this series ( mini . ) be hands down the best show ever on tv . i love wind of war and war and remembrance and thorn bird etc . but none can match this one . i have watch season one and two twice on dvd and season three over twice a it show in hd . i do not watch this when it start a it seem to be vulgar and violent in the first few episode in the bit and piece i saw . then in june 2006 i rent two disk from season one and i be hook . i search near and far to rent the show and then order the dvd . by the 4th episode you be part of the story and even start to love the bad guy . i do believe if a wider audience could have be expose to this show it would be recognize for the unparalleled cinema it be . i can not imagine many of the actor be able to top this . i recommend invest in the dvd a it will be something to watch every year or so a it be an experience not a show .