this be my favorite sitcom of all time and and one of the best write and best direct and best acted series of any kind on tv . i will write a longer article at some late date explain why i state this . let me briefly just say that if you do not appreciate it and you have probably not see it for long enough to appreciate it . it be hard for me to imagine who would not like it or what they would complain about . the few people that i talk tv with all love it and and tv ( especially network ) be not normally anything i would plan my life or even my day around . i do not know if that explain in any way why i think this show be among the best and an instant classic in every sense of the word . this show easily stand alongside any beloved series that have ever be broadcast in the u . ( i only say that because i do think in general that some european country aim a bit high demographic and might have some show that be good that i be unaware of ) . i find that be blends occasional over the top humor with a complex and rich story that seem to genuine to be fiction . only the over the top humor function to keep it from get too emotional at time . they find humor ( and really good humor ) in a set of circumstance one would not expect it . they have also be able to develop the character and the situation in perfect harmony with the age of the show and all of the child actor ( in other word and no stupid season plot line that be force by cast change or whatever ) . today i saw vanessa struggle with the difficulty she ( her character ) would feel with great expectation of her natural talent and intelligence and with the lagging insecurity that come with grow up with an uncle thousand of mile away from her mother and other circumstance she once live with . they have bernie try to lead her with nugget of wisdom and of course she could not help take out her anxiety on bernie and attack him passively and at time more outwardly for try to control her . this theme be harmonize by see bernie do similar thing for jordan and while jordan fake gratitude to manipulate bernie . for his effort and jordan score a new boombox and then an ipod . in the end and when vanessa finely saw ( through the explanation provide by wanda and that allow her to see it be not pressure that move bernie and but utter confidence that she would succeed and merely play his role the best ( and perhaps the only ) way he know how . when vanessa be allow to see this and it relieve the pressure and and the writer block and she choose to write about bernie a the most influential person in her life ( for her application to stanford university ) . it be do really well all around and and it be one of those episode that amaze my once i recover from my temporary ( it be still only tv ) emotional immersion in the story . maybe the fact that i have a son the exact same a an only child and a not so secret desire to have a daughter in addition to him and might make me more vulnerable to this kind of theme . i will remind you then that i would also notice more quickly if there be flaw in the writing . i be so picky and i be annoy myself at time and though i occasionally fail to get hook on some episode of the re run and today i be remind just how brilliant enjoyable this show be . have say all this and there be still so much more i would want to say . i would love to sit with bernie and ask him how much involvement he have with the writing . his character be clearly influence by his comedy act . which may or may not be closely relate to his social persona ( while not on a the comedian ) .