# Series that you went into cold on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142 "2012-07-03T21:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/21 "2012-07-04T06:28:35Z")
I’ve watched lots of series when they first aired ‘live’\* on the tv including CHiPs, Hawaii Five-O (the original), Moonlighting, Deadwood, The Sopranos, The X-files, Red Dwarf, Hart to Hart, Twin Peaks, Friends, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder (Slackbladder :p), Married with Children, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Absolutely Fabulous, Neighbours, Quantum Leap, Fraiser, Cheers, Hill Street Blues, Fresh Prince, Golden Girls, the A-Team, Magnum, the Cosby Show, Only Fools and Horses, Spaced, Six Feet Under, The Office, Battlestar Galactica (the original), The Simpsons (not all of those), Father Ted, Prisoner: Cell Block H, The West Wing, Extras, Mr Bean, 'Allo 'Allo, Columbo, Lost, Northern Exposure, Da Ali G Show, Knight Rider … I could probably go on which is a little depressing; I used to watch too much tv.:eek: I heard about ‘The Wire’ so got it and dropped it half way through episode 3. I’d just finished watching the Sopranos on dvd (after catching the first series on tv, years before) and must have been spoilt. I rarely watch tv now, anyway, as I think I’ve seen enough. \*In the UK ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/22 "2012-07-04T11:47:26Z")
I bought the season 1 set of HBO’s Game of Thrones without seeing any episodes. though I may have watched clips on the net. I did read the books though, so I’m not sue if that counts. Brian ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/23 "2012-07-04T16:04:45Z")
The ones we own: VHS - Red Dwarf. I had never heard of it, rarely watched PBS, and my (new at the time) boyfriend suggested I watch it, I wasn’t interested. I ended up watching all 8 seasons in less than 2 days. It’s still my favorite TV show ever and I have it on DVD and those original tapes that my boyfriend recorded. VHS - Babylon 5. Another suggestion by boyfriend. We ended up getting all of that on DVD too and we still watch the entire run at least once a year. DVD - Arrested Development, Captain Scarlet, Barney Miller, The Muppet Show. I had actually never even heard of the first 3 before my boyfriend insisted on buying the DVDs and I had heard of the Muppet Show but had never seen any of it. Every single one of those shows, whether VHS or DVD had me hooked before the first episode ended. Thanks to Netflix: The Flash (don’t make fun), Tales of the Gold Monkey, Rosemary and Thyme, Midsomer Murders, Case Closed, Jonathan Creek, The Critic, The Young Ones, Father Ted. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/24 "2012-07-04T17:38:14Z")
_Firefly_ _Farscape_ _Numb3rs_ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/25 "2012-07-05T21:52:56Z")
A bunch, usually because they go on sale for $10-15 and it’s hard to say no to that kind of deal. Off the top of my head: **Dexter** **The Big Bang Theory** **Breaking Bad** **Dead Like Me** **Sports Night** **The Sopranos** ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/26 "2012-07-05T22:10:38Z")
**Weeds**. I had heard it was good and liked Mary-Louise Parker, so I rented the first season DVD. We finished the entire first season in two days and became major fans (though it started falling apart after they left Agrestic (shit) Majestic. Not on DVD, but on Hulu: **Misfits**. The first two seasons were amazing. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/27 "2012-07-05T22:54:22Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > _The Wire_ for me. Lots of my friends loved it and so I gave it a try. I was sucked in almost immediately. Why? The acting, the storylines, and the subject matter are all compelling? My favorite thing though is Michael K Williams as Omar. How can you not love Omar? Well, I guess there WAS something endearing about a guy coming to kill and/or rob you whistling “The Farmer in the Dell.” 🆒 I was sucked in immediately to **The Wire** reruns when I ran the first episode of the series On Demand. The opening scene is McNulty sitting on the steps with one of the street-level mopes in Barksdale’s crew. They were discussing the street name of a kid shot and killed earlier in the evening. The dead kid’s name was Snot Boogie. [Enjoy the opening scene of The Wire, Season 1, Episode 1.](http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=LYgKmOJT_gM) **OZ** , i found the first season DVD set in the library. **The Sopranos** I found searching for something to watch one night in HBO’s On Demand section on my cable. **The Sopranos** was already in its 4th season and I’d never watched it and barely recognized the title. I’m slightly embarrassed to admit I thought the show was about singers. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/28 "2012-07-05T23:23:15Z")
Someone loaned me the box of **Firefly**. Been hooked ever since. Bought Season One of **Justified** on a whim at target. Fan for life. Sam for **Sons of Anarchy**. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/29 "2012-07-06T00:24:36Z")
> [@bmasters1](#): > > –_CHiPs_: This is on the list because of its premise of two CHP officers (Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada) patrolling around the sprawling highways of L.A.; they do this so much that it gives it a travelogue feel that I really enjoy. Old _Adam-12_ is the same way, at least for the San Fernando Valley. It’s amazing how much stuff I see on that show is still there. _Dragnet_ is mostly Universal backlot, but you can play “Spot The Munster’s House.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/30 "2012-07-06T00:31:23Z")
I’ve just put in the DVD of the original BBC series [Quatermass and The Pit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051305/). I saw the Hammer Film a long time ago, but never the series that inspired it. I’ll have to come back later to give my impression. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/31 "2012-07-06T00:32:50Z")
Mercy Trauma October Road What About Brian …and I liked them in that order too. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/32 "2012-07-06T02:35:29Z")
I’ll assume “DVD” also includes Blu-Ray I had seen a couple of episodes of _Mad Men_ (very late to the party, like 2009 or 2010) and thought it was great. So I headed down to Best Buy to buy the first two seasons on Blu-Ray. While I was there, I was in a buying mood, and saw _Breaking Bad_, season one. I know absolutely nothing about _Breaking Bad_ other than: [ol] [li]The lead character was the dad from _Malcolm in the Middle_ (and I did like him there)[/li][li]The critics were all raving about it[/li][/ol] So I bought it, and then it sat on my shelf for a week or two while I got through Seasons 1-2 of _Mad Men_ (which were absolutely magnificient) The next weekend, I finally peeled off the wrap of Season 1 of _Breaking Bad_, and said, “hey, let’s give this a shot”. Holy…farking…sheet. I was rapt from ep 1; but ep 3 ("…And The Bag’s In The River") had me absolutely pacing, gnawing my nails, terrified yet fascinated with the tension. I was fully hooked from then on. Walt getting to know Krazy-8 in Jesse’s Aunt’s basement, bonding with him, then…well, you know. This was Krazy-8’s last episode. Yeah, I should have been on this series earlier. But holy fark, what a magnificient series to stumble into late. So great. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/33 "2012-07-06T03:11:45Z")
_Alias_ with Jennifer Garner. Several friends having been raving about it to me. I saw a used Season 1 on Ebay cheap and recently bought it. I’m through ep4 so far. It is a really good show. I can’t believe I never heard about it when it was on TV. Clue me in, (no spoilers) does it jump the shark in the later seasons? Should I stop buying the dvds at a certain point? Nice seeing that Jennifer had a really good career in acting before marrying Affleck and making babies. She really kicks ass in _Alias_. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/34 "2012-07-06T03:43:42Z")
The _Battlestar Galactica_ remake, based on a friend’s recommendation. I caught up to the broadcasts in short order. HBO’s _Rome_. Well worth the higher-than-average price that HBO discs usually command. _Deadwood_. Also well worth it. _M_A_S_H\*, based on a recommendation from someone wearing a M_A_S\*H shirt. I never got her name. Great show. _Monk_, which I enjoyed for two or three seasons. Then I lost interest. _Arrested Development_ didn’t grab me, and I only watched a few episodes. I intend to give it another chance someday, though. _Mad Men_. Check plus. _Breaking Bad_, if you count Netflix. I wish that Netflix would get more seasons of it. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/35 "2012-07-08T11:48:59Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > _Alias_ > > Clue me in, (no spoilers) does it jump the shark in the later seasons? Should I stop buying the dvds at a certain point? Don’t know that it jumps the shark per se, but it did get a bit, shall we say “strange”? towards the end. I’m waiting till I clear off a bit of my credit card so I can start buying Mad Men, I’d never seen it before until season 5 appeared on a channel I can watch, loved it. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/36 "2012-07-08T15:14:15Z")
Smallville. Saw an episode or 2 and bought Season 1. I wouldn’t say I was “red hot” about it, but I thought it was well done and bought several seasons’ worth. Frasier. Again just casually familiar with it and got hooked. Great show, one of the best sitcoms ever IMO (despite Frasier and his brother somehow, who in real life wow would I hate). ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/37 "2012-07-08T18:37:51Z")
**New Tricks** , British crime drama, top ratings over there for years. 3 old cops come out of retirement under a disgraced female Inspector to reopen cold cases. I love the various Brit crime dramas but had never heard of this one until someone I follow on Twitter mentioned writing an episode for it. They are working on Series 9 right now I believe, so I have a lot of catching up to do. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/38 "2012-07-08T18:45:02Z")
The first episode of **Mad-Men** I ever saw was the season 1 finale; that was enought to get me to buy the DVD set. The only other TV box sets I’ve purchased (as opposed to rented) cold are **Clatterford** (aka **Jam & Jerusalem** ) because I’m a big fan of Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders (I didn’t realize they weren’t the main characters, but still loved the show) and **Are You Being Served? Again!** (aka **Grace & Favour** ), becuase I’m a fan of the original series and it was on sale. ---
**Author:** ![Nom\_de\_Plume](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Nom\_de\_Plume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nom_de_Plume)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/39 "2012-07-08T21:26:00Z")
My wife and I were in a DVD store, and bought Wonderfalls based solely on the synopsis on the back. We’ve forced all of our friends to watch it since. It was only 13 episodes, but the story arc wrapped up nicely, making it feel like a finished piece, and just bizarre enough for our tastes. ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/40 "2012-07-09T00:00:29Z")
I purchased the #2 and #3 releases of _McHale’s Navy_, and 2 discs into #2, starting on the 3rd disc, I’ve already taken a liking to it. It seems as if it will become a treasured favorite of mine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142.md?page=3)