Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - The Seventh Season [2002] [DVD]

This is the last ever season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. This season aired between late 2002 and early 2003, and didn't get aired on Nickelodeon until May that same year. A number of changes have been made to this final season. Sabrina has moved out of the student flat and back into her Aunt's house, accompanied by her two best friends Morgan and Roxie. Sabrina is no longer dating Josh, and has a new boyfriend called Aaron Jacobs, plus she also works in a office for a music magazine called Scorch. The aunts, Hilda and Zelda aren't in this season, however with the exception of Harvey and Salem still on board, the shows are still funny without them. Four new characters are introduced to replace the ones who have left in recent seasons. Some of the funniest episodes in this season include: "Total Sabrina Live!, where Sabrina and her friends go to the MTV studios to meet Carson Daly, and later on she moves back into the aunts house. In “The Big Head”, Sabrina starts working in a office as a journalist, whereas later on Salem has accidently swap the circuits in the electricity around and Sabrina gets the shoock of her life. "Free Sabrina", where she tries to stop a famous actress shop-lifting, however after her plan to stop the thief backfires, Sabrina gets arrested. "Sabrina Unplugged", in which Sabrina zappes herself into Leonard's laptop's, and after getting rid of the evidence, Sabrina gets a transformation on herself which Leonard does to her. Later when she tries to comb the hair back with a hair-brush it doesn't move. In "Witch Way Out", Sabrina meets a handsome guy who runs an art gallery, and after taking her out on a date her kidnips her, whereas later Harvey, and her friends Morgan and Roxie come to rescue her. In "Bada-Ping!", Sabrina's cousin Amanda comes to visit, and Sabrina and Salem travel into the future where she sees that her premature death is really caused by Amanda's second-hand smoke. In "It's a Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Christmas", Roxie, Morgan, and Sabrina travel to Miami for the Christmas holidays, where Roxie meets her mum who's having a short holiday, and Morgan is preparing for a "Miss Wet Christmas" competition. In "Sabrina in Wonderland", Sabrina finds a antique watch, however when it goes missing (having been eaten by Salem's pet rabbitt), Sabrina later goes off to look for it before bumping into her friends looking like the characters from 'Alice in Wonderland'. In "Getting to Nose You", Sabrina gets Tongue-tied while trying to tell Aaron her feelings, so with the help of magic she gets an assistant and they switch bodies. In "Spellmanian Slip", Sabrina invites Aaron and his parents over for tea, however while the guests are arguing Sabrina accidentally says she loves Harvey. In "You Slay Me", Sabrina plans a bridal shower by buying a wedding dress, and later turns into a dragon whereas later on after getting some help from a fairytail princess in the spellbook, Sabrina finally realises her true feeling for Aaron and changes back to normal. In "A Fish Tale", Morgan and Roxie search for a replacement room-mate, while Aunt Irma pays a visit to Sabrina, and notices she's marrying a mortal. She then turns him into a goldfish and then Sabrina and Harvey zapp themsevles down the sink to find him and after putting the fish into a bath of water, the fish is turned back into a human being. However, after Morgan and Roxie have been turned into kittens, Aunt Irma turns them back into humans, where they notice that they're on top of the kitchen table eating catfood. And finally in the 2-part finale "What a Witch Wants/Soul Mates", Sabrina arranges a boat journey for a hen-night with her friends, before landing strandid on a dessert island. However, back home Sabrina wakes up on her wedding day and later realises, she's meant to be marring Aaron, however she soon notices she has true feelings for Harvey. Also included in this 3-disc pack is a 84 minute feature film “Sabrina Goes To Rome”, where Sabrina & Salem travel for a Romian holiday, and Sabrina has a whole week to open a mysterious antique gold locket and release the power trapped within. However, with the help of her friends Gwen and Paul, she manages to find an old paining of a young woman who lost the locket all those years ago and later manages to get it open. This box doesn't contain the sequel “Sabrina Down Under”, since it hasn't been released in the complete collection either. All 7 seasons are brilliant and funny, so it's probably worth owning all seven 7 sets or the complete collection boxset for just the shows. There are no special features on the sets except the feature film “Sabrina Goes To Rome”, which is not a special feature. For a show that is so good, maybe Paramount/CBS decided not to put any special features on these releases, since it doesn't need to have them, but it's still worth it for the shows alone, they're classics

I remember watching Sabrina when I was a lot younger and I was always heartbroken that it wasn't available to buy on dvd (or actually video at that time) so even though I'd grown up a lot I was thrilled when I saw season one in the shop and started pre-ordering the rest of the series from then on. Season 7 was no exception to this and I was thrilled when it came through my door! The seventh season of Sabrina is certainly not thought of as the best and I'd have to agree with the fans who say that, however I still think it is a very enjoyable season. I won't give anything too detailed away just incase people reading this have only just finished the season 6 dvd (one heck of a cliffhanger)... but let's just say that there are some very valuable and loveable characters that don't make it to the seventh season for one reason or another and they are definitely missed. Another downside to this season is that a few of the storylines are very hit and miss and also quite similar to some of the previous episode storylines. However Sabrina becomes much more independant this season, Salem is still hilarious and has plenty of laugh out loud moments... and then there is of course the series finale which does not dissapoint at all, I really do think the ending is perfect. Oh, just a little note: As I suspected 'Runnin- by No Doubt' is replaced with a different song in the last episode, dissapointing but it hardly ruined the ending for me as some fans seem to think it does! No idea what the song they replaced it with is called, but it's ok... not as catchy at all, but it fits the scene quite well. This is also the first set to include special features... or just the one actually, 'Sabrina Goes to Rome' a TV movie that was broadcast around the same time as the third season (though it is a stand alone feature, so it doesn't really matter) inwhich Sabrina goes to Rome (duh) to try and open a magical locket that belonged to her ancestor Sophia. There was another TV Movie 'Sabrina Down Under' which hasn't been released on DVD yet although I prefer the former movie anyway (I suspect they may put it on a full series set). So anyway, in conclusion, Sabrina season 7 is not the best in the series as it was at this point I think the writing wore a bit thin, however they kept it going just long enough to dish out another season of entertaining comedy, magical mishaps and a wonderful finale. Sabrina Goes to Rome is also a fantastic addition which I would've bought on its own if I could have so great to see it on the DVD without making the set any more expensive! I will give it 4 stars: 1 star for the comedy, 2 stars for the magic, 3 stars for the finale, 4 stars for Sabrina Goes to Rome and just missing one star because of a couple of hit and miss episodes.