MTV’s ‘Awkward’ season 5 trailer: High school ends for Jenna Hamilton

Thanks to MTV having their panel today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, we definitely know a thing or two about “Awkward” season 5. It is nice to see much of it play out in video form in the trailer below since we haven’t had much news about the show over the summer. We are coming to the end of Jenna Hamilton’s senior year, and that means the time for great milestones is upon us. Before we make it to the end of the season we are going to see everything from her prom to graduation, and then also potentially more as we progress into the second half of the season (which will most likely air in 2016).

The extended synopsis really gives you a sense of what is going to be coming up:

“In the first half of “Awkward’s” fifth season, Jenna and her friends’ experience at Palos Hills High is almost over. Everyone’s already gotten into college and there’s the sense that anything can happen. When Jenna unwittingly gets school cancelled during a class prank, she becomes popular – just as Matty experiences life on the social outs for the first time. As always, Jenna and Matty are drawn toward each other, but with college looming just a few months away, it’s harder than ever to decide whether they should be together. For all the characters, actions have more adult consequences than ever before: friendships will be tested to the breaking point, relationships will end, and the gang will have to say goodbye to each other and to Palos Hills. The season builds to the twin milestones of prom and graduation where Jenna will have to decide once and for all: can she and Matty make it work?

“With high school ending and everyone heading down different tracks, the second half of the fifth season will jump forward to one year to summer in Palos Hills after their first year of post-grad life.”

We of course do think that there is somewhat of a future ahead for Jenna and Matty beyond the events of high school, but they may need a little bit of time to get into the real world and figure things out. College and work can really start to help define the person that you want to be, and these two especially need that time to grow given how tumultuous their relationship was almost the entire time that they were together.

“Awkward” will return to MTV starting on Monday, August 31 at a new time in 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Want to get some other updates on the show? Then head over to this link, and you can sign up if you want to get some never-awkward TV news sent right your way via our CarterMatt Newsletter. (Photo: MTV.)

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