Today, I decided I wanted to write about the college show Greek, which is streaming right now over at Netflix. Greek originally aired on ABC Family in 2007 and ran for four seasons. I watched it every week when it originally aired and remembered really liking it. So, when I saw it recently on Netflix I decided to give it another shot. I discovered that my memory is terrible and I remembered almost none of the plot and details that happened, so it was almost like watching it for the first time. It was just as great as I thought!!!
The show is semi-immature, as far as television for a 23 year old goes. However, it isn't a high school romp so at least that's something! The show follows a Freshman named Rusty Cartwright who starts college at CRU, where his older cool sister, Casey goes. Over the course of the show you watch their sibling relationship grow as they mature and school comes to a close.
The show's focus is on fraternity's and sororities, which is not a topic I care about, but it puts a nice spin on them I think. It shows the party and hazing side, but also shows the brother/sisterhood/friendships and I think that's pretty darn cool.
The stars Jacob Zachar as Rusty and Spencer Grammer as Casey. Neither have had many roles, however Spencer is the daughter of Kelsey Grammer! You might recognize Clark Duke, though! He plays the dorky, God-loving best friend of Rusty, Dale. Clark Duke is in both Hot Tub Time Machine and Kick-Ass movies. Good for you, Clark! The rest of the cast is not well-known but I think they all do a great job and I just love this show, guys.
Basically all you need to know is that this a college drama/comedy (dramedy? I think that's a real thing but I'm not sure how to spell it...) about a group of misfits who all have a love/hate relationship but in the end find a way to become friends. I think there are many aspects of this show that are realistic and give a good view of college life. Plus, while it's likely more of a girls show, my husband did chuckle quite a few times while I binge watched Greek!
Just check it out, please! You might be disappointed or you might just love it! I think the show ran the perfect amount of time and it is good it ended when it did. In fact, I didn't even realize I was on the final episode until everyone started saying goodbye and I was tearing up.
Here's a little trailer, to show you what the show is like. Oh! Also the first season features a lot of music and performances by The Plain White T's! They even appeared in an episode as frat brothers. So if you like them, than that's a plus!
