7th Heaven: Season 5

I bought the first five seasons of 7th Heaven for my kids with the intention of buying all of them. My kids are currently 15 years old. We don't have cable so the only TV they watch is on Netflix or stuff we buy from here. They grew up on Little House (seasons 1-5) and the Waltons which I can talk about on a different review. My kids really like 7th Heaven because it is about kids their age. I wanted it because I knew it was pretty wholesome overall. I don't want my kids exposed to 'adult themes'. Then I went on the internet and read the summaries of seasons 6-the end and decided not to buy them. Evidently, the kids all grow up and become sexually mature and I don't want my kids watching that stuff. The show turns into a soap opera of whose sleeping with who so no way. Also, another thing this show has in common with Little House and the Waltons is that when the kids grow up the show keeps adding new people and pretty soon the new people have taken over all the plot lines and the original actors just fade out (the actors leave the show). That may not be true with 7th Heaven but all the same, this is not appropriate for our family. Also, there are things about 7th Heaven that are not realistic. They only pray before they eat. They never read the Bible or discuss any of that. The dad could be a plumber for how much influence his job has on the show. One thing I do like in these early episodes is that when the kids get in trouble they have consequences which most shows with kids in them haven't for the last 20 years or so. The first seasons are pretty good in many ways. I just don't like the direction the show goes in later on. It is also disheartening to know that Ruthie grows up to be sort of trampy (disheartening pics of her on the internet as did the little girl in Party of 5 who grew up to put porno on the internet.) Being a child actor must do weird things to their minds.

My husband and I bought the whole series of 11 seasons and have been enjoying them very much. We are currently on season 9. The Camden's have numerous challenges to deal with their children and with life itself which brings back lots of memories in our own life. Good series to watch with the whole family.

Season Five of 7th Heaven was easily the finest in terms of storyline and content. Headlined by eldest daughter Mary's downward spiral...perhaps Jessica Biel's finest acting work that unites and divides the other family members. Mary's spiral dominates the first half of the season, always hanging around in the shadows, but I always thought it lasted longer. The other kids have other issues as Robbie moves in with the Camdens, Simon struggles to find himself within the confines of Middle School, Matt continues his neurotic spiral towards doctor-hood, Lucy makes a life-changing decision during the hundredth episode. Annie decides to go back to school and Ruthie takes on Ms. Riddle the teacher who called her stupid the previous year. This may be the last call for the 7th Heaven that I remember watching growing up before it devolved into the teenage soap opera with revolving characters it would become in later years...see last years on WB and the mess that was its lone season on the CW Network.

Love 7th Heaven...good family show! The cast works well together, a good clean show you can watch with your kids that deals proper with real life storylines.

As the kids got older, it wasn't as good to me. Everybody (kids) were making out with each others dates, Annie was getting crabbier, Eric was kissin more azz then usual and not saying what was really on his mind. They had a lot of kids staying in their home trying to help them, while their own keep leaving the nest. I ended up jumping right to the last season, last episode to see how it ended. Kinda unpractical to have THAT many people staying in a motor home, and leaving two houses behind and their belongings. Could of been a better ending what was such a great start to a show.

I purchased Season 5 and am very disappointed. Disc 1 & 6 keep messing up all through each one! Something needs to be done! I paid for season 5 to be able to watch it but I can't...thank you, Mary Barnett

I like all of the life challenges that are addressed; and with such a large family, they are able to bring up many perspectives.However, the relationship drama along with all the kissing has been a bit much. We have had our fill of the kissing scenes! But, it has been a lesson that getting involved with someone so fast, even if it is just kissing, causes drama, confusion, and a broken heart.

I got my DVD it was all smashed up and cracked that’s how I got it delivered to me!

very happy with dvd, loved it ,good price

The DVDs arrived on time and in perfect working order - I enjoyed them very much. Thanks.

Unfortunately,this DVD package doesn't have subtitles (even in english for hearing impaired or for germans that like to watch a DVD that is not available in Germany, it would be a help to have subtitles).

Eine himmlische Familie ist ein super schöne TV-Serie. Zum Inhalt will ich gar nichts sagen, da man diesen auch googeln kann. Ich persönliche finde diese Serie einfach super und sie ist ein absolutes Must-Have in meiner DVD-Sammlung. Die DVDs an sich sind sehr schön bedruckt und aufgebaut, auch die Verpackung ist absolut in Ordnung und jede Staffel hat eine individuelle Farbgestaltung, was sehr schön ist.Einziger Kritikpunkt ist, dass es leider kein Booklet oder ähnliches gibt. Wenigstens eine kleine Auflistung der Folgen wäre schön gewesen, aber es ist leider nichts dabei. Das ist etwas enttäuschend. Dafür hätte ich den ein oder anderen Euro auch mehr bezahlt. Aber trotzdem für jeden Fan der Serie ein absolutes Muss. :)

Die fünfte Staffel schließt wieder gut an die Vierte an, die dieses mal mit einem richtigen Cliffhanger endete, der aber in der ersten Folge von Staffel fünf gelöst wird.Ich kenne alle Folgen schon, da ich die Serie als Kind immer gern gesehen habe und die meisten Folgen auch mehrfach.Ich liebe die Serie nach wie vor und auch die Themen die behandelt werden verlieren schließlich nie an aktualität.