Finally! No offence to TNT currently airing re-runs of The Pretender, but it is so great to finally have an entire season of this wonderful show on DVD to be able to watch at any time. The S1 season set is almost as perfect as Jarod the Pretender! The set contains all 21 episodes from the first season (Pilot included), two commentaries and a 3-part 'making of' featurette. The making-of featurette is short but still entertaining and insightful with comments by Michael T. Weiss (Jarod), Patrick Bachau (Sydney), Jon Gries (Broots) and the series' creators Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle. Sadly Andrea Parker is missing. The two episode commentaries include one for the pilot and one for the season finale. How apropos and delightful! This is the kind of DVD special feature that makes me rub my hands in glee!
The episodes are all subtitled (French and English) and closed-captioned, which I appreciate very much!

Also included in the DVD set are 5 original TV spots...very cool!! When they watch these, newbie fans will finally understand why Fox used that strange but familiar "who are you" music on the website for the Pretender S1 DVD!

Artwork/galleries were excluded from this DVD set, but Fox did try its best to make up for that on the website. Perhaps they are being saved for future releases.

In terms of the presentation of the DVD set, there are some things I would change/add:

1) A 'play all' option for each disc/side (it boggles the mind that this was not included!)

2) It would have been nice to have the 'making-of' featurette on a single disc side instead of spread over three sides

3) Some kind of booklet/insert, even if it is single sheet but I suppose it was a cost-cutting strategy

4) Some behind-the-scenes clips (I hope they will be included in future releases)

Despite these minor shortcomings, this is a TV on DVD set that surpasses all expectations for TV on DVD releases, and will be a treasure to own for anyone who appreciates good television. If you have not had the pleasure of watching this show yet, you are missing out! Now I'm just waiting for the rest of the seasons and the two movies on DVD; and a third movie or a miniseries to wrap up all the storylines!