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7th Heaven - The Complete Fifth Season | 
| Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $34.00
You Save: $15.99 (32%)
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 5061
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 971 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D040524D
UPC: 097360405248
EAN: 0097360405248
ASIN: B000VDDDYG
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 1996
Release Date: December 4, 2007
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Product Description
From leading television producer Aaron Spelling comes 7th Heaven a critically acclaimed family drama about a minister his wife and their seven children. The WB's highest-rated series 7th Heaven has captured the hearts of television audiences with its witty charming and heartwarming storytelling and has been praised for providing high-quality entertainment for all ages. System Requirements:Run Time: 971 minutes Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 097360405248
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Great Entertainment August 16, 2008
Floyd Rekemeyer (IA USA)
This is a great series and the seasons with teens are wonderful to watch with kids to get some morally sound tv.
 7th Heaven Review July 13, 2008
Natasha Thompson
The reason I bought this season on 7th Heaven is because I have always enjoyed watching the television show. This television series has taught me many life lessons that I will put to use over course of my lifetime.
uneven but ultimately pleasing April 10, 2008
Mike Sobocinski (Lansing, MI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
On the one hand, this season marked a kind of decline in the show - based upon the weird idea of its writers that problems must be found/created within the Camden family rather than outside of it.
The result is not only the infamous declining behavior of the oldest sister, Mary, but numerous plots rooted in unconvincing "experiments" and misbehavior on the part of the middle brother, Simon. Fortunately, the Mary decline surprisingly turns into one of the most impressive showpieces for the collective acting skills of the cast, in which each family member gets to deliver a monologue (and youngest sister/daughter Ruthie finally shows that she has the skills to add to the drama of the show!)
On the other hand, the use of Simon as a dabbler in delinquency does not convince because it contradicts the previous history of the character - why would someone who stood up against racist peers and a school gunman in previous episodes suddenly feel it natural to dabble in smoking and sexist gangster rap? Ridiculous! Not that it's totally impossible, mind you, but this is NOT what keeps people as fans of the show. Rather, after enjoying several seasons of the family being able to help people (despite their own imperfections), what would make the writers/producers think that we would then want to see the family repeatedly divided against itself? I, for one, do not.
On the other hand, when the show isn't stumbling in this way, some very interesting things occur during the season. Youngest daughter Ruthie finally has her character become an asset to the show again by not merely being an annoyance, but progressing to a new elite school where her cleverness may find more productive outlets. The perpetual juggling of Matt's two girlfriends finally settles into more normal behavior (although the actor consistently delivers brilliantly performed humor amidst some of the obsessive characterization the writers give to his character) and allows him to return to his status as a functional and varied character instead of a study in OCD. The episode they titled "100" turned out to be, in my opinion, one of the most pleasing of the entire series, and "restored my faith" in the show. Lucy's character is now one of the most solidly reliable groundings of the show, in addition to the two perpetually stalwart parents (which is what the biggest appeal of the entire show should be).
Despite some lingering tediousness about Mary's unreasonableness that persists at the end of the season, a new character unexpectedly joins the family, to very good effect. This surprising development turns out to add a lot of new strength to the show, as again there are several family members who can set good examples for each other and for others - just as had been the strength of previous seasons.
So, although there were frustrating moments during this season when I felt that the show had finally "jumped the shark," these tremors turned out to shift things in generally positive ways. The treatment of Mary's character as a perpetually disturbing and unreasonable element, and the effort to focus on (create) internal family problems rather than external problems (such as social issues) are the two most serious weaknesses of this season of the show. Despite that, there were several standout episodes and major changes throughout the season that promised to overcome that turbulence and head in a more productive and positive direction. While the show is always interesting to watch, the writers have seriously overdone the Mary roller-coaster ride, and the (stereotypical) teenage conformity plot device that has been handed to Simon.
At least the largest problems with the Matt and Ruthie characters have been mostly solved during this season, and they rejoin the show as strengths rather than distractions. The entire cast has now exhibited many strengths as actors, with some of them capable of doing a phenomenal job when given the chance, but the writers/producers keep insisting on dragging out this whole "Mary in decline" notion way too much. At least she's absent for half of the season (and good riddance, if her character is now going to be reduced to mere unreasonableness and disturbance) but she returns toward the end of the season to mess things up again. Fortunately, the new family member is there to help keep her in line, and to balance the audience's likely reaction against her. I don't care if the "conversion" of the new family member will seem unbelievable to many viewers - if he is a positive element in the show then the change is a good thing and I will applaud it as a needed balancing force on the side of decentness and temperance and discipline. Simon's character should consistently be showing the same virtues as well, as he'd done in previous seasons. I will certainly be buying episode 6, due to the numerous strengths of the show, but I'm starting to see what sorts of things might possibly go totally haywire in the show's future. This season may be a case of "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
Oh, yes, and I finally noticed a serious problem with the "edited episode" complaints that other reviewers have commented on. One of the episodes inexplicably removed a "swear word" from the audio track. Some might think that this adjustment is helpful to retain a "family" atmosphere to the show, but no - the change was totally ridiculous. It's in the "gangster rap" episode ("Tunes") and when Lucy runs into a sexist jerk at a local record store, her reactions and dialogue, plus Ruthie's line "He just called you a bad word." are responding to something that NO LONGER APPEARS in the episode! I had to rewind and watch carefully to find that someone had removed the word "b--ch" from the soundtrack!! Absurd! If they don't want the word to appear in their show then they should not have chosen that theme for the episode to begin with! Who's making these decisions, anyway? Was it like this on the original broadcast, or was it re-edited (and in either case, WHY???)
There was a different episode that felt kind of jumpy and made me wonder whether some of the DVD "editing" was at work. I can only add to the forceful criticisms of other reviewers that THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS TYPE OF DESTRUCTIVE EDITING TO TAKE PLACE for the production of the DVD sets.
Oh, and finally, a comment that, once again, the season as a whole would be
rated PG-13 if it were submitted for MPAA rating, due to drug content and thematic elements.
7th Heaven January 13, 2008
J. Lombard (Perth, Australia,)
This was an excellent addition to my collection and the show is well worth watching.
Fantastic resource for school! January 2, 2008
I am a teacher in high school and the 7th Heaven series allows me to show clips to provoke discussion on issues such as modern music, family life, going to war etc. The students enjoy the clips and refer to them in examination answers. I highly recommend the series.
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