I like this show. It's a combination of family life, special needs and brilliance. My favorite character is Dr. John Sturgis. Memaw is a hoot too. I spent a month every summer with my southern baptist grandparents, so the Baptist in the south culture is interesting. Texas of course is a mystery to me, I've only landed there and changed planes, or drove away right away, but I loath the right wing politics, murder and stupid power grid. The show gets into real issues and it quite deep, and funny. I enjoy lots of the intellectual exploration with a human touch. I like seeing how the characters develop. Good mix of high and low culture. Mary Cooper sees how fragile life and success is, and tries to momma bird it all. Georgie is brash and pushes the boundaries. Sheldon is confident like a Texan but about intellectual things. Melissa (Missy) is the intuitive people person, the psychologist, but she's young and not in control of her jealousy, or sees profit in misbehavi...