13) Enlightened (2011–2013, HBO)

Enlightened follows Amy Jellicoe, a corporate worker who has a meltdown and comes back from rehab determined to change her life. She wants to be better but keeps making everything worse. Laura Dern plays Amy as someone who’s both inspiring and hard to like, which is what makes the show so interesting. It’s not afraid to make Amy uncomfortable or messy, and that’s what feels real about it. The show didn’t get much attention because it’s slow and focuses more on personal struggles than big dramatic twists. But people who connected with Amy’s story saw it as something deeply relatable.
Edited by Zainab Shaikh