Being Erica: Difference between revisions

The show premiered in Canada in January of 2009. It was picked up for a twelve episode second season that started September 2009, and a thirteen episode third season that began in September 2010. Later seasons introduce more therapists and more patients to the cast. The series takes place in [[Toronto]], where it is also filmed.

* [[I Should Write a Book About This]]: Indirectly (or perhaps a new sub-trope, "I Should Publish a Book About This".) In the final episode, series creator Jana Sinyor has a cameo as an author named Jana, pitching a book idea to Erica about a young Jewish woman dealing with regrets that have held her back in life -- basicallylife—basically, the core premise of ''Being Erica'' itself.

** Additionally, a recurring motif in many episodes is that even after Erica travels back to change a situation by acting differently, very often the event she was trying to avoid still occurs -- whatoccurs—what actually changes isn't the event itself, but her understanding of ''why'' it happened. {{spoiler|For example, in one episode Erica blames herself for her parents' divorce, because her mother moved out of the house just a few hours after she called her mother a "Nazi" when her parents were arguing; in her session, she avoids the inflammatory comment and goes on to discover the real reason her mother moved out that night, which is that her father was having an affair. In another, she gets fired from a summer job at Black Creek Pioneer Village for abandoning her post at the candle shop to help Jenny round up escaped animals from the barnyard, causing the unattended candle shop to catch fire; in the revised reality, she refuses to help Jenny and stays at the candle shop, but still gets fired for ''not'' being willing to help out in an emergency.}}