My replacement DVDs still had locking bars (Grrrrr!) but at least they were unlocked and I could remove them, which should have been done before they were sent to me.
The contents are of course, fantastic! This is one of the wittiest, most with it series ever devised. The lead character is very attractive, but snarky, and ultra perceptive. Her unwitting father has trained her to snoop into affairs outside her supposed scope. She uses these skills to work for her school mates and others. The truth, when found, is rarely as anyone would want, and the failings within her community become glaringly obvious to Veronica as she pries into ther goings on in Neptune, a town of privileged brats and a struggling underclass, to which she belongs. A brief period in the golden glow of the wealthy has left her present ostracism unbearable, and our plucky protagonist must use all her considerable resources to combat the threat from withiut and from within. Superb viewing, highly recommended.