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Enlightened is an [[HBO]] series which follows the life of Amy Jellicoe ([[Laura Dern]]). An executive at a big company, Amy has a very public breakdown, and decides to go to a New Age rehab centre to get back on track. On her return, Amy is keen to live life by her new principles and share her lifestyle with those around her, but finds that this is not as easy as she envisaged.

 

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Amy's mum clearly has her own issues and is often quite cold towards her daughter. Any's ex - Levi - calls her out on how she treated Amy as she was growing up. Amy can be seen to be working through these issues throughout the first series.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: Amy is blind to Krista's hostility to her and persists in trying to maintain their "friendship". Equally, she seems to have been totally oblivious to Tyler's feelings for her.

* [[Hypocrite]]: Amy's actions are sometimes very distant from the the ideals she professes.

* [[Jerkass]]: Dougie. His annoyance at Amy's consistent latecoming and laziness is valid, but that still doesn't negate what a massive jerk he is.

* [[Lovable Nerd]]: A bit of a shame to pigeonhole any of the characters on this show - but Tyler pretty much falls into this trope.

* [[New Age]]: Amy's rehabilation centre seems to have espoused many [[New Age]] ideas. Amy is keen to share these with her family and friends on her return, but not everyone is keen. The show's treatment of these ideas is subtle and fairminded. While friends and colleagues do often respond cynically and offer valid criticisms, Amy has clearly found these ideas helpful in changing her life. Then again, it is often not the [[New Age]] ideas themselves which are under scrutiny, but why and how people use them

* [[No Social Skills]]: Amy can be clueless in her interactions, forcing her ideas on others despite their obvious lack of interest. It could be argued that this is a common factor in Cogentiva: Dougie is utterly socially inept, while Tyler is a little awkward.

* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: Amy. She often has the best of intentions, but her desire to fight causes can sometimes cause her to go to extremes and annoy those around her.

* [[Woman Scorned]]: The final straw which brings about Amy's big breakdown as the series starts is her lover transferring her to a different department because they had an affair - both ending the relationship and messing with her career. Amy's therapy would make it seem that she has moved on from this and only wants to be an agent of change at the company, but it is questionable whether some of her behaviour is motivated by anger. {{spoiler|As of episode 10, Amy is definitely out to get both Damon and Abaddonn}}