera focuses on Angela.
What was Brian about to say to Angela after the cop dropped her off and he told her the theme of yearbook? He says, "Angela..." and his voice sounds strained, like he really wants to tell her something, but she cuts him off and won't let him.
Also, Brian knows that Angela likes Jordan, even though she never told him. So the writers make it obvious to the viewer that Brian has been paying attention and watching Angela.
I'm sorry I couldn't elaborate further on some of these, but my brain is still fuzzy this Saturday morning.