Next to Normal/YMMV

""Now I'm strolling right beside her as the blackhole opens wide, mine is just a"
 * Broken Base: When Aaron Tveit, the original Gabe, was replaced by Kyle Dean Massey, the fanbase became divided between who was a fan of the show and who was a fan of the cast. And don't even get them started on Alice Ripley vs. Jessica Phillips vs. Marin Mazzie.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: A lot of it, including "You Don't Know"/"I Am the One," "I'm Alive," "Make Up Your Mind"/"Catch Me I'm Falling", and "Light".
 * Tear Jerker: "He's Not Here", "A Light In the Dark", and pretty much the whole last half hour of the show.
 * The Woobie: Every member of the family for their own reasons.
 * Natalie because she is neglected by her mother and always coming in second best
 * Dan is trying to keep together a dysfunctional family while trying to keep a façade up of everything being fine.


 * Diana is the biggest and most prominent in the show. She has to deal with a mental illness, what is either a, and to top it all off, her family is starting to crack because of her.
 * Gabe.  He doesn’t want to be forgotten by a family he barely knew.