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About ENLIGHTENED & Episode Guides

About ENLIGHTENED & Episode Guides


Enlightened Aired From October 10, 2011 – March 03, 2013 On HBO



Enlightened is the new offbeat HBO series written by Mike White and starring Laura Dern as Amy, a self-destructive health and beauty executive who has a very public workplace meltdown. After three months of contemplation and meditation at a treatment center in Hawaii, Amy returns rested and ready to pick up the pieces of her old life and reshape the world she left behind. That includes delivering well-meaning, but generally unwanted advice to her mother (Diane Ladd), with whom Amy is now living; her slacker ex-husband Levi (Luke Wilson) whose only solace comes from recreational drugs; and the crew of awkward co-workers Amy finds herself reassigned to. The series follows Amy as she navigates an unconventional path between who she is, who she wants to be...and what everyone is willing to tolerate from her.

Cast:

Actor’s name

Character’s name

Laura DernAmy Jellicoe
Luke WilsonLevi
Diane LaddHelen Jellicoe
Sarah BurnsKrista Jacobs
Mike WhiteTyler
Amy HillJudy Harvey
Charles EstenDamon Manning
Timm SharpDougie


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Season 1



Episode 1: Pilot
In the series premiere, a corporate executive (Laura Dern) suffers a public breakdown at work but hopes to get her job back after reinventing herself at a mental-health retreat. Unfortunately, her transformation doesn't go over well with her loved ones and coworkers, who don't always share her new outlook on life. Dern is an executive producer.

Episode 2: Now or Never
Despite being banished to a dead-end job in the basement of Abaddonn, Amy tries to impress a human-resources representative with evidence that the company needs to redefine its mission. Elsewhere, Amy seeks to convince Levi to change his ways.

Episode 3: Someone Else's Life
Disgusted with her new surroundings at Abaddonn, Amy gets excited about the prospect of making a difference with a job at a homeless shelter, but an unexpected bill from her hiatus at the treatment center makes her think again.

Episode 4: The Weekend
Afraid of falling into a rut on her first weekend home after treatment, Amy convinces Levi to revisit one of their favorite spots for a kayaking trip in a remote canyon, but she's disappointed to learn that he can't leave his old lifestyle behind.

Episode 5: Not Good Enough Mothers
A news story about a Mexican-born mother's deportation stirs Amy to rally behind the family, but she has trouble finding similar motivation for human-rights causes among her coworkers or at Krista's baby shower.

Episode 6: Sandy
Amy is delighted to get a visit from Sandy (Robin Wright), whom she met at the Hawaiian retreat, but their friendship begins to deteriorate when Helen rolls up the welcome mat, and Amy has to turn to Levi for a lodging option. Their relationship is strained even more after Sandy misses a yoga session at Abaddonn. Directed by Jonathan Demme.

Episode 7: Lonely Ghosts
A bad dream helps Amy face her feelings for Levi, but she also bonds with Tyler over loneliness issues after Dougie gets a promotion and Amy tries to set him up on a date with Krista's coworker.

Episode 8: Comrades Unite!
Amy is reported to HR for unsatisfactory performance related to personality clashes in the department, so she appeals to Krista to speak to Damon about finding another position.

Episode 9: Consider Helen
Helen gets lost in the past when she recalls her deceased husband and runs into an old friend at the grocery store whose husband used to work with him. Meanwhile, Levi vents about Helen's meddling in his failed marriage to Amy when he drops off a photo album.

Episode 10: Burn It Down
After Levi goes ballistic in the middle of the night, Amy convinces him to follow in her footsteps and get treatment at Open Air.

At work, a reinvigorated Amy talks Damon into letting her present her research findings to his group. The problem is that Dougie, who no longer talks to Amy without a 'witness,' won't let her leave the office. No matter - Amy makes her presentation anyway and pays the price, both with Damon's team and with Dougie. Bristling but still battling, Amy turns to Tyler for the key to forcing change, finally, at Abaddonn.

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Season 2



Episode 1: The Key
Looking for “the key” to ruin Abaddonn and “free” its employees, Amy orchestrates a meeting with Jeff Flender, a charming whistle-blowing journalist, sharing incriminating e-mails she printed out at work with Tyler’s IT password. Though he doesn’t find a story in the e-mails, Jeff encourages Amy to dig deeper and find more explosive evidence that could help bring down the company.

Episode 2: Revenge Play
Amy and a still-reluctant Tyler meet Jeff at a jazz club, where he reveals he’s already been working on a story about Abaddonn but needs proof of bribery, leading Amy to revel in her fantasies. When several top execs can’t log onto their accounts, Abaddonn’s breach of security is exposed, leaving Tyler scrambling to find a solution that won’t lead investigators to him or Amy. Suspecting foul play, Dougie vows to root out the true perps, while Krista is rushed to the hospital with a pregnancy complication.

Episode 3: Higher Power
Amy receives a letter from Levi, who’s still in Hawaii and has been bristling under theconstraints of Open Air, its holistic philosophy and his bodily-function obsessed roommate Tony. To cope, Levi escapes with a pair of fellow malcontents, Travis and Danielle, for a night of drugs, alcohol and debauchery at a nearby hotel. After pushing himself to his hard-partying limits, Levi decides he’s ready to return to Open Air and give rehab one more chance.

Episode 4: Follow Me
Amy becomes inspired to use social media to spread her message of change, and attends a gathering of liberal intellectuals at Jeff’s invitation. Dougie learns who hacked into Abaddonn’s system, but has second thoughts about reporting the breach to HR. Amy has a chance run-in with Abaddonn CEO Charles Szidon.

Episode 5: The Ghost is Seen
In an effort to dig up dirt on Szidon, Amy, Tyler and Dougie, who’s still irate over being betrayed by management, take turns trying to befriend Eileen, the CEO’s assistant. Eventually agreeing to join the trio for drinks after work, Eileen takes a shine to Tyler, who ends up with a guilty conscience when the two start dating.

Episode 6: All I Ever Wanted
In the giddy afterglow of finding “gold” in Szidon’s personal emails, Amy lets down her guard with Jeff, and indulges herself in daydreams of building a perfect life with a dashing journalist. The dream comes to an abrupt end, however, when Levi unexpectedly returns from rehab in Hawaii.

Episode 7: No Doubt
In hopes she will drop her crusade against Abaddonn, Tyler gets Eileen to arrange a meeting for Amy with Szidon, who turns out to have more compassion than Amy expected. Dougie goes off the rails after getting official word about Cogentiva’s future. Amy confides in Krista about the Abaddonn expose, and has a tense meeting with Levi.

Episode 8: Agent of Change
On the verge of bringing down Abaddonn, Amy warns Tyler to prepare himself for the inevitable fallout. She also tells her mom about the expose, but Helen’s reaction is not what she expected. When Szidon gets wind of her intentions, Amy wrongly points a finger at Krista, who has just given birth. As the crisis reaches its denouement, Amy is intercepted by HR and taken to meet with Szidon and Abaddonn lawyers for a final reckoning.

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