Not that that was the reason I personally loved it. I was seven when the show was really popular, and I'd just sit and watch it every week, captivated by these glamorous (to me) grown-ups melodramatically fighting with each other, making up, closing business deals at Ken Olin and Timothy Busfield's ad agency, rolling their eyes at zany Melissa and her house painter boyfriend -- the show made having a mortgage and a shitty boss just look like the most fun thing ever. I'm 26 now and I know better, but I still have a deep well of nostalgia for these unabashedly white yuppies. Probably always will.

At long last, the Season 1 DVDs were finally released yesterday, so naturally I've been re-watching the show from the beginning, and I've been surprised by how much a lot of it really does hold up (though there is this weird undercurrent of "Aren't single career women bitches?!" running throughout that's bothering me, but I guess I'll blame the time period?). Aside from how engrossing it still is, it's been fun watching it through a post-My So-Called Life lens for the first time. These guys are so Angela Chase and Brian Krakow all grown up.

The DVDs also feature cast and crew commentary on select episodes, which is really great, and though the rest of it isn't that interesting, the "Cultural Impact" feature about the phenomenon of the show is pretty compelling, just for contextual reasons. But really, I just recommend it for the nostalgia value.

Amazon's sellin' it here, by the way.