Very well executed

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I had the bad luck to recently watch a few episodes of this dreadful... thing... with the girlfriend and I must say that I despised every second of it. And here's why:First of all, it's the same old s#!t; a pretty girl who has everything in life is somehow introduced to us as a victim. She doesn't have a nice job (meaning she is not the CEO of some big company), she doesn't have a boyfriend (even though she's practically surrounded by good-looking decent man who throw themselves at her) and she has a horrible family (which means they sometimes nag her). You get my drift. Boo-freaking-hoo!!But fear not! God is on our poor, poor heroine's side! One day she meets with a psychiatrist/magician/time-traveler/demigod and this man sends our girl back in time to correct her past mistakes and make her life better. Now I have no idea why this powerful entity (god?) helps Erica instead of all those people suffering all around the world; the poor, the hungry, the abused, etc. Well, I guess not having a perfect life is a huge problem. Anyway, our girl goes back in time and behaves differently in certain situations and guess what? Nothing changes in the present! WTF?!? She just learns stuff about herself and makes herself a better individual... not! She's still the same disgustingly nice, clingy, babbly, clueless, selfish, self-absorbed human being she always was.And this is all the show is all about! Episode after episode we see the same thing over and over until we can't decide whether we should go puke or just kill ourselves and be done with it. Normally I couldn't care less about a crappy series, but this is so bad that I felt the irresistible urge to warn my fellow viewer to avoid this train wreck at all costs. So beware!

Several months ago, I was in a slump. A few things were just going completely awful for me, and I was feeling down and depressed and felt like a failure and my motivation to do anything worthwhile was gone. I was just drowning in a pool of self-pity and regret.Then I accidentally stumbled upon this show, and I must say I am truly happy that I did.It sounds weird to say, but I feel as if this show actually really helped me put my life back in order. If you were to ask me what show/movie had the biggest impact on my life, I'd tell you "Being Erica".Before watching the show, I was prone to regrets - I mean, I'd regret little tiny stupid things from a decade ago, that whoever would've long forgotten. I'd regret things so little, looking back I don't really know how I'd remember those stupid little things. I used to wonder how people could claim they lived without regrets. Thing is, I didn't really understand what they meant.While watching this show, it got me to start thinking from a different angle; maybe, instead of regretting all of these stupid little things, it would be more worth it to pull out lessons, to let yourself grow. The more I watched it, the less I felt like holding on to all of those past regrets and the more I started forcing myself out of my slump.It helped me change some of my views on things, and it helped me change my attitude - it gave me some much needed therapy ;D

I just started watching this show and I find it truly enjoyable. At first, I thought this will be a "girly" show and, to some degree, it is but it is growing on me. I am about to watch episode 11 of the first season and all I can say is "give me more". Erica, the main character,seems so much like many of us - a real person with real issues, worries and uncertainties. There is nothing wrong with wanting to fix errors of one's past and Erica is lucky enough to be given this opportunity. Dr. Tom is kind and patient, helpful and gentle, but he does not tell Erica what she must do or how she must behave. Instead, he lets her make her own choices and discover the best, at least under the circumstances, ways of resolving the "things that keep her up at night".I do not mind Dr. Tom's cleverly chosen quotes at all, and I strongly disagree with one of the posters saying that if you were allowed to go back and change your past, that would change you. I don't think it would change "you" but I believe it would help you be happy and make sure others are too, especially the people hurt by our actions in the past. What's wrong with that? How many of us wish we could go back and fix some of our screw-ups? I, for one, do. To me, the message in this show is pretty clear: do your best as in real life there are no lifeguards on duty, there are no second chances, or do-overs. One thing I'm having a bit of a problem accepting is Erica often acting like a doormat, especially when interacting with Julianna (the boss from hell), and I wish Erica grew a pair and stood up to the leech. Other than that, I like this show very much and will be following Erica's adventures for as long as the network decides to run it.

I watched my first episode two days ago (which was the third I think) and I enjoyed it! It is funny, contains beautiful people and MAKES YOU THINK too. This opposed to most series lately (I know I sound like an old person) I think it's great we have a new show with a little bit more brains and serious life than most shows we've seen in the tradition of Sex and the City (which is a lot of fun! But shallow at the same time). I hope it makes people realize there's more to life than looking beautiful. I think it's brilliant that Erica is not perfect! And the fact she wears normal clothes and is intelligent makes my boyfriend watch it with me too :) The only thing that I am confused about is the absence of the idea that whatever you change in the past, will change yourself and others and everybody's lifes.. I miss this, but I realize too it would be an unbelievable task to implement this in the show. Then maybe it's just good as it is. Recommendation!