Enlightened

Maybe I’m just thinking about Emily Nussbaum’s Hummingbird Theory, which name-checks noted smiler Carrie Mathison…

“No Doubt” is a bit of a disappointment. It’s still Enlightened, which means it follows Laura Dern’s Amy Jellicoe as…

(For the next several days, some of our writers will be swapping duties on some of our most popular shows. Some of…

Enlightened is that rare show that can make you cry within minutes. “The Ghost Is Seen” announces itself as a Tyler…

I have never been more certain of Amy Jellicoe’s self-delusion than when she counts herself among the meek who will…

“Higher Power” is bookended with letters to Amy from Levi in Hawaii. The first is a heartbreaker. Levi doesn’t buy…

“Revenge Play” is like the recurring Enlightened image of a carefully manicured green space butting up against gray…

As Enlightened opens its second season, Amy Jellicoe’s usual self-help mantras are replaced by dark…

One of my pet theories about television is that cancellation is sometimes the best thing that can happen to a…

Until “Consider Helen,” the episode’s titular character existed on the fringes of Enlightened. Seemingly numb and…

While I always hate to directly contradict a colleague (particularly my immediate superior), “Comrades Unite” is not…

If there’s anything that bonds the characters of Enlightened together, it is, ironically, loneliness. Amy and Levi…

I’m going to be more forthcoming with my feelings about this episode of Enlightened than I’ll ever expect from the…

In his “newbies” review of The Wire’s series première, critic Alan Sepinwall observes that the show’s approach to…

Of all the obstacles facing Amy’s recovery and somewhat dubious quest for enlightenment, the only one as…

“You do what you can, Amy. That’s all you can do.”

Two episodes in, and it remains difficult to know what exactly to make of Enlightened. (I’ve watched one episode…

This fall, we’ve got so many writers who’ve seen these pilots that we thought getting two takes on each show would…