Question for commentary nerds like me. I think I lost a version.

So, I had the show in numerous formats, resolutions and iterations and I seem to have lost one version I wish I had. There are some episodes where a scene is cut a little different between the broadcast vs the dvd vs the blu-ray. So I have the commentary audio track and in a few episodes, the cut is unfortunately worse than the broadcast version because they sliced away better moments in favor of - I don’t know maybe more “nice”. In any event, so I’m listening to the commentary and during some of the aforementioned scenes, I distinctly remember watching that previously also with commentary and they had actually talked about the bits that were cut from this version. I suspect the commentary was originally made for dvd which is how they refer to it in their dialogue. When the Blu-ray came around I think they did those dreadful re-cuts, and I suspect they just chopped at the commentary audio to make it match as best they could.

A couple of examples: In episode 1x04 Social Psychology, there’s a scene when Annie first approaches Duncan in the cafeteria asking to be part of his special lab on the Duncan Principle. So Duncan being Duncan, he says “okay I’ve actually been in this situation and I just need to start off by saying: I don’t date students…” and here’s the fork: in the original, he continues “even though you’re an eight! Which is a British ten! Aaagh I’m ANGRY” then he continues “but if you still want to…” etc. in the changed version, he just states he’s not allowed to date students and then says but if you still want to.

Same episode in the very beginning original version they open in Chang’s class and Chang tells everyone about how one anonymous evaluation was so cruel that he studied the handwriting and confirmed it was Annie. So he presses his face up against hers and says “who’s erratic and unstable now, princess gringa” The changed version starts a little earlier where he’s teaching some Spanish words but scribbling total gibberish on the blackboard. The whole evaluation forms thing is cut completely.

Basically, I remember them talking about the very bits that are chopped away in the version I have now. So maybe mine is the Blu-ray and I must have discarded the dvd version. I have the originals as well but not with commentary and that’s what I’m trying to find. The original versions cuts with commentary.

If anyone knows of a torrent or a download I’d really appreciate it. I think is so wrong when they change shit after the fact for release on home media. It’s absolute anathema to artistic integrity.