Trailer Park Boys: Fifth Season (Deluxe 2-disc Set)

Great show, great season. This is definitely worth buying, kept me laughing all the way through, just like the other seasons!

Just when they made enough money to buy the park and be retired for life, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are in for some nasty surprises in season 5. Yes, as others have noted, the boys are down on their luck a bit in season 5, but it is no less any funnier or well written than the rest of the series.

Corey and Trevor, as revealed at the end of season 4, ripped off the boys. Ricky's none too happy about this. Worse, it doesn't take long for them to end up homeless. And if that wasn't enough, Cyrus is back in town, with a lot of hash that is just too tempting to Julian.

New characters include Terry & Dennis, or "the flappy bird brothers", according to Bubbles, due to their, errr...birds hanging out of their bathrobes all the time. Terry & Dennis have teamed up with Cyrus, and now the boys have three foes to deal with. If that wasn't enough, Lahey's drunker than ever. This time he doesn't want Ricky to go back to jail -- he wants Ricky dead.

Like previous seasons, Season 5 is loaded with hilarious dialogue and ridiculous situations. The ever quotable Ricky has almost been topped by his dad, Ray, who plays a bigger role than ever. As Ray might say, "that's the way she ****ing goes, boys." Which is pretty much the theme of this season. You win some, you lose some. The way she ****ing goes.

Clocking in at a generous 10 episodes (which is the most ever for a season of TPB), season 5 adds lots of new wrinkles. Other reviewers didn't like the way season 5 went, and my response to that is that if you don't change up the formula on a show like this, your show is doomed to jump the shark. Instead, Mike Clattenburg and Co. have chosen to make things less comfortable for the boys and see how things pan out. Funnier than ever, is how!

Five stars, as always. Not a dud episode in the bunch, and actually some of the series' best.

I've been a fan of TPB since day 1. This season is great, the boys get out of jail and "aquire" a massive amout of hash. If you like TPB go for it, in my opinion season 5 is the last "good" season. Season 6-7 are not as good and kinda out of character for the show. At the price it's listed here their is no excuse not to buy it!