Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season
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Actor: Eva Longoria Parker, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Ricardo Chavira, Teri HatcherDirector: na
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1032 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ABC Studios
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Color; DVD; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season
DVD Review: I enjoyed the fifth season!!! And plenty of special features in this Red Hot Edition!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Desperate Housewives", the popular ABC drama series (created by Marc Cherry, "The Golden Girls", "The Golden Palace", "Amas de casa despesperadas") which started back in 2004 definitely has gone through some major ups and downs with its dark comedy storylines to its complex marriage or relationship problems but if there is one thing definite about the series... its that the the fans love it and to keep the fans interested, the series went through a significant change for its fifth season.
"Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season - The Red Hot Edition" on DVD features 24 episodes (episodes 88-111).
VIDEO & AUDIO:
Video is featured in Widescreen (1:78:1), enhanced for 16×9 televisions. "Desperate Housewives" looks very good on DVD. Outdoor scenes are nice and vibrant, blacks and low-light scenes do not have the excessive noise problems that some series tend to exhibit on a DVD release. For the most part, cinematography for "Desperate Housewives" has been excellent and the editing top notch. The series looks great and I can only imagine how beautiful this series would look on High Definition (via Blu-ray).
Audio is featured in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and pretty much, "Desperate Housewives" has always been a dialogue-driven television show and is primarily front and center channel driven. For the most part, dialogue is clear and understandable. The show uses minimal music and nor is it the kind of series that utilizes a lot of sound effects (the final episode has a little). For the most part, the setting I preferred to watch the series was to set my receiver setting and have stereo on all channels.
The series includes subtitles in English SDH, Spanish and in French.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season - The Red Hot Edition" comes with the following special features:
DISC 1:
* ABC Starter Kit - If you hit play all on disc 1, you will get the ABC Starter Kit which briefly explains about what happened in the previous seasons of "Desperate Housewives".
* Audio Commentary for "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" - Audio commentary with commentary by Larry Shaw, Doug Savant, Kyle Maclachlan and James Denton. An interesting commentary especially for the male perspective of the series.
DISC 4:
* Audio Commentary for "The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened" - Audio commentary by Creator Marc Cherry and actress Brenda Strong. A very entertaining featurette and some interesting insight to the 100th episode. For those who watched the Bravo reality TV show "Work Out", Marc Cherry was inspired by his friend and "Work Out" trainer Doug Blasdell who passed away. How the show was conceived in a short amount of time but how he wanted a show that celebrated one's life.
DISC 7:
* Bloopers - (6:24) "Desperate Housewives" Season 5 Blooper Reel
* Deleted Scenes - Seven deleted scenes which include: "What More Do I Need" - Alternate Opening, Out in the Open, Memory Lane, Aversion Therapy, Last Call, Mike Takes the Blame, Goo Goo Eyes, The Right Choice. The deleted scenes come with the time stamps.
* Cherry-Picked: Creator Marc Cherry's Favorite Scenes - Featuring optional commentary by Marc Cherry, viewers can watch seven of Marc's favorite scenes from the fifth season which include "Gaby's New Game", "Croquembouche", "Pot Roast", "Fire!", "Edie & Eli", "Quite the Ad Wiz" and "Jackson?".
* "What More Do I Need?" - A very good Read - A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How the Process Unfolds from Script to Screen - (11:15) Marc Cherry talks about the table readings and a shot of the table readings. Cherry talks about how he was in "The Golden Girls" that what seemed funny on script, may not seem funny on air. So, for an hour-long show, it was important for him to have the table readings to make sure the jokes come out right.
* I Know Things Now: Desperate Housewives Celebrates 100 - A Look Back at 100 episodes of Comedy, Drama and Cake Fights - (20:49) The cast talks about celebrating a 100th episode. A look back at the episodes that touched the crew and the talent of the show. Also, discussing the worldwide appreciation for the show.
* So Very Teri - Wisteria Lane's Favorite Girl next Door... Funny, Beautiful, And She Does Her Own Stunts - (8:04) Teri Hatcher's ability to do physical comedy. Marc Cherry, the producers and talents talk about how Teri Hatcher's ability to do comedy. How Hatcher does her homework with her lines, always writes notes and ideas and more.
* Sneak Peeks - Sneak peeks on ABC shows coming to DVD.
JUDGMENT CALL:
The fifth season of "Desperate Housewives" was the best reboot or kickoff of the series since its first season. There is only so much that these women could experience and with all said and done, it was time for major changes. And thus, the new season of "Desperate Housewives" which takes place five years into the future and has literally grabbed the attention of the viewers. Also, it helps with all the hype that built up around this time jump, the 100th episode and near the end of the series, the entertainment world went buzzing about a possible death of a major character.
As a fan of the series, I really felt the series needed to get some type of jumpstart. The tornado episodes of the fourth season was definitely significant but creator Marc Cherry and crew did a great job in setting the series up, five years into the future. And also knowing that he had to gingerly disrupt the union of the housewives in Wisteria Lane by bringing in a major death. But what I found quite enjoyable was to see Gabrielle in a position as a mother and to see this relationship between her and her child Juanita, definitely brings a different side of humor, than what we experienced with the other Housewives and their children.
Also, to see how the other characters have gone through significant changes and how it has affected their families was quite entertaining and the introduction of David (Neal McDonough), definitely capture that darkness that we saw in the first season, that things on Wisteria Lane are not always right. But who can't love the continued drama of Susan's lovelife, the family challenges on Lynette and Tom, Bree's eventual success and how it is affecting her marriage and as mentioned, the hilarious family antics of Gabrielle's family. Season five truly rocked!
Saying anything more will spoil the series but I feel that those who were attracted to the dark but yet enjoyable and fun storyline of the first season, can find enjoyment with the fifth season. I have to admit that watching the season finale definitely gave me the chills. But in the end, I was really content and satisfied with the fifth season.
As for "Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season - The Red Hot Edition", the DVD set is a pretty solid release. Many special features but I was surprised that there was no commentaries by any of the main housewives and I was hoping there would be a commentary by Nicolette Sheridan for "Look Into Their Eyes And You See What They Know". But for the most part, you do get a good number of special features included in this DVD season box set. I definitely hope ABC considers giving the series the High Definition treatment, for a DVD release, the picture quality on the DVD is quite clean and can only expect how beautiful this series would look on Blu-ray.
"Desperate Housewives" fans, this DVD release is highly recommended!
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