Is this streaming anywhere?
I have Prime but they don't offer it in digital streaming, only DVD.
shareYou can find individual episodes on Youtube of varying quality. It's better than nothing.
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DVD IS KING.
shareJust found out that all seasons are now streaming on Tubi (which is free, but commercials aren't too obtrusive)!!
shareWatching it on youtube is better (less commercial interruptions).
But the sound quality isn't very good and is hard to hear if you've got anything noisy running like an AC unit.
I'm currently at this point:
Family" S2Ep19 - Taking Chances Part 2
And have also enjoyed watching the episodes, most of which I also don't remember having seen before even though one also watched it when it first aired back in the 70's.
I'm also obsessed with that HOUSE and the reason why 2 of the windows on the top floor over on the left hand side of the front part of it (as you look at it) have those 2 WEIRD looking ROOF extensions on them.
The entire house is a very strange SHAPE, and it also looks like it's had parts of it added on to it that didn't use to be there before.
Because sometimes when you look at those 2 windows at a certain angle, it also look like they were built right into the ROOF area itself.
Willie's 2 girlfriends (Selena and Alexandra) have also disappeared without any further mention of them.
One of them was already pregnant when he meets her, leaves and has the baby. Then comes back again when he's dating the other girl who runs the bakery (who disappears without any further mention of her).
Then the other girl (Selena) also disappears and shows back up again, but disappears again.
Plus the first NANCY also disappears without any explanation for why she's been replaced by the other actress.
Those YouTube uploads have lousy picture quality (240p, LOL) whereas Tubi has beautifully restored high definition picture. Tubi actually paid the studio, which was able to restore the show to its great visual quality. Those YouTube uploaders didn't pay anybody, so you get lousy picture in return. Good job.
shareYeah TUBI is definitely better quality, but sometimes the episodes are out of order, so then you use youtube to watch them in order, only to discover later on that the missing episode is there but just not in the right order.
Or else one eppy FROZE UP about 2 or 3 min before the ENDING, so having youtube to watch the rest of the ending also came in handy for that reason.
I've just watched S4 Ep 12 and have gotten to the episode where WILLY is having a fight with his mother (in the PREVIEW clips) who's upset at him for having sex in the GUEST HOUSE (where he's living now because Nancy moved out -- after she had a fight with her father -- about her having a MALE GUEST in the GUEST HOUSE that he didn't approve of her having there).
So NANCY and now WILLY have had fights over not wanting to have their life MONITORED by their parent.
Will BUDDY be the next one to inhabit the GUEST HOUSE???
Whatever the case may be, the show is still WONDERFUL to WATCH and I also LOVE having the chance to see it again.
Doesn't look like the episodes are out of order here: https://tubitv.com/series/300007076/family?start=true . Seasons and episodes are well organized, with subtitles to boot. Those YouTube uploads are likely EDITED for reruns too. There are tons of channels like Tubi, Roku, Peacock, etc. with free content nowadays.
shareThis is so exciting! There is one episode I haven't seen before!
shareWhich eppy is it you haven't see before???
Did you get a chance to watch it yet???
I finally got to watch the episode, "From Russia With Love"!
shareI'm about to watch "DISCO QUEEN" which means there are 9 more episodes left to go before one gets to the "From Russia With Love" episode.
Did you enjoy watching it???
Imo, They wrapped up the "SLEEPING OVER" episode too quickly.
Because it would also have been nice to see Willy and his MOTHER at ODDS with each other for a while longer (due to the kind of SUPER INTENSE DRAMA that was taking place between them).
But one also understands how it was the created in the 70's when that's also the way that things tended to be done back then.
I enjoyed it. It's one of the rare Kate-centered episodes. And I also liked the sub-plot with Buddy and Annie both wanting to move into Willy's bedroom.
shareI'm at the eppy now where NANCY takes her BAR EXAM, and ANNIE climbs out the window using a chain ladder, because she's heard about the BIG EARTHQUAKE that's going to destroy CA and wants to be prepared for it.
In other words, "RUSSIA with LOVE" is just 4 more episodes away.
I'm finally at the "From Russia With Love" and laughing at the part where KATE & the COMPOSER are wearing MICKEY MOUSE HATS and singing the M I C K E Y song.
Can also hardly wait to see Buddy and Annie have a MONOPOLY play off to see who gets Willie's room.
Personally I also hope it will BUDDY, because she's right about how being older should give her the right to occupy it.
Also LOVED the LAST EPISODE called "Going Straight" where WILLIE PUNCHED his DAME GAME BOSS for the way that he BULLIED and ABUSED his SECRETARY.
Picture quality is good on Tubi, but unfortunately it's not in 4:3 format so that means it was blown up for widescreen TV's, cutting off part of the image
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