I started watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend back when I watched American television and had no idea about Korean dramas, but it quickly became an enjoyable show thanks to its many hilarious musical sequences. Also I am - was? - kind of a CW junkie at the time, so there's that. A couple seasons in, I watched Crazy Ex as more of a routine kind of thing than because I was genuinely in love with the show, but this final season has warmed up my heart and yes, this show really was one of a kind and in a level of its own.

Probably my favorite part of the final season was how ridiculously meta and self-aware it was. It's hard to think way back to season one, but this show has really gone so far. Every episode in this fourth season was a pleasure to watch - although I'm pretty sure this is true of every season - and the last few episodes have really stirred up my heartstrings. I personally love the way the writers chose to end the show but at the same time I'm totally squeezing my hands into fists because now I have to know whether Rebecca wants to be with Nathaniel or Greg. Gah! I know the show couldn't have ended any other way and still be satisfying, but I like answers. Even though her choice of man is obviously not point of the show, duh. But if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that she would've chosen Greg because he was literally perfect for her, but my favorite out of the three love interests is hands down Nathaniel - I adore that weirdo and equally adored his rom-com remake episode.

The live musical medley with the cast that finished off the season was maybe the best part? It reminded me all over again why I love the show and we even got to hear throwback songs from season one like I'm So Good at Yoga - I remember sharing this song with my high school girlfriends LOL - and Period Sex (it was such a weird song, but so catchy - as are most of the songs on this show.) Thank you for a great four years, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. And thank you, Netflix - without you, I never would've watched past season two.

The Long Song is a three-episode BBC drama adapted from the book of the same name. I stumbled upon it by chance a few days ago, and I was hooked as soon as I began watching. The Long Song is the tale of a Jamaican slave named July, and the events of her life that take place around the time that ideas regarding abolition are beginning come into play. The drama depicts a breathtaking and harrowing tale that encapsulates so much more than a single woman's experiences, and white men are just as awful as you'd expect. Characters are realistically and terribly flawed, and the drama gets you invested before you even realize what's happening. Beautiful cinematography, wonderful acting, and heart-hitting writing really come together to make The Long Song a powerful feature you don't want to miss out on.

I happen to be one of those unfortunate souls who has gone through childhood in a miserable state. By which I mean to say that not a single friend of mine forced me to sit down and read a little book called Anne of Green Gables. Yes, there was this one younger friend of mine who mentioned it in a sentence - my goodness it's an amazing book, it's everything, if I were to paraphrase - but since that single sentence failed to get me to actually pick up the book, I would not call it a proper recommendation. I appreciate it and do not blame her, but I do blame everyone else. Thankfully, two of my best friends who unfortunately live all the way over in Sri Lanka and London properly hyped the series to me, and here I am a couple weeks later, having binged the Netflix show Anne With An E and currently reading the first book.

While I was reading, I came upon a comment where someone expressed their distaste for the show because of how it totally changed the book and doesn't capture the essence, the goodness of Anne. And frankly, I'm quite offended. I'm sure that I have no right to be offended as it's an arguably valid opinion, but offended I am. I mean, how can someone not adore the tv show? And how the show introduced Gilbert? Comparing what I've seen so far of the show and the book, I definitely prefer how the former did it. Mostly because book Gilbert annoys all the girls in the class while tv Gilbert is perfectly mild-mannered until that day with Anne, which personally I thought was so so adorable.

Back to the comment, however, I'm not sure if they simply didn't like the darkness of the first two episodes and didn't continue watching, or if they actually watched the first and/or second seasons and still hated it. If it's the latter, I cannot comprehend. How could you not enjoy a show that takes the book, perfectly captures Anne's voice as well as that of many of the other characters, and in addition to that modernizes it by bringing in relevant topics such as racism, LGBTQ rights, and of course sexism? How can you say no to that?

And as to taking away the "goodness" of the books, personally, I feel that giving Anne larger hurdles not only brings new life into the story, but also into her character. There are trials for both Anne and Gilbert, as well as all the other characters, really, and I'm constantly amazed at how much they did with the show given this one book. I haven't finished reading it completely yet, but there are things from both seasons in this single book, and while I'm loving this version, the show did so much more with everyone in terms of emotions and stakes - I adored every moment just as I'm adoring every moment of this book.

If anyone wants to argue that any show that doesn't stick to exactly how things are in the book is a terrible show, I disagree and let's keep it at that. Personally I find shows and movies that are completely the same as the book extremely boring to suffer through, at least in the case that you've already read the book, for example, Me Before You and Everything, Everything. I'm not here to go through the same thing twice, so if that's what you're into, we simply shall not agree on the matter. 

As it is, I highly highly recommend both the book and the show to anyone who hasn't experienced Anne before (although with the show, definitely watch at least two episodes before deciding whether you want to continue watching or not). The best part is you can watch and read or read and watch back to back, because hurrah, they're both two different things that nevertheless manage to keep the same essence. I've been missing the show these past few weeks, and reading the books right now is the best feeling.