That the show has listened to its critics, thoughtfully revamped itself and has been unique enough to lead the awards season conversation by handing trophies to unexpected, well-deserved recipients, even more so.

That’s where a thoughtfully stocked pantry steps in to save the day — and your budget.

Written and directed by Tyler Perry, it is a thoughtfully constructed period piece that offers another glimpse into how Black women, and other minority groups, are often erased from history.

Together they make a thoughtfully conceived and composed character into a narrative impetus not usually seen in stories about grief and healing, and there are precious few of those in the first place.

Four years later, thoughtfully but perhaps unhelpfully, a federal judge decreed that 28 bottles of champagne seized from a drugstore not far from the Soldiers’ Home be donated to the old fellows.