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'Odyssey 5: The Complete Series'
(Peter Weller, Sebastian Roche, et al / 5-Disc DVD / NR / (2002) 2006 / Sony Pictures)

Overview: The astronaut crew of a space shuttle looks on in horror as they witness the violent destruction of the Earth. However, they are given a chance to change humanity's fate when a sympathetic alien sends them five years into the past. Their mission--find out who's responsible for the plot to destroy the planet. Can they deal with their own pasts while saving the world from the mysterious organism known only as "Leviathan?"

DVD Verdict: That Showtime kept 'Jeremiah' and cancelled 'O-5' stuns me to this day, obviously some political move on the backend was the reason for the demise of this instand classic. No one I know who watched it didn't love it. Peter Weller was amazing, as was the rest of the cast, and the arcing storyline was brilliant to the end, which, sadly, was not the conclusion. To add insult to injury, they left us with a huge cliffhanger that will likley never be resolved. Actors from 'O-5' have moved on to other projects, so chances are we will never find out if the crew of Odyssey 5 will save the Earth from complete destruction. This was my all time favorite show after 'Quantum Leap.' The drama, the humor, the conspiracies, the top-notch acting (especially Peter Weller, again, in his best role ever), the intelligence all mixed into a wonderful bubble and then blown up for you on your television set. I was hooked as soon as the Earth exploded (or did it implode?) in the very first episode, setting up the incredible story of 5 people left over on a shuttle with no home to go to. The emotional images after the catastrophe, and the way the 5 on the shuttle Odyssey handled it drew me in as a viewer and I was suddenly attached the characters before the show was even a quarter of the way through. When the season ended, I was excited for it to continue and then devastated to find out that I would not be able to follow the crew of the Odyssey on any more adventures. Yes, I was one of those geeks that wrote to everyone I could over at Showtime to get my show back on the air. But it didn't happen and I cancelled my subscription to Showtime, sadly because the only thing I ever watched on it was 'Odyssey 5'! This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.33:1) and comes with the Special Features of:

Commentary on pilot episode by creator Manny Coto and actor Peter Weller
Subtitles: Japanese, Portuguese
Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)

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