4/5 Great to finish the collection but....
  by James Robson (New Joisey!)
OK,, FINALLY we get the last season. But I don't know.. I LOVE this series, I HAVE every single DVD, but you can really tell the drop off on quality on the last DVD, it to me looked like they mailed it in.
I gave it 4 stars for "Death of a Chevyweight" and The Hell episode.
It is just I dunno.. sorta like the first season.. it was "OK" not great or too funny.

It just seemed that when they throw in new people they just drag it down (the bandit 2-parter)

Anyway that's my 2 cents, I would say get the DVD to complete the series if you are like me and love the series, but it will be like my season 1 DVD.. not viewed too often!

IMHO seasons 4-6 are my favorites and yes even 7 (once they booted Seven!)

Jim


5/5 best show ever
  by christopher brand (michigan,usa)
I have all 11 seasons on dvd and this was one of the best seasons

3/5 It's all over for the Bundys
  by R. J Rey (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
After eleven seasons of madcap misadventures and outrageous family values, America's most dysfunctional family says good-bye in "Married... with Children" The Complete Eleventh Season. In this final season, Al (Ed O'Neill) is held hostage by a group of angry fat women who accuses him of being prejudice against the obese. Peg (Katey Segal) suffers amnesia and becomes Al's ideal housewife. Kelly (Christina Applegate) tries to abstain from having sex in order to play a nun for a TV commercial. Bud (David Faustino) lowers his standards on picking up women and starts dating Al's boss Gary. Marcy (Amanda Bearse) becomes jealous when Jefferson (Ted McGinley) gets too much attention in the health club. "Married... with Children" is the long-running FOX comedy sitcom that changed our view of the typical family comedy. The eleventh season suffered a significant drop in viewers due to constant timeslot changes. Adding the rising production costs, the comedy series was cancelled without a big finale episode. Despite a few standout episodes (Twisted, Kelly's Gotta Habit, Crimes against Obesity & Damn Bundys), the final season is certainly not one of the show's best.

"Married... with Children" The Complete Eleventh Season is a considerable letdown to one of the funniest comedy sitcoms from the Fox Network. All 24 episodes of the final season are presented in their original broadcast full screen format. Both picture quality and Dolby Digital stereo sound are acceptable. The interactive menus are simple and there are no extras included. Overall, "Married... with Children" The Complete Eleventh Season gets a "C+".

5/5 PCness Be Damned!
  by John Robinson (Michigan)
Political Correctness? WTF is THAT??? And who cares? This show is great with all it's taboo humor about sex, drugs, stereotypes and just plain ol' silly situations that is pure escapism! Ed O'Neill should be proud that his characterization of Al Bundy has gone down as TV legend...NO ONE but Mr. O'Neill could make Al what he is/was. David Faustino should get kudos as well as his portrayal of Bud; for a character who supposedly doesn't get the babes, he gets more than his share from Al's boss Gary...actress Janet Carroll (Gary) finally gets to show us how hot she is this season!

And then there's the old "Ginger or Mary Ann" argument regarding Peggy and Kelly; my circle of buddies usually choose Peggy - Katey Sagal looks slimmer and tighter in this eleventh season that'll make Kelly voters switch.....

Not many TV characters make me laugh out loud...but Ed's Al Bundy does. Would I want to live next door to an Al Bundy? Or have an Al Bundy in my family? Or be like Al Bundy? Heck no! He's devilish, crude, crass, selfish, trashy, insulting and smells bad. So what makes us love and root for this guy? Is it because he says things we wish we could? Or that he's an underdog? You can come to your own conclusions but my explanation is he just makes me damn laugh OUT LOUD. And for me, that's a helluva lot.




5/5 Going back to the basics, but all for nothing...
  by Twiddles42 (MN, USA)
The final year is a step up from the last few years, which descended into total vapid crudity.

Now, the final year also retains crudity that "Married with Children" (MWC) is known for, yet plot quality has risen (the jokes aren't as obvious and even when the punchline is, there are enough instances where you don't get the set-up until after the groundwork has been laid), and goes new places/tackles new ideas. For example:

* "The Stepford Peg" - Peggy gets amnesia and Al trains Peggy to serve him 24 hours a day (literally). Rating: 5-stars
* "Grime and Punishment" - Bud lands some money and Al now demands rent. Unfortunate, Bud being the smart one, knows renters' rights and calls in the authorities. Hilarity really does ensue. 5-stars
* "Kelly's Gotta Habit" - Bud gets Kelly in for a product ad commercial, but has to clean up her wardrobe and act (not being "easy") in order to get the role. Another 5-star ep.
* "Bud on the Side" - Bud, eyed by Al's boss, go into a relationship - much to the initial chagrin of Al, until his boss starts furnishing the shoe store with a large TV and beer. Obviously a total farce, but is remarkably funny (and, of course, crude). Another 5-star winner.
* "Crimes against Obesity" - not a clip show as such; most of the women Al has insulted over the years make a return visit. Definitely not PC, but this one too had me rolling: 5 stars.
* "A Babe in Toyland" - Kelly is hired to host a children's show when the existing host is axed. The subplot between Al and Peggy still has me rolling too. Oh, this is a top-notch episode. 5 stars, obviously! :)
* "D*mn Bundys" - (episode title is not censored on the DVD case). Al makes a deal with the Devil so he can play on a NFL football team. The 3D gimmick FOX ran is so-so but the overall episode still, like the others I've mentioned, show the show has a LOT of life left in it. Or at least has a second wind... (I will also bypass the obvious pun...)
* "Lez Be Friends" - Marcy's identical cousin arrives and comes out to Al. Great acting by all involved. Note, this episode originally aired 20 days before "Ellen" did a GLBT-themed episode too. MWC got there first. (And both shows were great in what they wanted to do.) Rating: 5 stars.

Now, the funny thing with this final year is, some stories (e.g. "Grime and Punishment") take place in 'the present' - meaning the actors act their physical ages. Other stories, (e.g. "Crimes and Obesity") have the kids acting like they were in season 1. Okay, David Faustino and Christina Applegate are a decade older, and despite being veteran actors, I can't believe they're playing 13- and 15-year olds because they obviously look mid-20s. No amount of acting will overcome that particular barrier. The shows are still funny, but that pesky "looks" issue cannot be avoided.

FOX, with the final year, kept moving the airdate from its original comfy Sunday line-up to Saturday. And then to other days. And not always advertising. I'm not sure "The Stepford Peg" ever got aired; likely due to a football game going overtime... Usually that's a big sign a network wants to axe a program, by moving the time slot (which was initially advertised with Al mimicking John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever, of course) but then quietly made other changes. I was hooked with this season early on, which was amazing given how the series turned empty for the last 3 years. I can't pinpoint the entire WHY, but there is a freshness in the stories, some of which hark back to the series' roots.

Oh, the Kelly marriage episode and the 3-parter where Al and Peg split up are the obligatory clunker episodes.

At least it ended on a high note, albeit with an episode that didn't air "Chicago Shoe Exchange" as FOX promoted Kelly's marriage to be the final episode. A final episode that didn't feel like a finale in any sense...

Definitely a must-have set for fans, even those who gave up on the show after season 5. This one readily eclipses seasons 5-10 in terms of laughs.