One Tree Hill: The Complete Fifth Season (2008)

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One Tree Hill: The Complete Fifth Season (2008)

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Product Details

Actors: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton, Sophia Bush, Bethany Joy Lenz
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: Spanish, English, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 5
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: June 16, 2009
Run Time: 880 minutes

Price : $18.99
You Save : $40.99 (68%)

Product Description

In the series premiere, Tree Hill is a new place. It is been four years considering that the gang left, and in countless approaches, the journey is just beginning.

Starring: Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty
Directed by: Gregory Prange
Runtime: 43 minutes
Original air date: January 08, 2007
Network: The CW

Client Evaluations

I have been an avid viewer of "One Tree Hill" given that the very initial episode. I began watching the show as a replacement to the fantastic "Dawson's Creek" (which ended a variety of months prior to the release of Tree Hill), but I wasn't hooked for almost the complete very first season. But then in the second season the writing got sharper (and franky additional "out there,") the cast gelled together, and the rest is a lot more or much less television history. But to be perfectly sincere this show should really not have been the hit that it has develop into. But there is just a thing about watching these six teenagers reside out the lives of adult, whilst the wonderful dialogue that captures persons and refuses to let go.
As a DVD reviewer as soon as mentioned: "High School Dramas are not created for high schoolers, they are created for the men and women that didn't have the high school encounter they wanted." And "A single Tree Hill" is the epoch of this discussion. And this is what tends to make the fifth season so particular. Immediately after focusing on the groups High School years from seasons 1 thru four, Season five rapid-forwards the action 5 years, with all the youngsters living their personal lives, much seperated (and grown up) from their 18-year-old alter-egos.
Whereas a large number of think the show would have out-proper failed had season five progressed into the groups a number of freshman year of college experiences, it as an alternative shines. The cast is allowed to play their personal ages, and the viewers are able to see what occurs when the real globe comes into play. Just about every character has learned the harsh lessons that come with college and lastly moving away from your parents/property town. The characters have lastly learned how life can be with no a security blanket. But alas I do not want to give away too much.
The begin of season 5 finds Brooks as a fairly famous and wealthy fashion designer, Peyton as a struggeling record assistant, Lucas as a writer turned basketball coach, Haley beginning her 1st year of Teaching English, and Nathan realing from a crippeling accident. But as fate (and the television producing gods) would have it, inside 3 episodes the complete cast is back in Tree Hill for diverse causes, and the series begins to progress from there.
The fifth season DVD involve all 18 episodes from the strike-shortened season that aired from January until June 2008 (which includes the 100th Episode), with Unaired Scenes, Three Featurettes (1 focusing on the 4 year jump, a further on the 100th episode, and an other on the music), two episode commentaries (the season premier 100th Episode), a gag reel, as well as a digital copy of every single episode to watch on your laptop or computer/IPod. The episodes are spread across 5 discs and are presented in 1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital five.1 Surround sound.

I only not too long ago began watching One particular Tree Hill, I did a season a month beginning in September major up to the fifth season premiere in January (which in fact worked rather nicely for me and for the show due to the fact it was at 1 time a single of the handful of shows airing new episodes in the course of the writers strike). This was one of the few of my favorite shows that had been coming back this season after countless had been cancelled final year (Gilmore Girls, The O.C, Veronica Mars, and a large number of way more) so I was thrilled to acquire out there would be a fifth and sixth season.
I in fact truly enjoyed this season. It was nonetheless most likely my second to last favorite season (second season was my least preferred season) just mainly because there was no much more high school drama (which I enjoyed), only 18 episodes, and a lot of the characters only appeared a handful of times throughout the season (Karen, Rachel, Deb, Coach Durham, Chase, and Andy). Meeting the new characters in this season was terrific though, specifically Jamie (Hayley and Nathan's 4 year old son). Some of the new characters this season are Lindsey Strauss (Lucas's editor and present like interest), Quinton (a member of the Tree Hill Ravens, coached by Skills, Lucas, and Nathan), Mia (a struggling music artist who is signed to Peyton's record label), "Nanny" Carrie (Jamie's nanny who takes an interest to Nathan that pushes Hayley more than the edge), Owen (a bartender at Tric who takes an interest in Brooke), and Millicent (Brooke's assistant and Mouth's adore interest) and a surprisingly very good performance by Kevin Federline as a rude band member of Mia's band. As you can see, more than half of the cast this season were new members.
The season is set 4 years into the future and skips over the college years. Brooke is a extremely effective fashion designer living in New York and her line Clothes More than Bros is doing rather well. Regrettably, she is tremendously unhappy. Her mother (Melrose Place's Daphne Zuniga) is her manager and does not seem to care about her daughter at all.
Lucas is a published author. His first book "An Unkindness of Ravens" is a present ideal seller and he has a new girlfriend. He remains in Tree Hill. He has a poor case of writers block though and appears to be missing a thing.
Peyton is living in LA and is also fairly unhappy interning at a record label. When she realizes she is not pleased she decides to move back to Tree Hill, along with Brooke.
Nathan and Hayley are nevertheless married and have a 4 year old son named Jamie (who was born at the finish of the fourth season). They are going via a rather hard time right after an accident Nathan has that leaves his temporarily paralyzed from the waist down, wrecking his basketball dreams forever.
Mouth, Abilities, Fergie, and Junk are nevertheless around. They are all living together. Mouth is a struggling sports reporter and begins a hidden relationship with his mean boss Alice. Abilities is co-coaching the Tree Hill Ravens with Nathan and Lucas.
Dan is nevertheless in jail serving time for the murder of his brother Keith.
Given that four years have passed, there are a lot of gaps. Some episodes are devoted entirely to flashbacks which keep you informed on what occurred in those years. You also get to find out what occurred to the characters who aren't principal characters who have gone their separate techniques in the course of this season. Guest appearances on this show consist of Karen, Andy, Lilly (Karen and Keith's daughter), Chase, Rachel, Coach Whitey Durham, Tim, Bevin, and Gavin DeGraw.
So to conclude this season was yet another superb one. The hundredth episode of the series (Hundred) and the season finale (What Comes Following The Blues) had been my favorites with good cliffhangers. I will definitely invest in this one particular to complete my collection of 1 Tree Hill on DVD and can't wait for season six. Fans won't be disappointed!