Kid Nation

Kid Nation Recaps

• Finalewatch '07: 'Kid Nation'

  Wednesday (Dec. 12) night marked the ending of the first (and last?) season of Kid Nation. There were many grand, sweeping pronouncements about all of the things that the series proved, all of the evidence it gave that today's children are ready to heal the world and make it a better place.

• 'Kid Nation' funds a cure for cancer

  Wednesday (Dec. 5) night's Kid Nation began with our pint-sized pioneers up to Day 35 of their social experiment/forced labor camp. With only five days to go, the focus began to shift from general childish belligerence to the kind of crushing premature nostalgia only possible amongst those of either limited or boundless years.

• Eugenics and air hockey come to 'Kid Nation'

  Wednesday (Nov. 28) was the last night of November sweeps and so Kid Nation pulled out all the stops in the only way it knows how. That meant lots and lots and lots of misbehavior from Taylor, followed by a redemption we can expect to last at least a few hours.

• 'Kid Nation' goes from democracy to fascism

  I've made several joking references to how Kid Nation has been advocating Communism, but Wednesday (Nov. 21) night's episode offered the most telling depiction of how kids are naturally and instinctively drawn to fascism since the 1981 telefilm The Wave.

• Change breeds conflict on 'Kid Nation'

  Yikes. Wednesday (Nov. 14) night's Kid Nation was pretty action-packed, eh? A district swap, a genuinely compelling Showdown, a humiliating F-bomb, a kid going home, Taylor in tears and a shocking end-of-episode cliffhanger?

• ABC gum art and hidden talents on 'Kid Nation'

  Kids today have absolutely no appreciation for quality comedy. That explains both the baffling ongoing success of Dane Cook and the results of Wednesday (Nov. 7) night's Kid Nation.