I find all of the 4 main characters cringingly painful a lot of the time and have a hatred for stunt casting celebrities – yet still find this series hilarious and addictive. Season 5 actually moves some of the characters forward a bit as Grace gets married (to probably the least annoying character in the whole season) and Will deals with losing her – a perfect opportunity for them to be whiny and dense. Karen almost behaves like a normal person at times, but Jack manages to bumble along just as ever. The wit and sappiness manage to overcome the cringey bits and make it quite hard to actually stop watching.

DVD Special Features
Buying the whole season in one box set is definitely a better idea than buying 6 separate dvds as I have in previous years and the box is very nicely packaged. The highlight of the specials is the ~5minute blooper reel which is hilarious. There’s a long Living TV interview with Eric McCormack which is cheesily fun (including a surprisingly good karaoke Don’t Go Breaking My Heart). There’s another behind the scenes feature which is fun if sappy and the usual collection of montages. An impressive set given that I picked it up for under 20quid.