The West Wing was one of those rare television shows that I knew was going to be great from the very first episode. If you think back to other popular TV shows (Friends and Seinfeld come to mind), many of the pilot episodes (or even most of their first seasons) were weak. But The West Wing had me hooked right from the start and Season One was a very good one.
I bought the complete First Season box set from Wal-Mart for $19.99. This was a bare-bones copy that had no extra pamphlets or anything inside the box and didn’t even have graphics on the discs. All the episodes are there, and they’re great of course. But I found it a bit hard to navigate through the DVD menus and didn’t think the extra features were anything special.
Overall, this is definitely a fantastic price for an entire season of TV shows, but just bear in mind that you won’t be getting much else for your money.