Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt might be the first modern sitcom about ancient Greek philosophy. No, really. The first season references one of the most famous parts of Plato’s The Republic: Socrates talks about people who have lived their lives chained in a cave, facing a blank wall. Their understanding of their reality comes from their interpretation of shadows. He says that a philosopher is like one such prisoner who escapes the cave and must realize that true reality isn’t what he saw in the shadows on the wall, but what is illuminated by the sun.

Of course, there is a harsh transition and it takes a while for the philosopher to adjust. He adds that once the philosopher embraces the real world, he would pity those still living in the lie of the cave. The philosopher’s task would be to return to the cave to save them, but by returning, he would be temporarily blind and the cave dwellers who find him crazy and…(sigh)…you know what?

Basically the Allegory of the Cave follows the overarching narrative plot of season one of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. There. You get Plato, now.