Over There: Season One
by Chris Gerolmo, D.J. Caruso, Dean White, Greg Yaitanes, Jesse Bochco
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Actor: Erik Palladino, Josh Henderson, Keith Robinson, Luke Macfarlane, Sticky FingazDirector: Chris Gerolmo, D.J. Caruso, Dean White, Greg Yaitanes, Jesse Bochco
Brand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.1
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 585 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Over There: Season One
Movie Review: Best Show You Probably Never Saw
Summary: 5 Stars
I wrote most of this review not realizing that what I was submitting a review for what was merely the Pilot Episode-- The Battle Begins. But in truth my comments were directed toward the entire 13 episodes, which appeared on FX beginning in the summer of 2005 and running (whenever FX decided to put it on) until November that same year.
To my mind, this was one of the best shows to appear on television in quite some time... but then it was dropped. Now that the "West Wing" is gone, are there any evening dramas on (besides "24")on television?
-----Here's in a slightly altered version is what I posted re: the pilot (but it applies to the series even more so),
When the hype machine began running for "Over There" in the Fall of 2005, I feared the worst: a knee jerk, jingoistic portrayal of Iraq II. So you can imagine my surprise when I watched the first episode-- still a skeptic-- and found myself geting involved with the characters, each an individual, each flawed, each heroic at times, each in service for his/her own reason, serving for reasons that weren't always noble or clear, but serving and becoming part of a disparate, dysfuntional family, in a world of kill or be killed, where the only certainty was uncertainty.
We were hooked after the first episode, and came back week in, week out, to watch with empathy and horror as the season unfolded, following each of the members of this unit-- and their families back home. It is a strange war, with satellite phones and internet video mail making it possible to stay connected-- somewhat-- while fighting heat, boredom, terrorist, land mines, etc. This is a war where you can be emailing your spouse or family one instant, then stop, saying, "Gotta log off now, they want to send us out on a mission." For those back home, waiting for your next message, it has to be extremely hard. Waiting and wondering.
It was gripping, real, filled with ambiguity, terror, heroism, self-doubt, hard choices, and no clear cut sense why we are there, what the Big Mission is, and worst, who the enemy really is. Sunni, Shiite, Kurd? Person seeking aid, or suicide bomber with billowing robes? Is that a child playing beside the road, or a lookout, signalling to a bomber ahead?
In a just world, "Over There" would be back for another season. It will remain one of the most memorable depictions of modern war-- at the boots on the ground level-- you will see. It shows that there are casualties amongst the locals, their families, and children, and the families left back home to worry about their soldiers Over There. War is hell. Not just for hte enlisted. There is collateral damage to Iraqi civilians, non-coms, contractors, families at home, marriages torn apart, relationships strained, hopes and ambitions drained, plans put on hold (or destroyed). Really. But it is not black and white.
We love "Over There," despite all my initial skepticism and doubt. See it. If you are not hooked after two episodes, it isn't for you. But if you are, you will stay with it to the end, and want it-- but not the war-- to go on.
Summary of Over There: Season One
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