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We finished C.S.I. (Vegas) season 2 a couple of weeks ago, and we were watching Time Tunnel vol. 1, but it got a bit hokey in large doses, so we switched to the complete Eerie Indiana, which we finished yesterday.

In the last three months or so I've watched
-about 3 discs of Friends - The Complete Third Season
-about 6 discs of Monty Python's Flying Circus: 16 Ton Mega-Set
-Smallville: Season One
-Seinfeld: Season Four
-The Office (BBC): Series One

littlefuzzy wrote:so we switched to the complete Eerie Indiana, which we finished yesterday.

Whoa, I had no idea that was out on DVD. I used to love that show! I'm a bit surprised there were only nineteen episodes, I always thought there were a lot more.
Okay, I've just read up on the show, and I'm buying. Ah, reliving the good old days...

Nandor wrote:

littlefuzzy wrote:so we switched to the complete Eerie Indiana, which we finished yesterday.

Whoa, I had no idea that was out on DVD. I used to love that show! I'm a bit surprised there were only nineteen episodes, I always thought there were a lot more.
Okay, I've just read up on the show, and I'm buying. Ah, reliving the good old days...

Good news, I am always glad to see someone else who appreciates the show!

I just had a marathon of Full House and watched all of season 2. Some of those episodes were pretty cheesy but a good time none the less.

Don't know if this counts, but:

Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies

I also played some of my Disney Dogs DVD Game.

In my quest to watch all five days of 24 before I get to go back to work, we finished Day Three and will start on Day Four later today.

This is without comparison the best show on television.

Joan of Arcadia S2



Actually, I finished this on Tuesday, but I was hoping to listen to the commentary on the final episode before reporting back here. Sadly, given the current work situation (and other circumstances) I'm unlikely to be able to do this for a while.

Regular readers may remember that I absolutely adored Season 1, and was desperate for Season 2 to be released, even though internet 'reports' were that Season 2 wasn't as good as Season 1.

Well, I think those reports were wrong. Season 2 was immeasurably better than the 1st season. I think this for two related reasons – Firstly there was no need to introduce the main characters, as the viewer was already familiar with them (which in turn allows for the introduction or of new supporting characters or expansion of existing supporting characters) and – secondly – there was a much more ensemble feeling to the second year. All of the characters got, if not a story centred upon them, they at least got a number of substantial "B" plots based around them.

Now, I'm not a religious person, and I don't think I ever will be. But as with the first season, the show constantly asked the questions most of us would do if we could talk to God. And we got answers too – answers that, to me, are more convincing than most of the answers I've ever seen given by the church, even though all we got were, in effect more questions and short parables.

Yes, the answers are nothing more than more questions, metaphors or parables. But this explains why I love the show so much. It assumes the viewer has intelligence. Not just in the key conversations with God, but everywhere. The scripts are amazingly literate and emotional. Watching Joan of Arcadia you'll both laugh and cry, sometimes within minutes of each other. But unlike other "religious" shows, it never resorts to long lecturing monologues or blatant emotional manipulation of the audience.

When you have a show in which God, in various guises, has a speaking role, and yet the show itself never preaches, and everyone's dialogue seems natural and unscripted, you know you are experiencing something extra special.

Finally, I feel I must address that ending. Much as I hate to admit it (because I was enjoying the show so much) it's probably for the better that the series ended when it did. The presence of an "anti-Joan" is interesting, without a doubt, but it strikes me as being a little too "comic book", and the final episode seemed to be nothing more than the series building up a "mythology" of its own. Such devices are common in other genre shows, and on the whole, although they are basically clichés, I generally enjoy them (clichés after all are only clichés because they are commonly used, and they're only commonly used because they work), I don't think it’s the path Joan of Arcadia should have been taking. Joan of Arcadia wasn't a "big" show, even though it tackled the "big" questions. (Plus, it was so character driven, I never ever considered it a genre show)

I'd give Joan of Arcadia S2 a rating of 10/10. I think both seasons are quite simply the best show ever shown on television, without exception or qualifiers.

littlefuzzy wrote:Good news, I am always glad to see someone else who appreciates the show!

I told some of my friends it's available on DVD, and they ordered it as well. I never knew they watched it when they were younger ^^

It took me two days, but I've finished watching Eerie, Indiana. It amazes me how much of it I remembered. I took some very fun trips down memory lane ^^

I've also finisher GG season three, so now I'm just working through the rest of Bottom. I expect to find The Simpsons season nine in the mail tomorrow. AbFab season two has finally been shipped, so that'll be in later this week ^^

The Simpsons Season 7.

I've got one disc left before I'm finished with I Love Lucy: The Complete Fourth Season!

Here's a list of all the TV show sets that I wtched today.

King of the Hill Season Two (Traffic Jam)
The Weird Al Show Complete Series (Time Travel)
The Simpsons Season 9 (Lisa the Simpson)

Yesterday morning I finished Stacked: The Complete Series. It's too bad it's gone it was very funny and smart. (Yes I am aware I am talking about a show that stared Pam Anderson. )

I just finished re-watching Nip/Tuck Season 3. Great season, so-so bonus features. I also just started watching Six Feet Under Season 1. I've watched the first 3 episodes and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it so far!!!!

The Peanuts, The complete collection
It's all the TV episoded ever produced and both seasons of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show" on 12 discs.

The Simpsons Season 8
You Only Move Twice

i just finished sabrina the teenage witch last night, and now i working on disc 4 of desperate housewives season 1, god i love this show.....jrboy

Finished off seasons 5 and 6 of Buffy and season 3 of Angel. Working on 7 (again) and then I'm off to review the final season.

I watched The Simpsons season four.

The Nanny: The Complete Second Season - Another great season, the comedy between Niles and Fran is hysterical. I wish Sony would hurry up and release Season Three!