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Being Erica: Season One Complete DVD Set

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being erica is a show about a woman who is disappointed with where her life has ended up and as a result ends up seeing this therapist who sends her back in time to reconcile herself with regrets she has about her past. i thought the concept for the show was pretty interesting and i thought that the events of the past she went back to reconcile were relatively universal landmarks that are relatable to the audience. she gets sent back to situations like her bat mitzfah, her first sexual experience, the university group that could have landed her her dream job, event that went both well and not so well with friends and family, and in one episode she was even sent back to before her birth to better understand her parents.

one of the things i liked about this series was that at no point in any of the times erica goes back in time is she able to alter the chain of events that have happened. she has a list of regrets that the therapist, tom, sends her back to and she may change her perspective or may do something different from what she did in the past, but the resulting action that happened originally will still happen. the only difference is that she understands the situation for what it is and comes to realize that she is not to blame, or if she is, to own up to her faults and change her perspective or current actions to make things right. so really, even though this sounds sort of like a science fiction with all the time travel, it is more of erica's rumination of her life and the actions she takes to own her life and make it what she wants it to be.

i thought that the characters were interesting and sufficient attention was paid to each of the minor characters. everyone in the show is given a story (minus erica's boss, who is discussed more in the second season) and everyone is given a little bit of depth. we learn about erica more and more with each episode as we see her struggle with her past, so needless to say that erica grows as a character and who we see at the beginning of the series is somewhat altered from the person who we see at the end. an interesting show to say the least.

Being Erica is such a great show. I love the concept. Erica goes back in time to face her regrets...usually to realize that they were meant to be!! Sometimes she changes things and matters get worse...the lessons she learns are invaluable. We can all relate to her!!! The topics of each episode are all so different so I can't wait for the next week to see what will happen next!
If you haven't seen Being Erica...you HAVE to get season one NOW!

I started to watch this show during the second season and I was hooked!! But of course I had to see why all these things happened to Erica so I had to purchase Season 1 and I have not regretted it for a second! I am sharing it with all my friends. I want people to see this show. Its about reliving your regretts and learning from them. I recommend this DVD and the next ones to come.

Original et un must! une série qui gagne à être connue! je la recommande à tous, jeunes et moins jeunes! Enfin une série canadienne qui n'est pas tournée en campagne!De plus, la musique est super, enfin de la BONNE musique des années 1990! a++

I love this show! I ordered this DVD set from Ohio & it came from Canada super fast! However the first 2 discs are not widescreen. They play Foolscreen and I tried everything to get them to play right but nothing worked. The 3rd disc plays great, it's widescreen & looks great! Disc 1 & 2 look horrible. They look like somebody played them with it Zoomed to be Foolscreen recorded it on VHS & then put that on the DVD. Does anyone else have this problem?

UpDate: I just tried Disc 1 in my computer & it played fine! I tried it in another DVD player & got the same Foolscreen as on the first DVD Player and NO sound.

I ordered Finding Erica sight unseen, based on reviews from others. The series has an Interesting premise--the idea of being able to go back to a regrettable day in one's past and act differently this time. Erica is also an appealing personality, but I was very disappointed when the writers decided to do a totally unbelievable and offensive lesbian excursion. Do viewers really want to see women fondling each others' breasts and kissing one another? For this reason I would not recommend Season One Finding Erica.