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11-26-06, 07:54 PM

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Band of Brothers

Very close seconds ..

Spaced
City of Men
Battlestar Galactica

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11-26-06, 08:00 PM

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Smallville. Saw one episode via Netflix, promptly sealed the disc, went to Circuit City and bought season one.

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11-26-06, 11:20 PM

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Probably Everwood. I adore that show, and although I've had other blind-buys, this one probably tops them all. I too would kill for the other seasons to be released.

Other great tv blind-buys:
Boston Legal: S1
Firefly
Freaks and Geeks
Lost S1
Wonderfalls
Dead Like Me
Gilmore Girls: S1
Veronica Mars: S1
Undeclared
Battlestar Galactica: S1

And that's not even the start of it. I blind-buy often on tv shows.
It's a gamble, but (as seen by the list) often pays off.

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11-26-06, 11:22 PM

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Battlestar
Firefly
24

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11-27-06, 12:22 AM

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All series that I got into via blind buys, either having seen absolutely nothing of a series or not even enough to remotely justify the purchase:

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Firefly
Freaks and Geeks
Battlestar Galactica (new)

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11-27-06, 12:50 AM

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Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office (BBC), The Shield. Just to name a few!

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11-27-06, 01:26 AM

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1. 24
2. Prison Break
3. Arrested Development

I have a few more, but like some others I havent watched them yet, so I cant comment on them. - Monk, The Shield, My Name Is Earl, Smallville.....

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11-27-06, 03:05 AM

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I'll echo a lot of comments.
I bought
Smallville, Lost, 24, Battlestar Galactica and Alias all blind and love them all. Great stuff.

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11-27-06, 06:22 AM

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Band of Brothers, 24, and Smallville.

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11-27-06, 08:45 AM

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The best blind buy for me, no competition - Firefly

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11-27-06, 09:49 AM

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24 Season 1. Got it about 2 years ago when amazon had a 14.99 sale. I was hooked from about 5 mins into the first episode and have since watched every episode since and its one of my favorite shows now.

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11-27-06, 10:05 AM

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I bought season 1 of Buffy once when it was on sale for like $12, and fell in love with the show.

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11-27-06, 10:15 AM

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Miracles
Wonderfalls
Firefly

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11-27-06, 12:18 PM

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Arrested Development and Band of Brothers

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11-27-06, 12:23 PM

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1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Gilmore Girls
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. The Shield

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11-27-06, 01:15 PM

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The Sopranos, hands down. Also Freaks And Geeks, Band Of Brothers if it counts.

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11-27-06, 01:19 PM

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This is in no particular order:
Veronica Mars
Buffy
Angel
Alias
Firefly

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11-27-06, 02:11 PM

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Veronica Mars, hands-down
Firefly and Babylon 5 would be above it in my book, but neither one was a blind buy.

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11-27-06, 03:16 PM

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Firefly, 24, Surface & Prison Break.

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11-27-06, 03:27 PM

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From The Earth To The Moon, although I'm not sure mini-series like that should count.

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11-27-06, 04:18 PM

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Count me in on the "Band of Brothers", the only Blind Buy I have ever done on TV-DVD, but I heard so much about it, it really was not a Blind Buy.