My So-Called Life: Pressure
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9.2
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Pressure
- 13.
- Season: 1
- Episode: 13
- First Aired: 12/1/1994
- Prod Code: 59404
Angela must make the decision whether or not to sleep with Jordan, while Graham is being pressured into going into the restaurant business with Hallie Lowenthal. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- Ellen Herman
- Director:
- Mark Piznarski
- Stars:
- Jared Leto (Jordan Catalano)
- Lisa Wilhoit (Danielle Chase)
- Tom Irwin (Graham Chase)
- Devon Odessa (Sharon Cherski)
- Claire Danes (Angela Chase)
- Devon Gummersall (Brian Krakow)
- Wilson Cruz (Rickie Vasquez)
- A. J. Langer (Rayanne Graff)
- Bess Armstrong (Patty Chase)
- Recurring Role:
- Lisa Waltz (Hallie)
- Guest Star:
- Lackey Bevis (Rhonda)
- Robert Gant (Gunther)
- Mary Woronov (Dr. Linda Shields)
- Terry Hoyos (Dr. Skolnick)
- Jonathan Emerson (Brad)
- The Chase family cat, mentioned again in this episode, is never seen throughout the series. edit »
- German episode title: "Das erste Mal" (The first time)
French episode title: "Un garcon impatient" (An impatient boy) edit »
- Brian (watching the porno): My parents have a vibrator. It sounds like a lawnmower.
Rickie: I wish I could get away with bicycle shorts. edit » - Angela: I couldn't stop thinking about it -- the like, fact of it. That people had sex. That they just had it. That sex was this thing people had. Like a rash, or a Rottweiler. Everything started to seem, like, pornographic or something. Like, Miss Krzyzanowski had sex. So does Mr. Katimski. They both have sex. They could have sex together, like right now. I am, like, the sickest person. edit »
- Angela: People always say how you should be yourself. Like your self is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you know what it is, even. But every so often, I'll have, like, a moment when just being myself, and my life, like, right where I am, is, like, enough edit »
- Angela: And yet, I think about it all the time. edit »
- Jordan: It's accepted! It's what you're supposed to do! Unless you're like... abnormal? edit »
- Rayanne: What I like, is when they run this ice cube up your body, very, very slowly until you think you'll lose your mind.
Girl: Somebody seriously did that? To you?
Rayanne: Mickey Rourke did it.
Mickey Rourke, an American actor, is famous for his controversial and sexy role in 9 1/2 Weeks. edit » - Patty: It's gonna be ten o'clock at night, she's going to be poking around in that kitchen like Princess Di asking you to make her something.
This is a reference to Diana, Princess of Whales, who became an instant celebrity after marrying Prince Charles. edit »
Pressure
The Bottom Line: "Nerve-wracking"02/23/08 02:18am | report abuseso there are many underlying storylines that are discovered in this episode but i have noticed that you have to watch it more than one time to catch them. of course by this point the majority of the audience is rivoted by whether angela will give into him ...Continue »
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