Girls Next Door: Season 6 [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

This is worst season of the series. I don't like the fact that Holly, Bridget and Kendra are on the cover and they barely appeared on the show. Also, it was boring the whole time. The girls don't have personalities: The twins are just two dumb bimbos, and Crystal is not enough to keep the series interesting as it was, they tried too hard to make her the new Holly but it didn't worked well. Overall, I prefer to believe that this season never existed...
Just don't buy this, please. Better save your money on Holly's and Kendra's spin-offs DVD's.

Im going to confess, when GND season six originally aired on `E!' I took a pass, seeing that the original cast departed, I had no further interest. I wasn't surprised to learn the ratings plummeted and the show was soon canceled following its season/series finale, I assumed I didn't miss much, and I obviously wasn't alone in not watching.

So in seeing this DVD being released this year after its failure, I couldn't help but laugh, but in reading a synopsis I realized the real stars and original cast Holly Madison ,Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt were still involved in episodes. Episodes of which I hadn't seen, so I caved and bought this DVD at a fitting low cheap price from a competitor shopping site to add to my GND DVD collection.

This DVD includes the farewell episodes of Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt, as well as the Kendra baby shower one, an absolute upside, because I had never seen those. The truth of the downside of matters is that I was disappointed that the commentary addition to the special features was solely done by the fail triplets that tanked this show Crystal, Karrisa and Kristina. I reluctantly listened to their attempt to do commentary and within minutes I realized there was no entertainment value or special behind the scenes info to be had, with the insertion by which I would assume was Crystal where she says, "we just watch...... and talk about it??" I swiftly turn that crap off, and in the little time I did listen to them commentate it was obvious they were going to be rude and derogatory to the original cast in the small here and there cameos they appeared and just be blatantly moronic, revealing further validity in my opinion that they are the last people that should have been given the position of carrying this show further, and had no respect for the people who made it possible for them to even be there in the first place.

Overall this DVD of GND Season 6 gave me as a fan a horrible closure to a show that was once fully entertaining, and gave me an introduction to some of the most horrible women I have ever seen in television history Crystal, Karrisa and Kristina.

It is clear that E! wanted to make this season seem more about the old "girls" than it really is. The old girls appear on the cover, several of the menu photos feature the old girls and they appear in many of the deleted scenes.

That was smart on E!'s part because the new girls are not nearly as entertaining as the original three. After watching this entire DVD with commentary from the new girls, I can only say that I am not surprised that this season did as poorly as it did. I wanted to like the new girls but they come across as vapid, catty and vain. I had hoped that this was due to editing on E!'s part, but through the commentary it is easy to see that these girls are truly just vapid, catty and vain. They mock Holly's laugh and mannerisms and make snotty comments like "she looks good for her age." They make rude comments about other bunnies. They clearly have very little in common with Hefner and don't care about him in the way that the old girls appeared to.

The bottom line is that these new girls behave in the way that people assumed the original girls would behave before their season's aired. We were all pleased to discover that the original girls were intelligent, classy, and truly seemed to care about Hefner. The new girls don't share these traits.

Beyond that, Season 6 appears to be much more staged than previous seasons. I don't fool myself into thinking that Reality TV is truly reality, but at a certain point a show begins to feel so staged that it becomes unwatchable. This season teeters on that brink. Commentary from the girls confirms that many of the situations and conversations were staged by the producers.

Huge GND fans like myself will purchase this DVD despite all this because we just can't help ourselves. The commentary is interesting for an inside look at the mansion and the few episodes that feature the old girls are a great reminder of how fun this show used to be. But go ahead and pass on this season if you were hoping for more of the first five season's charm, fun and entertainment. You won't find it here.