Amy Mormino

One Season, Some Seasons, or All Seasons

Looking through the threads, it seems that a lot of you want a complete collection when you buy a TV series and that you would hesitate to buy if the whole series would not be released. There are some long-running shows that I will gladly buy every season (Buffy, Futurama, Alias, a few others). But my budget is limited and frankly, some shows just aren't worth investing in the whole series.

For instance, I will probably buy the fourth and fifth seasons of The X-Files eventually, and maybe one or two of the earlier seasons. But that's as far as I'll go given that the quality seemed lower in the later seasons and the price. I bought the first season of Charlie's Angels and may buy one more, but two sets seem like enough to fill my appetite for the show. All five seasons would be overkill.

So how about you? Do you go for one season, some seasons, or are you a true collector who wants every season?

Sam Favate

For the most part, I'd want every season. The X-Files is the only series I can think of where I didn't get them all (I started at 1 and stopped with 6; although I may yet get the rest when the prices come down later this year).

Part of the fun, for me at least, is to watch the evolution of a show. Sure, some seasons are stronger than others, but I always find something about one season or another that is indispensible.

Andrew Radke

As for me, I can't stand having something that isn't complete. lol. When I buy the first season of a certain series, my intention is to have that series completed.

I'm the same way with movies. When I buy a movie, I have to have ALL of the sequels which follow it. I know it sounds a bit crazy, but that's just me.

TV shows are definitely a must. For example, I have the first 6 seasons of 'Friends' (picking up S7 tomorrow). Season 6 was in my opinion the worst of the bunch.....and I probably could've done without it, but it would drive me nuts knowing that I have seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 without having 6. Whether a certain series hits an ultimate low in certain seasons, my goal is to always finish what I start.

Mind you, when the studios who produce these sets choose not to follow through with continuing seasons, then that sparks a new problem..........but that's a different can of worms I'll open another day. lol.

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AnthonyC

I'm a collector. Once I've got one part of something, I want all of it. I bought the second season of the Simpsons a little after it came out. I'd never seen most of season one, and most reviews (of the shows, not the set) were unfavorable, so I decided to pass on that. But as soon as I finished the S2 set, I ordered season 1. Not because I was going through withdrawal or anything like that, but I just felt odd knowing that I only had PART of what was currently available.

Casey Trowbridg

I'm actually going to agree with Amy at least to an extent.

There are some shows that I will think long and hard about whether or not I finish them up, although I will say that all of the shows currently in my collection are ones that I want the whole run of, but when say Happy Days comes out there is a good chance that I'll stop after a bit.

I also notice even with a show that I like that my interest can drop off a bit. I picked up seasons 2-6 of Friends on release date, but season 7 I'm not going to be in a great hurry to run out and buy. I'll pick it up eventually, but its not a high priority.

Then you've got shows like MTM where sure I'd like to have all 7 seasons but having only 1 season of the Mary Tyler Moore Show is still a good thing.

So, how's that for a really noncommital answer?

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Tony J Case

I'm certanly a completist. If at all possible, I'll get every episode of a series.

However, there are some instances where I'll take what I can get. The Hulk, for example. Will we ever see a full season set? I hope so, but the pilot, the three movies, the UK discs and the Ultimate Edition will have to serve until then.

Sure it sucks not having the whole run, but some is better than none, right?

Bryn G

For me it totally depends on the show. For shows like the Simpsons - yea I want all the seasons. For shows like M*A*S*H* - well I only really liked the first few seasons (with Henry Blake) so why would I buy seasons I didn't care about? There's so many shows that wind up "jumping the shark" somewhere along the way and aren't worth getting EVERY season even for completeness sake. "Married With Children" is a show like that. And "Roseanne". Does ANYONE want that last wretched season of Roseanne?

Robert Ringwald

I do, because some of the episodes were still fun. It was just a step wayyyyyy down in quality.

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