Robyn, cheaper than renting the DVD's (there is like 24 DVD's between 2 seasons, so that's a LOT) you can do what we did, we bought the seasons for about $30 each, watched them all, and sold them on amazon for about $30 each! Practically free minus the few bucks we lost to shipping and commission. I enjoy it, it's a little bloody in some parts, but I close my eyes. You can also download episodes for free, but I didn't tell you that
As far as it stopping till Feb, I agree, LAME!! I heard that ALL the shows are doing that this year due to poor holiday ratings, but why can't they wait till the week of Tgiving and then start after Christmas? Oh well, they did say once it starts again, it will be 16 weeks in a row, instead of only a few and then it stops again.