For my final column (sadness!), I’ve decided to give you readers an early Christmas gift. No, sadly I’m not giving away new Xboxes. I’m not Oprah after all. Instead it’s a list of TV series to tide you over during a long, relaxing break.

The intersession between the fall and spring semesters is a much-needed cooling off period. We’re all finished with strenuous exams and papers, and nothing says “I’m so done” like binging through a good TV show.

Each series I’m about to suggest to you are ones that have run their course and are all available on Netflix. (You’re welcome.) You won’t finish the last episode only to frantically search the Internet for pop-up-free links to the first episode of the new season. Trust me, that is the worst.

Instead, you can watch the first episode to very the last episode. It’s all about instant gratification, am I right?

**“Friday Night Lights.”** (I just slowly typed out that title and nostalgically sighed.) This drama, set in the small, football-frenzied town of Dillon, Texas, doesn’t require meth-cooking kingpins and flesh-eating zombies to be top notch.

It’s simply about a normal, high school football coach (Kyle Chandler) and his quest to improve the character of each young man filling the cleats and football pads on his field.

Stories centering around small towns are usually the most genuine (“Gilmore Girls,” anyone?), and this series is no exception. It pulls at your heartstrings in the best possible ways and proves that realistic storytelling can also be good storytelling.

So don’t brush off “Friday Night Lights” because there are no supernatural hotties or mentally unstable CIA agents. It’s a feel-good show that anyone can watch, and you won’t be sorry you did.

**“Scrubs.”** Do you like to laugh at stupid things? Do you often daydream in the middle of a conversation? Then “Scrubs” is the show for you.

It centers around naive intern J.D. (Zach Braff) and his journey up the medical career ladder at Sacred Heart Hospital.

What makes this show unique is its ability to get viewers to laugh uncontrollably one minute but then sob like a baby the next. Yes, it’s a comedy, but sometimes it’s a plain ol’ medical drama. And who doesn’t love those?

But “Scrubs” will always be a comedy first and foremost because of its familiar running gags. The janitor is out to destroy J.D. The hospital’s depressed lawyer is in a barbershop quartet. J.D.’s mentor, Dr. Cox, will never call him by his real name but, instead, a girl’s name.

So it’s easy to laugh at the slapstick comedy, but it’s also not hard to feel that emotional gut punch when something in the hospital, or in the lives of the characters, goes awry.

**“Heroes.”** Sadly, this cult classic was cut short before its story could reach the end. But, hey, that’s what fanfiction is for.

In this action-adventure series, a handful of individuals around the globe are emerging with unique abilities. There’s the spontaneous regenerator (Hayden Panettiere), the time traveler (Masi Oka), the evil genius (Zachary Quinto) and many more.

It’s a show with many layers and characters, but when viewers get to see how they all connect, it’s truly mesmerizing. If you’re a fan of any movie Marvel has ever made — and let’s be real, that’s most of you — then “Heroes” is the perfect show for you.

So there you have it. I could fill 10 more columns with TV show recommendations, but if I did, then you would turn into someone like me — a Grade A fanatic.

I hoped my columns helped you realize there are, in fact, people out there who become just as crazed as you when a certain television show is mentioned. I think TV breeds a certain kind of loyalty that can bring anyone together.

And if that wasn’t cliché enough, get ready for this: Thanks to anyone who has read this column. It’s been a great semester, and I hope you all watch a lot of TV this break!