Awkward.: Season 1

2011 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 1 of Awkward.

Jenna Hamilton is 16 years old, has few friends and feels invisible at her high school in Southern California. One day she receives a cruel anonymous letter suggesting ways to stop being invisible. Soon after, she has a ridiculous accident that her classmates interpret as a suicide attempt. Jenna uses the misunderstanding to reinvent herself and becomes popular, though not always in the way she wants. Between her romance with Matty, the boy she likes, and the jealousy stirred up around her, she tries to figure out who she is during her teenage years. Ashley Rickards plays the lead role.

12episodes

Jul 19, 2011premiered

Sep 27, 2011last episode

4.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Pilot
Jul 19, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.1
In the series premiere of "Awkward", Jenna Hamilton finds out that getting the boy of her dreams isn't all it's cracked up to be. When a mysterious letter leads to a misunderstanding of epic proportions, Jenna realizes that her new stigma might be her ticket to social visibility.
Directing: Millicent Shelton · Writing: Lauren Iungerich · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Meaghan Jette Martin
1x02 Knocker Nightmare
Jul 26, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.8
Jenna gets her cast off, but her shirt comes with it. An unwanted photo op gives everyone a chance to voice their opinion - on the most intimate of subjects. Will anyone come to her rescue and wake her up from this nightmare?
Directing: Ryan Shiraki · Writing: Lauren Iungerich · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Keith Pillow
1x03 The Way We Weren't
Aug 2, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.4
Jenna and Matty's relationship is heating up in private, but in public she's still his secret. Will a party at Lissa's be their first PDA, or will an unexpected hot-tub visitor ruin everything?
Directing: Ryan Shiraki · Writing: Erin Ehrlich · Starring: Greer Grammer, Janelle Velasquez, Shanica Knowles
1x04 The Scarlet Eye
Aug 9, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.4
A Homecoming bonfire gives everyone license to misbehave, and Jenna contemplates the ultimate decision: to DTR (define the relationship) with Matty or not DTR.
Directing: David Katzenberg · Writing: Meredith Philpott · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Janelle Velasquez
1x05 Jenna Lives
Aug 16, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.4
Jenna's big accident is a distant memory, and she actually starts to feel normal again until a strange stalker brings her suicide stigma back to life. Jenna even starts to wonder if her "that girl" reputation is preventing Matty from seeing her as girlfriend material or. does he already have one?
Directing: David Katzenberg · Writing: Kelly Fullerton · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Catfish Jean, Jillian Murray
1x06 Queen Bee-atches
Aug 23, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.4
Jenna mingles with the mean girls at an elite charity event. Later, things get even more awkward when she runs into Matty and Jake.
Directing: Lauren Iungerich · Writing: Nate Federman, Lauren Iungerich · Starring: Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Julia Campbell, Heather Mazur
1x07 Over My Dead Body
Aug 30, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.8
A mock DUI event is held at the school, and Jenna gets cast as the victim. Meanwhile, Jake and Matty vie for her attention.
Directing: Ryan Shiraki · Writing: Cassie Pappas · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Zachary Abel
1x08 The Adventures of Aunt Ally & the Lil' Bitch
Sep 6, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.6
When Lacey's BFF Ally comes to town, they decide to "help" Jenna throw a rager. The next day, a forgetful and hungover Jenna struggles to reconstruct the events of the wild night and find out who she kissed.
Directing: David Katzenberg · Writing: Lauren Iungerich, Andrew Veeder · Starring: Jessica Lu, Janelle Velasquez, Matthew Fahey, Barret Swatek
1x09 My Super Bittersweet Sixteen
Sep 13, 2011 · 21 min · ★ 7.8
Jenna's sixteenth birthday isn't very sweet as she suffers one embarrassing experience after the next. Jenna is still reeling from the aftermath of her house party and dealing with the repercussions of everyone she's alienated. After failing her driving test and getting humiliated in the school cafeteria, Jenna wonders if she can repair her relationships with Matty and Tamara.
Directing: David Katzenberg · Writing: Erin Ehrlich · Starring: Mike Faiola, Wesam Keesh, Matthew Fahey, Shelby Young
1x10 No Doubt
Sep 20, 2011 · 21 min
Jenna feels like she and Matty are actually on solid ground for the first time when he asks her out on their first real date. But, when Tamara reveals her suspicion that Matty wrote Jenna's care-frontation letter, Jenna starts to question everything about her romance with Matty.
Directing: Patrick R. Norris · Writing: Meredith Philpott, Cassie Pappas, Kelly Fullerton · Starring: Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Michael Bachmann, Natalia Castellanos
1x11 I am Jenna Hamilton
Sep 27, 2011 · 21 min
As the night of winter formal approaches, someone shares the carefrontation letter with the whole student body, and Jenna must make a difficult decision.
Directing: Patrick R. Norris · Writing: Lauren Iungerich, Erin Ehrlich · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Joseph Haro
1x12 Fateful Season Finale
Sep 27, 2011 · 21 min
Jenna is still unsure about her relationship with Matty, but after she attends the winter formal with Jake, she begins to re-think all of her choices.
Directing: Lauren Iungerich · Writing: Lauren Iungerich · Starring: Mike Faiola, Jessica Lu, Greer Grammer, Joseph Haro