Listen: I think everybody here will agree that Everwood had one of the greatest ensemble casts ever, bar none. That’s just a science fact, people. Treat Williams? Emily Vancamp? Gregory Smith? I mean, come on. That’s not even getting into the vanilla thunder that is Chris Pratt.

But even the all stars need some help off the bench every now and then, and Everwood was no exception to this. Luckily, everybody’s favourite TV show had some incredible guest stars, and anybody who disagrees is a dirty liar and I will murder them.

Doubt me? Well, let’s go through the series’ top 5 guest stars.

5. Anne Heche

Before Everwood, Anne was just Ellen DeGeneres’ girlfriend. But then she appeared on Everwood as Amanda Hayes, or as Scrubs would call her, Tasty Stroke Wife. Seeking out Andy’s help for her husband, who had suffered a serious stroke, Amanda fell in love with The Beard and the rest is history. That is, until the bitch’s husband somehow got better and she didn’t pick Andy, which is like winning the lottery and deciding to still live in Shantytown because your neighbour might be a crackhead, but he’s a really sweet crackhead.

No, I’m not bitter.

4. Betty White

Are you tired of seeing Betty White in everything? Well, FIRST, you’re the devil. Try to work on that. SECOND, before she was everywhere (and after she was a Golden Girl), she was Carol Roberts, Harold Abbott’s mother-in-law. Only appearing in two episodes, she managed to steal just about all her scenes in that special Betty White way, which is to say by looking like your favourite grandma and then acting like your least favourite aunt. But at the end of the day, you’d still hit that, maybe.

3. Nora Zehetner

Man, Everwood had some pretty rad female actresses, didn’t it? And a surprising amount of them were interested in boning Gregory Smith, at least as far as their characters were concerned. In real life, we can only assume they called out Chris Pratt’s name in bed, mmm-mmmm.

Nora Zehetner was one of the best ones, who was actually able to convince audiences that if Amy was going to stay with Colin - ha! - then Ephram could find happiness with her. Of course, he couldn’t, because that’s not how TV works, but man, if you didn’t feel for poor Laynie Hart when things fell apart. Because she deserved so many boners, amirite?

Amirite?

2. James Earl Jones

Motherfuckin’ Darth Vader, bitches! The most iconic voice in Hollywood, and Greg Berlanti brought him in as a piano player. That takes fuckin’ balls. It was also completely awesome. As Will Cleveland, Ephram’s piano mentor, Jones taught us many things about music, passion and life. Man, Everwood was always teaching us stuff and junk. He managed to slap (metaphorically) the silly out of Ephram when he was at one of his most annoying character moments, and then he died, because there wasn’t room for two black men in a small, largely white Colorado town, I guess. Also, I imagine it’s really expensive to have him around. But we’ll have those three episodes foreverwood.

1. Kristen Bell

Easily the smallest role on the list, it was also clearly the best, because look at this. I mean, look at this:

Before everybody who was awesome knew Kristen Bell’s name because of Veronica Mars, people who were really awesome at least knew what she looked like because of her appearance in Season 2′s second episode, “Extra Ordinary,” where she played Stacey Wilson, a gorgeous young woman who had breast implants because she was crazy - I mean, look at her! - and then they ruptured, meaning The Beard had to come in and save things. Usually, Bell’s magical powers of the Sassypants are used to make her the best character in the room, but here, she uses them to make her the most petulant, and yet we still love her. Because she is Kristen Bell, and she is wonderful.

Stacey Wilson’s hope floaters foreverwood!