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Probably unpopular opinions:

YELLOWJACKETS: Engrossing but half-baked Showtime horror-thriller series, obviously inspired by the TV show LOST and the real-life Uruguayan rugby team lost in the Andes in 1972, about a suburban high school girls' soccer team that descends into madness while stranded for two years in the wilderness following a plane crash in the mid-1990s, split between the period leading up to and following the crash, with the characters as teenagers, and the present day, where the rescued survivors are now maladjusted adults struggling to live down what happened to them 25 years earlier.

While the show's dark humor and assorted plot mysteries command attention, it's marred by a growing sense, even in the more tightly written first season, that many of the questions have no actual answers, and the showrunners are basically just winging it — unwise with a series this structurally complicated, and the same mistake that eventually reduced LOST to an extended shaggy-dog joke.

The plot holes really begin to accumulate in the clumsy, badly paced second season, which leaves the capable adult actors struggling to navigate obvious gaps in their characters' histories and interrelationships that the writers haven't yet gotten around to mapping out, and causes what are supposed to be fireworks-laden confrontations to fizzle ineffectually. An initially amusing plotline about the adult Shawna (Melanie Lynskey) trying to cover up a murder with the help of her loyal but useless husband (Warren Kole) and snotty teenage daughter (Sarah Desjardins) eventually reveals itself as a weak imitation knockoff of SANTA CLARITA DIET that doesn't know when to pivot, and the introduction of Elijah Wood as a (ludicrous) hetero love interest for the adult Misty (Christina Ricci) creates an obvious tension between Ricci's decision to play Misty as a closeted lesbian in love with Natalie (Juliette Lewis) and the writers' apparent determination to there-homo the main characters.

However, the biggest problems with YELLOWJACKETS remain the show's ongoing reluctance to make up its mind about whether it's a psychological thriller or a supernatural horror story in the mode of Stephen King's THE SHINING — an ambiguity that's more exasperating than intriguing — and the troubling fact that the characters of color are consistently treated far more brutally (and more dismissively) than any of the white characters.

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Top 5 Female-led sitcoms

Now, these don’t all have female producers at the helm, it was more like they all had female leads.

1. Golden Girls

You cannot deny that Golden Girls is a number one classic for a reason. It has some of the best lines, full of life and cheer even at their advance age. But as my grandmother said "You got to laugh, kid" and that's what this show brings. Even dealing with important topics that sometimes still resonate today such as Alzheimers, interracial marriage, and AIDS but always with some zingers to keep it from being too preachy. Just because you're old doesn't mean you can't keep having adventures, finding love and doing it all with your friends. It's my comfort show, always brings a smile.

2. Teachers

This is an underrated comedy that I think deserves more love. Created by an all-female group of comedians called the KatyDids (all their names are a variation of Kate), a feat which I think is a first. It lampoons and satirizes the public school system with their teacher characters that probably shouldn't have their jobs (One uses the class time to have her 3rd graders dissect her exes posts with his new gf) but fun to watch. It also points out the failings of society such as gun control in schools (which they substituted as bear control), the double standards of female elected officials being sexually active compared to males, and more. Best pointed out in their musical episode, Lunchtime: The musical where the prissy teacher helps her friend with a zit in a Jersey Boy number- "Appearances don't matter is what we say to ugly freaks. Of course, they matter, there's so many things we can tweak. . . Now I know your face is giving you anxiety thanks to the standards of our patriarchal society."

3. Hot in Cleveland

Some critics said that this was a rip off of Golden Girls, using scripts that GG were too good for. But I think its just as good with its own spin on the subject of four middle/senior aged women living together on their third acts. After ditching the superficiality of CA, three women realize they're considered hot in Cleveland and decide to stay. In a house rented by Elka, played by the incomparable Betty White. It deals with the modern foilables of dating, and sticking together even as they get into one mad hijink after another. I always love their Birth date episodes (where instead of celebrating their birthdays and getting older, they arrange blind dates for each other. Always always hilarious) and of course, Victoria Chase's increasing convoluted chase for fame against mortal rival, Susan Lucci. It also had such great guest stars like Chris Colfer, Joe Jonas, Steve Valentine, Mary Tyler Moore, Peri Gilpin, Ed Asner and more.

4. Dollface

A modern Sex and the City for millenials I think. Somewhat. I don't know how to phrase it exactly but its certainly enjoyable with its all-star cast and specific aesthetic. I love the endearing bubbliness of it as it takes on Jules, a girl who recently dumped by her longterm boyfriend tries to reconnect with her collage friends who she totally ditched in favor of being perfect girlfriend. It goes on to such on-point topics like dealing with being in the middle of a friend fight, keeping secrets, catching feelings for your one night stand and trying to climb your career goal ladder (in which Jules works at a woman's lifestyle company soooo based on Paltrow's GOOP). Its earnest with a slight feminist bent too. Just endearing and worth at least one watch.

5. I love Lucy

I don't think I can do justice to I Love Lucy. I mean it made the sitcom. It was the first sitcom. It was so innovative for the time, showing the first pregnancy, an interracial marriage and more. Plus Lucy's slapstick humor still resonates today, she really was the star and who couldn't love her. I only put it fifth because I've only seen a few episodes, not the whole series.

Let’s see if the list stays the same once I get around to watching The Nanny.