I mean, I can be. But there are all these shiny Best Of articles to defile.

Amy cared, which can be a beautiful thing and it can be an ugly thing. You especially don't see a character like Amy Jellicoe very often. Male heroes often express themselves through and get what they want via anger that then manifests itself in violence. Sure, action heroines can be awesome, but women historically…

And to be fair, I went off on him. Some issues just seem to grind my gears. Like Amy Jellicoe, I must try to be better.

You may never love Enlightened but as Todd voiced in another comment, it is a slow burn. That whole thing about a show teaching you how to view it is definitely a thing with some series and this is one of them. It is a lot to ask an audience to be patient with a show but trust, the takeaway can be really rewarding…

Aw thanks, yo. I've thought a lot about this show, and so have many others whose ideas I'm probably LaBoeufing. It's been a while since the show was on the air, but it was so great that as soon as you start thinking about it again, well, you find yourself having a lot to say about it.

That's a good point. One of the best things about Enlightened was how clear, unique, and focused White's vision was. Collaboration is important but sometimes artists just have something that's seemingly already fully formed that they need to get out. It was like a story that needed to be told. The show had such a…

I mean, the show can't tell you how to feel about her; you have to decide for yourself. But I'll say that it messes with your expectations, prejudices, and first impressions in a wonderful way. Plus she changes as the series goes along and the audience finds out more about her, which makes a difference.

Sorry.

I love that shows as different as Enlightened and Spartacus are some of your favorites ever. You are a man of multitudes and it's great. I mean, I feel the same way about them, but you know what I mean.

All of these quotes in this section are giving me chills. I can hear the actors' voices saying them. At the beginning of the show, Jellicoe's monologues just made my walls go up. Now I miss them something fierce. Enlightened's characters go on their own journeys but I think Enlightened also changed me and how I look…

It's OK. You just need to find your turtle.

It's why I hate knowing that showrunners for series like Hannibal and Masters of Sex have rough ideas of what they would do for a number of future seasons. But hey, when it comes to Showtime, there should be no problem there amirite?

Let me introduce you to my friend Digifreak.

Oh jeez. Just quoting Enlightened right now kind of hurt. Damn.

The article touched on this some but I just want to say that I think Enlightened and BB being the 1, 2 pairing is really interesting. In many ways, Enlightened feels like a response to the great anti-heroes that have been the cornerstone of whatever era this TV is that we like a lot but are wary of calling golden…

For all the mayhem, I think these articles are stoking some really interesting thoughts and discussions, which is why Best Of season is the happ-happiest season of all.

It is true that writers have different philosophies when it comes to ranking shows and see Top 10 lists as having different purposes. But so it goes with criticism, everyone gauges art differently because we are all special snowflakes. At the end of the day, the shows that had the most consensus are special to a lot…

OK, I've seen worse meltdowns and I probably contributed to them in my own unique way. But I will say it's frustrating when people just can't comprehend that BB wasn't #1 and there was a lot of that. Like not joking about it getting #2 instead of #1, which I think we can all agree is pretty close, but getting legit…

Unfortunately it is not super comparable to Arrow, no. *brainstorms For Our Consideration that would find some link between them*

No, the way the film was advertised was by him, with no screenwriter credited. In interviews about this and other projects he plagiarized, he made sure people thought they were by him. The understanding was that he was the writer/director. That is why people are pissed.