Exes and Ohs - The Complete First Season | 
| Directors: Gary Harvey, Lee Friedlander, Mina Shum, Monika Mitchell
Actors: Michelle Paradise, Marnie Alton, Angela Featherstone, Heather Matarazzo, Megan Cavanagh
Studio: MTV
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 3852
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 132
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD892114D
UPC: 097368921146
EAN: 0097368921146
ASIN: B0013LRKUS
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008 Rating: Nr
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Six half-hour episodes of Exes and Ohs fly right by in this clever show's first season. Directed by Lee Friedlander, Exes and Ohs humor is a careful blend of satire and sincerity, as mini-dramas in each saga mock elucidate the do's and don'ts of lesbian social and romantic codes. Each of the characters, based on cliched "lesbian types," explode the cliches as the characters become rounder. The episodes are "hosted" by documentary filmmaker, Jennifer (Michelle Paradise), who periodically breaks out of character to describe the "rules" of lesbianism, as she learns them. Her best friend and former lover, Sam (Marnie Alton), is a free-spirited, sexy bombshell that provides a foil to Jennifer's tendencies to over-think creative work and relationships. The main story concerns Jennifer's traumatic breakup with Sienna (Darby Stanchfield), and Sam's efforts to get Jennifer dating again. Their network of friends, always gathering at the Beever Cafe, include Kris (Angela Featherstone) and Chris (Megan Cavanaugh), women in matching outfits who run a pet supply and adoption company who yearn for real motherhood, and Crutch (Heather Matarazzo), the budding Ani DiFranco wannabe. Subtle teasing happens to show these womens' acute awareness of the cliches surrounding them. To start, in "There Must Be Rules," Sienna has left Jennifer for their couple's therapist. Instead of chiding Sienna for this, Jennifer claims she is destined to become the new couples' best friend, because lesbian exes are above anger and jealousy. In "Cutthroat," Jennifer and Sam feud over a hot billiards player at the local bar, while Crutch gets a new guitar and writes Indigo Girls rip-off tunes to everyone's chagrin. In "Pole Dancing and Other Forms of Therapy," Jennifer discovers therapeutic stress relief in a pole-dancing self-help workshop. Later episodes tackle deeper issues, so that by "What Goes Around," Sam and Jennifer grapple with commitment avoidance, Kris and Chris consider how to get pregnant, and Crutch graduates to role-model status in her community. Since some scenes get overly psychological and borderline corny, it is refreshing to have Sam constantly reminding her lady friends that sometimes women need to stop with the sensitive analysis to "just get laid." Maybe the second season will have more spicy romance.--Trinie Dalton
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 It's great!!! November 4, 2008
I bought the DVD with, of course, no expectation because I don't hear much from the Series before but I wanted to give it a try. The Series is short (damn it!) with good and funny storyline and there are cute and likable characters. The casts in the Series (I heard) are gay in real life. Give it a try, it's great!! I want season 2 now!!
OK I guess November 3, 2008
Basicly a Chick Flick, but of course it is supposed to be.I enjoyed it and hopefully there will be a second season.
 exs & ohs season 1 October 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Exs & Ohs is an interesting and entertaining series. Having never seen the show before I purchased this series, I was expecting something along the lines of the L Word. There were some similarities, but overall it was quite different. It is a less glamorous look and the lives of gay women. Some of the acting is less than perfect, but the story lines are quite humorous.
Fun, a little sexy, quirky too; a tamer, less galmerous version of L Word. October 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
These women are more on the real side of L Word; the quality of filming is something less than the big budget L Word, but the story lines are more real. Lifestyle that we can mostly relate to, without the Hollywood non-reality glitz. The actresses are mostly believable, but the couple with the long term commitment is just too sappy. Not enough hot, sexy scenes!! I longed for some of that Hollywood drama!! If you're going to make a "real" lesbian community drama, at least make it extreme in one or two situations...and make at least ONE of them a huge problem instead of a loveable annoyance! Get them drunk and show it, get them jealous and show it, if you want to make it real, MAKE IT REAL! Reality and real, hot sex scenes are what is MISSING in this genre!!
Worth buying October 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's safe to say that this show it not up to par with the L Word, which sets the benchmark for other lesbian shows. However, I still enjoyed watching Exs and Ohs as it provided quite a few laughs and it kept me interested enough to watch it twice and look forward to the next season. The plots are more light-hearted than serious, but it doesn't take away from its value. If you don't mind some comedy with a few cheesy/cute moments then you will like this series.
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