Life As We Know It - The Complete Series

One the outside "Life as we Know it" look like another Beverly Hills 90210/One Tree Hill rip off. But in reality that cannot be further form the truth. With producers from "Freaks and Geeks" and "My So Called Life," LAWKI was a realistic look on what it is like to be a teenage boy in high school right now. Guys watched it because the main male characters were always having a crisis that comes right out of any high school in america (thats probably why many guys at my school watched it, but never told anyone). And Girls enjoyed it because although the main characters are the three guys, there are three extremly charming and intelligent girls that help make up the cast.Eventhough many critics enjoyed the show, the show still had many problems facing it. The show was based on the English novel "doing it" and which you can guess from the title was very frank and had more sexual stuff in it than your normal teen fair. The show (although toned down a little) still keeps that prospective of teenagers, and sicne was bashed by the FCC (in post-Janet Jackson days and several Parent groups).Since I had previously read the book I was extremly excited when I first heard about this show. When the pilot aired surprisingly enough I was not dissapointed, the show took the essance of the book, added a few american twists and ran with it. Although the ratings never went higher than 5 million viewers, the show quickly became my favorite show on the air.The show is about three teenage boys who happen to be best friends (one is a Jock, one is a Nerd, and the Other just exsist). All three of these boys are in different areas of growing up (mentally speaking) and they are always having problems with their respected female counterparts (The Jock, the Freak, and the Brain). But that just the outside. On the outside the show was the most realistic look at what High School life is like in the post 2000 years, that rivals "My So Called Life" in the amount of depth is put onto screen.This is show is a must for anyone that enjoyed "My so called life" and "Freaks and Geeks." But I must warn you if your looking of "The OC" I suggest "Beverly Hills 90210" (which is a good show in its own right when there where in high school).

I began watching Life As We Know it at the second episode. Since then I was hooked. As a senior in high school, not only was the show realistic and funny, but also was very enjoyable to watch. The only things I have noticed with this DVD is that for some strange reason the episodes aren't in widescreen, and 75% of the songs on the DVD are different from the original score. In one scene, Ben gets a ride form the teacher and the original song (which fit perfectly I might add) is replaced by another. The second time it happens, Ben is in the car after buying some alcohol and Dino calls him over the phone and asks him what he's listening to. The music was originally a feminine song that matched quite well with the scene, but the DVD for some reason has a song that, really, makes no sense. However, despite the changes in songs, (fans of Frou Frou and The All-American Rejects, sorry, both of the songs are taken out from the carnival) the storylines and memorable characters still come alive on the DVD and make it worth every cent.

i happened to come upon life as we know it when abc family played the pilot around 11 at night. i happened to catch the later half of the episode and i was hooked. although i loved all the storylines, ben and monica (ms young) were the two that grabbed my attention the most. Who hasn't had a crush on a teacher? ok so its pretty slim that you'd have one as attractive as marguerite moreau, but i'm sure i'm not the only one intrigued by their relationship. Although monica went kind of nuts.. i still loved the stress and tension in their relationship. The parent groups can go off on it being wrong all they want, and i agree. But that doesn't mean that i'm not going to watch. Its like when you drive by an accident.. you probably shouldn't look.. but you still do. But going on with the rest of the show.. its just brillant. So many funny lines. The advertisement for this show did nothing for it.. just the way they were set up. And then, lawki is basically just one of many freshman shows that get the unfortunate boot because they were placed on thursday nights. I for one am so excited for this dvd to come out. I'll never forget about this show.. and everytime i see a yellow bug i still think back. I definitely recommend this dvd!!

This is one of those shows that went the route of 'my so called life'. It really is one of the best shows that was produced, it may not really potray what most of us went through growing up, but it portrays high school I'm a light hearted almost deep sort of way. Its one of those shows that you'll watch all the way through in one sitting , just leaving you wanting more. Very unfortunate it didn't continue, cause it definitely would have caught on. I can honestly say the casting of each character couldn't have been done better ( even kelly osbourne, who woulda thought she could pull off acting in a true way). I can't rave about this show anymorre, it rivals even Friday Night Lights, which fourtunatly did not receive the same fate as this phnonmenal show. We'll never know the fate of these characters, which in a way is kinda fun, you can imagine your own path for each. Give this show a chance you'll get lost in its greatness, and it'll be one of those dvd sets you can pass around to friends , like a good book.

This is a good DVD and Kelly Osbourne is in it and that was my mainn reason for buying it.

Brilliant.

I live in Ireland so naturally this used to air at 4am on a Sunday and i used to stay up and watch it every Sunday morning and go to bed at 5am and get up for school at 7:30am! I was dedicated so you can imagine my utter shock when it was cancelled! :O not only that but it was never released on region 2 dvd! so i had to order it from the USA in region 1. But it was so worth it! Again, an american network makes a huge mistake in cancelling a great tv show! Will they ever learn?10/10

I started watching this show back when I was actually in high school going through some of the same issues as the teens featured. Eight years later, it still had the same charm. The characters are realistic and relatable. The story lines are intriguing, with each episode ending with the viewer wanting to know what happens next. I was so disappointed when FOX cancelled this show two episodes before the season finale. At least play it out in full! I was so happy to be able to see the final two episodes after purchasing this series, but it still ends up in the air! I couldn't believe it. I guess there's no chance of this show coming back since it's already been almost a decade and the then-teen actors are probably almost 30 by now. It's interesting to note that Sean Faris' next TV project, "Reunion" [...], was also cancelled part-way through the season. With that series, however, the final episodes were never even filmed, so we never found out how the murdery mystery was solved. Silly FOX. But typical of them, I suppose.

Good series even if short lived. Shows reality of teenagers in high school and all the issues faced by young people.