Almost 25 years ago, on July 13, 2001, Reese Witherspoon burst onto our screens in a puff of pink in Legally Blonde. A sequel and a direct-to-video film later, we have a prequel, Elle, set six years before the events of Legally Blonde, where a 16-year-old Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) lands in Seattle and must navigate the jungle that is high school as a new girl.The show starts off well with Minetree channeling Witherspoon’s sunshine and style. The 90s callbacks (“Christina Aigue Chile or some such”, “Hugh Grant is not coming back from the scandal”, “dinky little online bookstore”, and Seven) are fun. The fashion is suitably fabulous and there is also Elle’s sweet little Chihuahua, Bruiser. Elle (English)Creator: Laura KittrellCast: Lexi Minetree, June Diane Raphael, Tom Everett Scott, Jacob Moskovitz, Gabrielle Policano, Chandler Kinney, Zac Looker, Amy PietzEpisodes: 8Runtime: 43–56 minutesStoryline: Elle moves to Seattle from Los Angeles and brings a pop of pink to plaidElle’s father, Wyatt (Tom Everett Scott) is a plastic surgeon who has to leave Los Angeles after a failed nose job on the advice of his crisis manager for a city “god and Gucci forgot.”Elle, who has her life all figured out, now has to up sticks and move to Seattle and a sea of plaid at Rainer West High School. Elle’s mother, Eva (June Diane Raphael), also fiercely fashionable and a hostess extraordinaire, has to do some heavy-duty recalibration.While Wyatt finds time on his hands and starts playing the guitar for Oasis sing-alongs, Eva and Elle determinedly plunge into Seattle social life. Eva redecorates the house and throws a party where everyone wants carbs and beer rather than the fancy hors d’oeuvres or champagne.