--- product_id: 1635028 title: "My So-Called Life: The Complete Series" price: "£47.94" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 7 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1635028-my-so-called-life-the-complete-series store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # My So-Called Life: The Complete Series **Price:** £47.94 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** My So-Called Life: The Complete Series - **How much does it cost?** £47.94 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1635028-my-so-called-life-the-complete-series) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description My So-Called Life: The Complete Series is the long-awaited box set that tells the whole story of this beloved television show. An authentic portrayal of teenage and parental angst, My So-Called Life expressed the challenges of growing up and growing older. Along with nineteen episodes, the bonus features illuminate the origin, life and afterlife of this benchmark series with interviews and episode commentaries featuring the original cast and creators. Smart, bold and real, this series raised the bar for television shows about coming-of-age and life's transitions. Whether you've memorized every line, or it's your very first time, My So-Called Life remains as fresh and honest today as when it premiered.Bonus Content:- Interviews -Character Profiles - Music Featurette - Panel with Cast and Creators - Photo Gallery Review: I'm speechless; it's that good! - "My So-Called Life" is not good television; it's extraordinary television-making. It is what TV shows could be if people took the time to create them instead of worry about how much money will be made. I fell in love with "My So-Called Life" when it was rerun on MTV awhile back, just like everyone else. After purchasing the DVD set and rewatching the episodes, I've fallen in love all over again. How can any show be this good? It's not just the extraordinarily witty and insightful writing, not just the excellent acting, the complex characters, its...everything. MSCL is real; it's the antithesis to shows like Dawson's Creek. Its characters are real. They're flawed, but in believable ways. It's a very complex, nuanced, and subtle show. What's great about this show is that none of the characters are given the "short end of the stick". Each character unforgetable and multilayered. Angela Chase herself is one of the most complex characters ever created for television. There's just so much to her that you can't believe someone made her up. Such a shame that we didn't get to know her better before the show was cancelled. My favourite character though is Brian Krakow, the first TV character I could identify with. Brian's a sort of tragic anti-hero nerd. Characters like this have appeared in other shows, but usually as comic relief. MSCL has sympathy for Brian and gives him a voice, yet does not overlook his many faults. There's just so much psychology, philosophy, so much depth and genius in MSCL. I honestly do not believe there's a bad episode in the entire show (albeit there were only 19 episodes ever made). The Halloween episode comes close, but it was worth it just to see Danielle dressed up as Angela and all the unconscious tension it implied. In general I thoroughly enjoyed watching ever second of every episode. I'm stunned with awe after every episode. This show is for anyone who's ever been a teenager in the 90's. It captures perfectly the defining aspect of our generation. I had the pleasure of personally meeting and Winnie Holzmann, creator and writer of MSCL when she visited UC Berkeley recently (yes, I'm a bear. Cal pride!). I got the opportunty to thank her for creating the show. I think the consensus of the audience that we had our mouths open salivating for more when the show was killed off. But Winnie said it best "It was tragic that the show was cancelled after only one season, but in a way I'm happy with the way it worked out. With only 19 episodes, there's kind of a preciousness to it that's preserved forever, instead of what would have happened, had we continued the show to the point where everyone was tired of the show and no one could come up with any new ideas". Indeed, there is tremendous preciousness to the show. One last thing: Claire Danes is so HOT!!! How can Brian not be in love with her? Anyone else notice how her eyebrows curve upwards in the middle like this: ^ ? Review: Akin to reading a Great book that is Impossible to put down - In the Fall of 1994, ABC premiered what Entertainment Weekly would eventual hail as "the greatest cancelled television series of all time." Airing for a total of 19-episodes, with the final installment airing February of 1995, "My So Called Life" not only jump-started the careers of Claire Danes and Jared Leto, but garnered young Danes a Golden Globe for her performance (she was the youngest actress to receive the honor). Years after the show was cancelled ABC regretting their decision by trying to make lightening strike twice by producing similar series, yet ultimately known of them would garner the acclaim or magic of MSCL. Eventually TV Guide would call the series "the sixth best cult show of all time." The premise of the show is simple enough, but yet complex enough to make it unique. Premiering in 1994, right at the emergence of the teen-soap genre MSCL was a breath of fresh-air. Unlike "Beverly Hills 90210" and latter "Dawson's Creek," this series was grounded in reality. Instead of glorifying every teenage rite-of-passage for film, the series seems to gloss over these moments in favor of the emotional outburst they produce: much like real life. Many people don't remembers every detail or their prom, first kiss, and first independent car ride? Yet they remember exactly how they felt, and MSCL capitalized on these moments. The show follows 14-year-old Angela as she tries to ultimately survive not only her freshman year of high school, but the highs (and lows) or first love, as well as becoming her own independent self - separated from the person she tried to be for other people in Middle School. High School is a turbulent time for anyone from the Jocks to the Brains to the Leadership to the Outsiders. Everyone has their ups and downs, just like Angela. But she makes it harder on herself, and yet easier by befriending two outsiders, when she had always been part of the `in-crowd.' The audience follows Angela's transition from quiet wall-flower to her beginning to emerge from her cocoon sometime towards the end of her first year of high school. While on the outside the show may seems like another "90210"/"The OC" teen-soap, but it really isn't. This is a rich, emotional, and movie relationship-drama that once it gets your hooks into you, you cannot stop watching. Unlike most shows of its genre its realistic and each of the major characters represents a person you probably knew in high school. Yet, they probably weren't the most popular kids. They were the kids you were friends with, hung out with, the ones you actually knew. It is a downright disgrace that ABC only allowed this series 19 episodes. More than almost any other show I've ever watched I would have loved to watch these character bloom into full-grown adults through their high school (and possibly college years). But what we are ultimately are given is just this one 8-month snap-shot into these characters lives. But this could ultimately make this show the masterpiece that it really is. There was no room for it go downhill, no room for error. And forever it will be remembered. It has been years since my sister and I sat up all night long one weekend watching horrible copies of these episodes on VHS, and I cannot wait for Halloween, when I will finally have a chance to watch them on DVD, almost anew. This incredibly comprehensive box set includes all 19 episodes uncut (in their ORIGINAL full-screen presentation) on 6 discs. The special features so far include: Interviews with Edward Zwick/Marshall Herskovitz/Winnie Holzman (creator/producers), Todd Holland/Jason Katism/Scott Winant (Directors), Wilson Cruz/Paul Dooley/Devon Gummersall (cast); Audio Commentaries on "the pilot," "Life of Brian," "So-Called Angels," as well as additional episodes; Deleted Scenes; Promos' Book with tridutes from Joss Whedon, Winnie Holzman, and Janeane Garofalo; and more. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00BMKGZVA | | Actors | A.J. Langer, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall, Jared Leto, Wilson Cruz | | Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | | Audio Description: | English | | Best Sellers Rank | #6,201 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #2,848 in DVD | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,048) | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 27073944 | | MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) | | Media Format | Box set, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC | | Number of discs | 6 | | Product Dimensions | 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 6.4 ounces | | Release date | September 1, 2020 | | Run time | 18 hours | | Studio | SHOUT! FACTORY | | Subtitles: | English | ## Product Details - **Contributor:** A.J. Langer, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall, Jared Leto, Wilson Cruz, Winnie Holzman - **Format:** Box set, Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC - **Genre:** Kids & Family/Television - **Language:** English - **Number Of Discs:** 6 ## Images ![My So-Called Life: The Complete Series - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91tPTtB4oeL.jpg) ![My So-Called Life: The Complete Series - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91wf21lEoKL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm speechless; it's that good! *by V***N on June 6, 2003* "My So-Called Life" is not good television; it's extraordinary television-making. It is what TV shows could be if people took the time to create them instead of worry about how much money will be made. I fell in love with "My So-Called Life" when it was rerun on MTV awhile back, just like everyone else. After purchasing the DVD set and rewatching the episodes, I've fallen in love all over again. How can any show be this good? It's not just the extraordinarily witty and insightful writing, not just the excellent acting, the complex characters, its...everything. MSCL is real; it's the antithesis to shows like Dawson's Creek. Its characters are real. They're flawed, but in believable ways. It's a very complex, nuanced, and subtle show. What's great about this show is that none of the characters are given the "short end of the stick". Each character unforgetable and multilayered. Angela Chase herself is one of the most complex characters ever created for television. There's just so much to her that you can't believe someone made her up. Such a shame that we didn't get to know her better before the show was cancelled. My favourite character though is Brian Krakow, the first TV character I could identify with. Brian's a sort of tragic anti-hero nerd. Characters like this have appeared in other shows, but usually as comic relief. MSCL has sympathy for Brian and gives him a voice, yet does not overlook his many faults. There's just so much psychology, philosophy, so much depth and genius in MSCL. I honestly do not believe there's a bad episode in the entire show (albeit there were only 19 episodes ever made). The Halloween episode comes close, but it was worth it just to see Danielle dressed up as Angela and all the unconscious tension it implied. In general I thoroughly enjoyed watching ever second of every episode. I'm stunned with awe after every episode. This show is for anyone who's ever been a teenager in the 90's. It captures perfectly the defining aspect of our generation. I had the pleasure of personally meeting and Winnie Holzmann, creator and writer of MSCL when she visited UC Berkeley recently (yes, I'm a bear. Cal pride!). I got the opportunty to thank her for creating the show. I think the consensus of the audience that we had our mouths open salivating for more when the show was killed off. But Winnie said it best "It was tragic that the show was cancelled after only one season, but in a way I'm happy with the way it worked out. With only 19 episodes, there's kind of a preciousness to it that's preserved forever, instead of what would have happened, had we continued the show to the point where everyone was tired of the show and no one could come up with any new ideas". Indeed, there is tremendous preciousness to the show. One last thing: Claire Danes is so HOT!!! How can Brian not be in love with her? Anyone else notice how her eyebrows curve upwards in the middle like this: ^ ? ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Akin to reading a Great book that is Impossible to put down *by A***R on July 25, 2007* In the Fall of 1994, ABC premiered what Entertainment Weekly would eventual hail as "the greatest cancelled television series of all time." Airing for a total of 19-episodes, with the final installment airing February of 1995, "My So Called Life" not only jump-started the careers of Claire Danes and Jared Leto, but garnered young Danes a Golden Globe for her performance (she was the youngest actress to receive the honor). Years after the show was cancelled ABC regretting their decision by trying to make lightening strike twice by producing similar series, yet ultimately known of them would garner the acclaim or magic of MSCL. Eventually TV Guide would call the series "the sixth best cult show of all time." The premise of the show is simple enough, but yet complex enough to make it unique. Premiering in 1994, right at the emergence of the teen-soap genre MSCL was a breath of fresh-air. Unlike "Beverly Hills 90210" and latter "Dawson's Creek," this series was grounded in reality. Instead of glorifying every teenage rite-of-passage for film, the series seems to gloss over these moments in favor of the emotional outburst they produce: much like real life. Many people don't remembers every detail or their prom, first kiss, and first independent car ride? Yet they remember exactly how they felt, and MSCL capitalized on these moments. The show follows 14-year-old Angela as she tries to ultimately survive not only her freshman year of high school, but the highs (and lows) or first love, as well as becoming her own independent self - separated from the person she tried to be for other people in Middle School. High School is a turbulent time for anyone from the Jocks to the Brains to the Leadership to the Outsiders. Everyone has their ups and downs, just like Angela. But she makes it harder on herself, and yet easier by befriending two outsiders, when she had always been part of the `in-crowd.' The audience follows Angela's transition from quiet wall-flower to her beginning to emerge from her cocoon sometime towards the end of her first year of high school. While on the outside the show may seems like another "90210"/"The OC" teen-soap, but it really isn't. This is a rich, emotional, and movie relationship-drama that once it gets your hooks into you, you cannot stop watching. Unlike most shows of its genre its realistic and each of the major characters represents a person you probably knew in high school. Yet, they probably weren't the most popular kids. They were the kids you were friends with, hung out with, the ones you actually knew. It is a downright disgrace that ABC only allowed this series 19 episodes. More than almost any other show I've ever watched I would have loved to watch these character bloom into full-grown adults through their high school (and possibly college years). But what we are ultimately are given is just this one 8-month snap-shot into these characters lives. But this could ultimately make this show the masterpiece that it really is. There was no room for it go downhill, no room for error. And forever it will be remembered. It has been years since my sister and I sat up all night long one weekend watching horrible copies of these episodes on VHS, and I cannot wait for Halloween, when I will finally have a chance to watch them on DVD, almost anew. This incredibly comprehensive box set includes all 19 episodes uncut (in their ORIGINAL full-screen presentation) on 6 discs. The special features so far include: Interviews with Edward Zwick/Marshall Herskovitz/Winnie Holzman (creator/producers), Todd Holland/Jason Katism/Scott Winant (Directors), Wilson Cruz/Paul Dooley/Devon Gummersall (cast); Audio Commentaries on "the pilot," "Life of Brian," "So-Called Angels," as well as additional episodes; Deleted Scenes; Promos' Book with tridutes from Joss Whedon, Winnie Holzman, and Janeane Garofalo; and more. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by A***T on May 20, 2007* Seit gestern besitze ich endlich diese tolle DVD Box und schaue fleißig die Folgen. Ich habe diese Serie schon geliebt, als sie zum ersten Mal im deutschen Fernsehn ausgestrahlt wurde und ich weiß jetzt wieder warum. Nie wurden Teenagerprobleme so real dargestellt ohne falschen Pathos und ohne einem das Gefühl zu geben, dass die Schwierigkeiten des Erwachsenwerdens nicht ernst gemommen werden. Im Gegensatz zu den ganzen anderen TeenSeries aus den 90ern wie Beverly Hills 90210 oder Melrose Place ist "Willkommen im Leben" (My so-called Life) wirklich authentisch. Das fängt bei den Problemen an, die sich nicht nur ums Aussehen drehen, sondern darum wie man seine eigene Identität findet, wie man mit Armut, Ausgrenzung, Gerüchten und Liebeskummer umgeht und hört bei der Ausstattung der Schauspieler auf. Der Kleiderfundus spiegelt exakt die Mode wider, die Jedem heute auf Fotos eher peinlich ist, die man aber eben getragen hat. Was Angela, Sharon, Rayanne und Co tragen ist einfach nur "so Nineties"! Ich freue mich jetzt schon darauf regelmäßig mit Angela zu leiden und zu bangen, wie es mit ihrer großen Liebe Jordan Catalano auf und ab geht. (Nebenbei bemerkt kann ich auch wieder voll und ganz verstehen, warum Jordan auch meine erste große Liebe war...) Ich kann jedem Einzelnen, der in den 90ern aufgewachsen ist, diese Serie ans Herz legen, von der es leider nur diese eine Staffel gibt. Die Erinnerungen an diese Zeit ist Gold wert! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1635028-my-so-called-life-the-complete-series](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/1635028-my-so-called-life-the-complete-series) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Kingdom* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*