15/Love

I was laying in bed one night and was flipping around some channels. I then came to YTV and 15/Love. Strangely enough, being a lover of tennis and writing and a teen myself, this show never really appealed to me before. In all honesty, the one thing or rather, person that caught my attention was Cody(Laurence LeBoef)and I experienced my first attraction to a T.V star. But as I began to watch it more and more, I really grew an appreciation to the show. Although I find that the relationships in the show, except for Cody and Squib, are all shortlived and one-shot, the teens experience a lot of things teens nowadays feel: Competition, respect for you friends and falling in love. Quite personally, to round this off, I say move over O.C., take a hike Dawson's Creek. Teen comedy and drama, thy name is 15/Love.

At first, I found the show charming. Then as the later seasons came I realized that nothing really interesting was happening. The characters became dull and the acting also lost something. Some episodes didn't even focus on what I THOUGHT was the main focus; tennis. I know, I know, just because tennis is an important part of the show doesn't mean it has to be in every episode, but still. I started to feel like they were straying away from everything in order to create new plot lines that would usually only last three seconds.

Like I said before; the story just got dull. It was just the same people with the same problems. There was little character development (since the plane crash) and eventually Laurence Laboeuf's acting started getting on my nerves (her narratives were quite dry).

If you really need something to watch and there is nothing on TV aside from 15 Love, watch it. Under any other circumstances, you might as well skip it.

I was worried after Jaclyn and Vadim died that the new season would suck but after watching the first episode on Monday, I think it'll be better! And they worked on their site some more too, great pictures from behind the scenes though they could have a tribute for Sebastien and Megan thats a big thing missing, they should have made a tribute.

But whatever I'm totally loving Cody, the actors aren't the best but their hot and I hope they put them all on DVD, you'll see when you watch it you'll want the DVDs too!

You'll fall in love with the characters, it's funny and pretty much the comment above is right on.

I actually got started when a friend sent me to play the games on the website www.15love.tv, but then I checked out the behind the scenes stuff and the trailers and thought it might be worth it to give the show a shot. The characters are pretty stereotyped but that's what makes for good comedy and they have just enough depth to provide some good drama from time to time. New characters are being introduced, in part because 2 of them died (and to whoever said the official site should have a tribute, they DO) but also because 2 others are leaving. The pace is fast and the show really jumps at you, so if like me you want some off-time after a long Monday, the show's perfect.

I watched this show a few months ago, just sort of on a whim, and totally loved it. Unfortuently, due to my schedule, I was unable to continue watching. When my schedule relaxed a bit this summer, I was pleased to find the show was on at 9 am on the W Network. so, I've watched it ever since, and have become totally hooked. I am a total Squib/ Cody shipper, and I think the characters in the show seem so real and personable that I would love to just hang out with them. Like the effect this show has on other people, I desperately want to take up tennis now, even though I am athletically challenged in almost every way. A definite must see programme. If you live somewhere that it doesn't air in, I would suggest bribing a Canadian to ship you a recording!