Chas Speed

I read Stuart Galbraith IV's DVD review of Car 54, Where Are You? - The Complete First Season at http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=48101 and...the set being released out of order is extremely annoying. The best thing to do is print out an episode guide online and then mark what disc each episode is on in the list. It is a pain in the neck, but once you have got it done the set is a lot less confusing. Watching this series out of order is a really bad idea and it seems like the people who made the disc were going out of there way to annoy their customers.

bdots48

OOOH-OOOH! That's a pain!!

BobO'Link

Yes, it's a pain. So much so, IMHO, that the simple fact the episodes are *not* in original airing (or at least production) order should knock it out of the "DVD Talk Collector Series" club down to simply "Highly Recommended".

As I've already done the list, here it is for the rest of you. Two versions.

First in disk/airdate order and the second in airdate/disk order:

Disc 1:
22. What Happened to Thursday (25:36) - 18/Feb/62
25. No More Pickpockets (25:35) - 11/Mar/62
29. Quiet! We’re Thinking (25:51) - 08/Apr/62
9. The Gypsy Curse (25:32) - 12/Nov/61
8. Love Finds Muldoon (25:30) - 05/Nov/61
1. Who’s for Swordfish? (25:26) - 17/Sep/61
19. Toody’s Paradise (25:30) - 28/Jan/62
26. The Beast Who Walked the Bronx (25:30) - 18/Mar/62

Disc 2:
13. Put it In the Bank (25:25) - 10/Dec/61
27. The Courtship of Sylvia Schnauser (25:26) - 25/Mar/62
12. The Taming of Lucille (25:36) - 03/Dec/61
21. Toody and the Art World (25:37) - 11/Feb/62
17. Boom, Boom, Boom (25:28) - 14/Jan/62
18. Toody and Muldoon Crack Down (25:55) - 21/Jan/62
3. Home Sweet Sing Sing (25:11) - 01/Oct/61
11. Catch Me on the Paar Show (25:24) - 26/Nov/61

Disc 3:
23. How Smart Can You Get? (25:23) - 25/Feb/62
30. I Love Lucille (25:31) - 22/Apr/62
2. Something Nice for Sol (25:36) - 24/Sep/61
28. The Auction (25:19) - 01/Apr/62
24. Today I Am a Man (25:31) - 04/Mar/62
20. How High is Up? (25:31) - 04/Feb/62
4. Change Your Partner (25:17) - 08/Oct/61
6. Muldoon’s Star(25:24) - 22/Oct/61

Disc 4:
7. The Paint Job (25:21) - 29/Oct/61
5. I Won’t Go (25:24) - 15/Oct/61
14. Get Well, Officer Schnauzer (25:34) - 17/Dec/61
10. Thirty Days Notice (25:37) - 19/Nov/61
16. The Sacrifice (25:29) - 07/Jan/62
15. Christmas at the 53rd (25:34) - 24/Dec/61


Air date order with disk index

1. Who’s for Swordfish? (Disc 1)
2. Something Nice for Sol (Disc 3)
3. Home Sweet Sing Sing (Disc 2)
4. Change Your Partner (Disc 3)
5. I Won’t Go (Disc 4)
6. Muldoon’s Star (Disc 3)
7. The Paint Job (Disc 4)
8. Love Finds Muldoon (Disc 1)
9. Gypsy Curse (Disc 1)
10. Thirty Days Notice (Disc 4)
11. Catch Me on the Paar Show (Disc 2)
12. The Taming of Lucille (Disc 2)
13. Put It In the Bank (Disc 2)
14. Get Well, Officer Schnauzer (Disc 4)
15. Christmas at the 53rd (Disc 4)
16. The Sacrifice (Disc 4)
17. Boom, Boom, Boom (Disc 2)
18. Toody and Muldoon Crack Down (Disc 2)
19. Toody’s Paradise (Disc 1)
20. How High Is Up? (Disc 3)
21. Toody and the Art World (Disc 2)
22. What Happened to Thursday? (Disc 1)
23. How Smart Can You Get? (Disc 3)
24. Today I Am a Man (Disc 3)
25. No More Pickpockets (Disc 1)
26. The Beast Who Walked the Bronx (Disc 1)
27. The Courtship of Sylvia Schnauzer (Disc 2)
28. The Auction (Disc 3)
29. Quiet! We’re Thinking (Disc 1)
30. I Love Lucille (Disc 3)

Chas Speed

I just hope the studio got enough complaints to stop them from doing the same thing for season two.