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The Dresden Files - The Complete First Season

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Dresden Files did NOT suffer from low ratings 5 out of 5 stars.
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Contrary to the popular MYTH being perpetuated by the SciFi channel, The Dresden Files, FAR from being a low-ratings failure, was actually one of SciFi's top rated shows that season, ranked third and BETTER and at least TWICE surpassing the ratings for their "flagship" original series Battlestar Galactica.

The show had a little bit of everything to appeal to a broad range of viewers... supernatural elements, detective/mystery, humor, action.... coupled with a superlative cast who's character chemistry was some of the best ever assembled and special effects that neither were overdone or too cheesy. The show was one that the entire family could sit down and enjoy... not many of those shows around these days!

While the show grew in popularity and viewership as the season progressed, for some reason SciFi chose not to renew it. A huge mistake on their part as the continuing popularity of author/creator Jim Butcher's novels and now graphic novel comics, as well as the brisk sales of the DVD is proving that The Dresden Files was a great show that was not given the chance to live up to it's full potential.

I heartily recommend this DVD and also might suggest to the editorial reviewer here at Amazon that they check their facts with the Neilson ratings rather than the biased propaganda distributed by SciFi in regards to the true ratings status of this show.

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Based on Jim Butcher's best-selling novels, "The Dresden Files" chronicles the cases of no ordinary detective. Harry Dresden (Paul Blackthorne) is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats. If you need a little hocus pocus or some other worldly advice, Dresden's your man.

Doctor Who - The Complete Third Series

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Total reviews: 133 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best TV Series Ever!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Dr. Who is an amazing show and this season features some of its best episodes, with the two part "Family of Blood", and "Blink", which is the best episode in the entire series. The entire season is well written and well performed and its definitely worth buying.

I've got a fever and the only prescription for it is more Doctor Who. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Great season and of course one of the episodes made me cry. I believe it was the "Gridlock" episode. I find this season to be the best season there is and I've already watched the fourth season. But very emotional,complex and exciting. I love this show. You go Freema girl!!

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The third installment of Doctor Who is full of new thrills, new laughs, new heartbreak and some terrifying new monsters. From the moment the Doctor walks into the life of medical student Martha Jones he changes it forever. In Elizabethan London, they meet William Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre while back in present day London, 76-year-old Professor Lazarus recaptures his youth with consequences that threaten Martha's entire family. And, the Doctor's sworn enemies, the Daleks, who have been hiding in 1930's New York, return with a terrifying plan for humanity.

Dancing With the Stars - Cardio Dance

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Dance video 3 out of 5 stars.
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This tape is pretty good but the instructions are quick. Sometimes they aren't videoing what you should be doing at the moment so it takes longer to catch on what is going on with the feet. The challenge part especially--you get no instructions--just follow.

a frustrating work-out DVD and who needs that? 1 out of 5 stars.
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There is essentially no instruction in the dance steps - just expected to do it. Too fast-paced for anyone to catch on by watching unless they maybe watch it a few dozen times in slow motion. I will never do it again. There are much much better work-out DVD's available.

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On ABC's hit show DANCING WITH THE STARS, countless pounds are shed and bodies transform before our very eyes. Now it's your turn to dance your way to fitness with three of the show's favorite pro dancers Ashly, Kym and Maks. With this fat-blasting program you will learn four choreographed dance routines featuring some of the best moves from the show. Then shake things up with a bonus freestyle routine to test your new dance skills. Have fun and gain confidence on the dance floor while building a stronger, sexier, super-star body!(Not final packaging synopsis.)

Dallas - The Complete Tenth Season

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More Southfork shenanigans and Ewing Oil skulduggery in the much-loved legendary saga. 5 out of 5 stars.
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The worldwide mega-hit drama that dominated the 80s returns with the wheelings and dealings of those entertaining and feuding oil-rich Texans in this Season 10 DVD of all the action from Southfork and Ewing Oil. DALLAS returns to its original formula of focusing on the charismatic Ewing family, their in-fighting and J.R.'s scheming. This dramatically vibrant season won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Night Time Dramatic Serial in 1987 and its quality scripts, tightly woven plots and imaginative storylines breathe new life into the show.

Larry Hagman puts on his famous Texan Stetson for another great performance as that lovable villain J.R. Ewing who this season engineers one of his biggest and sneakiest schemes in a plot to blow up rival Arabian oil fields and stirs up a hornets' nest of trouble. The Emmy-winning and legendary Barbara Bel Geddes, who is honored at the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her outstanding contributions to American theatre, displays her great talent as an actress when Wes Parmalee's shock Jock revelation causes Miss Ellie to battle with her family and her conscience. Linda Gray wonderfully portrays a fun and conniving Sue Ellen who sets up sultry Mandy (former Miss USA Deborah Shelton) as her company's sexy lingerie model in a revenge scheme against J.R. Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal are reunited for their winning portrayal of the 80s supercouple Bobby and Pam who finally remarry after being apart for so long. In an episode written by cast member Susan Howard Chrane (Donna Krebbs), J.R.'s venom level rises against Cliff which sets another sneaky J.R. scheme in motion.

This is a fun and funny season with many humorous lines including some between J.R. and Sue Ellen! Ken Kercheval splendidly plays Cliff Barnes in a light-hearted style throughout this season which makes Cliff more interesting and amusing. Texas-born movie veteran Steve Forrest gives a convincing performance as Wes Parmalee in a storyline involving mystery, scandal and intrigue. Victoria Principal and Ken Kercheval both display their good acting skills in some strong and entertaining scenes together. Former model Sheree J. Wilson is good as the show's new scheming and money-hungry bitch April Stevens. This season's final episode - with the spectacular end-of-season cliffhanger of Pam's explosive exit - is Victoria Principal's, Susan Howard's and Deborah Shelton's last appearances on the show. The legend that is Larry Hagman won the Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Prime Time Lead Actor and for Outstanding Prime Time Villain during this season. This is a tightly-written and taut season and it also has many comic moments and some shocking ones too.

This tenth season is produced by DALLAS veteran David Paulsen (Writer, Director & Story Editor of DVD Seasons 6, 7 & 8) and is well-plotted and well-executed and it also smashed its competition of the new hit MIAMI VICE in the Nielsen's ratings every week for the whole 1986-87 season which demonstrated the success and strength of this Season 10.

Next on DALLAS in the Season 11 DVD packed with devious intrigue has a nastier and meaner J.R. Ewing who is up to his evil schemes and sinister plotting to exact his ultimate revenge on Weststar. There are 4 seasons left to be released on DVD of the world's most-famous soap opera.


*** The following guide of Season 10's 29 episodes is full of spoilers ***

223. RETURN TO CAMELOT (1) - J.R. makes a promise to Mandy to get Sue Ellen off Southfork and he doesn't have to go far to find grounds to divorce her. Bobby devastates Jenna when he breaks the news of his decision to marry Pam instead of her. J.R. and Cliff are both angry when they learn of Bobby and Pam's plan to remarry. J.R. wants to get rid of his cousin Jack.
Bobby warning J.R.: "The first time you step out of line with Pam, Sue Ellen will be a very attractive widow."

224. RETURN TO CAMELOT (2) - Ewing 12 is on fire after a huge explosion. Sue Ellen trades barbs with J.R. Ray and Clayton hire Wes Parmalee [Steve Forrest] unaware of the big secret he's keeping under his cowboy hat. Mandy has another confrontation with Sue Ellen over J.R. Jenna moves out of Southfork and has to face a disobedient Charlie. Sue Ellen hires a detective to spy on J.R and Mandy.
J.R. to Cliff: "I see the zoo is closed today!"
J.R.: "They sold a lot of tickets for the Titanic too!" - after Cliff boasts companies are on his bandwagon.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "Anything that makes you unhappy has got to be good for the rest of the world."

225. PARI PER SUE - J.R. cruelly tells his cousin Jack not to come to Southfork again to sponge off the Ewings. J.R. rescues Mandy who fears for her life. Cliff schemes to get Jack's ten percent of Ewing Oil. Sue Ellen buys Valentine's Lingerie - a manufacturer of women's erotic clothing. J.R. contemplates foreign terrorism as a possible solution to the very bad situation in the oil industry.
J.R. at the dinner table: "You can't see the family from the outsiders!"
Jack to J.R.: "You are a miserable human being."

226. ONCE AND FUTURE KING - Pam tries to make peace with Jenna but she's not interested. Cliff and Jamie find their martial differences are widening as Cliff feigns impotence. Sue Ellen plots to make Mandy the sexy Valentine Girl. J.R threatens Sue Ellen's detective who's been following Mandy. J.R. loses his temper as Sue Ellen's campaign against him gains momentum. Miss Ellie is totally shocked with Wes Parmalee's stunning claim when she discovers some of Jock's items in his room.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "What's Mandy modeling this week? Let me guess...mattresses!"

227. ENIGMA - An angry Miss Ellie has a confrontation with Wes Parmalee and orders him off Southfork. J.R. confronts Sue Ellen about her detective and offers her a divorce. J.R. and Mandy fall unwittingly into Sue Ellen's plot as her lingerie company employs Mandy as their sexy 'Trash with Class' model. Parmalee wants Miss Ellie and Punk Anderson to believe that he is Jock Ewing.
J.R. to Sue Ellen: "I liked you better when you were falling down drunk!"

228. TROMPE L'OEIL - J.R. meets B.D. Calhoun in a terrorist-for-hire scheme. Miss Ellie stuns her family when she reveals Wes Parmalee's claims and begins to be confused herself. Bobby threatens Parmalee and J.R. tries to buy him off. J.R. has a fight with Mandy over her erotic picture in a newpaper. Bobby tries to assure Miss Ellie that Parmalee is a fraud. Miss Ellie keeps her mind off of Wes by helping Pam plan her wedding. Sue Ellen's plan to get even with J.R. goes better than she expected. Jack's vision of riches is shaken by the arrival of his scheming ex-wife April Stevens.

229. TERRITORIAL IMPERATIVE - J.R. and Bobby investigate Wes Parmalee. Sue Ellen's plan works as her advertising for the lingerie is successful. Pam surprises Cliff by refusing to continue her financial backing for him. J.R. is furious with Sue Ellen and Mandy. Donna asks Ray if he's having an affair with Jenna. J.R. meets sexy April Stevens. Paramlee succeeds in confusing Miss Ellie again.
J.R. to Sue Ellen: "Have you been lacing your coffee already this morning?!"

230. THE SECOND TIME AROUND - J.R. makes a last-ditch attempt to spoil Bobby and Pam's wedding. Jamie and Jack are shocked when Cliff arrives at the wedding with Jack's ex-wife on his arm. The marital difference between Ray and Donna becomes bigger. Ray's startling outburst shocks Bobby and Pam just a few minutes before they get married.
April to Cliff: "Good thing she didn't get here five minutes from now!" - after Jamie catches the two kissing in Cliff's office.

231. BELLS ARE RINGING - Bobby and Pam eventually remarry despite J.R.'s attempts to maneuver the situation in his favor. Pam and Bobby wonder how he will manage to stay away from Jenna's baby which he fathered. J.R. receives shocking news about Wes Parmalee's claims. April schemes with Cliff against Jack. B.D. Calhoun gets his down payment from J.R. Miss Ellie goes through with her secret meeting with Wes.

232. WHO'S WHO AT THE OIL BARONS BALL? - The disagreement continues between Miss Ellie and Clayton over Wes Parmalee. Pam struggles with the thought of Jenna coming between her and Bobby. The CIA warns J.R. against associating with B.D. Calhoun. Parmalee's x-rays offer more surprises for J.R. and Bobby. At the Oil Barons' Ball Parmalee shocks the oil community. Clayton threatens to kill Parmalee.

233. PROOF POSITIVE - Sue Ellen shows her Valentine Lingerie business to Pam. J.R. confronts his mother about Clayton staying at a hotel. Pam shocks Jenna with an offer concerning Jenna's baby. Sue Ellen forces a showdown between J.R. and Mandy. Parmalee takes a lie-detector test and J.R. and Bobby are shocked by the results.

234. SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW - Bobby flies down to South America to find evidence to get rid of Parmalee. J.R. pressures a confused Miss Ellie to declare Parmalee a fraud. Sue Ellen cashes in on her plot to get back at J.R. Mandy finally learns of Sue Ellen's revenge scheme. Miss Ellie reluctantly meets Parmalee for dinner.

235. BAR-B-CUED - Miss Ellie and J.R. have a fight over her dating Parmalee. Cliff provides further sparks at the Southfork barbeque and gets a punch from J.R. who gets a slap from Pam! Bobby returns from South America with evidence regarding Wes Parmalee, but it's an unexpected and uninvited guest who provides Miss Ellie with the shocking truth. An angry Clayton vows to track down Parmalee.
Jamie to Cliff: "I'm doing to you exactly what you haven't done to me since we got married!"

236. THE FIRE NEXT TIME - Clayton goes on a manhunt to find Parmalee. Donna comes to a decision about her marriage. Miss Ellie finally talks to Clayton about Wes Parmalee. Wendell vows to put the Ewings out of business and asks Cliff to use Pam to achieve it. B.D. Calhoun threatens J.R.
Calhoun to J.R.: "I'm going to make your punishment fit your crime."

237. SO SHALL YE REAP - J.R. is threatened by B.D. Calhoun's menacing presence and he takes the necessary steps to rid himself of the mercenary. Bobby and Jenna discuss the baby. Pam angrily confronts Cliff about his double-dealing and lies and she gives him a stern warning. Miss Ellie gets impatient with Clayton over his obsession with Parmalee. Calhoun makes contact with an unsuspecting Sue Ellen.

238. TICK, TOCK - B.D. Calhoun plots revenge against J.R. Ray considers a court fight to get custody of his child. Jeremy Wendell pursues his plan to ruin Ewing Oil. Jenna's pregnancy puts more strain on Pam and Bobby. Calhoun penetrates Southfork at night and puts J.R. in deadly danger.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "We all know which end of the horse you are!"

239. NIGHT VISITOR - Bobby becomes suspicious when J.R. acts overly concerned about Southfork's security system. Cliff goes through with Jeremy Wendell's plan to undermine Ewing Oil. Jenna tells Miss Ellie she wants to cut all ties to the Ewings. Ray is determinded to get custody of the baby. J.R. asks Harry McSween for help with Calhoun. Jenna and Charlie feel the frustration of missing Bobby. Calhoun tricks Sue Ellen and then abducts her.
Sue Ellen: "I got so excited by the idea [of J.R. in her bedroom] that I went right back to sleep!"

240. CAT AND MOUSE - B.D. Calhoun terrorizes J.R. with continuing his dangerous game playing. The family mistakenly thinks that Sue Ellen is drinking again. Cliff gets information on Ewing business out of Pam. J.R. and Bobby have a full-scale argument and Bobby is disgusted at J.R.'s shenanigans. J.R. and Bobby burst into Calhoun's hotel room where they play a video tape of Calhoun threatening J.R.'s life.
Sue Ellen to J.R.: "Did you spend last night in your car too - in the back seat?!"

241. HIGH NOON FOR CALHOUN - J.R and Bobby tell their wives about the Calhoun affair but Pam doesn't believe J.R.'s story. Sue Ellen, Pam and the boys take safety in Los Angeles. B.D. Calhoun kidnaps John Ross and blackmails J.R. Cliff is frantic when Pam is not around to back him up in a dodgy deal. Vacationing Clayton and Ellie end up staying in because she's got a bad cold and Clayton sings to her a few lyrics of Duke Ellington's "Don't get around much anymore". J.R. and Sue Ellen get a little closer. J.R. is forced into a dramatic and deadly showdown with terrorist B.D. Calhoun in L.A.
Pam to J.R.: "Don't try to convince me that you're Little Red Riding Hood!"

242. OLIO - Pam blames J.R. for the whole Calhoun affair but Sue Ellen comes to his defense. J.R. and Sue Ellen agree to give their love another try. Bobby takes temporary charge of Ewing Oil but it's J.R. who's doing the dirty work through April. Cliff goes ballistic on Pam. Bobby confronts J.R. about B.D. Calhoun. Pam accuses Bobby of stealing a company from Cliff. Everyone at Southfork receives numbing news from California.
Sue Ellen: "Oh no! Oh my God...NO!"

243. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY - The shocking news from California raises questions of who is the true proprietor of the elusive ten percent of Ewing Oil. Christopher and John Ross play a potentially deadly game. Ray considers playing dirty in his divorce suit with Donna. Sue Ellen and J.R. renew their love for each other. Cliff inherits a piece of Ewing Oil.

244. REVENGE OF THE NERD - Ray is determined to fight for custody of his child. Cliff and April have a fight. An ecstatic Cliff unloads a stunning bombshell on the Ewing brothers. J.R. divides the Southfork house by accusing Pam of scheming with her brother to ruin Ewing Oil. April desperately seeks comfort from the men in her life. Miss Ellie explodes over the strife at Southfork. Ray and Donna get officially divorced. Bobby and Cliff have a fight about the effect of Cliff's tactics on Pam.

245. THE TEN PERCENT SOLUTION [Written by cast member Susan Howard Chrane (Donna Krebbs)] - J.R. deviously schemes to frame Cliff for Jamie's death. Bobby gets into a bar fight after he refuses to give in to an extortionist. J.R. fakes a heart attack in Cliff's office to steal some of Cliff's stationary. Ray asks Jenna to move in with him. Pam gets suspicious of Cliff's dealings with Jeremy Wendell. Marilee sees through Cliff's devious plan and rebuffs him. J.R. succeeds in getting Cliff arrested for Jamie's death which shocks the Ewings while J.R. pretends that he's surprised in front of the family.
Marilee to Cliff: "Get your hands off me you little worm before I break them!"
J.R.: "I've known Cliff all my life. He's capable of a lot of things...but not of killing his wife!" - after J.R. set Cliff up.

246. SOME GOOD, SOME BAD - Cliff confronts J.R. about framing him for murder. Bobby has a terrible fight with Ray when he finds Jenna and Charlie living in Ray's house. Jeremy Wendell reveals Cliff's underhanded business dealings to Pam causing her to angrily walk out on Cliff. Pam gets mad when she learns about Jenna living with Ray. Cliff makes a scene at the Oil Barons' Club when he has a showdown with Wendell. Jack decides to stick with J.R. and Bobby to fight Cliff.
Pam to Cliff: "You miserable little worm!"
Cliff [shouting]: "I'll get you, Wendell. I promise you I will pay you back...when you least expect it!"

247. WAR AND PEACE - Cliff tries to convince Pam he never meant to hurt her. Jenna's pregnancy and living with Ray put more strain on Pam and Bobby's marriage. J.R. and Bobby enter into a vicious battle with Cliff. Sue Ellen decides to bring Mandy Winger back to Dallas to model her lingerie. Donna gives birth to a baby girl. The court battle for ten percent of Ewing Oil ends in surprising victories. Nancy Scottfield and CIA employee Alfred reach a fateful decision about their attack on Ewing Oil.

248. RUTHLESS PEOPLE - J.R. double-crosses Jeremy Wendell regarding the five percent of Ewing Oil. Ray visits his baby daughter Margaret at the hospital. A banner headline implicating Ewing Oil in terrorism activities not only provides Wendell with ammunition but outrages Miss Ellie and the rest of the Ewings. Miss Ellie tells J.R. and Bobby that she won't protect them anymore and she lays the smackdown on J.R. Mandy returns to Dallas. Nancy Scottfield provides Wendell with the evidence he needs to bury Ewing Oil.
An angry Miss Ellie to J.R.: "Don't you ever...ever...mention your Daddy's name in front of me again. You dishonored his name and his company."
Wendell: "Ewing Oil is as good as lost!"

249. THE DARK AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL - Bobby, Ray and Miss Ellie are tired of J.R.'s underhanded business tactics and sell their Ewing Oil holdings to him. Sue Ellen hatches a plot using Mandy to test J.R.'s supposed fidelity. Pam finally confronts Jenna. Wendell gives the Justice Department shocking evidence on Ewing Oil and B.D. Calhoun. Cliff makes a scene at Ewing Oil. News from Washington hurls the Southfork family members into angry turmoil with Clayton having a violent confrontation with J.R.
Cliff to April: "Don't get up." - when she is getting a nude massage from Larry Hagman's son Preston.
J.R.: "Anybody else gotta a termite for a brother around here?" Pam: "Just Bobby!"
Clayton to J.R.: "You bastard! I swear to God I'll kill you."

250. TWO-FIFTY [DALLAS's milestone 250th episode] Clayton is taken to hospital after violently falling down the stairs. Miss Ellie is distraught over the fate of both Clayton and Ewing Oil. J.R. desperately scrambles to defend himself and the company against the Justice Department's charges. Ray confronts J.R. about B.D. Calhoun. Sue Ellen thinks that J.R. is cheating on her with Mandy. Clayton hides a medical problem from Miss Ellie. J.R. and Bobby go to Washington to try and save Ewing Oil from the investigation. Mandy tells J.R. that she still loves him. Bobby unexpectedly bumps into a very expectant Jenna who gives birth to Bobby's son. Sparks fly at Ewing Oil as a federal court injunction shuts down the company.
J.R. to Ray: "Aren't you supposed to be out feeding the cows or something?!"

251. FALL OF THE HOUSE OF EWING - J.R. lambasts the family for abandoning him. Sue Ellen confronts J.R. about the picture in the newspaper of him and Mandy. Mrs. Scottfield reveals her revenge scheme to a stunned Bobby. J.R. almost gets trapped by the Justice Department but manages to get out at the last moment. J.R. faces a major defeat by a vengeful enemy. Sue Ellen has an unpleasant confrontation with Mandy over J.R. A showdown looms when Jeremy Wendell reveals his plot to destroy Ewing Oil to J.R. Pam and Bobby's dreams and plans are shattered as tragedy strikes Pam when her car crashes into a tanker and explodes into a ball of fire.
Sue Ellen to Mandy: "I'm cutting you off you Viper! You came back to help me? No, you came back to help yourself to my husband."
J.R.: "WENDELL! You touch that painting and I'll kill you where you stand."
J.R. [holding Jock's portrait]: "John Ross...THIS is Ewing Oil."

Deadwood - The Complete First Season

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Deadwood is awsome 5 out of 5 stars.
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I got this for my parents and they loved it so much that they insist on lending it out for other people to watch. You gotta buy this series its excellent!!!

Deadwood Season One 5 out of 5 stars.
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I got this series for my husbands birthday. He had watched a few shows on HBO and was interested in seeing more. It is a very well done series - great acting, costumes, directing etc. It was interesting to see how the town of Deadwood started. If you can get past the profanity and the violence especially against women it is well worth the purchase.

From the begining 5 out of 5 stars.
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I was hooked from the very first episode. I literally couldn't get enough. Literally. Good extras but a few more would have been perfect. This show, without extras, would still be a wonderful buy. Fun commentaries. I got this at a great price and have no plans to let anyone borrow these DVDs. I'd be worried sick. I love Deadwood!

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(HBO Dramatic Series) 1876. In the Black Hills of South Dakota lies Deadwood, a lawless town inhabited by a mob of restless misfits ranging from an ex-lawman to a scheming saloon owner to the legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. The richest gold strike in American history provides the backdrop for HBO's next great drama.

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Dead Like Me: Life After Death

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As Always, Ellen performs as hoped for..., the show had the drama and humor we all hoped for... 5 out of 5 stars.
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I was obliged to keep the fact that I'd seen the movie already to myself, a friend of mine, an actress (a friend) in the movie (I won't say who she was) showed it to me... needless to say it was previous to her narration of this segment of this interesting story (and I felt the story added to the progression of the story that was so much cut short by the buyout of Showtime by HBO). This show, Dead Like Me, developed by the same successful and amazing writer and producer/director as that of "Pushing Daisies", hit it right on, yet when Showtime got bought out by HBO, his amazing ability to understand gender on both sides went overlooked, and the amazing enjoyability of the show went likewise, overlooked!!!... needless to say, there is quite a roller-coaster of drama and comedy that got sold out and terminated by the A-typical masses of insanity, rather than the actual real folks of reality. You can't ask for more if you have any moral, emotional, and intellectual intuition... if you have all mentioned? buy/rent/watch this show... I guarantee you will laugh, cry, and enjoy this show. -Matt

Doctor Who: War Machines (Episode 27)

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A change of course 4 out of 5 stars.
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Doctor Who altered its course with The War Machines. Rather than travelling to a distant planet to meet strange-looking aliens, or to Earth's past to encounter a significant historical figure, War Machines is set in comtemporary London, the swinging mid-60s, and it shows! For the very first time in the series' young history, the Doctor and his companion(s) face a modern-day threat, the first time, that is, when they are large enough to interact with the rest of the characters, unlike Planet of The Giants.

As Professor Brett states, WOTAN is ten years ahead of its time. Well, maybe not ten. Perhaps only five years, which would put it smack down in the beginning of the Pertwee Years, right next to a simlar story, Mind of Evil, about a machine taking over people's minds. If anything, The War Machines foreshadows the Third Doctor's era. Hartnell dabbles with electronic gadgets, works with the military (not UNIT yet, but very UNIT-like), and endures incompetent politicians to prevent a menace from taking over the world. Sound familiar? The Pertwee Years four years early. In fact, if you re-hash this script and use it toward another popular 60s TV program, The Avengers, it would feel right at home. I anticipated John Steed and Emma Peel to show up on my TV screen at any minute.

Incidentally, the notion expressed that Doctor Who finally has taken its intended form with The War Machines is about as bogus the Doctor's background being changed during the McCoy years to be something more than a timelord. The intended course in any series is how it originates, not how it becomes. The originators of any series always deserve the "intended course" label. This is not to say that the new direction of the show is bad, but let's not claim that this is where Sidney Newman & Verity Lambert envisioned Doctor Who going.

Basically, The War Machines steers Doctor Who in a new direction, a very subtle foreboding of the early 70s, worth every one of the four stars I gave it. However this story could have been a five-star beauty. How you ask? Where have you gone Ian & Barbara. The Doctor may as well have been companion-less. Dodo barely features at all, disappearing somewhere in episode two, never to be seen again. We are given the revelation at the end that she has decided to stay in London, and bids the Doctor goodbye by relaying a message through the new companions, Ben & Polly. As the Doctor says, that's gratitude for you, not even showing the decency to see the Doctor off personally after being given the experience of her life. Dodo should have gotten a more substantial exit. As for the aforementioned new companions, Ben & Polly fit in with the swinging 60s era, and Polly is pleasing to the eye, however they are no Ian & Barbara. In retrospect, War Machines could have been the perfect swan song for Ian & Barbara. I can just see them telling the Doctor that "we have decided to remain here" at the end of this story, fate having steered the Tardis back in their own time finally. An opportunity sadly lost...

Dead Zone: The Final Season

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Hit and Miss 3 out of 5 stars.
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First let me say that I have been with Johnny and crew from the very beginning. I count myself as a fan. I sat fascinated during the early episodes, marveling both at the storytelling and cool special effects. By Season 3, the series was slowly losing its way. The acting was spotty, but mostly it was the uneven writing that stood out. Seasons 4 and 5 continued the slide down.

I have mixed reviews of the sixth and final season. During this final installment, the new writers decided to just scrap the main Stilson story line and go off on one-show adventures. Each hour introduces some new dilemma that Johnny must confront. Unfortunately, all of the other cast except Sarah are essentially removed from the show after episode 1 (I don't want to spoil things, so I'll leave it at that). The loss of the supporting cast is unfortunate, because it was the character interaction (Bruce-Johnny, Rev. Purdy-Stillson, etc.) that gave the show depth.

There are some decent episodes (Big Top, Switch, Outcome, and Denouement) and some poor ones (Heritage, Ego, Re-entry, Interred). One thing I noticed was that anytime the new sheriff is on screen, the show suffers. I don't know if it is her acting or the terrible lines she was forced to mutter, but it is painful to watch. Also, Sarah's hot and cold behavior towards Johnny and God forbid Stillson is completely out of character. It makes her come off as a needy widow in search of a husband and father for her kids - I'm sorry to have to even say that, but it plays out that way. If anyone would have told me that she would kiss Stillson, I would have probably not even bothered with the season at all.

Overall, I think this final season is an improvement over the last one. But it ends with things basically where they all started - nothing resolved - the world's headed back towards armageddon, Stillson is still at the helm, and we the viewers are not quite sure what is going to happen next. Everyone looks a bit haggard, but I suppose the actors must feel that way after the ups and down the writers have put them through. I enjoyed the Dead Zone, but in truth I had hoped for something more from the final season.

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Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season

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Everything you need in a great show 5 out of 5 stars.
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It was a great season of a great show. Totally worth buying if you like a well written show, with a lot of mystery; love; comedy, drama and action. The cast is amazing and work very well together. It was a pleasant suprise to see that the acting was very good. This show is not how it appears or comes off. The comedy springs from the fact that it is written similar to a soap opera at times. Lastly, a lot of curve balls are thrown try and solve the mystery, its one fun show.

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Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday (Episode 118)

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"Conformity is the only Freedom" says the Frog-man. 3 out of 5 stars.
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First let me qualify that I loved the Peter Davison years (1981-84). The potentially disastrous transition from Tom Baker's longest running a 4th incarnation to Davison's Fifth. From the Doctor Who writer Terence Dudley who brought us such 80's plot train wrecks as the Black Orchid and the original Xmas special K9 & Co., we now welcome "Four to Doomsday" to DVD. Dudley's writing is the least of this episode's problems, as it happens this was the first story arc that the "new" Doctor would film, although it would follow the excellent season premiere of Castrovalva, it was truly the story Davison would explore how he was intending to portray the character. For this reason, "Four to Doomsday" is weaker, but for the very same reason it is worth owning to watch this awkward transition period. For his charter season, Davison's Doctor is very much like William Hartnell's 1st Doctor, not to mention the entourage of companions that both Doctor's were afflicted. The show's design and effects are quite neat, like the Doctor's spacewalk, the retro-pseudo-science helmets and the Monopitcon camera-critters.

The plot, if you can follow it between the Rave/World Music dance-offs, is something about a frogman Monarch, who has visited Earth 4 times, collecting people to make android replicas to distract him on his millennia-road trips. The Urbankans' leader, Monarch, is aided by his ministers Persuasion and Enlightenment. They are engaged in a overly-complex plan to loot raw materials needed to enable him to travel back in time confirming his belief in his own status as "creator of the universe." He intends to poison humanity, allowing him to use his androids as replacements on Earth. The Doctor ultimately uses this poison against the Monarch himself. Ultimately, the baddies plan never becomes clear, in spite of all the exposition.

The episode endings are weaker than the usual fare, the first part wraps with the appearance of android embodiments of companion Tegan's highly proficient "new wave" Earthling renderings, surprising, but hardly the point to wrap the show until next week! Counter to "Who" cliffhanger tradition, the Doctor actually doesn't any immediate threat until little over an hour in (crazy long by Who standards), and then it gets very BOND as the villain invites them to dine. But as if the apologize for this weakness, the closing moments of the story have Nyssa collapsing upon returning to the TARDIS, a cliffhanger leading to Nyssa being largely absent from the next story arc KINDA.


"Four to Doomsday" Drinking game...drink each time .....

...the Doctor loses his Companions, Sonic ScrewDriver...his way.

...the dialogue unleashes some amazing double entendres ...like Adric's gem, "He (The Doctor) knows I'm no good with my hands!" and several from the Urbankans, like "How can Earthlings have penetrated us?" or "Nyssa, relieve him" and "Is this one of your dropping times, Doctor?"

..the dialogue turns to heavy self-referencing exposition like Adric's non-stop rambling about the Timelords, TARDIS and anything else the Urbankans "Wanted to Know, but Were Afraid to Ask."

...the cameras cut back to a musical number.

...the action breaks for some Greco-Roman wrestling.