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Welcome to How to Spend $20, BOP's look at the latest DVDs to make it into stores nationwide. This week: Jerry Seinfeld actually does something post-Seinfeld, J.J. Abrams jumps a sinking ship to claim cinematic glory, Albert Brooks proves more people should be watching his work and Nic Cage continues to trap himself in a bottomless pit.

For people who curse the WGA writers' strike for keeping Jack Bauer off the air in 2008: 24: Season One (Special Edition)

It's hard to believe Jack Bauer and company last appeared on TV airwaves in May 2007 - and won't show up again for another eight months. Since November 2001, Kiefer Sutherland has been such a mainstay on Fox. It felt absolutely bizarre to accept the news that the network had decided to bar the series from airing in 2008 entirely. So instead of using this year to continue enjoying new adventures of a man who simply cannot die - because, thanks to Fox, you literally can't - the alternative is to get yourself caught up with what Bauer has been up to for the past six years or so. His missions have included trying to save the president from an assassination plot, stopping a nuclear bomb from detonating in L.A. and acquiring a deadly virus that has made its way to underground markets, among others. For the newbies, here is where it all began, and in a special edition to boot.

Disc includes: trailers for 24: Season 7, Prison Break: Season 2, and Burn Notice; 25 extended and deleted scenes; alternative ending; The Genesis of 24 documentary; The Rookie online short films: Coffee Run, Get This To...

For people who can't believe Seinfeld has been off the air for ten years: Bee Movie

Jerry Seinfeld is a strange dude. I say this because ever since his television series exited NBC, the man has done more or less nothing - save for a rare guest appearance on 30 Rock, in which he plays none other than himself. Even so, the man continues to both be in the news and retain his star power. Bee Movie, of course, would be that other exception. The film, which he produced, wrote, starred in and relentlessly promoted, is about a bee, Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), who is dumbfounded that bees spend their entire lives making honey. Making matters worse, he falls in love with a woman (Renee Zellweger) who eventually shows Barry that humans eat honey, which puts the bee in an interesting predicament. The film reached moderate success at the box office - $126 million and change in domestic theaters, against a steep $150 million production budget. Here's hoping Jerry won't go into hiding for another decade or so.

Disc includes: Audio commentary (with Jerry and select crew members), lost scenes, alternative endings, Inside the Hive (a short cast featurette), Jerry's Flight Over Cannes (Seinfeld's publicity stunt), 16 TV Junior shorts, two live-action trailers, fun facts, trivia games, music videos.

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