Brilliant and touching

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Let me preface this by saying that I was a teen in the 80's when this came out and I loved this show back then. So when I saw the complete box set for $10 at my local DVD place I picked it up and looked forward to some nostalgia.Two episodes later I turned it off and put the DVD back in the case and haven't touched it since. The show hadn't changed of course but I had. And it's not like I don't like everything I did back then. There are still shows, music and movies that I loved back then that I still enjoy now. Problem is I'm a lot more discerning than I was before. The show is typical sitcom fare. Two friends, start high school with the plan to be popular. The idea is, as was put in the intro, to click with the right clique and they're in. Problem is, they're not. Cue the wacky characters and the broad stereotypes and we have an ensemble piece. Maybe some day I'll give it another try but right now, the memories of the show are more enjoyable than the actual show itself.

With so many old TV shows putting out full-season or complete series DVD sets, I would go out of my way for Square Pegs: The Complete Series if they ever produced it! All 20 episodes in one collection, and for extras they can do recent interviews with the cast and crew as well as a tribute to Merritt Butrick (Johnny Slash), who died of AIDS in 1989. Hey, if MY BIG FAT Greek LIFE can do a "complete series" DVD, why not SQUARE PEGS? The original distributor of the show was Embassy Television (who also distributed THE FACTS OF LIFE and WHO'S THE BOSS?), but they went out of business, so I don't know who to Email about getting a SQUARE PEGS collection together.Steve

This show's one season coincided with my freshman year of high school, so I could relate to it big-time. It's a good candidate for resurrection on DVD, in my humble opinion(please, oh please!). I don't remember too much about the actual episodes, just bits and pieces(it's been 21 years since I last saw it). Again, let us all hope that Square Pegs gets released on DVD.

I never watched this show when it was on and I had never seen a rerun of it, but I had always heard stuff about it. Well, tonight TvLand has been running a marathon of christmas shows and they finally played an episode of Square Pegs. I always thought the show would be absolutely horrible but it really wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it. Tvland should show it more often. I'd love to watch it again.