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Summerland: Home media

Is the TV series Summerland released on DVD?31.54.250.172 (talk) 18:57, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Type the words "Summerland TV series DVD" into Google and you'll answer your own question. --Jayron32 19:07, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

I would look it up on Google by typing in "Summerland TV series on DVD" and you should find your answer and if not look on different shopping websites.Stevenricci (talk) 05:31, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

here are some websites that have it http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400037/

http://www.dvdinthebox.com/summerland-complete-seasons-12-dvds-boxset_p16911.html http://www.hishows.com/product_609.htmlStevenricci (talk) 05:57, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Gilmore Girls - Two questions: Abortion and similar shows

1. Was the word 'Abortion' mentioned in the TV series Gilmore Girls?31.54.250.172 (talk) 19:05, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

2. Is Gilmore Girls similar to or does it show similarities to other shows like - 7th Heaven, Beverly Hills, 90210, Summerland, Dawson's Creek, Party of Five, The Carrie Diaries, Everwood, The O.C., One Tree Hill and Opposite Sex.31.54.250.172 (talk) 19:05, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

1.Here is a list of transcripts of every episode of Gilmore Girls: [1] You can peruse these at your leisure to look for the words you want to find.

2. It is hard to quantify "similarlities". The best I can offer in terms of a reference is to look at the entry at IMDB. There's a section titled "People who liked this also liked... " Which is likely to generate shows that people found similar enough for our purposes. --Jayron32 19:10, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

1.::This Google search on the site Jayron cites finds "abortion" mentioned in transcripts of another show, but not in any Gilmore Girls transcripts. (It also produces sponsored links whose headlines ask if I'm interested in having an abortion, which would be unlikely as I'm neither pregnant nor, for that matter, female.) --70.49.170.168 (talk) 20:23, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

1.The word 'Abortion' was not mentioned in Gilmore girls. Especially, in the 1st season. Christopher Hayden's father, Straub, suggested that Lorelai Gilmore have an abortion when she got pregnant at age 16, but her mother, Emily, refused. Christopher's parents appeared in the season 1 episode 'Christopher Returns' but when his father argues, scolds and insults Lorelai for getting pregnant at such a young age, the word 'abortion' was not mentioned. I wonder why.5.81.235.234 (talk) 23:30, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

1.Why was 'abortion' not mentioned in the series? Especially, in the 1st season?5.81.235.234 (talk) 16:21, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

1.:As with all works of fiction, largely because that is how the writers chose to write it. Unless they specifically addressed this in an interview, we will not be able to answer this question. Mingmingla (talk) 20:52, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

1.::While I can't disagree with that statement, the literary tool of purposeful omission does come to mind (even if our article does not cover it well). To be interpreted at one's own discretion. ---Sluzzelin talk 21:51, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

1.:::You can't prove a negative, which is to say, one can assert that they left the word out on purpose, for some nefarious reason, but an equally probable reason is that they just didn't happen to use that one word, with out any reason why. If there is no record of their rationale, there's no way to make any claim that they had any reason to "leave the word out". The dictionary is filled with hundreds of thousands of words they ALSO didn't say in the first season... --Jayron32 00:06, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

1.::::Yes, as I said, to be interpreted at one's own discretion. ---Sluzzelin talk 00:31, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

1.:::::Agreed. In case it needs to be spelled out (and it apparently does), the word 'abortion' carries a lot of emotional baggage. It should not be surprising to anyone familiar with US society at the time that TV writers would use euphemisms or otherwise 'talk around' the subject. It was not so long ago that even the word pregnant was forbidden - and that was concerning a married couple! 64.235.97.146 (talk) 14:26, 5 November 2015 (UTC)