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At the end of the series, Angela gets what she wants. Or at least what she thinks she wants. After sleeping with her best friend, Jordan (Jared Leto) wins her back with Brian’s (Devon Gummersall) assistance. This sets up the thesis of the series that Angela and Jordan are not soulmates.
“Had the show survived,” The Hollywood Reporter’s Daniel Fienberg noted, “it absolutely would have had to deal with the fact — this is not an opinion, but a fact — that Angela and Jordan are a garbage couple, which I think the show recognizes. But the first season is all about her working through the idealized fantasy and never, until what ended up being the finale, addressing whether Jordan’s being an empty vessel gives him value.”
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This is more or less acknowledged by Winnie Holzman, who discussed what she foresaw Season 2 becoming. While Angela and Jordan would still be a couple in the sophomore season, it wouldn’t be “My So-Called Life” without grinding its heels into perfectly painful realism. Relationships at 15 are awkward, cringe-worthy, and rarely meet our expectations. Though this is the fantasy that Angela has envisioned for herself, it obviously wouldn’t be perfect.
“I pictured a situation where Angela and Jordan are an item, Delia and Brian are an item, and Angela and Brian are constantly looking to each other for advice and help with their respective dysfunctional relationships,” Holzman explained to Elle.
