this dvd set be the complete widescreen 15 episode run of surface and a television show make by universal in 2006. the full running time be 10 hour and 34 minute plus a few bonus feature ( delete scene and cast interview and special effect featurette ) . this be a relatively high budget show and much of the budget make it to the screen in the form of quality production design and special effect . unfortunately 10 plus hour be a lot of time and a typically happen with this type of stuff and the overall quality begin to fall off in the late episode . i find the first 7 episode ( discs 1 and 2 ) extremely engage and the remainder a disappointment . surface be produce and write and direct by josh and jonas pate while and it appear that they be surprise by the success of the series and unable to cobble together enough good subsequent material a they rush to fill the order for additional episode . it even look like additional writer be bring in for the late episode because the character ( who be already the weak part of the series ) lack consistency with the way they be play in the early episode . the series be cancel and although the last episode provide a conclusion of sort there be still a lot of thing leave hang . it be basically a science fiction story about genetically create dragon while sort of a television blend of jurassic park and et . the story begin a a puzzle a a crew less navy sub be find adrift at sea and boater on a texas lake be suck into whirlpool and a lighthouse in africa be destroy by a huge monster and etc . etc . and as long a thing stay this vague there be a fair amount of tension and suspense . a human element be introduce in the form of three american family and one on each coast and one on the gulf of mexico . laura daughterty ( lake bell ) be a california marine biologist who discover a strange creature rise from an undersea thermal vent on the ocean floor . rich connelly ( jay r. ferguson ) be dive with his young brother in the gulf when a similar creature drag his brother away ( never to be see again ) . mile bennett ( carter jenkins ) be a wilmington teenager who find some strange egg float in the ocean . he take one home where it hatch into an et type dragon . he will spend the rest of the series try to hide his strange pet from his family and from the local authority . these dragon may look like lizard but they be more like indestructible electric eel and fire electromagnetic pulse and cause lightning strike and empty the sea of fish and and reproduce like a bunch of randy rabbit when they find an undersea thermal vent of boil water . as long a it uncertain whether or not theyre intelligent and extraterrestrial and or harmless the premise be interest . once you begin to suspect their origin it all get very tired and predictable . jay r. ferguson ( a staggeringly bad actor in the tradition of david hasselhoff ) essentially play the richard dreyfus character from close encounter of the third kind and so you know that with a good actor and a good director it could have be an interesting character . you will grow to hate this character more with each episode . unfortunately what start out a three parallel story line be soon condense into two a ferguson and bell ( a low budget version of sandra bullock ) be soon pair up and involve in a series of moronic adventure almost as improbable a the stuff jason bourne get himself into . you expect plot hole and the need to suspend disbelief in this type of show ( that can even be part of the fun ) but their adventure be not just totally implausible and they be utterly and completely boring . there be three consecutive episode that feature ferguson and bell together in a submersible that will have you long for the excitement of an all day actuarial conference . jenkins ( mile ) be the strong member of the cast and the segment with his pet dragon ( nimrod ) be inter cut often enough with the boring ferguson bell stuff to keep you watch . and these segment benefit from the presence of gorgeous leighton meester ( of recent gossip girl fame ) a his sister savannah . apparently the producer pick up on the importance of this to their teenage boy target audience and the one positive thing they do with the late episode of the series be to introduce linsey godrey ( caitlin ) a a first love interest for mile . so a savannah screen time decrease catlin be gradually phase in . in retrospect they need a third storyline to keep viewer sufficiently engage and it would have be good to limit the adult melodrama in favor of a second group of young actor . then again and what do i know . i be only a child .