Series Information

Jessica as: Sue Miller
Episodes: 13
Directed By: Michael Engler, Michael Spiller
Fellow Cast: Sean Faris, Kelly Osbourne, Missy Peregrym
Air Date: 7th October 2004
Tagline: Enter virgin territory.
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: TV-14
Runtime: 60 minutes

Sean Faris played central character Dino Whitman, outwardly a sports jock and chick magnet, inwardly a kind, sensitive soul (and one easily hurt and offended, especially when he unearthed an unsavory secret about his parents). Chris Lowell played Jonathan Fields, a shy aspiring filmmaker whose view of life was filtered through the lens of his ubiquitous vidcam. And Jon Foster played Ben Conner, an academic overachiever who never could understand why he was always falling short in the eyes of his hyper-judgmental parents. Also in the cast were Missy Peregrym as Dino’s girlfriend, Jackie Bradford, to whom abstention from sex was becoming more of a challenge with each passing day; Jessica Lucas as Jackie’s sensible best friend, Sue Miller; Kelly Osbourne as Jonathan’s eccentric gal pal Deborah Tynan; Marguerite Moreau as Ben’s voluptuous (and available!) English teacher Ms. Monica Young; and D.B. Sweeney and Lisa Darr as Dino’s parents, Michael and Annie Whitman.

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Episode List

1×01 – Pilot
1×02 – Pilot Junior
1×03 – The Best Laid Plans
1×04 – Partly Cloudy, With A Chance of Sex
1×05 – Secrets & Lies
1×06 – Natural Disasters
1×07 – With a Kiss, I Die
1×08 – Family Hard-Ships
1×09 – A Little Problem
1×10 – Breaking Away
1×11 – You Must Be Trippin’
1×12 – Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Junk
1×13 – Papa Wheelie

Critics Quotes

“A sly, sweet look at high school, “Life as We Know It” is so good that you immediately make room on your shelf for the cult-fave DVD because you know this is the kind of show that gets canceled after five episodes. Pity poor Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, who also created “Freaks and Geeks,” and again offer up a show that’s stuck in the wrong timeslot and too smart for the demo the network markets it to.”
- Variety

“It isn’t deep and it sure isn’t startlingly unique, but “Life As We Know It” does take a refreshingly honest look at the ways in which sex rules all — doubly so when you’re a high school student. The cast is charming and the presentation is unquestionably slick, but there’s only so much talk of “doing it” one can take before you just wish “it” would get “done” already.”
- DVD Talk

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