Angela and Jordan reunited.

TV I can't let the day end without commenting on this photo which features Claire Danes and Jared Leto, My So-Called Life's Angela and Jordan pictured together for the first time since the mid-90s:



For some us, this is like a Beatles reunion and as has been noted almost everywhere else, the remarkable element is that they look exactly as you'd assume their characters would be now. Priya Elan's suggestions for the substance of that are spot on, though as I said in the comments, it's odd how many fan-fics assume Rayanne wouldn't have made it through to the final season.

I always like to think that her outcome wouldn't be too dissimilar to the actress who played her - A.J. Langer - married an English Lord. As the wikipedia entry for the now Allison Joy Langer Courtenay, Lady Courtenay describes:

"Langer married Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (born 14 August 1975), the son of Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, in a civil ceremony in 2004. A formal wedding took place on 30 April 2005, in Los Angeles, California. Lord and Lady Courtenay plan to live in England at Lord Devon's seat, Powderham Castle in Devon, but not in the near future as Lord Courtenay is a practicing lawyer in Los Angeles. He plans eventually to hold dual citizenship (United Kingdom/United States). On 31 January 2007, Langer's daughter, Joscelyn Skye Courtenay, was born. On August 16 2009 she had a son, Jack Haydon Langer Courtenay."

Another omission is the fate of Sharon Cherski, but she always seemed destined for a teary farewell at a railway station at the close of the second season having recklessly married a jock who's heading to the majors, never to be heard of again, with some new character, presumably played by Sarah Paulson, filling the void.

Quick, someone get Julianna Hatfield and W. Snuffy Walden on the phone. This needs a soundtrack. Or as my t-shirt (which will have to be worn at the weekend) says:

"This life has been a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received actual instructions on where to go and what to do."