THE 2009-2010 TV SEASON WRAP-UP
Once upon a time in Tucson, this idiot named Ashley decided it would be a good idea to watch twenty-seven TV shows a week while holding down two jobs and going to graduate school full time. It all worked out fine, I suppose. She didn’t mind gradually descending into the bowels of hermit-dom, only coming out for school and work related obligations, and for Mexican Breakfast with Lindsay, Alison, or Krystal. And she watched a shit-ton of TV, at least, as much as humanly possible when you’re not getting paid for it.
The following is a list that I compiled throughout the 2009-2010 season. Some of my choices were a no-brainer. Some will make you scratch your head. Some you might blatantly disagree with. If I was a fancy professional critic, this list would no doubt be different (read: longer), but I’m not. Last year I attempted to include episodes from shows that I did not watch, but frankly, that was way too much work, and I’m not sure that I was entirely successful. So here’s how this year’s list works: the first section of The List features the twenty best episodes that I personally watched, in order of airdate. Why twenty? Because I wasn’t counting, and that’s how many I ended up with. (Last year I only had sixteen.) You will probably be able to identify my favorite episode by the evocative 100 x 100 icon located in the top left hand corner of this entry. The fact that this episode was my favorite was unknown to me until I sat down to make this list, so it was as much a surprise to me as it is to you now.
The second section includes episodes that I loved, but which didn’t quite make the cut (either because the overall quality of the show just wasn’t up to par yet, or because the show it’s from already had a better qualified episode on the list). Section three has superlatives (everybody loves those). And finally, section four is where you guys come in. I’ve compiled a list of TV shows that I did not watch at all this year, and that I want you to weigh in on. (This means you need to COMMENT . . . ahem.) Some of them I have watched in the past but have not had a chance to catch up on the current season (How I Met Your Mother, Mad Men), some I haven’t watched at all yet (Breaking Bad, Dexter) , and some I have absolutely no plans of ever, ever watching, mostly because HBO is incredibly overrated and I’m sick of it. Don’t even talk to me.
