Product Details

• Actors: Lake Bell, Jay R. Ferguson, Carter Jenkins, Leighton Meester, Ian Anthony Dale
• Writers: Jonas Pate, Josh Pate
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: January 9, 2007
• Run Time: 634 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (126 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FJH5M2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,743 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #56 in Movies & TV > DVD > Science Fiction
• For more information about "Surface: The Complete Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Something new is lurking in the Earth’s oceans, and now you can be part of the mystery as all 15 Season One episodes of the spectacular series, Surface, emerge on to DVD for the first time ever! When young oceanographer Laura Daughtery (Lake Bell) discovers a massive underwater creature, her obsession to uncover the origins of this dangerous "unidentified species" will lead her and others on a mysterious adventure through the darkest, deepest parts of the sea and the most sinister and shady places on Earth. The fate of the world is in their hands - they just don’t know it. Including deleted scenes and phenomenal special effects, the amazing series that People magazine calls "a show with some Spielbergian tricks of suspense" is now the must-own DVD set for every fan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 134 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Spielberg, Very Fun!, May 15, 2006

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Raymond M. Rose "Rainman" (Pottstown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surface: The Complete Series (DVD)

I liked this show and I'm kind-of bummed that it isn't coming back. I liked the characters and while the SFX wasn't always the greatest, it was very X-Files first season. Limited budgets sometimes don't lead to the greatest effects! But the show had heart. And if you suspended your disbelief for a moment or two, it had a sense of wonderment too. Like you were seeing something grand, discovering new life right there with the characters.

That's what made this show, the characters. Rich and Laura were great - Rich in his undying faith and Laura in her pragmatism. They had great chemistry and made the show work. Miles was another great character. Even though some of his scenes with Nim didn't always look right, he made it work as best as he could.

Yes, this show had flaws. They all do. Lost wasn't perfect when it first began but ABC was willing to let it grow. I never got the feeling that NBC had faith in the show. If they had just given it a little TLC, this baby would have swam laps around other shows!

But what we are left with is still really good! I'm totally going to buy this when it comes out.

40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Sci-Fi That Stays On Target, November 27, 2006

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Michael Anthony Novak (Loyola University New Orleans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surface: The Complete Series (DVD)

The great advantage that Surface offered over The X-Files was that it stayed on its key story without interrupting one-shot adventures. A vast tapestry of characters that only finally all came together in the climactic 15th episode, Surface had a focus that the other great conspiracy/sci-fi giant lacked. The X-Files finally felt as though it were being made-up as the writers went along, with the big conspiracy being revealed in the end to be a recycled 1970s "ancient astronaut" idea that was already dated when the old Battlestar Galactica played with it in 1978. Surface, on the other hand, showed every sign of meticulous planning by the writers, teasing us along in one ongoing saga that rewarded our attention. The utter lack of faith NBC showed in such a well-crafted project with a broad demographic appeal was mirrored only by the CW's similarly inexplicable decision to kill the equally-exceptional Everwood. The spring of 2006 was apparently a hard time to be excellent television.

The DVD set will remain exceptional science-fiction/thriller viewing. Yet it will also have more than a hint of tragedy for the viewer in the "what might have been" of what the ongoing story could have become.

62 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Sci-Fi, June 30, 2006

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Terrie A. (Chicago, Ill) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surface: The Complete Series (DVD)

This was my favorite of the three new sci-fi shows included in the "new season" last year. I think it cruel to leave all the viewers hanging without proper closer to the series. At the very least a "made-for t-v" movie should be made to give us fans the ending of the story.
I gave this 4 stars instead of the 5 it derserves only because the network has not given us the story ending the show and the fans deserve.