To be honest, when it did end, I was already a "sophisticated" high schooler - LOL! Also, by that time, DS was jumping around so much, it was getting difficult to muster much enthusiasm. However, as you said, I, too, felt I'd never see it again. After all, it was before the era of the VCR, so we never had the luxury of taping it. Imagine my sheer delight when PBS in New Jersey started airing it. I was able to get the channel, if fuzzy, and devoured the show. My love was reborn. Then, when Sci-Fi began airing it, I despaired. My cable company didn't run Sci-Fi. When they finally did acquire the channel, I was ecstatic. I taped every single episode again and again. Stupidly, though, I never kept those tapes. I kept taping over them. That's when I began acquiring the series on VHS, beginning with the Collector's Series. OK -- another blunder. I should have waited for the DVD's. I now have the entire series on video but must begin, once again, with the DVD's. Do I hear Blu-Ray lurking? Hope not!