Stan Lee’s Superhumans: Season One
Interesting stuff, but a bit too drawn-out
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collection
40 discs. 40.
Warehouse 13: Season Two
Syfy's slyest series
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
Quite good, but a bit repetitious
Emergency!: The Final Rescues
Fan of action dramas of the 1970s? Grab this one, stat!
MST3K vs. Gamera: Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXI
Gamera is really neat / He is filled with turtle meat!
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Great for fans, a bit zany for newcomers
Covert Affairs: Season One
Spy show wants to be sassy, doesn't always deliver
Murder Investigation Team: Series One
An effective, well-written police procedural
Justified: The Complete First Season
Addictive viewing
Thursday 23 May
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Television series
Wired
Cash in on a British financial thriller
Television series
Rod Lott
Like “Traffik” or “State of Play,” the 2008 ITV production “Wired” is a British limited TV series whose story is told via interlocking and overlapping arcs. Instead of drugs and political scandals, the name of the dangerous game here is the world of banking.
Haven: The Complete First Season
A fun supernatural show on the rise
Television series
Rod Lott
It’s strange that Syfy’s “Haven” is the first ongoing television series based on a Stephen King work, because you quickly forget it is.
Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season / The Big C: The Complete First Season
Two great buys of two great shows
Television series
Rod Lott
As if you needed more evidence that cable TV has network TV in a now-years-long creative choke hold, the junior and freshman seasons of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and Showtime’s “The Big C,” respectively, are now on home video.
Robin of Sherwood: Set 1
An ‘80s Robin Hood series takes a ‘bow’ on Blu-ray
Television series
Rod Lott
On screens big and small, folk hero Robin Hood has been portrayed by everyone from Russell Crowe and Sean Connery to Kevin Costner and a cartoon fox.
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
KITH makes a welcome return to comedy
Identity
Who are you, really? This solid UK crime series aims to find out
Television series
Rod Lott
Although the British series “Identity” lasted all of six episodes, it’s due to be remade for American prime-time audiences. I’ll tell you now, it won’t be better than the original recipe.
The Feathered Serpent: Complete Series
Bizarre, but interesting
Television series
Rod Lott
When I was a kid — the 1970s, for you historians and my eventual biographer — British shows airing on PBS creeped me out.
Covert Affairs: Season One
Spy show wants to be sassy, doesn't always deliver
Television series
Rod Lott
USA — and now your DVD player — is the perfect home for a series like “Covert Affairs”: It’s light, breezy and mildly entertaining.
Stan Lee’s Superhumans: Season One
Interesting stuff, but a bit too drawn-out
Television series
Rod Lott
He’s a legend in the comics world — and rightfully so — for creating the likes of Spider-Man, Hulk, The Fantastic Four and X-Men, but that was, like, decades ago.
Murder Investigation Team: Series One
An effective, well-written police procedural
Television series
Rod Lott
Lest you think "MIT: Murder Investigation Team" sounds suspiciously like the UK’s answer to our “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” well, yeah, you’d be right.
Mad Men: Season Four
Should ensure a fourth Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series
Television series
Rod Lott
In case you haven’t heard by now, the bad news: Season five of “Mad Men,” which should have premiered late this summer, has been delayed until 2012.
Emergency!: The Final Rescues
Fan of action dramas of the 1970s? Grab this one, stat!
Television series
Rod Lott
My mom likes to tell the story of the time our dishwasher caught ablaze, and the pre-K me was upset that the firemen who arrived to put it out interrupted my regular viewing of “Emergency!” Hey, kids love sirens.
In Plain Sight: Season Three
A good crime drama, and better than 'Monk'
Television series
Rod Lott
Among USA's lineup of original programming, "Burn Notice" gets most of the heat, and "In Plain Sight" almost none. Even though the former handily bests the latter, “Sight” is still good.
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
Quite good, but a bit repetitious
Television series
Rod Lott
I had no doubt “The Walking Dead” was going to be a smash upon its Halloween premiere on AMC, the cable network that shepherded the rather edgy “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” to similar critical and commercial heights.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XX
Television series
Rod Lott
Funny how some copies of Shout! Factory’s box set of “Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XX” come with a stress ball, as the show itself is enough of a stress reliever.
