I actually just finished watching the whole 8 episodes that were supposed to be aired as the first season of this series and, surprisingly, I was satisfied and delighted with how the story ended. After reading bad reviews about My Generation, I initially thought it was going to be just a waste of time. But I guess I was wrong and I'm thankful that I gave the show a chance.It's a pseudo documentary about the lives of 9 high school students 10 years after their graduation. At first, I find the story lines (for each of the characters) rather depressing. They presented what has become of the main characters after 10 years and how they have unfinished businesses with their past or family issues, etc. It's like they all have problems with themselves and with other people - and that's just basically all there is to resolve. But the good thing is, they actually tackled each and every characters' plot in the succeeding episodes (except for Falcon - I think his character wasn't visible and significant at all). And while they show each and every characters' story, they touched on some constructs (life, freedom, patriotism, love, marriage, parenthood, and basically all the realities of life) which is good. It was in the 4th or 5th episode, in my own opinion, that it has kind of given the audiences a feel or a hint of what's going to happen towards the end that you get excited for how they're going to show it. And it presented a decent ending - it was open ended (especially for Steven, Jackie, and Caroline). The whole season has 8 episodes and I wouldn't want it any other way. It's a series that's only good for just one season since there's not more plot or conflicts to resolve.

My Generation is a wonderful show with a lot of promise. The "documentary" style of the show was very authentic. The settings as well as the style of filming was very true to documentaries. The actors portray their characters with great realism. None of the emotions seemed forced or fake. Granted the storyline was a little slow but what documentary starts out with a bang... there is always a build up to the main event. I also loved the message that high school is a world of dreams and false hopes and that for most of us ten years out of high school reality has hit and life has taken a completely different route then ever expected. I cannot wait to see what My Generation has in store...

Interesting idea, but bad on execution So here is the deal I graduated in 1999 one year before the students on this show. I decided to watch the first episode of this show because I thought it would be interesting to see how they setup people about my age who are 10 years out from high school.Unfortunately, this show is just bad. Its very slow, its boring, and you learn where everyone is in their life 10 years later (which is the first episode) I can not image why else I would continue watching this show.I would recommend passing on this show.

Let me first say that as an Austinite who grew up there, half the reason I decided to watch the show when I first heard about it was the fact that it's filmed in my hometown. I'm kind of a fan of the city, and so I try to support it whenever I can. That being said, when I give My Generation a 5 out of 10, you know it's just not that great. Or at least that was my opinion about 10 minutes into the pilot episode. For one thing, the stereotypes of the fictional Greenbelt High School alumni were a little forced, in my opinion. Speaking of the Greenbelt, I think they named the high school that because the people who went there had the most wooden personalities I've ever seen. Seriously, it was like watching a bunch of trees act, these people had very little genuine personality and even less acting ability. Nothing against them personally, they just couldn't really hold up the show. Which leads me to my next issue with My Generation: the storyline itself. Yes, I understand, hell everyone understands that there have been a lot of events in the past decade that, for better or for worse, were extremely influential on American youth. There's no argument there. But I was honestly expecting something a little, I don't know, different. Like a unique spin on the events or something. I just remember a bunch of quick flashbacks showing scenes from 9/11 and then the school jock joining the army. That's not to say that 9/11 didn't create a huge surge in people joining the armed forces, quite the contrary, of course. But the guy's character was never really fleshed out. It was just the narrator giving us this expository dialogue about him joining the army, a few battle scenes, him talking with his girlfriend for a few minutes, and that was it. I never really got a sense for his character. And everyone else, again, was just kind of boring and uninteresting. Plus, the whole storyline of then getting back together was kind of shallow. People longing for high school crushes 10 years after the fact. It was all just very two-dimensional to me. And what about Austin?! That was half the reason I watched the show in the first place (I'm currently living out of state, and so I wanted some nice nostalgic views of the city). At least for what I saw, Austin was maybe shown twice, and even then they were generic skyline shots, not anything interesting that captured the personality of the city, or any of the landmarks, or anything. It was simply used as a location. Don't get me wrong, I like that more films and TV shows are getting filmed here, but it was just treated like any other city. I didn't like that. And just one last thing I gotta say. I hope I'm not being overly stereotypical here, and if I am please let me know and I'll delete this sentence right away. But what exactly was the writer thinking when he came up with a character who's Black and from Austin (a fairly Liberal city), who ardently supports George Bush? Is it me or was that way too ironic? At any rate, just not very impressed at all. I might watch a few other episodes to see if it gets better, but it's no longer a priority on my list.