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Great drama TV (11 titles)

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AMAZING. dark, funny and intelligent. Pure class

Six Feet Under - The Complete First Season (4 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Alan Ball
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The complete first season of the US drama show set around a family-run Los Angeles funeral parlour. In the pilot episode Nate returns home to his family when his father is killed in a car crash. In 'The Will' Nate and David are awarded the family funeral business in their father's will. 'The Foot' ..read more »
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Queer as Folk - Season 1 - US Version (6 discs) on DVD (2000)
Starring: Hal Sparks, Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill
Director: Russell T. Davies
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Queer As Folk is an unapologetic celebration of life in all its varied forms. Within the differences, we discover similarities that make us all human. The series focuses on the relationships, careers, loves, and ambitions of a group of gay men and lesbians living in Pittsburgh. Lending strong drama ..read more »
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Mushy family drama but i can't help but watch it every week!

Brothers and Sisters - The Complete Firs... (6 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Ken Olin, Matt Shakman, Tucker Gates
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Enter the complex world of the Walkers, and explore what it means to be an American family in the 21st century. Though they live very different and conflicting lives, the Walkers find unity under the family roof. Relationships bend but never break as they strive to find their own identities and ..read more »
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- 80
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A classic

Ally McBeal - Season 1 (6 discs) on DVD (1997)
Starring: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Greg Germann
Director: James Frawley, Thomas Schlamme, Joe Napolitano /
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All 22 episodes from the first season of the popular American comedy series following the eccentric thoughts and experiences of Ally McBeal, as she tries to make her mark as a lawyer and an independent woman.
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- 70
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From the writer of Six Feet Under, it's a dark, funny and intelligent vampire show!

True Blood - Series 1 (5 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Anna Paquin
Director: Alan Ball, Scott Winant, John Dahl
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All 12 episodes from the first season of the offbeat vampire drama series penned by 'American Beauty' and 'Six Feet Under' writer Alan Ball. Anna Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse, a Louisiana waitress with telepathic powers whose life changes forever when 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen ..read more »
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Heroes - Series 3 (6 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Milo Ventimiglia
Director: Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Anthony Hemingway
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The dark forces rise up and gather with even more strength as a rejuvenated Sylar (Zachary Quinto) joins them in their attempt to destroy the Earth once and for all in the third season of the riveting smash hit sci-fi series. Meanwhile, Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) and Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) try to ..read more »
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- 80
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Just started watching this but its well written and gritty stuff and everyone says its the best show ever!

The Wire - Season 1 (5 discs) on DVD (2002)
Starring: Wood Harris, Clarke Peters, Dominic West
Director: Daniel Attias, Brad Anderson
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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series The Corner, this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a ..read more »
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- 80
- from 20,940 members

Not great but fun enough

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles ... (6 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau
Director: Charles Beeson, Bryan Spicer, Holly Dale
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With the fate of humanity at stake, Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) fights to protect her teenage son John (Thomas Dekker) from a series of nearly indestructible robots sent from the future to kill him, in this exciting series based on the popular Terminator films. In the second season, the Connors and ..read more »
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- 80
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Good saturday evening entertainment and I love Michelle Ryan, shame it didn't make it

Bionic Woman - The Complete Series (2 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Mark Sheppard, Michelle Ryan, Lucy Hale
Director: Steve Boyum, Michael Dinner, Tim Matheson
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All eight episodes of the re-imagined sci-fi series starring Michelle Ryan. When bartender Jaime Sommers (Ryan) is seriously injured in a car accident, her life is saved by her boyfriend Will (Chris Bowers) who performs a revolutionary operation, providing her with bionic implants. Jaime must now ..read more »
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Engaging, sharply written, behind the scnes tv show. Got really involved which made it worse really as it didn't make it past it's first season.

Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip (6 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford
Director: Timothy Busfield, Thomas Schlamme
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The complete first season of the US comedy drama starring Matthew Perry. The series takes a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy television show run by head writer Matt Albie (Perry) and producer/director Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford). Episodes comprise: 'Pilot', 'The Cold Open', '..read more »
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- 80
- from 4992 members