Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #256 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-10-19
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Dutch
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 968 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Season 3 of ABC's terrific ensemble drama Brothers and Sisters finds the pampered Walker family of Pasadena in fine neurotic form. Happily, the art of deep in-person conversation (and confrontation) is alive and well among the Walkers and their extended family, which continues the welcome echoes of one of its ancestor shows, thirtysomething. As it turns out, the Walkers have a lot to talk about. The sharkish Holly (a fearless and delightful Patricia Wettig) is a much bigger character this season, and that raises Brothers and Sisters' complexity level accordingly. Holly, mistress of the late William Walker (Tom Skerritt, in flashbacks), is now running the Walker family business, Ojai Foods, which results in extreme tension for Walker's widow, Nora. Sally Field continues to bring great depth and nuance to her performance as Nora--a not-so-traditional housewife facing her late husband's betrayals (and the viewer learns of more this season), yet finding that adversity really does make her stronger. The rest of the stellar ensemble includes Rob Lowe as the uber-ambitious senator husband of Kitty, played by Calista Flockhart, who shows welcome restraint. Sarah (Rachel Griffiths) contends with her new single life by plunging into a new startup venture--and finding she's pretty darn good at it. The three Walker brothers include Kevin (Matthew Rhys), Tommy (Balthazar Getty) and recovered junkie vet Justin (Dave Annable), the last of whom is delighted to discover that the comely Rebecca (Emily VanCamp) is not actually a blood relative. Much of season 3's sexiness comes from this new, hot couple. And there's drama with Tommy, too--which will change the Walkers' lives forever. --A.T. Hurley

DVD Description
Come home with the Walkers in the unforgettable third season of Brothers And Sisters. Television’s most captivating family is back with more secrets and surprises than ever before. It’s a new year full of exciting developments. Robert and Kitty dream of parenthood, and the future of Ojai Foods hangs by a thread. Witness every business (and social) affair of the Walker and the Harper families in Season Three, complete with never-before-seen bonus features available only on DVD.

Special Features

• The Ojai Experience – Cast Members Take A Trip To A Real-Life Family Winery In Ojai, California To Learn The Truth About Running A Family Wine Business.
  
• In-Between Scenes – Laugh Along With The Cast And Crew On A Set Filled With Practical Jokers.
  
• The Mothers Of Brothers & Sisters – Personal Reflections From TV Icons Sally Field And Patricia Wettig As They Discuss Their Roles, Pivotal Scenes And Their Storied Careers.
  
• Bloopers & Outtakes
• Audio Commentaries
• Deleted Scenes

Customer Reviews

The chaos of family
After two phenomenal previous series it was always going to be difficult for the script writers to come up with fresh and entertaining story lines. This third season was still very good viewing but perhaps lacked the intensity of the past two.

Some story lines lacked depth that left you rooted to your seat, but taking nothing away from the actors and actresses they were all on top form as ever. A new character arrives on the scene and I was most definitely not a fan of the performance but it must have been coming into the story after the rest of the cast have known one another for so long.

Nora Walker plays the pivotal role in this series again and has some wonderful scenes with her offspring. Justin is supposedly maturing into a clean man, but can it last? Kitty and Robert are going through the rigmaroll of political life again. Sarah is now a single Mum seeking a bit of fun back into her life, whilst finding a job. Kevin is enjoyed married life to Scotty, and Tommy is finding it difficult to fill his Father's shows. The smaller roles of Holly, Saul and Rebecca are all brilliantly interlinked into the story.

The series manages to ride over the bumps and it comes to a pleasing conclusion (although a fourth series is being filmed at the moment). It is hard to see where else the Walker family can go to, but I'm sure the scriptwriters will have a whale of a time thinking of new, weird and wonderful situations to put the Walker family into.

Although this series is nothing like as impressive as the previous two it still manages to make you crave the next episode time and again. If you enjoyed the first and secondd season this is a must buy. If you haven't seen it buy the first one because it is fantastic.

as wonderful as ever
Brothers and Sisters must be one of the best - and most underrated - comedy dramas of all time. It is sophisticated, witty and subtle, the acting is superlative and the writing top notch. It moves between comic moments and serious moments seamlessly, without jumping awkwardly from one to the other (as in other series such as, say, Scrubs, which I love but in a different way). The relationships are all entirely realistic and I love the way Nora loves her children so deeply, despite wanting to throttle them a lot of the time! There is less schmalz this series in my opinion, which is a good thing as it was laid on a bit thick in the previous two. The emotion is much more subtle. This series is also darker, which to some people may not be a good thing but I think it works very well.

In conclusion, I would defy anyone to watch this and not love it. You become truly involved in the characters' lives and care what happens to them. Really excellent.

addicted to this
This series is just as good as the last one. Cant wait for series three to come out !!! Its addictive.