not since the wonder year have i see a show that have manage to capture the angst of grow up with such honesty and originality and humour . this show bring the character to life and actually make you care what happen to them . the actor be great and the script be great and it get rave review from critic and the only reason this show isn not still on be because nbc never give it a chance . the people who run the network should be ashamed to have let such a quality program fall through the crack . this be an extremely good show that deserve well . if nbc be complain because no one watch it and they should have try advertise it more and keep it in the same timeslot instead of shuffle it around and weaken the small fanbase . have they do those thing i have no doubt in my mind that this show would still be on today or at least would have have more than just 16 episode . i strongly urge the fan of this show or people who be curious about it to go to amazon . com to vote to have it release on dvd . you will not be disappoint .