Grounded for Life: Season Five

I hate having to give this one a mediochre rating. Grounded For Life (alongside Seinfeld) still stands as my favorite (non Star Trek) TV show of all time. Unfortunetly, by the time season 5 came around, the shows creators had been called off to write for other shows and did not write this season. I must admit that it shows and the series suffered for it. And what ever happened to Henry? It was like he was wiped out of existance and out of everyones memory in this season. I think they said his name once in the last episode, and that was all for the whole season. I figured he'd at least come back in with Walt (who was also pretty much non-existant in the season) in the end of the final episode, but he was no where to be found. I was disapointed in the DVD. It seems like the production company just threw it all together to get it out of their hair and onto the shelves as quickly as possible. The first four seasons had a lot more care put into the DVD production. I'm not trying to diss the show, as mentioned before I love this show. I'm just saying that the DVD production was second rate and the writing lost some of its flair. But for the sake of completing your Grounded For Life collection, I would still recomend picking this up.

This is one of my all time favorite shows for the simple reason of it's hilarious. My only regret is that it ended after five seasons cuz the network that owned it could have probably milked a few more seasons out of the actors. The show is also a great depiction of middle class family life that several shows boast of having but fall short of.

Ah, the show is freakin hilarious and has been for five seasons. I'm sad it's over.

Best Buy already has this dvd out...exclusively. This has to be one of the realest middle class family show ever. This is real family working class situations. The actors just fit in with the characters. The best character has to be "Uncle Eddie". I think all middle class american families have a "Uncle Eddie" somewhere...I know I do. Why the network decided to cut the show beats me. You can relate with this show. Its not your fake bogus shows that nobody lives that way. Even though The Finnerty Family is Irish,it feels like any family can be like The Finnerty.

I just bought season 5 from Best Buy today. It was released today (Tuesday 8/28/07) at Best Buy. It has 2 discs and has all 13 episodes. Why is it a pre-order here? Was this something special only for Best Buy? Does anyone know?