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The series centers around the experiences of Vivian McMillan ([[Rachael Hip-Flores]]), a sixteen-year-old [[lesbian]] whose father's illness prompts the two of them to move from [[Manhattan]] to the home of Vivian's maternal aunt in Westchester, about 30 minutes away. Vivian attempts to maintain her relationship with her girlfriend Aster Gaston ([[Nicole Pacent]]) while enrolling in a new school, negotiating old childhood connections, and establishing a new social circle in what she perceives to be a substantially different environment from her previous home in the city.

 

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* [[Rachael Hip-Flores]] as Vivian McMillan

The show's creators bill the story as a search "for love and belonging in the post-9/11 age".<ref>[http://www.anyonebutmeseries.com/ Official show site], retrieved December 31, 2009.</ref> Vivian's father Gabe (Dan Via) is a former [[FDNY|New York City firefighter]] who suffers from respiratory problems [[Health effects arising from the September 11 attacks|appearing to arise from his work at Ground Zero]], prompting his move with his daughter out of the city center. In episode 3 of season 1, Vivian's father describes the move away from New York City as intended to allow Vivian to experience her adolescence without having to constantly deal with the consequences the attacks have had on their lives.

 

Interest in the series has been heaviest amongst [[Gay media|LGBT media]], with generally positive reviews from outlets such as ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]''<ref>"[http://www.curvemag.com/Curve-Magazine/Web-Articles-2008/Lesbian-Web-Series-We-Can-039t-Get-Enough-Of/ Lesbian Web Series We Can't Get Enough Of]", ''[[Curve (magazine)|Curve]]'', 2009.</ref> and ''[[GO (American magazine)|GO]]''<ref>"[http://www.gomag.com/article/100_women_we_love_class_o1/54 100 Women We Love: Class of 2009]", ''[[GO (American magazine)|GO]]'', June 12, 2009.</ref> magazines. The mainstream audience ''[[New York Observer]]'s'' Gillian Reagan described ''Anyone But Me'' as a show that "succeeds in showing us the potential of the [web-original] medium."<ref name="observer" />