SilverWook said:

It's possible In The Beginning was made as a sort of cliff's notes on the show for the benefit of new viewers once the show moved to TNT?

It's a darn shame the original broadcast version of the pilot hasn't been released on DVD. I think there was talk of preserving the Japanese LD of it that didn't go anywhere.

You can get it on iTunes, that is how I saw it at a friend's house. I have to say while I would love to have the original version on DvD the one that we have is a better episode over all.