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Enlightened: “Agent Of Change”
Maybe I’m just thinking about Emily Nussbaum’s Hummingbird Theory, which name-checks noted smiler Carrie Mathison and…
Enlightened
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Enlightened: “No Doubt”
“No Doubt” is a bit of a disappointment. It’s still Enlightened, which means it follows Laura Dern’s Amy Jellicoe as…
A
Enlightened: “All I Ever Wanted”
(For the next several days, some of our writers will be swapping duties on some of our most popular shows. Some of them…
A-
Enlightened: “The Ghost Is Seen”
Enlightened is that rare show that can make you cry within minutes. “The Ghost Is Seen” announces itself as a Tyler…
A
Enlightened: "Follow Me"
I have never been more certain of Amy Jellicoe’s self-delusion than when she counts herself among the meek who will…
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Enlightened: “Higher Power”
“Higher Power” is bookended with letters to Amy from Levi in Hawaii. The first is a heartbreaker. Levi doesn’t buy into…
B
Enlightened: “Revenge Play”Â
“Revenge Play” is like the recurring Enlightened image of a carefully manicured green space butting up against gray and…
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Enlightened: “The Key”
As Enlightened opens its second season, Amy Jellicoe’s usual self-help mantras are replaced by dark…
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Enlightened: “Burn It Down”
One of my pet theories about television is that cancellation is sometimes the best thing that can happen to a series.…
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Enlightened: “Consider Helen”
Until “Consider Helen,” the episode’s titular character existed on the fringes of Enlightened. Seemingly numb and…
B+
Enlightened: “Comrades Unite”
While I always hate to directly contradict a colleague (particularly my immediate superior), “Comrades Unite” is not…
A-
Enlightened: “Lonely Ghosts”
If there’s anything that bonds the characters of Enlightened together, it is, ironically, loneliness. Amy and Levi once…
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Enlightened: “Sandy”
I’m going to be more forthcoming with my feelings about this episode of Enlightened than I’ll ever expect from the…
B+
Enlightened: “Not Good Enough Mothers”
In his “newbies” review of The Wire’s series première, critic Alan Sepinwall observes that the show’s approach to…
B+
Enlightened: “The Weekend”
Of all the obstacles facing Amy’s recovery and somewhat dubious quest for enlightenment, the only one as insurmountable…
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Enlightened: “Someone Else’s Life”
“You do what you can, Amy. That’s all you can do.”
B
Enlightened: “Now Or Never”
Two episodes in, and it remains difficult to know what exactly to make of Enlightened. (I’ve watched one episode beyond…
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Enlightened: Enlightened
This fall, we’ve got so many writers who’ve seen these pilots that we thought getting two takes on each show would be…