Today in class, we will watch an episode of My So-Called Life.  As a television show, it is an artifact of American leisure time, one of our topics this week.  It is also a depiction of American teenage life in the 1990s, and looks at an American family and its members.  This episode, "Father Figures", focuses on the protagonist's (Angela Chase) relationship to her father, and her close friend, Rayanne (who has grown up mostly fatherless) and her role in that relationship.  You can read a fan-created transcript of the episode here.  Think about how Richard Rodriguez' family (as described in The Achievement of Desire) is different from and similar to the Chase family depicted in My So-Called Life.