It's dead, Jim!

My friend Alex taped the third (and final) season of "This is Wonderland" for me because it doesn't air in the States. He gave me the videotapes when I visited Edmonton, but I haven't had time to start watching them until today. And of course, when I go to turn on my VCR it dies a sudden and pathetic death. I suppose I shouldn't complain, as in this age of disposable electronics and designed obsolescence my VCR had worked faithfully for over ten years. Still, it's very frustrating that it happened right now, as I was looking forward to spending the evening curled up in front of the tv watching as many episodes as I could before falling asleep. Bummer.