The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete First Season

Episode guide for season one
I am anxiously awaiting October 12 to view these DVDs. Let's hope Paramount releases quality, like with their boxed set of The Honeymooners. Until then, here's an episode guide for your reference.

First season air dates:

October 1960-May 1961

1. The New Housekeeper: Aunt Bee comes to live with Andy and Opie when their housekeeper Rosie gets married.

2. The Manhunt: State police ask Andy and Barney to step aside while they hunt for a criminal. But Andy tricks the criminal at the end by allowing him to ?escape? in his leaky fishing boat.

3. The Guitar Player: Andy tries to help Jim Lindsey, a young guitar player from the hills, get a job with Freddie Fleet and His Band With a Beat.

4. Runaway Kid: Opie befriends an 8-year-old runaway.

5. Opie?s Charity: Andy becomes upset when Opie contributes a measly three cents to an underprivileged children?s fund.

6. Ellie Comes to Town: Andy becomes interested...

The Quality is Incredible!
I agree with "MB" and his review except for the complaint about the "sponsors" and all. I also disagree with "Barney's Brother" for the following reason: GET A LIFE! We FINALLY get the AGS on quality DVDs from the studio - and they are less than $1 per episode! Can someone get a clue here? I guess you'd like to spend $60 just to get some original commercials? Why nitpick?

"MB" is right on about the quality. The picture is so clear and the sound is great! You can see many things (such as shadows from ceiling mikes) you have never noticed before. Man, it is so much different than watching on TV reruns or the bargain-bin public domain episode DVDs or VHS tapes.

All of each show is here - minus I guess those commercials. Who cares? They are NOT part of the actual show anyway!

Overall I say 5 stars are NOT ENOUGH! This is a dream come true. I cannot wait until they release all the B&W years (first 5 seasons). You can have the color years and...

Andy Fixes Everything...
This first season-a must for anyone even remotely interested in vintage television at its best. While the first episode, technicaly, should be considered an episode of the Danny Thomas Show (originally airing 2/15/1960), the first episode of the actual series (airing 10/3/1960) is well worth the price of the set. This collection introduces us to some of the most unique television characters ever created: Sheriff Andrew Jackson Taylor, Deputy Sheriff Bernard P. Fife, Opie Taylor, Beatrice 'Aunt Bee' Taylor, Floyd Lawson, Otis Campbell, Ellie Mae Walker and Thelma Lou (we never know her last name).

The following is a brief synopsis of each featured episode, with some trivia.

Disc 1

1. The New Housekeeper:

Andy and Opie's housekeeper, Rose, leaves to be married and Opie finds Aunt Bee difficult to accept as Rose's replacement.

**1st of two episodes where Barney is referenced as Andy's cousin.

2. The Manhunt:...

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Have Gun Will Travel: The Complete Series

Excellent old 60's show
This was a wonderful show. I remembered it from my childhood as being a no-nonsense Western with a great lead character. In watching it as an adult I am struck by how imaginative all the stories are. You will find none of the standard Western cliches here, not a one. Every story is fresh and new.

As usual, the CBS vaults have yielded absolutely perfect quality episodes, just like they did for Perry Mason.

This is a really great example of why Westerns were so popular back then. I highly recommend it to everyone.

The Classic of all Classic Westerns!
My boyhood entailed nightly television watching. I grew up with Bonanza and Gunsmoke and Wild Wild West and countless other westerns. Have Gun Will Travel ended when I was only six and a half, but it never ceased to linger in my earliest memories. The series was written by some of the greatest of the era, like Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek) and Bruce Geller (Mission: Impossible). Theirs, all my favourites, become classics of the small screen... with justification. Have Gun Will Travel was nominated for three Emmy Awards. When I learned that this full series was to be released at long last, I was ecstatic. I had hoped that the set would be specially packaged in a single box or binder, with a booklet containing photographs and information about the series, etc., but they have chosen to simply bundle all of the previously issued seasons. In the end, it is the DVDs that count. All 225 episodes are included. This is the classic of all classic westerns, so what more could one want? There must...

Have Gun Need Gun
Except for Dead Mans Gun this is the only western that was actually good. Paladin taught people moral lessons and unlike the dead mans gun they survived them. At least most of them did. You should get this show.

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Dexter: The Seventh Season [Blu-ray]

How are they able to do it?
I began watching the 7th Season with low expectations. I became disappointed with Dexter after Season 4 as some of the murders became inplausable and I thought the series lacked the creativity and suspense of the first two seasons. The show's pattern of watching Dexter stalk other serial killers became too familiar with less attention focused on character development. In my experience, it is *character development* that makes a series like this so watchable. With Season 7, the show has restored itself to a level of viewership found in earlier seasons.

In Season 7, while Dexter's character continues to evolve, the show focuses more on Deb's character. Watching Deb and Dexter interact is fascinating - they both evolve in their relationship as each learns more about one another. As Deb learns more about Dexter, we watch with anticipation how she reacts as she battles her own demons. The evolution of Deb's character takes center stage in this season, a break in the...

WOW - Season 7 is one of the best yet!
I have to admit I almost lost interest in the show after Season 5. Season 6 was pretty good I thought (Edward James Olmos in a villainous role was kind of fun and I thought he did a good job). But Season 7 has just been great and for so many reasons. First of all there are lots of very poignant jewels of wisdom in Dexter's reflections on life and these ring true even for those who are not serial killers. Second, they shifted the plot up in season 7 - it's not just Dexter against some new psycho, but rather Dexter in love with the new psycho, not to mention other interesting subplots, including one that develops in a big way and will lead us with great anticipation into the next season. This anticipation for the next season was something I didn't experience after season 5. But it's here in spades at the end of season 7! OK, and finally, the last reason I like this show is that it's often darkly humorous. Among other things, it's kind of funny bringing Sgt Doakes back into the...

Season 7 is the best season yet for this Award-Winning TV Drama Series!
Dexter is my favorite tv series and this season 7 is absolutely the best ever!

First of all, Hannah McKay (played by gorgeous and playful Yvonne Strahovski of "Chuck") is the most exciting sexual interest for Dexter ever! Goodie-2-shoes was done seasons 1-4 by girlfriend-turned-wife Rita (played by Julie Benz) with the relationship being mainly focused on Dexter having a cover for his true self which he hid from his family. He was able to share more of his "dark passenger" with Lumen (played by Julia Stiles) in Season 5 which is by far my second favorite season after this season 7 with Dexter's sexual encounters with an experienced killer.

I also love the development of Dexter's adopted sister and current boss Debra (played by Jennifer Carpenter) as she learns her adopted brother is a serial killer (in season 6 cliff-hanger ending) and begins her processing of this startling information this season 7. Other law enforcement characters of the fictional Miami...

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