I was very much tempted to boycott the entire release myself, then went ahead and purchased season 2, which is fantastic in terms of transfer quality. It's easily the most vivid and blemish free color set within my classic tv collection. It's odd to have season 2 and not season 1, (the only series in my collection that's like this) but I can't bear to purchase it--I'd be gritting my teeth when viewing the segments due to the sheer idiocy of the 16:9 format decision. I did not purchase season 3. The series, IMO became a bit too metaphysical for its own good--less like the western it was in the beginning.