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Unlike another certain celebrated HBO series, Rome's end will satisfy those swept up in its lavishly mounted spectacle and invested in the human dramas of the historical figures and fictional characters. Season 2 begins in the wake of Julius Caesar's assassination, and charts the power struggle to fill his sandals between "vulgar beast" Mark Antony (James Purefoy) and "clever boy" Octavian (Simon Woods), who is surprisingly named Caesar's sole heir. The series' most compelling relationship is between fellow soldiers and unlikely friends, the honorable Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus "Violence is the only trade I know" Pullo (Ray Stevenson), who somewhat reverse roles when Vorenus is overcome with grief in the wake of his wife's suicide. Season 2 considerably ups the ante in the rivalry between Atia (an Emmy-worthy Polly Walker), who is Antony's mistress, and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) with attempted poisonings and sickening torture. Another gripping subplot is Vorenus's estrangement from his children, who, at the climax of the season opener are presumed slaughtered, but whose true fate may be even more devastating to the father who cursed them.
Rome's second season does not scrimp on the series' sex and violence, in both cases exceedingly brutal. But in this cauldron of treachery and betrayal, words, too, are vicious, as when a defiant Atia ominously tells Octavian's new wife, Livia, "Far better women that you have sworn to [destroy me]. Go look for them now." In writing Rome's epitaph, we come to praise this series, not to bury it. Although two seasons was not enough to establish a Rome empire, it stands as one of HBO's crowning achievements. --Donald Liebenson
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The year is 44 B.C. Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. Meanwhile Titus Pullo attempts to pull his friend Lucius Vorenus out of the darkness that has engulfed his soul in the wake of personal tragedy. For once again, the fates of these two mismatched soldiers seem inexorably tied to the fate of Rome itself.
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely faboulous........2007-09-17
Although this season was not as good as the first, it still retains all the suspense and drama. All of the characters come back, with the exception of Niobe and Caesar, and all of them experience a drastic personality change as the historic events unfold. A few of the mid-season episodes can get a bit slow, but once Octavian takes over, the games definitely begin.
after ceasar.......2007-09-16
After watching the season 1s last episode, I was quite sure that that was the end of this series. Ceasar was dead. etc. If you are also feeling that way, all I can say is; watch the second season. And you'll be amazed. The production quality is unbelievable. The casting, the roleplay.. It's like they've placed a handycam in the ancient Rome.
Don't miss it.
Rome - the Second Season.......2007-09-16
Excellent series! It is great just for the movie alone, but it has SO much more! It tells you about the time in Rome just after Julius Ceasar was killed. He the culture and population lived their normal lives. It gives you a window into living during that period of time. It actually uses real historical names whenever it was recorded. I could spend a week reviewing this 10 disc series.
I would highly recommend this series to almost anyone with natural interest in history. Even exciting for someone who loves to get involved in a great series where the people seem like your best friend or worst enemy.
The Spectacular Conclusion to an Amazing Series.......2007-09-16
At the onset of the second season of "Rome" there are a lot of plot points to tie up. Gaius Julius Caesar is dead. Lucius Vorenus has lost his beloved wife and his children blame him for their mother's death. The bitter feud between Attia and Servilia is raging worse than ever, and the future of Rome's glorious reign of power is uncertain. Brutus and Cicero must legitimize their actions to the public in order to sieze control of the government, but Mark Antony refuses to back down without a fight. Further complicating matters is moody young Octavian, Caesar's rightful heir, who eventually throws his hat in the ring to claim the throne that he craves so desperately.
But it's not just politics at the forefront of "Rome" -- the true genius of the show is in its deeply resonant characters and the complexities of their ever-changing relationships as they careen through an historic and bloody time period. On this more personal level, Lucius Vorenus must work to rebuild his life and regain the trust of his children with the help of his loyal buddy, Titus Pullo (whose love life is more complicated than ever what with his beautiful wife Eirene plus the arrival of a lusty slave who pursues him with a fierce determination). Meanwhile, Octavian's decision to take full advantage of his inheritance puts quite the strain on his mother's relationship with Mark Antony, who is quite beguiled by Cleopatra after he lands in Egypt toward the end of the season (!).
I'll say nothing more of the plot for fear of giving anything away; just be assured that everything you loved about season one is present and accounted for: ample sex and violence (plus copius nude scenes from a lot of good looking actors and actresses), drama, intrigue, comedy, and impeccable craftsmanship. "Rome" is one of those rare products where every element comes together perfectly -- cinematography, costuming, make-up, writing, directing, and especially the acting. "Rome" features the most talented (and most criminally underrated) cast in television, from bit players to principles there isn't a wrong note to be found. I had been nervous that season 2 might falter without the magnetism of Ciaran Hinds' spectacular Caesar, but all of the other actors raise their game to fill in the void. James Purefoy amps up Antony's egotism to tragic hero levels; Ray Stevenson and Kevin McKidd perfect their already stellar chemistry as buddies-for-life Pullo and Vorenus; Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Lyndsey Marshal and David Bamber steal more than their fair share of scenes as Octavia, Brutus, a petulant Cleopatra, and Cicero respectively; and Polly Walker and Lindsay Duncan positively smolder as they play out their wicked feud as Attia and Servilia (Walker's final moments in the finale are so delicious that she nearly steals the entire season out from under everyone else's feet).
So what are you waiting for? To watch an episode of "Rome" is to be absolutely hooked, so if you've already indulged in Rome - The Complete First Season you need to follow the series through to its awe-inspiring climax. It's a journey well worth your time and money.
Grade: A+
ROME - If you havent seen it, BUY IT!.......2007-09-15
This is a fictionalized but AWESOME glimpse in to the Roman Empire during the time of Caesar and his heir...Octavius. If you like good story lines, this is for you. Really violent in some scenes, makes it more realistic to the times I bet, and the sex\nudity is toned-down from the first season but it is still there. All in all, a great mini-series.
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Hedonistic bachelor Charlie (Charlie Sheen) is a jingles writer who, he blithely states, makes a lot of money for doing very little work, sleeps with beautiful women who don't ask about his feelings, drives a Jag and lives at the beach, and sometimes, in the middle of the day, for no reason at all, likes to make himself a big pitcher of margaritas and take a nap out on the sundeck. His brother, Alan (Jon Cryer), evicted from his house by his soon-to-be-ex-wife, is "rigid, inflexible, uptight, obsessive and anal-retentive." Charlie and Alan are "twisted Jungian archetypes," according to series co-creator Chuck Lorre in one of this set's bonus features. If by "twisted Jungian archetypes," he means Oscar and Felix from The Odd Couple, then yes, Charlie and Alan are "twisted Jungian archetypes," and this inaugural season finds rich comic tension in their period of adjustment. Charlie is a Man Behaving Badly, whose idyllic life is upended when "fuddy-duddy" Alan moves in, accompanied by his impressionable 10-year-old son, Jake (Angus T. Jones), with whom he shares custody with his iceberg-cold, sexually confused (a comic conceit thankfully abandoned by season's end) estranged wife, Judith (Marin Hinkle). Alan is a single father who is appalled by his amoral brother's lifestyle and by the influence Charlie might have on Jake ("Uncle Charlie, I understand the point spread, but I'm still confused about the vig"). And then there's Berta (effortless scene-stealer Conchata Ferrell), Charlie's formidable, tart-tongued housekeeper who is initially driven out the door by Alan's fussiness ("The peanut butter stains on Jake's shirts really require an enzyme presoak").
Two and a Half Men is a guy show that sets feminism back a good three decades. Women are portrayed as either bimbonic objects of lust (Transformers' Megan Fox guest stars as Berta's teenage granddaughter), vengeful and retaliative (Heather Locklear as Alan's divorce lawyer), crazy hot (Jenna Elfman as an unstable single mother on the run), or emasculating (Holland Taylor as Charlie and Alan's mother, or, as Charlie refers to her, "Mom, the Impaler"). The charming Melanie Lynskey's is a particularly thankless role, that of Rose, Charlie's "insightful and disturbing" stalker, who becomes Jake's babysitter. While Charlie's "bad-boy act" could quickly get old in lesser hands, Sheen, in the past not the most natural of comic actors, is in his element. Charlie's genuine affection for Jake goes a long way toward redeeming his character (and lack of it). Two and a Half Men, a People's Choice Award-winner its first season, really adds up with a crudely funny sense of humor that is all kinds of wrong, but also smart and, at times, even sweet. --Donald Liebenson
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Charlie Harper is a bachelor in paradise, complete with Malibu beach house, overpaid job and a very active dating life. Then his uptight brother Alan, in the throes of a divorce, moves in - and brings his 10-year-old son Jake with him. Sorry, Charlie. It looks like paradise lost. This 4-disc set includes all 24 Season-One Episodes of the breezy comedy - the People's Choice Award winner as Favorite New Series - starring Charlie Sheen as Charlie and Jon Cryer as Alan. As the brothers reestablish a sense of family, Charlie also bonds with Jake (Angus T. Jones). Holland Taylor is the guys' domineering mother, Marin Hinkle is Alan's icy ex and Melanie Lynskey is Rose, who thinks one date with Charlie means life-long commitment. Meet the Harper men - two adults, one kid and no grown-ups.
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Customer Reviews:
Hilarious!!.......2007-09-01
This is the funniest show on television today. I can't believe that US audiences have had to wait so long to get this DVD set. I can't wait to see it. I didn't start watching until it moved into the time slot Raymond was in so I missed the early years. Does anyone who already has the set know if the vanity cards that display (ever so briefly) at the end of every show are on the DVDs? They are hysterical also. If you don't know what I'm talking about go to Chuck Lorre's website and check them out. You have to pause the show right at the end to see them. It's easy with Tivo and so worth it! I'm ordering my set today. Bring on season 2 (and 3, etc!!).
Charlie Sheen Saves His Career.......2007-08-08
Charlie Sheen saved his career with this show....This show is hilarious mostly due to the comic timing of Sheen and Cryer.....Sheen is basically playing a version of himself (minus the drug abuse that has plagued him in the past) Cryer does the whole neurotic thing to a T, showing why the producers of Friends were wrong to pass over him for the role of Ross (yes, true story) The only negative is the kid..There is no need for him..The show could be an all out R rated comedy similar to Married With Children in edginess but the kid is not a fit..He cant act and is out of place..He should be on Hannah Montana as Hannah's dorky fat friend and not on this show......It will be funny in a year or two to see what the writers and producers do when the kid is 14 years old and 200 pounds all those cutesy fart jokes just wont cut it....More Charlie, more Jon, more of the mother, LESS of the kid
It's about time!.......2007-05-28
Finally this show is on DVD. I thought it would never happen! Keep them coming! Kudo's to Charlie and Company, I don't think there has ever been a funnier show made. May we have many, many years until it's "Two and a half Old Men"! John, Arlington TX.
A SITCOM THAT DREW CONSISTENT LAUGHS.......2007-05-27
Most of my friends who have seen this show wouldn't think twice before they concurred: it's flat out hilarious. I had my reservations about Charlie Sheen in a role not unlike his cameo at the tail-end of Spin City--a suave yuppie and a consummate Lothario--but he is the delight of this party! Few can fit so snugly in the role of a relaxed, affluent young retiree lounging in his Malibu seafront apartment when he's not effortlessly schmoozing with the opposite gender. He's at his wry sharpest.
There's excellent chemistry between him and Jon Cryer, who plays his uptight, righteous elder brother. As they tackle mature subjects such as frivolous relationships and artificial insemination and pretty much everything that surrounds this nature of things, the brother's smart-mouthed son is kept ever so cleverly in the dark. These parallel tracks of young and old humor lend the show some sparkling dimensions. The little boy, Angus Jones, is a natural. Some of us may have seen him at the Emmy Awards last year. An outspoken housekeeper, a domineering mother, and a cutting curmudgeon of an ex-wife round out an ensemble cast; any episode featuring Holland Taylor's portrayal of a prim and proper modern-day mom of the two brothers in her crisp Chanel skirts and bright red lipstick can almost guarantee a laugh-riot.
The true hallmark of a successful sitcom is the degree to which you end up warming up to its characters. Amidst its spate of one-liners, 2&1/2 Men does a fairly decent job of making viewers relate to its characters. None of these archetypal characters is new, but each is idiosyncratic without being wildly over-the-top. There are even some touching episodes such as the one when Charlie's favorite neighborhood girl sets off to a distant destination, leaving his supposedly wooden heart all aflutter.
If the recent drought of funny shows on TV is any indication, sitcoms are no cakewalk. There have only been a handful of the truly funny ones that did not run out of steam in their later days and kudos to the scriptwriters for making 2&1/2 Men belong plushly in that elite league! I must say I am not pleased with the damage that this 'introductory price' may wreak on your wallet, but that's a minor quibble for a DVD you know you're going to be watching more than once.
Germany has 2nd season out on DVD!.......2007-05-19
I don't understand y the USA hasn't gotten this on dvd, season 2 has been released here in Germany!! See a pic of the cover above. The show is called "Mein cooler onkel Charlie" in Germany!!
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Season 1
Twin Peaks devotees, who have kept the mystery alive on myriad Web sites, will jump at the chance to return to the spooky town that might just be the anti-Mayberry. Rarely syndicated, the Twin Peaks television series has lost none of its quirky and queasy power to get under your skin and haunt your dreams. So brew up a pot of some "damn fine coffee," dig into some cherry pie, and lose yourself in David Lynch and Mark Frost's murder mystery and soap opera, which unfolds, in one character's words, "like a beautiful dream and terrible nightmare all at once." Twin Peaks was a pop culture phenomenon for one season at least, until the increasingly bizarre twists and maddening teases so confounded audiences that they lost interest in just who killed Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). This series was a career peak for most of its eclectic ensemble cast, including Kyle MacLachlan as straight-arrow FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, Michael Ontkean as local Sheriff Harry S. Truman, Sherilyn Fenn as bad girl Audrey Horne, Peggy Lipton as waitress Norma Jennings, and Catherine Coulson as the Log Lady. Alumni enjoying current success include Lara Flynn Boyle ("The Practice"), as good girl Donna Hayward, and Miguel Ferrer ("Crossing Jordan"), hilarious as forensics expert Albert Rosenfield (who has absolutely no "social niceties").--Donald Liebenson
Season 2
"Don't search for all the answers at once," says a giant appearing to FBI Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) in a vision. "A path is formed by laying one stone at a time." In Twin Peaks, that's easier said than done. Over the course of two seasons, that path went nowhere and everywhere. "Bureau guidelines, deductive technique, Tibetan method, and luck" don't cut it here. It also takes a little magic, which is what makes David Lynch and Mark Frost's bracingly original serial drama one of TV's ultimate trips, and still the stuff that fever dreams are made of. With the DVD release of season 2, die-hard Peakers can rekindle their obsession with this macabre, maddening, sinister, and surreal series set in the rural Pacific Northwest community whose bucolic surroundings hide "things dark and heinous." (If you're new to Twin Peaks, best to get the lay of the land by watching the brilliant feature-length pilot and the instant-cult-classic first season, which capture Twin at its peak.) Three main mysteries drive season 2. First, there's the still (!) unresolved murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Then, there's the question of who shot Cooper in the season 1 cliffhanger. And finally, ultimately: What about Bob? With its dream logic, bizarre behavior, and nightmare imagery, much of what transpires goes right by you. Some subplots (Sherilyn Fenn's sexpot Audrey held captive at the bordello, One-Eyed Jacks) are easier to latch on to than others (amnesiac Nadine believes she's an 18-year-old high schooler) And, yes, that's a pre-X-Files David Duchovny as Dennis/Denice, a transsexual DEA agent.
In Twin Peaks' second season, the truth is out there, but we are entering A Few Good Men territory. When Laura's killer is at last revealed in episode 16, no doubt many will not be able to handle the truth. The teases, red herrings, and out-and-out gonzo looniness will try the patience of viewers with a more conventional bent. But, as Cooper observes at one point, "All in all, [it's] a very interesting experience," with enough doppelgangers, allusions, pop-culture references, and in-jokes to keep bloggers buzzing. If, for example, you get any pleasure from recognizing Hank Worden, who played Mose in The Searchers, as "the world's most decrepit room service waiter," then Twin Peaks may just make you feel right at home. --Donald Liebenson
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Taste That Famous Cherry Pie
The Recipe
8 inch Crust: 1-1/2 c. flour, 1/2 c. Crisco, 1/4 c. ice water
Mix flour and Crisco with fork. Add ice water. Mix with your hands. When blended, roll into ball and refrigerate overnight. To roll out: flour both rolling pin and flat surface, split ball in two, roll out 1/2 to fit pan and 1/2 for lattice.
Filling: 3 c. cherries (pitted, sour frozen); 1 c. water; 1c. Baker's sugar; 4 T. cornstarch; 1/8 t. salt
Thaw cherries at room temp and strain (yields 2 c. juice). Taste for sweetness, more/less sugar may be needed. Add 1 c. water to make 3 c. juice (reserve 1 c. juice for cornstarch mix). Dissolve cornstarch in 1 c. juice, stir with whip. Combine 2 c. juice, 2/3 c. sugar, salt, and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch mix, cook until clear, about 5 min. (if cooked to long, syrup gets gummy). Remove from heat, stir in 1/3 c. sugar (blend thoroughly). Pour mixture over cherries, fold with wooden spoon, cool (stir mix while cooling to prevent scum from forming on top). Pour mix in pie shell. Top completed pie with lattice crust.
Bake @ 425 degrees for 35-40 min.
Stills from Twin Peaks (coming soon)
Customer Reviews:
Hooray!.......2007-09-15
This is an excellent show and I'm very happy they are finally releasing a boxset. I didn't buy the season 1 and 2 boxsets because I knew that at some point a full boxset had to of been forthcoming (and no, I didn't even look it up). So I'm very glad that I waited!
HUH! I just bought season 2!!!.......2007-09-13
This really hacks me off. They just released season 2 and now they want you to pay more for the entire series boxed set.
It wouldn't be so bad if season one and the pilot were readily available, but now that first season set is hard to find.
I suppose this has to do with all the copyright issues that delayed the season two release in the first place. Arrg!!
This is also why I stopped buying all those versions of LOTR and Star Wars. These greedy producers want to take the fans for as much as they can and usually, we fall for it
Previously on Twin Peaks.......2007-09-13
When our company released the full 27 episode series on DVD we held an al day screening in a London Cinema (digital projection) for promotion of the video's availability. This was publicized in local papers and we were amazed at the costumes the audience showed up in. The location in Leicester Square is like New York's Times Square and bizarrely dressed Log Ladies, Mounties and "dead" Laura Palmers turned Twin Peaks into a Rocky Horror Show rival. So strong was the impression made that the London Times covered the story and our video release was nicely served. Historically speaking, the 27 episodes released on 10 Videos was a first for the video industry.
A little late.......2007-09-13
I knew it was coming. I should have held off buying the second season, but the suspense was killing me so I purchased it when it came out this past April. I hope Paramount is providing plenty of extras to justify this deluxe edition other than a gold wrapping, as the pilot was included in the Special Edition Season One box set. If they had gotten their act together the first time and released it all in one box set, we wouldn't have had to go trough this ordeal.
It has been eight years since Season One was released on DVD without the crucial pilot episode, which so galled Twin Peaks fans that two years later Universal released an attractive special edition that included the pilot as well as additional material with the ghostly image of Laura Palmer underneath her portrait. Then came another long wait before the Second Season was finally released early this year in a rather bland format by Paramount, with little in the way of extra features other than log lady intros.
During this time there have been various bootleg DVD sets as well as more polished releases of the complete series. If Parmount, Universal and other studios want to avoid piracy they should get their act together and treat television series in their entirety, not release them piecemeal, with long waits in between seasons. It really made no sense at all in the case of Twin Peaks, which only ran for two seasons, a total of 29 episodes plus the two-hour pilot episode.
The Gold Box Edition is long overdue, but of course it comes with a hefty price tag. One can only hope that it is more polished than was the release of Season Two, finally bringing to rest the long running controversy surrounding the DVD release of this great television series.
Quit your griping, it's finally here.......2007-09-11
Sure, I tracked down and shelled out for a region-free dubious-quality version of the pilot from some fly-by-night overseas company. And some of you bought the first bare bones season one box set. But we all knew this would be coming some day (as sure as David Lynch needs coffee and pie money). And we'd be all over it. So, just bask in the short term master hunter victory of having bagged that stuff early, get over it, and look forward to the all frills edition. And light up (because that's the only way you'll ever understand this thing).
Hollywoodaholic: Confessions of a Screenwriter
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The medical drama's second season could be diagnosed as bipolar; in other words, it got much worse and much better at the same time. Whiny, self-involved surgical intern Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), arguably the weakest spot in the otherwise likeable ensemble, had already left viewers annoyed. But season two, in which Meredith coped with being dumped by her married McDreamy (a.k.a. neurosurgeon Derek, a.k.a. Patrick Dempsey) by excessive drinking, sleeping around, gazing like a sad puppy and--unforgivable!--breaking the heart of longtime admirer/friend George (the cuddly T.R. Knight), could have alienated audiences for good. (Seriously, sometimes you want to shake the girl and feed her some cookies.) Thankfully, what Meredith's storyline threatened to derail was held together by some emotional episodes, including "Into You Like a Train," in which a pair of strangers are impaled together on a metal pole, and "Much Too Much," featuring a mother's quintuplets in critical condition. But the standout show that turned Grey's Anatomy into a television force came with the January 2006 post-Super Bowl episode, a two-parter involving a "code black" lockdown when a live bomb is housed inside a patient.
Romance also remained key to the staff at Seattle Grace: Steely Cristina (Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh) softens, to her great dismay, as her relationship with Dr. Burke (Isaiah Washington) gets serious; Izzie (Katherine Heigl) pairs up, then breaks up, with Alex (Justin Chambers, the villain of the cast if you had to name one) before falling in love with flirty, tender heart patient Denny (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Derek and estranged wife Addison (Kate Walsh, who somehow managed to win over Meredith-McDreamy fans despite being the Other Woman) make attempts at fixing their marriage, and Dr. Bailey (Chandra Wilson, easily a standout) tries to balance a medical career with mommyhood. Even George finds a new love with orthopedic surgeon Callie (Sara Ramirez). The season wraps up with a weeper of a two-part finale, set at the hospital during a "prom" (it's complicated). But with the fancy gowns and tuxes, tears and romantic tension, leading to a crossroads for Meredith and Derek, you can bet the episodes are a delight for any Grey's fan. The show also continues to rely heavily on narration (not a good thing) and soundtracks (a good thing), using tracks from artists before they hit it big (KT Tunstall, Brandi Carlisle, Snow Patrol).
On the DVD
Four of the episodes get an extended treatment, though the tag line "too steamy for television!" is overreaching a bit. Oh is the only actor to turn up on a commentary, which is otherwise just the writers and producers congratulating each other. Walsh turns up the charm in "The Doctors are In," in which characters answer fans' questions, but Chambers appears noticeably drab and disinterested. Despite "Uncut" being in the title, the special features aren't anything you'll be watching again and again. Save that rewind button for the show itself. --Ellen A. Kim
Description
Experience the complete second season of TV's most compelling show in an expansive 27-episode DVD set. Witness every minute of the thrilling drama that has become a television event for fans and critics alike. "Week after week, the entire show is mcdreamy," raves USA Today. Life gets even more intense for the doctors and interns of Seattle Grace Hospital in year two as Meredith and Derek's relationship goes from odd to downright insane with the arrival of Derek's wife, and Alex lets his Izzie obsession out of the bag. You "can't stop watching," says TV Guide. Experience GREY'S ANATOMY: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON -- uncut with over five hours of never-before-seen bonus features, including four extended episodes with scenes too steamy for TV, behind-the-scenes interviews, and so much more.
Customer Reviews:
Addictive!.......2007-09-03
This show is ADDICTIVE. I live/work in Iraq so I never have seen the show. I saw a few reviews and decided to check it out. I was totally impressed. I felt like I found an addiction that I could not break. I am waiting on Season 3 to arrive.
Compelling, soapy dramedy.......2007-08-13
I normally go for sci-fi or action. I never watch soap operas. But Grey's Anatomy is a show my wife and I both love. The number and frequency of relationships is unrealistic, as is the fact that every patient seems to open up their deepest feelings to interns they just met. But it's funny and dramatic and chock-full of heart-wrenching, tear-jerking moments as our young heroes save (or fail to save) the patient-du-jour. I highly recommend you give this show a shot. If you're a native Seattle-ite you'll also enjoy the gratuitous exterior shots of Seattle landmarks.
The DVDs are definitely the way to go. No waiting for next week's episode, plus, several of the episodes have extended versions on the DVD.
Drama.......2007-08-13
I really like the show. It can drag @ times and Derek is a jerk. But the show is always moving.
2nd Season-Grey's Anatomy.......2007-07-30
This is the best best best! These dvd's are so addicting! Get ready to watch this stuff straight! I watch at least 2 hrs a night....crying, laughing, the most amazing show.
Highly recommended!!
Best Show Ever.......2007-07-30
Never has there been a better show. I am so happy with my DVD's.
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Season One: Winner of the Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy its first year out, Arrested Development is the kind of sitcom that gives you hope for television. A mockumentary-style exploration of the beleaguered Bluth family, it's one of those idiosyncratic shows that doesn't rely on a laugh track or a studio audience; it's shot more like a TV drama, albeit with an omniscient narrator (executive producer Ron Howard) overseeing the proceedings. Holding the Bluths together just barely is son Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the only normal guy in a family that's chock full of nuts. Hardworking and sensible, Michael's certain he's going to be given control of his family's Enron-style corporation upon the retirement of his father (Jeffrey Tambor). The fact that he's passed over instead for his mother (Jessica Walter) is only a blip when compared to his father's immediate arrest for dubious accounting practices, and the resulting freeze on the family's previously limitless wealth.
Bereft of money, and even less family love, the Bluths have to band together in their moment of need--not easy when everyone's looking out for number 1. In addition to his scabrous parents, Michael has to contend with his lothario older brother (Will Arnett), his basically useless younger brother (Tony Hale), his greedy twin sister (Portia DeRossi), and her sexually ambiguous husband (David Cross). Michael's only comrade in sanity is his son George Michael (Michael Cera), but then again, the teenage boy harbors a secret crush on his cousin (Alia Shawkat). A peerless ensemble led by the brilliant Bateman (who ever knew he could be this good?), all the actors are pitch-perfect in their roles, delivering the dryly funny, sometimes absurdist dialogue with the speed and flair of classic farce. The unusual tone of Arrested Development takes a bit of getting used to--it's far different from anything you'll see on TV, even HBO--but once you buy in to the Bluths' innumerable dysfunctions, you'll be laughing your head off for hours.--Mark Englehart
Season Two: The axe of cancellation dangled perilously over Arrested Development during its second season, but the award-winning comedy fought against fate to deliver a hilarious if scattershot 18 episodes (reduced from the original show order of 22), and stayed alive for the beginning of a third season. Most likely, the creators and actors knew the clock was ticking down, so they didn't hesitate to throw their all into these manic, hilarious episodes, which have only the thinnest of plot arcs but an electrifying energy that makes them hard to resist. Some of the story antics were more of the same: good son Michael (Jason Bateman) tries to keep his company afloat, but is often foiled by older brother Gob (Will Arnett); the precarious marriage of Lindsay (Portia de Rossi) and Tobias (David Cross) undergoes a trial separation; and young George-Michael (Michael Cera) fights his attraction to his cousin Maeby (Alia Shawkat). Other show developments, though, were new and stunningly, uproariously bizarre: Buster (Tony Hale) joins the army, but later finds his hand bitten off by a seal (yes, a real seal), and Oscar (Jeffrey Tambor), the hippie brother of jailed George Sr. (also Tambor), rekindles an affair with sister-in-law Lucille (Jessica Walter), which may have resulted in Buster's conception years ago.
Jokes flew fast and furious, as did guest stars--Ben Stiller, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Christine Taylor, Thomas Jane, Ed Begley Jr., Ione Skye, and Zach Braff among them--making it hard to keep straight who was doing what and why. No matter, as each of the episodes was in and of itself was a perfect gem of comedy, strung together by sharp writing and fantastic performances. In addition to the regular cast, both Liza Minnelli, reprising her role as "Lucille Two," and Martin Short, as an, um, eccentric family friend, deserve special mention, with the episode both appeared in, "Ready, Aim, Marry Me," a frenetic exercise in slapstick farce. Typical examples of the show's offbeat humor were found in "Afternoon Delight," in which various members of the Bluth family discover the true meaning of the '70s ballad, "Meet the Veals," wherein the Bluths encounter the conservative parents of George Michael's girlfriend, and "Motherboy XXX," surrounding an unsettling mother-son traditional dance. The entire cast cohered perfectly through this season, and their give and take provided a perfect balance among the actors, all of whom were even better than the previous year. However, it's Bateman who should be singled out as the show's anchor, mixing dry sarcasm with impeccable comic timing. Despite plummeting ratings, Arrested Development didn't just keep its head above water, it swam with grace and hilarity. --Mark Englehart
Season Three: Arrested Development--one of the greatest comedies in the history of television--went out in a blaze of glory. The truncated final season packed more biting humor per minute than ever before. In only 13 episodes, dozens of intertwining storylines spun in all directions: In addition to the overarching story about the fractious infighting of the Bluth family and the family's housing development company being investigated for treason in Iraq (a plot arc that comes to a dazzlingly surreal conclusion), the put-upon "good son" Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman, Teen Wolf Too) pursues romance with a lovely British woman (Charlize Theron, Monster) who turns out to be woefully inappropriate; swaggering magician Gob (Will Arnett, Monster-In-Law) flees from his newly-discovered teenage son while still pandering for the affection of his self-absorbed father (Jeffrey Tambor, The Larry Sanders Show); flighty Lindsay (Portia de Rossi, Ally McBeal) and her sexually blurry husband Tobias (David Cross, Mr. Show) both get the hots for the family's new lawyer, Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio, Charles in Charge); and much, much more. It's difficult to describe what makes Arrested Development so brilliant. The ensemble is uniformly superb (Jessica Walter, as the family's boozing, scheming matriarch, is particularly devastating this season) and the surprising guest stars (including Andy Richter, James Lipton, Justine Bateman, and many others) are perfectly cast; the characters' abominable behavior defies conventional television notions of "likability", yet they only grow more endearing the more you watch; the humor embraces wild slapstick and sharp satire, often within a single scene; and the nimble documentary style allows for sly glancing references to jokes and scenes from long-past episodes, rewarding devoted fans. But the key is that, no matter how screwball Arrested Development becomes, the show offers a rich, textured, and wonderfully coherent world in which these characters feel genuine, a world completely unlike the flat, plastic simulacrum offered by the average sitcom. Arrested Development was true to itself to the end. Its followers will cherish it forever. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews:
Arrested Development is the best show ever........2007-09-10
It is a travesty that this series was cancelled, but leave it to fox to throw away once in a decade material. Anyway, apparently America was too stupid to understand this show. This explains why Friends was ever on the air. Unfortunately I too was a part of this demographic. I did not like arrested development when it was on television. I couldn't see what all the fuss was about. Therein lies the problem, it was too good for tv. This show is meant to be watched in order for hours at a time. The writing was so dense, the comedy so layered that a viewer can't afford to skip a show and expect to get laughs. It wasn't until around a year ago that someone sat me down and told me to watch the first three episodes in order, with no interruptions. If, at the end of the shows i still didn't like it, he would never speak of it again. Instead it was me who could not stop talking about it. The show even stands up to repeated viewings, even after watching every episode and starting all over again, and showing it to other people the show never has gotten dry, i always pick up something new. Buy this Dvd set, it will make your life better.
Best US tv show since Seinfeld.......2007-09-05
American tv is clearly a wasteland, which makes Arrested Development some kind of strangely shining proof that intelligence can occasionally find its way through the cracks of network mediocrity.
This show is waaaaay too accurate about a hilariously disfunctional upper middle class American family, and all the phoniness that entails. Seeing the show without commercials turns it into the true work of art it was meant to be. Amazingly, the last episode is as good as the first, which is spectacularly funny and unsettlingly so. The first two minutes of the pilot are so perfect it's hard to fathom, once you stop laughing.
Every actor is dead on; it's hard to pick a favorite. The scripts are far too intelligent for network tv, let along Fox. Kudos to the exec who green-lighted this puppy; what the hell is he doing at Fox?
If you haven't seen this show, you're very lucky. Prepare to laugh for about twenty hours or so.
Greatest Show of All-Time, bar none.......2007-09-03
If you are reading this, please, buy the whole series at once. Devote a day to watching this show, you will not regret it. They have nailed down the essence of life in Orange County, or at least the region they live in on the show. Will Arnett as GOB is one of the truly great characters of any show, and so are all the others. Just buy this, it is way worth it. Watching shows like "The Office" after watching AD is like night and day, AD blows it out of the water, it is just so much better than anything else, except maybe "Curb Your Enthusiasm". BUY THIS!
Hilarious!.......2007-08-28
This show will have you laughing hysterically the entire time! I love this show I watch it when I need a good laugh.
Smart and Funny Series.......2007-08-28
Despite the critics's great reviews, I didn't watch Arrested Development when it was on the air. Now I am mad at myself because maybe if more like me had, it woud still be on TV. I love it! It doesn't talk down to you; the characters are interesting and quirky; the plotlines are twisty and hilarious. I'm enjoying every minute of it (and also realizing how attractive Jason Bateman is).
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In the second season of Showtime's Dead Like Me, teen grim reaper George (Ellen Muth) returns just as she left the first--dead. (Technically, undead.) That isn't about to change, but some things will. In season premiere "Send in the Clown," she'll get a promotion at the Happy Time temp agency (a dead ringer for Office Space's soul-sucking cubicle maze). Meanwhile, Roxy (Jasmine Guy), a tough-talking fellow reaper, will make the move from meter maid to police officer. After all, even reapers have to eat.
There are other changes. George's parents, Joy (Cynthia Stevenson) and Clancy (Greg Kean), finally throw in the towel on their foundering marriage. The other reapers experience their share of good and bad luck. Sweet, if narcissistic Daisy (Laura Harris) finds religion, larceny, and love (in that order), while bad boy Brit Mason (Callum Blue) gives up the bottle only to take it up again and no-nonsense reaper boss Rube (Mandy Patinkin) spends most of the season trying to track down someone from his mortal past.
There were 15 episodes in the second season. Guest stars include Michael Des Barres as a washed-up rocker ("In Escrow"), Barbara Barrie as George's free-spirited grandmother ("Rites of Passage," "The Escape Artist"), and Eric McCormack as a cocky TV producer who falls for Daisy (three episodes, starting with "Death Defying"). Unfortunately, 2004 wouldn't turn out to be creator Bryan Fuller's lucky year. Despite fan devotion, critical praise, and Emmy nominations, both of his distinctively quirky dark comedies, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me, would not be renewed--but at least the latter made it to the end of the year. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Description
Proving that "reapers are anything but grim company" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), this "deliciously dark comedy about the afterlife" (Newsday) returns for "a second season as strong as its first" (Philadelphia Daily News). Thanks to breakout star Ellen Muth's prickly charm, Dead Like Me has "an amusingly odd and touching energy all its own" (Detroit News and Free Press). After more than a year as a grim reaper, George (Muth) has realized that being a teenager in the afterlife is as complex as in real life. There are still unrequited crushes, agonizing dilemmas and the occasional bad attitude. Along with her kooky "co-reapers" Mason, Daisy, Roxy and Rube, George struggles to collect souls while managing her own awkward development…into an adult reaper!Disc One"Send in the Clown," "The Ledger," "Ghost Story," "The Shallow End"Disc Two"Hurry," "In Escrow," "Rites of Passage," "The Escape Artist"Disc Three"Be Still My Heart," "Death Defying," "Ashes to Ashes," "Forget Me Not" Disc Four"Last Call," "Always," "Haunted," Bonus Material
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous.......2007-09-11
One criteria for the greatness of a movie is how often I can watch it. The second is that if I stumble across it while channel surfing, will I stop and watch. Dead Like Me is one of those shows.
This show is on of the great ones.......2007-09-05
I don't know what to say that others or the product itself cannot say for itself. The show has great characters portrayed by the perfect actors and actresses, and it was over too soon. The storyline was intense and yet humorous, I think this is a great way to understanding death while keeping a neutral point-of-view. Two words: Daisy Adair.
Addicting Series.......2007-09-04
I caught this originally on the SCI-FI channel. The story line is great and the acting is wonderful. I started watching it and now my whole family are addicted to it. I don't see why it is not still on TV. It reminds me a little of Doogy Houser(not sure of the spelling). It is more about a teenager growing into an adult and handling life, except she is dead. Each of the characters grow in the episodes and their development provides good stories.
Finally a tv show with heart...then they cancelled it!.......2007-08-27
What can I possibly say that the other reviews haven't? Only that Dead Like Me is the best series that Showtime had ever ran. All the characters had wonderful chemistry, the directing was awesome, the acting was great and the story line touched your heart everytime! The problem here is Showtime did not give this show time to take off, it was advertised very little if any at all. My husband and I came upon it by accident when we had insomnia and we were since hooked. If you haven't seen Dead Like Me rent it, then buy the seasons. They only get funnier!
Dead Like Me, We Hardly Knew Thee.......2007-08-19
What a great show this was. Though I never had Showtime, I caught an occasional episode of the first season, and bought the DVD for the Second Season. Though it is sad to see the show go, this set was a great way to end it.
We get some more information on most of the characters, as they develop into true characters, and not just background "cooky pals". The show was witty, funny, odd, irreverent, and will truly be missed!
The 2 seasons are well worth the money and time!
Description
All the laughs, all the loves, all the lattes - all yours! Settle in with the hilarious and acclaimed series about a family based on friendship. Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross were always there for each other. Now they're here for you in the complete 10-season set of Friends.
Customer Reviews:
My Fav Friends!!.......2007-09-13
This product arrived pretty rapidly!! Of course I knew I wanted this as I had been watching Friends religiously for many years. Soo Happy!!
Complete Friends for the world.......2007-09-11
Well, as it has been said, this is a MUST HAVE for all Friends fans. I just wanted to add to the review list some information I wanted to know before buying and I didn't find here (so I take a shot ordering :P)
1. This is the COMPLETE series, and this means the UNCUT version for each chapter... "with never before seen footage".
2. Somebody asked in another review about Spanish subtitles. YES, all chapters are subtitled, but none of the extras.
Friends Forever!!!.......2007-09-10
As other reviewers have stated, this is the best set. For 10 years we lived their ups and downs every week. It would have been nice to see it go on a couple more years. Would have loved to see how Chandler adapted to parenthood in his quirky and neurotic ways.
This is the best set for the entire seasons. I originally bought each individual season, then had to buy the 50 lb limited box cabinet set but then had to get rid of that to make way for this compact set.
Takes up very little space and is the neatest way to collect all seasons in one package.
Hopefully there will be a reunion special in the future for the gang.
now if we could just get a box set in either HD-DVD or BluRay. The world demands Jennifer Aniston in Hi Def!!! or maybe its just me!
Friends - The Complete Series Collection.......2007-09-09
This is the best series I have ever seen. I love Friends. I love every episode. I have been wanting this since it came out and I am so glad that I have it. I watched the whole series in about 3 weeks. I have rewatched it a few times. I still have my favorite episodes and I do lean to them.
Excellent!!!.......2007-09-07
perfect quality for best price...it even comes packaged better as the normal 10 season series...its worth it
Product Description
4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Push the button and prepare to be blown away by the groundbreaking television event USA Today calls "TV's best series." The multiple Emmy(R) Award-winning drama reaches new heights in its spectacular second season as the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 discover they are not alone in their battle against "The Others," and a contested decision to open the hatch reveals a new realm of mystery and intrigue. Prepare yourself for the DVD experience of Season Two, complete with over 8 hours of original bonus material you can't see anywhere else -- including unaired original flashbacks -- and you'll discover for yourself why "everything happens for a reason."
Format: DVD MOVIE
Amazon.com
What was in the Hatch? The cliffhanger from season one of Lost was answered in its opening sequences, only to launch into more questions as the season progressed. That's right: Just when you say "Ohhhhh," there comes another "What?" Thankfully, the show's producers sprinkle answers like tasty morsels throughout the season, ending with a whopper: What caused Oceanic Air Flight 815 to crash in the first place? As the show digs into more revelations about its inhabitant's pasts, it also devotes a good chunk to new characters (Hey, it's an island; you never know who you're going to run into.) First, there are the "Tailies," passengers from the back end of the plane who crashed on the other side of the island. Among them are the wise, God-fearing ex-drug lord Mr. Eko (standout Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje); devoted husband Bernard (Sam Anderson); psychiatrist Libby (Cynthia Watros, whose character has more than one hidden link to the other islanders); and ex-cop Ana Lucia (Michelle Rodriguez), by far the most infuriating character on the show, despite how much the writers tried to incur sympathy with her flashback. Then there are the Others, first introduced when they kidnapped Walt (Malcolm David Kelley) at the end of season one. Brutal and calculating, their agenda only became more complex when one of them (played creepily by Michael Emerson) was held hostage in the hatch and, quite handily, plays mind games on everyone's already frayed nerves. The original cast continues to battle their own skeletons, most notably Locke (Terry O'Quinn), Sun (Yunjin Kim) and Michael (Harold Perrineau), whose obsession with finding Walt takes a dangerous turn. The love triangle between Jack (Matthew Fox), Kate (Evangeline Lilly) and Sawyer (Josh Holloway), which had stalled with Sawyer's departure, heats up again in the second half. Despite the bloating cast size (knocked down by a few by season's end) Lost still does what it does best: explores the psyche of people, about whom "my life is an open book" never applies, and cracks into the social dynamics of strangers thrust into Lord of the Flies-esque situations. Is it all a science experiment? A dream? A supernatural pocket in the universe? Likely, any theory will wind up on shaky ground by the season's conclusion. But hey, that's the fun of it. This show was made for DVD, and you can pause and slow-frame to your heart's content. Just try and keep that head-spinning to a minimum.
On the DVD
Commentaries by various cast members and producers reveal little other than the occasional easter egg (the Dharma logo on the shark fin, Walt's mumbling translating to "Don't push the button; the button is bad" backwards). But disc seven opens with an eerie Hanso Foundation instructional video, leading you to eight hours of bonus features, including cast members' own theories, deleted scenes, and featurettes on specific episodes. It's all well and good for Lost fanatics, but if you want the cream of the crop, check out: "Lost Connections," an interactive feature that reveals how all the islanders are actually linked (for instance, one of the officers who captured Sayid during the Gulf War is Kate's father); a Channel UK promo for the show directed by David LaChappelle in which cast members suck in their cheeks and, dressed in evening wear, tango in slow motion as if in a Calvin Klein ad (it has to be a joke, right?); and "The World According to Sawyer," which strings together each of the un-PC nicknames and pop culture references spewed by Holloway's character. Favorites include "Chewie" for Jin and "Ponce de Leon" for Ana Lucia. It's by far the cherry on top of a sweet dessert. --Ellen A. Kim
Customer Reviews:
Finding Lost.......2007-09-09
I just wanted to say that the only sure way of getting it is to own Season l and 2 and being able to rewatch it before Season 3 comes out in December. There is so much in this series, so many tales and so many people to love and dislike, so many personalities with proof that no one person is perfect. The only one of the so-called good characters that I think is a self-centered persons is Michael. I love my children as much as anyone but I wouldn't kill my friends to save them. I would trust them to help me.
I like the interaction of these people, one way or another which they wouldn't expect to normally happen, which shows that the world is much smaller than we think, even without modern technology.
What u should expect in LOST 2?.......2007-09-05
Obvianting all negative review from this season... It's LOST, Is a great series, an adicting series... You should own all season! But reviews have some sense... this's the most slower and sometimes boring season... but you had to see it!
PLEASE Rescue These People!.......2007-09-01
Season One had me hooked, but Season Two was agony. I found the suspense simplistic and contrived by merely having the characters behave stupidly in the face of danger; a very frustrating thing to watch. And by the end of the season, not a single character retained their heroic qualities as their flashbacks and/or sadistic behavior on the island revealed less than admirable qualities for each castaway. "Cast away." Now that's a good idea of what to do with this boxed set...
Best show out there.......2007-08-23
Honestly, this show has everything a viewer would want. But most importantly, the acting, which i think is essential in selling a show, is pretty darn good here, from everyone. I truly am hooked, and have never felt this way about any other show before. Addicted cant even describe it. It is the best hour of tv out there and nobody is allowed to disturb me while I am watching it.
Hooked.......2007-08-19
I avoided Lost for a long time as I didn't want to invest in a serial without knowing there would be some conclusion. We know there are at least three seasons of Lost, and so I bought season 1 and 2. I got caught up in both seasons. I am impressed with the writing, the dialog and formula on how each character is featured and we learn more and more about the mystery as we go along. Beyond the vehicle of mystery, you watch the development of amazing actors and writing developing the characters. As a small example, the pregnant woman who normally falls into a sweet daisy flower category, was kidnapped and later escaped. She lost her memory of the incident, and had an episode where she went back to the place where she was abducted. You could finally see her determination and strength to face the demons of her kidnapping. We learn more about the island through each episode along with the cross-stories and history that tie all these unrelated characters together. You can see the potential in characters development beyond the stereotypes they fall into. Things hop along with great action and story development and perspectives. No character is sacred and there are some shocking storylines. There is this mystery set up about the island so I believe there is always potential that noone dies and is mysteriously healed! The island itself is a character and is so beautiful in the locations filmed. It is interesting to see this grove of trees where the characters hide a lot get thinner and thinner. There are some inside jokes played in this season Charlie gets lines about, such as, "Didn't you see the polar bear?" I love the development of the Korean couple and how dynamic (and hot!) they are. The Korean husband without his shirt can rival Sawyer. There is brutality and sweetness in this couple's story and in all the stories. I like the ending of Season 2 how they turned one major character and made him deeper and yet you could understand the dilemma. Season 2 does leave the innocence of the first season and delve into the mystery deeper. You meet other survivors and new characters and clear up some clues left from Season 1 as you continue. Movie-quality acting, storytelling, and special effects. Exciting and dynamic. Humorous and sweet. Shocking and brutal. I am hooked. I love this show.
Amazon.com
When the debut season of The Hills ended, Lauren had passed up the opportunity to work in Paris for the summer to live in a beach house with her vaguely Neanderthal-ish boyfriend Jason. Flash forward to the second season of MTV's hit reality series--which aired from January through April 2007. Lauren and Jason break up, and you can see the wistfulness in her eyes as her friend Whitney (who got the Paris gig after Lauren turned it down) talks about what an amazing summer she had. Though the conceit of this Laguna Beach spin-off was to have Lauren at its core, her friends are as instrumental to the drama as she is. There's Audrina, whom roomies Lauren and Heidi ostracize for no other reason than they can. As for Heidi, Lauren's supposed best friend, she cares more about fame and men than her friends. As entertaining as this 3-disc, 12-episode set is, this series also reveals the worst caricatures about mean girls and young women. They will gossip about whoever isn't around and will lie to their friends, apparently oblivious to the fact that they will be caught in their lies when the show airs on TV. And sadly, these girls fault each other--rather than their cheating men--for their tumultuous relationships.
If Lauren is the determined and good rich girl, Heidi is the manipulative bad seed. She scares a boyfriend into thinking she's pregnant to test how much he loves her and then maintains her innocence when he gets angry at her deception. She lies to Lauren about what another girl said. There are times you may empathize with her, but those few moments are negated by her stupidity when it comes to her slimy boyfriend Spencer, whose claim to fame is hanging around any place (and any one) where there is a camera crew. He even sets up Lauren with his one-dimensional friend Brody (son of Olympian Bruce Jenner) to ensure that he's assured of even more camera time. Spencer guilts Heidi into doing what he wants, but she is guilty of lacking a spine when it comes to standing up to him. Spencer actually is an honorary mean girl, cattier and more jealous than any of the women on the show. Last season's finale left viewers wondering whether Lauren would work towards her future and go to Paris, or remain in the past and live with Jason. The second year ends with another life-altering decision--this time for Heidi. Will she move in with Spencer, whom she has already told that she is too young to make such a commitment, or will she remain as Lauren's roomie and BFF? There is a champagne toast and pizza celebration for a pair of roommates in the final episode that will make most fans of the show very pleased. --Jae-Ha Kim
Product Description
With a year in Los Angeles under their belts in Season 2 of "The Hills," Lauren Conrad and her friends Heidi, Audrina, and Whitney learn that being young women in the big city isn't as easy as they thought. This year, when new boys force them to make tough choices, Lauren and the girls are about to find out that not even friendships can be taken for granted.
Customer Reviews:
My guilty pleasure ;->.......2007-08-18
I don't know why I love this show so much - but I do. It's strangely addictive and for some reason, I can't stop watching it. Yes, it's trashy, but you kind of want to keep seeing what's going on in their immature lives because you realise that you are actually normal and well adjusted. There are 12 episodes, and I watched them in record time.
Here's the breakdown of each episode:
1 - OUT WITH THE OLD. After a rocky summer with her boyfriend Jason, Lauren decides to break it off and returns to Teen Vogue to face her unhappy boss. Heidi finds herself in trouble with a guy both she and Audrina are dating.
2 - WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT. Lauren goes on her first date since breaking up with Jason and is tested at work when she's asked to work a fashion show. Heidi has a life changing secret she must tell her boyfriend.
3 - THE BEST NIGHT EVER. When an uninvited Audrina shows up at Heidi's birthday, she learns Heidi's not ready to forgive and forget. Lauren, determined to focus on work, falls for the charms of the new guy in her life, Brody Jenner.
4 - WHO DO YOU TRUST? Audrina tells Heidi about Spencer's cheating ways, but Heidi is doubtfull until she sees it for herself. Lauren continues to wonder whether she is ready for a relationship.
5 - ONE BIG INTERUPTION. Heidi takes a break from Spencer but finds herself missing him more than she'd like. Lauren has to plan a Teen Vogue dinner but takes a backseat to super-intern Emily from New York.
6 - YOU HAVE CHOSEN. When Lauren tells Heidi what she really thinks about Spencer, Heidi must choose between her best friend and her boyfriend.
7 - WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE. Lauren realizes she can't trust her best friends after Heidi hooks Jen up with Brody.
8 - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Audrina takes Lauren out on a blind double date, while Lauren and Heidi grow farther apart. And a photo shoot with a Vogue stylist makes Whitney impatient for more responsibility.
9 - NEW YEAR, NEW FRIENDS. Spencer asks Heidi to move in with him, but Heidi doesn't know what to do or how to tell her roomate, Lauren.
10 - APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED. Lauren's 21st birthday is full of surprises when Heidi and Audrina throw her a party and Jen reaches out to make peace with her.
11 - EVERYBODY FALLS. With a new job on the line, Whitney stumbles in her biggest opportunity with Teen Vogue. Spencer goes too far when he pressures Heidi to leave Lauren and move in with him.
12 - GOODBYE FOR NOW. In this season finale, tension comes to a head as Heidi makes her final decision about moving in with Spencer. Lauren looks to Audrina to fill the void left by her best friend, and Whitney flies to New York City to interview for a full-time job with Teen Vogue.
All of this takes up 2 discs, and on the third disc are some extras. There are some deleted scenes and cast interviews among other things and it's entertaining to watch too (especially the remixes). The nicest and prettiest girl is Audrina. The most immature and idiotic is Heidi.
I don't know why the lives of rich spoilt girls who probably have mommy and daddy paying their rent should be so appealing, but it is somehow. I love the shots of Los Angeles throughout the show and love seeing some of the places they go to - like nightclubs, restaurants and cafes.
If you are looking for a day's worth of trashy entertainment, then look no further. This is great to watch and I'm already hanging out for season 3.
I'm the First.......2007-08-08
I am so happy Season 2 is coming. I love the show. I have season 1 on DVD, the book, and the soundtrack to the show. The Hills is my favorite show. I know everyone will enjoy it!!
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Entourage is everything viewers have come to expect from an HBO series: smart, hilarious, and highly addictive, especially when taken in full-season, DVD form. As implied in the title, the show follows Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), a rising Hollywood star with bedroom eyes and an over-active libido, along with his three childhood companions-turned-hangers-on. Kevin Dillon plays Johnny Drama, Vincent's less-attractive, B-list actor of a brother (he is Matt Dillon's less-attractive, B-list actor of a brother in real life). Jerry Ferrara plays Turtle, the weasel, and Kevin Connolly appears as Eric, the Everyman hero who hopes to parlay his friendship with Vincent (plus two years of community college) into a career in talent management. Along the way Eric contends with the predictable self-doubt, romantic indecision, etc. The cast is rounded out by Jeremy Piven (Doug Hughley from Singles) as a foul-mouthed agent reminiscent of Jay Mohr's short-lived Peter Dragon character. Finally, it's produced by Marky Mark himself--and you've got to believe that guy knows something about the star-entourage relationship. If possible, watch with a friend so you'll have someone to quote lines back to later. --Leah Weathersby
The most clever thing producers did with the second season of Entourage, HBO's hip and hilariously accurate depiction of Hollywood, was to take the boys out of Hollywood. Sending star-on-the-rise Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his boys from Queens (hence the title of the show) into places like Sundance and ComiCon created a whole new treasure trove of inside jokes, and for that we thank them. The usual clutter of celeb cameos abound (Hugh Hefner, Pauly Shore, Ralph Macchio,), but one main story arc takes up the entire season: Vincent's casting in Aquaman, the big-budget movie he didn't want to star in, and then had to vie against Leonardo DiCaprio to get. Mandy Moore turns up as the only girl who ever broke Vince's heart (on the set of A Walk to Remember, allegedly) and now re-enters his life as his Aquagirl, while James Cameron makes a few appearances as director of the superhero project. In the meantime, Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) goes from moocher to music manager, Eric (Kevin Connolly) gets courted to be a big-time agent, and Johnny "Drama" (Kevin Dillon, ever the punchline) ponders calf implants and gets fired from a Movie of the Week with Brooke Shields. The biggest turn of events, however, happens to Vince's slick agent Ari Gold (an Emmy-worthy Jeremy Piven), who pulls a Jerry Maguire by the end of the season. Ari's ability to switch sides on a dime -- that is, to choke up at his daughter's bat mitzvah, then manipulate the family moment into a publicity stunt to lure his client away from a rival, continues to make Piven the firecracker of the bunch. Grenier is slightly less vacuous than last season, but still has the least interesting personality (which could be the point of the show--that it takes a village to make any Joe Actor into a movie star). Unfortunately the DVD features no commentary and just one extra: Executive Producer Mark Wahlberg, on whom the show is based, interviews the cast and producers. The banter is interesting enough, but Wahlberg makes such a dull interviewer it's certain we won't see a talk-show host career in Vince's future. --Ellen A. Kim
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Season 1 Your best friend's star is rising in Hollywood, and there's only one thing to do: join his entourage. Meet Eric, Turtle and Johnny Drama: three guys from Queens dedicated to helping their film-star buddy Vincent Chase navigate the absurdities of modern-day Hollywood--where sex, parties and super-agents rule the town. Season 2 After three months shooting an indie film in the Big Apple, the boys are back in LA. Eric is officially Vince's manager, Turtle is running the house, Drama is hoping to enhance his onscreen assets...and Ari is pushing a blockbuster superhero role for his golden-boy client.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing.......2007-09-13
Greatest Show Ever. I just wish the shows were all an hour long. They always end too soon.
Worth It!.......2007-08-25
I came "on-board" late, and wanted to catch up. The show is funny and absorbing, and excellently written and acted. I LOVE it!!!
Entourage Seasons 1 and 2 .......2007-07-04
The first two seasons of the HBO show Entourage is great. Amazon delivered my order quickly and I have enjoyed the episodes ever since.
best HBO show.......2007-06-18
Doesn't every guy in over 16 and under thirty want to live this way? Such a good show.
Not livin the same day twice!.......2007-06-06
The Entourage reveals what we only read about in sappy tabloids...what really takes place in the surreal hollywood scene! Great entertainment!
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