Customer Reviews

South of Nowhere: Season One

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This series is simply the story of two best friends that fall in love with each other.

Spencer Carlin, a genuinely sweet 16 year old girl, moves from Ohio to LA with her family and finds herself trying to deal with her instant interest in Ashley Davies (A rebellious, rich daughter of a rock star)

The two embark on a realistic journey together that rivals any other love story on film or television. You will find yourself rooting for the pair in every episode leading up to the finale.

Innocent touches, shy glances, head tilts, and flirting, make Season 1 the best of the series.

Oh yeah. There's the token bitchy cheerleader, Madison, to stir up some drama for the should-be/might-be/could-be couple. The adopted black brother to teach us about racial identity. An overbearing mother. A shirtless boy to keep the straight audience happy. And a father any teenage girl would be envious to have.

But when all is said and done, this show is entirely about Spencer and Ashley.

It is too good to be cancelled before it's time. Watch Season 3B on October 10th at 9pm and Save Spashley!

CONSUMER WARNING.

The series is great. The DVD picture quality is also quite good, and it is nice not to have network adverts crawling across the screen.

However, I cannot give a good rating to a DVD set which hacks up the original show. If you're really a fan, you will consider this to be a low-quality, defective release, and you may consider it inferior to off-air copies.

The theme music has been completely replaced with a different song. This should have been noted on the description; yet another case of false advertising in DVDs. The original song is, of course, much more appropriate and better.

There may be other unidentified cuts and alterations, as the series used a lot of rather expensive music.

The versions on Amazon Unbox and iTunes have the same cuts.

The DVDs have several mastering errors; the "choose episode" option simply doesn't work.

This series is absolutly amazing. if you have never watched it you will fall in love with the characters from episode 1. unfortunatly the dvd box set is MADE TO ORDER and DVDR which means they are burnt from a computer and put together much like a burnt copy or bootleg copy. its ashame because this series is so good and it makes it seem not much worth it. Not saying why, but I am sure they have there reasons for ending the series and not spending alot of time on the quality. Hopefully everyone enjoys the show and looks past the appearance of the box. I recommend buying it just its ashame the music is different and that the box is cheap.

at first i was afraid to buy this dvd set because of some of the reviews, including the one talking about how they changed the theme song. but overall, i'm glad i bought seasons 1 and 2 of south of nowhere. while the origonal theme song by the donna's WAS better suited, and despite how much i hate to say this... i love the new theme. *waits for people to groan* the first time i heard it i was like "ew" but then as time went on i fell in love with it, singing along and making my mom give me weird looks :P

there are no special feautures on either season 1 and 2, but i didn't think SoN was going to ever be released on dvd, so the fact that is IS and that all the episodes are here, well, that's good enough for me. they just better release season 3, too, or i'm gonna be pissed.

P.S. - (season 2's theme is the same, "wasted" by L.P.)

This show was amazing as it tells the story of the Carlins. Paula the mom, Arthur the dad, Glenn the oldest brother, Clay the adopted black brother, and Spencer whom the show focuses most of it's attention on. I wish this had come out years earlier when I was questioning my own sexuality. It deals with the relationship of Spencer Carlin and Ashley Davies. Paula has a hard time accepting Ashley for being a lesbian and Spencer's best friend. The Carlins are a catholic family who moves from Ohio to Los Angeles CA. Although it's a teen show that shows sexuality differences there are other characters as well as their relationships. A definite recommend.

As a mature adult lesbian I can't believe how lucky you kids are to have shows like this. Coming out can be s... , and with shows like this hopefully it makes it easier. The script, story line and acting is good by all. I look forward to viewing Series 2 and 3.

It is good for people who are coming out and also for people who know who they are. Watching this reminded me of what it was like discovering who I was.

I have always been very happy with purchases from Amazon, but this is an exception. Amazon has burned this episodes onto dvd and did not include in the product information that there would be actual edits from the original show(which I know because I taped the show when it was on the N network). There are changes in dialogue and content. This is very upsetting given the price, but most important is amazon's not being completely forth coming in it's product description. Otherwise, amazon has always been a great place to shop

I was very pleased with my recent purchase of season one of south of nowhere on DVD. I had read some bad things about this set but I bought it anyway, I was a big fan of the show back then and I just wanted to be able to watch it again. I wanted to buy all 3 seasons but that would have been pretty expensive. lol I do plan to buy the other two later. But as some have already stated, the theme music is different. I didn't like it at first but after you watch it all the way through you don't mind the theme music, it's just strange to me that they changed it...? this is a great gift for anyone you may know struggling with their sexuality. it got me through some tough times with my own when it was on television and now I can sit back and watch Spencer's plight knowing what she's gone through already firsthand. The set is only 3 DVDs long it's a very short season, that's why it's so cheap compared to season 2 & 3 but I recommend it to anyone. I really wish everyone would watch the whole season I think it would change some views of a lot of closed-minded people. All three seasons of the show depict a young girl struggling to balance between making her mother, a religious woman with strong opinions, happy and letting herself be who she is finding out she is. Her father, a guidance counselor of sorts, just wants her to be happy but he's got his own problems. The story also centers on her two brothers, one adopted and looking for his birth mother, and one blood brother who is trying to be a basketball star and runs into complications along the way. Ashley and Spencer are adorable together and this is, above all, a love story for the next generation. The set itself is no fuss no muss, comes with just the box and 3 DVDs, conservatively decorated, but it's what is inside that counts, which is hours of enjoyment that will make you go "awww!" and have you smiling to yourself. I would give this whole series as a gift to anyone and everyone if it weren't so expensive I think everyone should watch it it's both entertaining and helpful in understanding the plight of lesbian and bisexual people. Ashley never says she's a lesbian (that I remember. at least not in this season) and sometimes she plays around with aiden but in the end we know she's not into men. Spencer is "not into labels" and I love her for that so we never know whether to classify either of them as "bi" or "gay" as spencer called it, but I can pretty safely say this is a show about girls, for girls, of any orientation. It's compelling and full of sweet moments anyone could enjoy.

a lovely show and much neededparticularly now in America.

A genuinely nice product will scriptd and beautifully suggestive so keeps both the younger and slightly older viewer happy.