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How about some Star Trek?

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This summer I plan to tackle House, Six Feet Under, and the Sopranos. I've bought the last two on DVD quite some time ago when amazon had them as their gold box deals of the days, but I haven't had time to watch them.

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Wow, I'm actually jealous you're watching WW for the first time, heh. The first four seasons are by far the best, then Sorkin leaves and it's kinda lame until the final season.

Maybe you'll want to check out Sports Night too.

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Boy, do I envy you that firsttime experience! I discovered The West Wing two years ago (it was never shown in German TV) and was completely smitten. Best TV drama ever, especially seasons 2 and 3. My summer project will be Northern Exposure (although it is a re-run for me).

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The DVD box set of the West Wing is too expensive for me right now. So i am making do with daily two shows on Bravo. I totally miss that great show, too bad most people decide to tune into reality crap and run shows like this into the ground.

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My wife and I do this every summer. We usually kick up the Netflix membership again too to catch up on shows. This summer we are tackling True Blood, 24 and LOST from the beginning (even though we've seen every episode), and also Desperate Housewives. It's a fun thing to do every summer.

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Enjoy your fun little project. I have the complete series and am gradually rewatching it over time and am up to the beginning of season 5. Bob is right, though; there is a definite drop out on season 5. There are still some really great episodes, but it's a big more uneven and remains so until the last half of season 6 and ends with a flourish over the last season and a half, even if it doesn't quite get back to seasons 1-4 standards.

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This Summer I'll be watching the last season of House, Dollhouse, the last couple of seasons of The L Word, and Chuck.

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Colour me in with those envious of the first time watcher.

I actually think the West Wing has a dip in quality around mid-season four, but picks up again in the end of season five. When I watched my DVDs of seasons six and seven, I watched them in one go with sleep only when strictly necessary. I had to see what happened.

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I'm a couple episodes shy of finishing this 1st season of 'The Mentalist'. I need to wrap up 'Magnum PI' (which I bought on DVD a couple years ago) and 'B5' is also on my list. I may also watch 'Jeremiah' and/or 'The 4400' again just because.

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NCIS...

My sister just got us hooked on this one and I had never seen even a single episode before last month. I'm a huge fan of serieses which connect events and things all the way through. I have never seen a series do it better than NCIS...

And count me in as a HUGE West Wing fan. I have yet to miss a marathon.

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First, WOW, I would love to have the time to do this!

Second, don't disparrage about the latter WW seasons - I think they're still very good, despite popular opinion, when compared to other television. We just finished WW a couple months ago - its amazing how the topics are still relevant today.

Third, if you haven't seen it, you MUST put Six Feet Under on your list. It is captivating television.

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I think you are going to love Farscape. :)

I love shows that are character driven and shows that are aware and respect their own history. Farscape is the best for that kind of thing. The character and plot continuity is excellent and the storylines are engrossing. Plus the show is truly beautiful to watch.

Enjoy!

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The West Wing was my first tv show dvd buy. A large purchase but well worth it. Use each show to work out in the morning and would not let myself watch any other time. So either get on the elliptical or not watch that day. Now I am on to ER and The Shield. Have not decided if I want the whole ER series when it is available. That will be a chunk of change. The Shield, bought like new on Amazon. So far so good.

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I watched the entire West Wing DVDs last summer. Reminded me what a great series it was in every regard.

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Didn't watch The West Wing when it first aired (they had a weird advertising campaign that really turned me off). Happened to catch an episode on Bravo and now I am hooked! Sorkin can write great dialogue and the actors are all brillant!! This is how I start my day now.

I would like to watch Twin Peaks from beginning to end again - have to look for it on DVD.

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This summer, aside from the new programming I'll be watching (Burn Notice, Leverage, Penn & Teller's BS!, Warehouse 13, etc.), I'll be working on:

Finishing up my re-watch of Red Dwarf
Spaced
Doctor Who Series 4
The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 1
Dollhouse
Sanctuary
The IT Crowd

I'll probably wedge some short anime series in there as well.

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I did the same thing a while back - I never watched TWW when it was on TV, and one day at best buy they had each season's DVD set on sale for $14.99 each, so I figured what the hell, always meant to watch the show, and bought all 7 DVD sets. The first 4 seasons were amazing, but once Sorkin left (along with some of the major characters, Lowe, etc) the show really sucked. I'd recommend not watching seasons 5-7. They suck. But the first 4 seasons are a prime example of what great television is.

Another show that I never watched when it was on TV was HBO's "The Wire" ... I just got all the seasons of that and am going to start watching it this week. As sick as I am of copshows, i've heard from too many people whose opinions I trust that the Wire is above and beyond all the other copshows on TV and definitely worth watching.

If you've never watched Futurama, that's another show I'd suggest watching from the first episode to the last. If you can find it, The Larry Sanders Show is one more you should completely watch.

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