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'My So-Called Life' season 2 plot, news and updates: Creator shares love matches if the show had continued

Claire Danes as Angela in the 1994 series, "My So-Called Life." | ABC

"My So-Called Life" is an ABC teen drama series that perfectly captured high school and teenage life during the nineties. It follows Angela's (Claire Danes) emotional travails, along with some friends in a fictional high school. However, it was immediately canceled after just one season. It even sparked a fan petition for its renewal, but it wasn't successful.

Creator Winnie Holzman recently revealed what could have happened if a second season pushed through then. "I pictured a situation where Angela [Claire Danes] and Jordan [Jared Leto] are an item, Delia [Senta Moses] and Brian [Devon Gummersall] are an item," she revealed during an interview with ELLE magazine. "Angela and Brian are constantly looking to each other for advice and help with their respective dysfunctional relationships," she added.

The revelation finally puts speculations to rest as many fans still wonder who could have Angela chosen between Jordan and Brian. Choosing Jordan does make sense since he is Angela's ultimate crush. Brian and Angela's relationship, on the other hand, would be one with much sexual tension.

In addition, Holzman revealed more plot details that she was supposed to incorporate in the second season, but most of them spell trouble.

"Angela's parents would have split up, and I was going to have her mother go into some kind of depression, and Angela would have to take over running the household," Holzman said.

Moreover, the creator was thinking of getting Sharon (Devon Odessa) pregnant. "I was going to get Sharon pregnant — that was a thought, anyway. I mean, obviously none of it was carved in stone, but I think I would have jumped off on some of that stuff," she said.

ABC's cancellation of the show did not come much of a surprise for the cast and crew, but they admittedly felt devastated. Main actress, Danes, was also hesitant to sign up for another season as she was 14 at the time and was hoping to finish school and go to college.

"The network was on the fence about the show pretty much the whole time. They would say was, Who is the show for? Like, Is it for adults, is it for teens? They were puzzled by that," Holzman shared. "There's no answer to that except, this show is for the people who are falling in love with it," the creator added.