# Help this European noob to download an US TV-show, safe and legal **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894 "2009-10-23T19:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/1 "2009-10-23T19:48:57Z")
I want to watch the last two episodes of Dollhouse season 1. Can anyone recommend me a safe, legal way to download those? I don’t know where to start, and a lot of the download sites on the web seem either illegal or shady. I live in the Netherlands and have paypal and mastercard. ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/2 "2009-10-23T19:55:56Z")
itunes ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/3 "2009-10-23T19:57:20Z")
the last episode of season one “Omega” (not the unaired “Epitaph One”) is available for free if you download virtual echo - and may be if you don’t at [fox.com](http://fox.com) virtual echo is also free ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/4 "2009-10-23T20:00:13Z")
also, both should be available for free on [HULU.com](http://HULU.com) - which is 100% legal. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/5 "2009-10-23T20:01:37Z")
> [@pan1](#): > > also, both should be available for free on [HULU.com](http://HULU.com) - which is 100% legal. Did you miss the Netherlands part of the OP? ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/6 "2009-10-23T20:02:39Z")
I was not aware that Hulu was locality restrictive. - I guess I am now. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/7 "2009-10-25T00:18:43Z")
Have you looked in iTunes? I know there’s an iTunes NL, and I know Dollhouse Season 1 is in the iTunes store - but I only have access to the US store. You’ll have to download iTunes to find out, tho. ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/8 "2009-10-25T00:23:25Z")
I looked, and iTunes doesn’t sell TV shows in the Netherlands iTunes Store yet. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/9 "2009-10-25T07:36:06Z")
Do you have access to the Virgin 1 TV channel? The whole series is being broadcast there. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/10 "2009-10-25T14:32:59Z")
Would using an anonymous IP work? and would it qualify as legal - he’s just trying to access free content. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/11 "2009-10-25T14:55:56Z")
That content isn’t free everywhere, that’s the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/12 "2009-10-25T15:10:02Z")
If you have an American credit card, you can order off the US version of iTunes. But basically, I think you just have to wait until it is released there. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/13 "2009-10-25T19:41:38Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > That content isn’t free everywhere, that’s the problem. It’s free where it is available, it isn’t available everywhere. He’s trying to pay for it. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-european-noob-to-download-an-us-tv-show-safe-and-legal/514894/14 "2009-10-25T20:23:18Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Would using an anonymous IP work? and would it qualify as legal - he’s just trying to access free content. FWIW, Hulu has made efforts to prevent the use of [anonymous IPs by international viewers.](http://www.obsessable.com/news/2009/05/07/hulu-blocks-international-viewing-workarounds/) The article suggests that Hulu’s geographical restriction on viewing is due to licensing issues. Per the OP’s question, sorry, I can’t help. I’m curious to know the answer, though.