ASeason 2Enlightened: “Agent Of Change”Brandon Nowalk3/03/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkMaybe I’m just thinking about Emily Nussbaum’s Hummingbird Theory, which name-checks noted smiler Carrie Mathison and…
BSeason 2Enlightened: “No Doubt”Brandon Nowalk2/24/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“No Doubt” is a bit of a disappointment. It’s still Enlightened, which means it follows Laura Dern’s Amy Jellicoe as…
ASeason 2Enlightened: “All I Ever Wanted”Erik Adams2/17/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink(For the next several days, some of our writers will be swapping duties on some of our most popular shows. Some of them…
A-Season 2Enlightened: “The Ghost Is Seen”Brandon Nowalk2/10/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEnlightened is that rare show that can make you cry within minutes. “The Ghost Is Seen” announces itself as a Tyler…
ASeason 2Enlightened: "Follow Me"Brandon Nowalk2/02/13 10:05pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI have never been more certain of Amy Jellicoe’s self-delusion than when she counts herself among the meek who will…
A-Season 2Enlightened: “Higher Power”Brandon Nowalk1/27/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Higher Power” is bookended with letters to Amy from Levi in Hawaii. The first is a heartbreaker. Levi doesn’t buy into…
BSeason 2Enlightened: “Revenge Play” Brandon Nowalk1/20/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Revenge Play” is like the recurring Enlightened image of a carefully manicured green space butting up against gray and…
A-Season 2Enlightened: “The Key”Brandon Nowalk1/13/13 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAs Enlightened opens its second season, Amy Jellicoe’s usual self-help mantras are replaced by dark…
A-Season 1Enlightened: “Burn It Down”Erik Adams12/12/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOne of my pet theories about television is that cancellation is sometimes the best thing that can happen to a series.…
A-Season 1Enlightened: “Consider Helen”Erik Adams12/05/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkUntil “Consider Helen,” the episode’s titular character existed on the fringes of Enlightened. Seemingly numb and…
B+Season 1Enlightened: “Comrades Unite”Erik Adams11/28/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWhile I always hate to directly contradict a colleague (particularly my immediate superior), “Comrades Unite” is not…
A-Season 1Enlightened: “Lonely Ghosts”Erik Adams11/21/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIf there’s anything that bonds the characters of Enlightened together, it is, ironically, loneliness. Amy and Levi once…
A-Season 1Enlightened: “Sandy”Erik Adams11/14/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI’m going to be more forthcoming with my feelings about this episode of Enlightened than I’ll ever expect from the…
B+Season 1Enlightened: “Not Good Enough Mothers”Erik Adams11/07/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIn his “newbies” review of The Wire’s series première, critic Alan Sepinwall observes that the show’s approach to…
B+Season 1Enlightened: “The Weekend”Erik Adams10/31/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkOf all the obstacles facing Amy’s recovery and somewhat dubious quest for enlightenment, the only one as insurmountable…
B-Season 1Enlightened: “Someone Else’s Life”Erik Adams10/24/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“You do what you can, Amy. That’s all you can do.”
BSeason 1Enlightened: “Now Or Never”Erik Adams10/17/11 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkTwo episodes in, and it remains difficult to know what exactly to make of Enlightened. (I’ve watched one episode beyond…
B-Season 1Enlightened: Enlightened Erik Adams and Meredith Blake10/10/11 4:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThis fall, we’ve got so many writers who’ve seen these pilots that we thought getting two takes on each show would be…
