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Knots Landing - The Complete First Season [DVD]

James Houghton , Kim Lankford    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: James Houghton, Kim Lankford, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, Don Murray
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Feb 2007
  • Run Time: 603 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000K7LQOW
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 30,274 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

The complete first season of the popular US drama series that depicts the lives and loves of five suburban families, who live in this always interesting upper-middle class southern California cul-de-sac. Episodes comprise: 'Pilot', 'Community Spirit', 'Let Me Count the Ways', 'The Lie', 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken', 'Home is For the Healing', 'Land of the Free', 'Civil Wives', 'The Constant Companion', 'Small Surprises', 'Courageous Convictions', 'Bottom of the Bottle (Part 1)' and 'Bottom of the Bottle (Part 2)'.

Product Description

Welcome to 'Knots Landing', where Gary Ewing - the troubled middle son of the powerful Ewing clan of 'Dallas' - decides to start life anew. And what could be more reassuring, more nurturing, than an upscale California cul-de-sac in the 'burbs, complete with lovely homes and happy families? But it doesn't take long for Gary and his wife Valene to discover that Big D doesn't have a monopoly on adultery, deceit, cunning and greed. A spinoff of 'Dallas', 'Knots Landing' became its own phenomenon, running for 14 gloriously passionate seasons of broken promises, broken hearts and broken marriages. Meet the neighbours in all 13 Season-One episodes in this 5-disc set, where the dirty tricks and double dealing would make J.R. proud.


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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Soap opera of the highest calibre 29 May 2007
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Soaps like this fell out of favour in the 1990s and in the UK in particular there are no shows that quite manage to satisfy the need. I find Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty too satirical, and the half-hour soaps too unglamorous, so what is a soap lover to do? Revisit the underrated US soap Knots Landing. It is impossible to put a finger on what makes the show so good. The actors work hard to play it seriously and never acknowledge how absurd the plot (or how thick the make-up) is becoming, or how odd it is that the suburban housewives can afford regular yearly visits to the plastic surgeon. In the first season, each episode is like a short story, introducing the characters backgrounds and current anxieties, and sometimes it seems like I'm watching a 70s film, the calibre of acting and writing is so high. However, be warned: some episodes have awful picture quality that is little better than an old videotape. Warner Brothers have made no effort to find a good print from which to master this DVD set. 'Land of the Free' is particularly poor and it is puzzling why the picture quality is so variable from episode to episode. This one is the weakest of the season, as the residents of Knots are harrassed by a laughably cliched gang of Hell's Angels. Once again, the actors do their best to make it believable, but the final confrontation on the beach is played for laughs.

The three main women in the show, Val, Karen and Laura are archetypes: Val is innocent and childlike, Karen is the matriarch, and Laura is the whore. In the second season, Abby takes on the mantle of maneater, and the show changes into a more traditional soap with ongoing story arcs that thread through a whole year sometimes. I found it fascinating to revisit this early version of Knots, particularly as many of the original cast fade out of later storylines and aren't given the respect they deserve by the makers of the show. I had forgotten how skilled this original ensemble were. The commentaries by Gary and Val are entertaining, and I love the trivia Joan Van Ark divulges about the filming of the show. She seems to love the show as much as the fans. I hope new viewers can discover this show through these DVDs and that Warners keep releasing following seasons as regularly as Dallas, with more extras.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Knots landing in the minds of the wider viewing public will always be remembered as the spin off from super soap Dallas. However over it's fourteen year run (out lasting Dallas) it won recognition for its brave (for a prime time American soap) story lines and critical acclaim for its talented actors.
Series one starts with Gary and Val moving on from the destructive grip of JR and the far reaching pressures of being related and defined as being one of the mighty Ewing clan. Gary settles down in LA in a middle American suburb where he gets a regular job as a sales man and starts to build a life for himself by his own efforts (a million miles from the pressures of being an oil barons son which led to years of drowning his sorrows in liquor and drifting from job to job town to town)
His victimized wife Val blends in with the neighbor hood wife's who form a strong bound to confide and support each other through their family's and their own personal ups and down's.
The writing is a lot better then Dallas characters are not so extreme. Not so much light and dark there are predominately more shades of gray on display. Which make the plots more riveting and the dialogue raw and believable although issues tend to be resolved to neatly and there's unnecessary sprinkling of network sugar coating to take out some of the dramatic sting.
The show is driven by a strong female character Karen Faragte (Michel Lee gives a likable engaging but real performance as the available shoulder for her family and neighbors).
The series gets better as it progresses a successful example of US soap (before the super hits from HBO) successfully tacking on a more realistic premises and being able to entertain a wider audience
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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It's about time this show was released, I just hope they don't stop there.

Here we have all 13 episodes of Season 1, with two commentaries by Joan van Ark and Ted Shackleford, clearly still the best of pals after all these years. And boy are they funny! You'll have to listen to them to see what I mean.

Right, about the pilot. I can't remember the last time a pilot was so well constructed... these days you get so many characters crammed in, all vying for screen time, that the pilot episodes are bursting at the seams. With the benefit of the older, longer episodes, Knots Landing had time to breathe.

Beginning with the arrival of Gary and Val (with Bobby along for the special appearance) in Seaview Circle, the whole episode is actually structured around a character who never appears again, Annie Fairgate, played brilliantly by Karen Allen (who a year later was making Raiders of the Lost Ark). She is the gel for virtually all the events in the episode, being Sid's daughter visiting because her mother is drying out. She causes mayhem at the Fairgate's house, is sleeping with Kenny Ward while being friends with his wife Ginger, causes a stir at the Avery's supper and then is befriended by fellow outcast Val. What is perhaps the best "happy" scene of the entire 14 seasons of Knots Landing takes place between the two, when Val picks up Annie from the police station and then goes to see the ocean for the first time. It's lovely. For geeks like me, in the series finale 14 years later, Val (who is presumed dead and is in hiding) contacts Gary by sending him flowers with a card that says "Valet Diner 9pm. I've never seen the ocean". Only he would know what that meant. Loyalty to the fans through the writing rarely happens like that anymore.

Through Season 1, although Val was always my favourite character, I think Laura and Richard are by far the most deeply explored and both John Pleshette and Constance McCashin are stunningly good. Laura also had, in my opinion, the saddest exit of all the characters throughout Knots Landing eight years later. One of the key musical cues used throughout the entire run of the show also came to be Laura's theme. It's here in the first series, it's there when she goes, and it's really tear-jerking.

Anyway, pick this DVD up, and any more that are released. In Season 2 we get the added pleasure of Donna Mills arriving as Sid's sister. Let the fireworks begin.

Five out of five, without a doubt.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Knots Landing
This video came with a fault. The discs had a sticky film and could not be played at all. I was disappointed with the quality.
Published 17 hours ago by Adriana Tosas
5.0 out of 5 stars Xmas Present for my daughter
She was so pleased as it is something she chose on her wish list - she used to watch this years ago....
Published 4 months ago by MPC
5.0 out of 5 stars stunning! A great low key start
It doesnt look bad at all!, this is a show with heart and depth, family is at the core, nice easy understandable and truely acceptable storys. Dont compare and judge it by today! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Susan
5.0 out of 5 stars They don't make them like this anymore - unfortunately
Watching the first series of Knots Landing brought so many happy memories of the time back to me. It has been one of my all time favourite series and I am really getting my leg... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dorothy W
1.0 out of 5 stars dissapointed
I purchased this from Amazon a couple of weeks ago. when i went to play it it would not play. I thought maybe I had bought the incorrect region, but when I looked into it, it did... Read more
Published 17 months ago by melody
5.0 out of 5 stars first steps
OK, this all looks a bit dated but the first season is not to be missed as all the characters are put in the spotlight in one or other episode. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2010 by Alfred and Margot
5.0 out of 5 stars Blast from the past
Getting these DVDs was a complete blast from the past - I used to love sitting watching Knots Landing - getting these DVDs was great. Enjoy!
Published on 31 July 2010 by Car44
2.0 out of 5 stars Boring!!!!!
Im a big fan of the 80s and i love dynasty and falcon crest!!! so in deceided to watch dallas and i liked it too and i said to myself that i have to watch the 4th biggest sopas of... Read more
Published on 29 July 2009 by P.M
5.0 out of 5 stars Back to the past
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Anyone who is old enough to remember the days of Dallas will remember the spin off series of Knots Landing, and if like me thought it was a better series than... Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by popalong
5.0 out of 5 stars A rock solid foundation for the best drama series ever.
The show - a Dallas spin-off - saw middle-Ewing sibling Gary (Ted Shackelford) and his estranged wife Valene (the wonderful Joan Van Ark)reunited, remarried, and relocated to a... Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by D. Brown
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