A show that went off to early
590114
Admittedly this is no Firefly, a stellar standout show but Earth 2 was interesting and had potential. It should have been given a chance to last more than one season, so I'm glad to see it FINALLY come to dvd. I am looking forward to watching over again and getting reacquainted with the story!
1928767
I began watching later 24 seasons & thought I'd go back and see how it started.  Honestly, the first season is not nearly as good as later ones.  Generally poorer writing and a little too much like a soap opera.  24 became great but, they were lucky they weren't cancelled out of the gate based on this turd.
3201065
great show pity they were canceled so far too early.  You can see 2nd season was rushed and packed in too much, but still a great season.  First season was brilliant.  Wish they had received 5 years to do that long Roman era even more justice.
2099960
Sadly, this show only lasted two seasons.  Its intelligent humor, warmth, and awkward social observations were too much for yesterday's audience.  It is my hope that this show may one day find an audience and rise, again.  I yearn for a third season!
4603301
The show moved a bit slowly but had to cover a great deal of time.  The acting was exceptional and I stayed up 'too late' more than one night because I 'had to' see the next episode.
1089218
I would say the Dead played better on this new years morning than they did most shows at this time- probably because it was the last of many shows at this venue.  Kind of cool that it was the era of Saturday Night Live at it's most crazy and craven. So, sold setlist, commendable committment from the guys, historic occasion, the Beast firing on 7 of it's 8 cyclinders, good sound to the disc...yeah, worth getting.
1805038
The seventh season is really where the show started running out of steam, in large part because the bigger story arcs started to come to a conclusion.  This season includes the 100th episode which is an homage to clue.  It also was supposed to include the musical episode, which was a way to bring back the yang story line, but the musical was pushed back and was included on the season 8 DVD set and not this one.  The two very big episodes are the 7th and 8th of the season which involves a wedding and someone finding out about Shawn and the aftermath of that.  For those who have not seen the show I will not spoil it, but they are the two best episodes of the season, and two of the best in the series (in my opinion).

For those who get the DVDs, the extras are much like what came before.  A gag reel, deleted scenes for most episodes and commentary tracks for some of the episodes.  A lot of material for those who like to go through it.  While the show remained funny, you could definitely get the feeling that it was going to come to an end soon, which really happens to every show.  Still I think for a fan of the show it is worth adding to your collection.
1713150
I was glad to see that my favorite TV show of all time was available on Amazon Prime: Mission Impossible. I'd thought that I'd seen most episodes, but found out that I had missed quite a few. I was in the military at the time, so there was not a lot of opportunity to commit to seeing a television show every week. This time around, I started at Season 1, Episode 1, and began watching in sequence. Most of the episodes hold up over time very well, although today's technology does make some of the gimmicks of the era seem quaint today. More to the point, since this review is supposed to be about Season 5, I can easily say why it only gets 3 stars, and not 4 or 5 such as I would give other seasons. The cast had evolved over time for reasons that most viewers are now well aware of, and season 5 brought both Sam Elliot and Lesley Ann Warren to the program. Ms. Warren was a young and hot property in show biz at the time, and I'm sure that the producers were always mindful of bringing in a younger audience with someone who would appeal to that demo. Likewise, Sam Elliot was a new face then, and not the craggy looking old dude he is today. (He is a great actor, though). The problem is, Ms. Warren was just too young to be hanging around with the generation of operatives who were pulling these capers, and it was creepy seeing her engage in some of the tactics necessary for the missions with men who could be her father. As good an actress as she was ( and probably still is) she wasn't convincing in the way that Barbara Bain, or even Lee Meriwether was. But I won't blame her entirely for the three stars. Half of the stories, and the developed scripts were pretty bad, and I mean really bad. They came off as if they had been done over a couple of drinks over the weekend, and lacked the complexity and ballsiness that earlier shows had. The repeated efforts to do stories about "student protests" and uprisings on campus probably seemed topical at the time, but bring out a yawn today. Give me Col. Rogosh, Stravos, Rojak and all of the other lowlifes that Jim, Barnie, Rollin, Paris, Willie, Cinnamon, and Tracey crushed in previous seasons, and I'd be happy. Maybe they were just running out of stories...
2718215
This was an incredible show. Ulrich Roth, Michael and Rudolf Schenker as well as Mattias Jabs kicked butt. No doubt about it. Klaus was great too. My PAL formatted DVD played well. It skipped very quickly about 4 times but it didn't interfere with the entertainment value. Whoever cut this show up though, did a very poor job. Too many 3 second close ups and then going from scene to scene. Too many crowdshots also. All these great guitarists and their solos were so poorly put together by the producers. Bad job. I still have to give it a 5 star because of the songs and energy. It's worth the [...].
989018
I would offer a little advice ...do not get attached too much to the characters.  This is already turning out to be one fo those shows where anyone can go at any time.  They excel at replacements tho.  Maybe they picked who they wanted then tossed some temps in ahead of them....that could totally happen.  Anyway, if you like comedy and crime and drama, it's all in there.
3227548
I was so happy to get this set on the gold box deals during Christmas. It was cheaper than the Groupon deal I missed. This is a great show and has so many interesting characters that I had so much fun meeting all over again.

Several of the discs stuck in the case and were very difficult to get out. It's like they were glued in. I was afraid some of them might actually break because it they were so hard to get out. Some of the discs had to be cleaned before they would even play. That was disappointing.

The special features are probably the worst I've even seen. I feel like they just put them on to say that they had special features. There is a silly puppet show that gets boring after about two minutes and a few very short clips of PSAs that I didn't find very interesting. I was hoping there would be a blooper reel or more interviews with the cast. The most interesting feature is about Dana leaving the show. The "reunion" special wasn't very good. I found the host annoying and they didn't discuss much. It was sad that Mia Kirshner did not take part in it. It was nice to see the ladies back together but it seemed like creator, Ilene Chaiken, kind of took over -- without giving much insight.

Overall I'm happy with my purchase but I'm taking one start off for quality of the discs and the lack of special features for an entire season.
360548
I thought this was just a fabulous show.  Too bad there was only 3 seasons - and the third was really only half a season.  I enjoyed how they tied actual events (which would have been very current when it first aired) into the storyline.  It was one of those shows where you feel very disappointed to realize it is over.
4292522
I loved this show when it aired, but I didn't get into it until the end of the first season.  I'm watching the episodes I missed, and I'll go on to watch the ones I saw, too.  It's a little dated, of course, just by being set in a particular time and place, but still fun to watch.
4553761
Very good show. Like the setting and time of program. At first I wasn't drawn in but later I became very anxious to see the next show. Really enjoy it.
2818309
This show was probably the funniest and most original show of it's time, or any time for the first 6years.  The humor was somewhat raunchy at the time, but not by today's standards.  After David Garrison left the show and was replaced by Ted McGinley, the show went downhill.
It wasn't Ted's fault, it was the writing and the direction the show went.  The humor was blunt and lusty, but very funny. Later on in the series, it just became mean, and not nearly as funny.
Enjoy the first 6 seasons as they were just plain hilarious.  Wait for the 1 hour episode of "TROYS" where Peggy and Marcy go to Male strip joint and Marcy loses her wedding ring down "Zorro"s" pants...unbelievably funny...there are so many memorable episodes, and these 13 are all very good...I wouldn't go beyond year six though.
4283210
Overall a good show.  It had its weak points such as an over emphasis on the drama aspect of the show and a slow start. BUT it also had plenty of good points like great casting good story arc and interesting possibilities. This show should have been given a chance. Canceling it after one season was poor choice.
271883
Roseanne was, in it's prime, one of the best sitcoms ever made. In an era where Cosby ruled the airwaves, it was refreshing to watch a sitcom family that experienced the ups and downs of a REAL family, like ours. They had financial troubles. They fought - sometimes over trivial (but immediately recognizable to anyone with a family of their own) issues, sometimes about big things that threatened to tear them apart. These weren't always resolved within half an hour. The show tackled some heavy issues - domestic abuse, teenage pregnancy, mental illness, but didn't preach. They also covered the lighter side of family life, with episodes chronicling a day at the mall, or a teenaged daughter's first date. When it was good, Roseanne was very, very good. But when it was bad... Unfortunately, like many high rated television series, Roseanne did wear out it's welcome. The entire last season (as well as a fair amount of the other later seasons) was atrocious. The final episode, where we learn that the entire show's run was actually a novel written by Roseanne Connor about her family (with much creative license), was lame. The show really should have bowed out gracefully while on top of it's game several years earlier. The final years get zero stars from me, however, the earlier ones get five. It probably averages out to more like three stars, but I enjoyed the show too much overall to rate it lower than four.