Everwood

Everwood - The Complete First Season
$27.98
Okay, Everwood characters such as Dr. Brown may on rare occasions get a tad preachy. But only rarely. Otherwise, this a fine ensemble cast, with a reasonable amount of angst, great wilderness and small town locations, plenty of family and school drama, and content that is perfectly okay for older kids, say middle school aged, to view with or without their parents in the room.

Treat Williams is appealing as the aforementioned NY doctor who moves to a tiny town after his wife's death. The biggest challenge for him is raising his young daughter and teenage son, the latter one filled with bitterness about being forced to move and rightfully angry with his dad for hardly having been home in the earlier years. This of course leads to much confrontation, arguing, blame, and guilt, which makes for great scenes of conflict. The easier kid, Delia, is a delight to watch. The rival doctor is a real stealer of scenes, while the woman playing his toughp-as-nails mother is usually fun as well. There's also a neighbor who has to raise her son alone and can connect with Dr. B. on that level, while Ephram must deal with his feelings for the gentle Amy, who is torn between him and her comatose lover, Colin. Her brother, Bright, isn't very...bright. But he's okay in his way.

Beautiful locations and some good songs too.

One Tree Hill: The Complete Sixth Season
$59.98
Season 6 was definitely one of my favorite seasons of the show. The first four were entertaining, but the endless love triangles, catfights, and puppy love grew old after about two seasons. It's nice to have the characters we love all grown up and having, well, "grown-up" problems.

A definite plus for this season was finally having Lucas and Peyton (our epic-but-never-meant-to-be-couple) as an actual couple. I'm only sad to know that this is the last time we will be seeing those two on the show, as Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton are both not returning next season.
There were several other really good, engaging plot lines this season - including Brooke dealing with her attack, the introduction of her foster daughter Sam, Quentin's death, and some really great moments for Brooke and Peyton's friendship (which I think has always been and always will be the heart of the show).

Yes, it's a soap, but it's a good soap! OTH fans will drool over season 6.

*Just a side note: the packaging was so much more compact and sleek than the other seasons! It seems like not a big deal, but it was kind of nice, I thought...

American Dreams - Season One (Extended Music Edition)
$26.98
Yes, it's been a while since this has been off the air but it's still a shame that this show was never given more of a chance for it to survive longer than it's 3 seasons. This was a wonderful, wholesome family show and I firmly believe that NBC pulled the plug on this one way to soon. A show like this is just what is needed during these uncertain economic and political times. To go back to a time when life was more structured with good old fashioned family values, something that is so incredibly lost today. A time where all American's fully believed in their country.

October Road - The Complete First Season
$29.99
My wife and I liked this series which was cancelled. I bought her this DVD series so we can see the extra dvd-only footage which should basically tie up the loose ends. If you want to know who is Sam's father...watch this.....but be aware you don't get much bang for your buck in the 10 minutes in the extra footage.