5 years, 1 month, and 28 days later.

Today the final season of my most favorite and beloved show is finally released. To it's dedicated and loyal fans like me, the wait (5 years, 1 month, and 28 days) for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seasons on DVD has been frustrating and uncertain, but I also believe it was well worth it. I would've waited 5 more years, gladly, if that's how long it took. 

Everwood aired on the WB (now the CW) from 2002-2006. I actually didn't begin watching it until mid-way through season 2, but I got hooked. Season 1 came out on DVD in the fall of 2003 and I went out to go buy it. In 2006, there was speculation about it being cancelled due to the merging of the WB and UPN 24 to form the new CW. Needless to say, despite a huge campaign by all of it's fans that members of the cast themselves actually attended, it was cancelled in 2006, at the end of it's fourth season. I've never cared so much for a television show before and I cried for hours. I was driving home from work and my ex-boyfriend called me and told me and it happened to be a Monday, the night the show was on and I cried all through the show that night.

After the cancellation, I awaited the release of the 2nd-4th seasons on DVD. I was a member of an Everwood forum back then, and we'd all talk about when they were going to come out. At some point Warner Bros. made it clear that they did not intend to release any of the remaining seasons, and we were seriously crushed. However, the persistence of the fans must have paid off because season 2 was released June 16th, 2009. I was SO EXCITED, not just because of the release of that season, but also because it gave me hope that the others would follow. Season 3 was then released a year later, on June 15th, 2010, and season 4 was supposed to follow suit and be released June 14th, 2011, but was moved to August 2nd because they are adding in the alternate ending that was filmed as a possible season finale if the show continued on. I am SO stoked to see it! As I am writing this post, I just got a text from amazon saying it shipped!

Everwood is incredible. It had an amazing cast, I honestly can say I love every single person in it. The storylines were interesting and believable. There is humor in it but it can also make you cry. It's my favorite show in the whole world and always will be, and I recommend it to everyone, especially now that you can go buy the DVDs yourself. If you do though, it's better to get them through amazon, because they're usually only in certain stores. So glad that the wait is finally over :)