Product Details

• Actors: Faith Salie, Herschel Bleefeld, Andrea Savage, Brian Palermo, Jane Edith Wilson
• Writers: Peter Tortorici, Rob Roy Thomas
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
• Run Time: 270 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BY9FTW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,848 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Significant Others - The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Significant Others is an innovative and irreverent comedy about couples in and outside of marriage counseling. On Bravo® for two seasons, these 12 episodes take an hilariously honest look at marriage and the rewards — and costs — that come with being in a committed relationship.

More real than traditional comedies and more imaginative than reality shows, this series features a talented ensemble of improvisational actors and comedians who, quite literally, script themselves.

Get to know James & Chelsea and Eleanor & Ethan and Bill & Connie and Alex & Devon. They’ll remind you of everyone you know.

SIGNIFICANT OTHERS SEASON ONE

The First Time
Commentary with Executive Producer Rob Roy Thomas and Co-Executive Producer Jordana Arkin
(original air date 3/9/04) Series Premiere

A Dad, An Affair & A Blind Date
(original air date 3/9/04)

Intercourse, An Official Gathering & A Big Fat Lie
(original air date 3/16/04)

A Breck, A Brother & A Funeral
Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin
(original air date 3/23/04)

A School, Not Cool & A Fool
(original air date 3/30/04)

The Right House, The Wrong Gender & A Turn
(original air date 4/6/04) Season Finale

SIGNIFICANT OTHERS SEASON TWO

A Date, Fate & Jail Bait
(original air date 12/5/04)

Crying, Lying & Still Trying
Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin
(original air date 12/5/04)

Rejection, A Connection & An Erection
(original air date 12/12/04)

An Ache, A Fake & Forgot To Brake
Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin
(original air date 12/12/04)

Related, Berated & Emasculated
(original air date 12/19/04)

Fright, Smite & Hindsight
Commentary with Rob Roy Thomas and Jordana Arkin
(original air date 12/19/04) Season Finale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I fell off my chair., January 4, 2006

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A. Groff (Eastern Mass.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Significant Others - The Complete Series (DVD)

Seriously, this is the funniest frigging show I've seen come out in the last couple of years. Can't WAIT to get this DVD. The concept is totally original--it alternates between seeing these couples in their everyday lives, and seeing them in the therapist's office--except you the viewer are in the therapist's seat, because the couples are talking right into the camera. The improv is relentlessly brilliant--if you're a Gen-Xer or thereabouts, they nail the humor. For points of reference, I'm a huge fan of SNL and Family Guy.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am sooooo happy this show is coming out on DVD!!!!!, February 6, 2006

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GG Spencer (SoFla) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Significant Others - The Complete Series (DVD)

If you're a fan of shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, The Office and the like, you'll lurrrrve this show. It's largely improvisational, and every single episode had me wheezing with laughter-induced asthma.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shout! Factory produces gold, I tell ya!, March 7, 2007

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BDT "Prey 4 Gina" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Significant Others - The Complete Series (DVD)

I happened upon this DVD purely by accident. I saw Nicole Randall Johnson (of MADtv) on the cover and I am becoming a big fan of hers. I also noticed the Shout! Facory logo on it and knowing the stellar series they have produced ("Freaks and Geeks," "Undeclared" and especially "The Job") I decided to take the chance. As far as I am concerned, Shout! is now 4 for 4, this show is simply fantastic.

This show is done in odd form (and I mean that in a good way). It follows the marriages of four separate couples. The only thing they have in common is the therapist they all go to, the four couples have NO interaction what-so-ever. Each episode focuses on three of the four couples.

The couples are all hilarious and mostly well-matched. My favorite couple is Bill and Connie. Bill (played by the, in my opinion, genius Fred Goss) is unemployed and in a dark abyss of depression. The opening scene between he and Connie is one of the funniest segments I have ever seen. The next couple (and the only couple featured in every episode) is James and Chelsea. It is easy to see why they enjoy most of the screen time as the actors, Brian Palermo and Andrea Savage, have the best chemistry of anyone on the show. Their back-and-forth is absolutely top shelf. The other couples, Devon (Chris Spencer) and Alex (Nicole Randall Johnson) and Ethan (Herschel Bleefeld) and Eleanor (Faith Salie) are fantastic but can pale in comparison to the others.

The topics range from infidelity to divorce to pregnancy to Fred Goss dancing around in skimpy underwear. It is completely hilarious and I could not recommend it any more. Only 12 episodes got made (Shout!, while maintaining a high quality, cannot keep a show in the air) which is a crying shame. If you like anything Shout! has ever done, you will not be disappointed here.