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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 436926" data-attributes="member: 23">During the original run I would have called myself a fan. After seeing it advertised on a billboard I actually bought a television specifically to watch the Pilot after a two or three year complete digital detox. I watched every episode during its first (British) transmission, often twice (each episode was repeated the following week, immediately before the new one) and like Karin I looked forward to each new episode, which is something that I hadn&#039;t experienced since the Nineties, and have rarely experienced since.The cast is solid, and production values, as I remember, were also excellent. If you can tolerate the occasional quirkiness of the tone it&#039;s hugely enjoyable. Unlike some of its dramedy peers,&nbsp; I would say DH is usually successful at being both dramatic and funny. It also has that &quot;power of four&quot; thing which is a kind of legacy from The Golden Girls&nbsp; (Jim Colucci&#039;s book on The Golden Girls has a two-page table featuring series that followed GG - Designing Women, Living Single, Sex And The City, DH and Noah&#039;s Arc - with their comparable characters).While most of the seasons have their strong moments, I feel the first year is its purest, freshest and strongest - it&#039;s just perfectly plotted from beginning to end with a strong sense of identity. This waned a tad in later seasons as characters &quot;evolved&quot; and the series kept trying to find new ways to surprise or shock.Back in the day we had a lot of DH threads here discussing the various episodes, and it was nice to have that &quot;live&quot; chat feeling with many viewers all watching the same new season at a time before streaming became predominant.Perfectly put. This sums up how I feel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 436926, member: 23"] During the original run I would have called myself a fan. After seeing it advertised on a billboard I actually bought a television specifically to watch the Pilot after a two or three year complete digital detox. I watched every episode during its first (British) transmission, often twice (each episode was repeated the following week, immediately before the new one) and like Karin I looked forward to each new episode, which is something that I hadn't experienced since the Nineties, and have rarely experienced since. The cast is solid, and production values, as I remember, were also excellent. If you can tolerate the occasional quirkiness of the tone it's hugely enjoyable. Unlike some of its dramedy peers, I would say [I]DH[/I] is usually successful at being both dramatic [U][I]and[/I][/U] funny. It also has that "power of four" thing which is a kind of legacy from [I]The Golden Girls [/I](Jim Colucci's book on [I]The Golden Girls[/I] has a two-page table featuring series that followed [I]GG - Designing Women, Living Single, Sex And The City, DH [/I]and[I] Noah's Arc[/I] - with their comparable characters). While most of the seasons have their strong moments, I feel the first year is its purest, freshest and strongest - it's just perfectly plotted from beginning to end with a strong sense of identity. This waned a tad in later seasons as characters "evolved" and the series kept trying to find new ways to surprise or shock. Back in the day we had a lot of [I]DH[/I] threads here discussing the various episodes, and it was nice to have that "live" chat feeling with many viewers all watching the same new season at a time before streaming became predominant. Perfectly put. This sums up how I feel. [/QUOTE]

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