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Married with Children - The Complete Second Season

Married with Children - The Complete Second Season

List Price: $39.95
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The show hits it's stride in season 2.
Review: The first season release has it's moments but here in a 3 DVD set are some of the best early episodes. This is the season where the characters really found there niches and for those who prefer Steve to Jefferson this contains Steve at his best. Some very funny episodes that are listed below so I won't repeat the list but if you love the show you can't do without this set.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Flawed Picture + Zero Extras = Disappointed Fan
Review: THE SHOW:
Season 2 is not jam-packed with great episodes, but there are a few good ones. It's amusing that Kelly is pretty smart in the early going of the series. She's much funnier an airhead of course, can't wait 'til that happens. Bud is getting funnier and funnier. And Al & Peg already have their characters down pretty early in the series which is great!

PICTURE QUALITY:
Discs 1 and 2 for some moronic reason are loaded with NINE episodes each, and the 3rd with only FOUR. Stupid enough for any of you? Yes, these filthy rich companies can't even add for some reason. Does no one check the product before it is released?

Many episodes, especially on the 2nd disk, are plagued with LINES ON THE SCREEN. A single, translucent vertical line just hangs on the screen in the same place for a few seconds at a time, disappearing then returning, in several episodes (and no, it's not my dvd player or my tv to blame). This is VERY annoying. The 3rd disc, SURPRISE SURPRISE, suffers NO such defects, and the picture is brilliant. I can only attribute these flaws to OVER-COMPRESSION.

DVD PRODUCER'S THOUGHTS: Hmmm. Let's see. 22 episodes on 3 discs. I know! Let's overload the first 2 discs with 9 eps each and leave the third one virtually empty with only 4! It makes perfect sense!

Couldn't they just have done 8+7+7 instead of 9+9+4? DUH???

THE EXTRAS:
Terrible. The "extras" are pathetic easter eggs hidden in menu screens you have to search for like a moron. And these so-called extras are nothing but very short CLIPS from the MWC Reunion Special that aired on Fox not too long ago. What the hell?

Why no commentaries? Not even for one episode? I'd love to hear from the creators of the show, or at least the actors for at least ONE episode. Why not?

OVERALL:
An O.K. season of the Bundys on a pretty lousy DVD set. Why couldn't they do this one up right?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: wheres season three
Review: this is a good show one of my favorites,
but wheres season three?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Married with Children season 2
Review: This is a very entertaining and helps define and explain the characters more. This season is longer than season 1 with 22 episodes. Very funny to watch and great for any Married with children fan like me.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Married with Children Second Season
Review: This is the first complete season, where the series really took off. Most of these episodes are funnier than hell, and this DVD (as well as the first season DVD) is worth the money. It really doesn't matter that extras are included, the MWC episodes are enough incentive to buy it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It's Al Bundy; who cares about improved picture?
Review: This show is easily the best there's ever been. The later seasons tend to get a bit too silly and cartoonish, but the first ones are just terrific.
On this DVD, you get all the episodes from the second season along with numerous interviews with the actors. Ok, the quality of the picture could be better, but who cares about this when you can't stop laughing?
It's the quality of the show that counts; moaning about the picture quality has to appear like nitpicking.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: great show - average season - average dvd quality
Review: We need more people reviewing these DVD sets AFTER they've actually bought them. It's easy to review the show and say how great it was, but what about the quality of the DVDs, what about the extra features? Fine, the second season of Married With Children gets 4 out of 5 stars. It's a slight improvement over the first season, and still beats out some of the goofier/sillier/cartoonish later seasons (you know, for example, like where they show episodes about Kelly landing her own TV show in Hollywood, or where Al sees Aliens stealing his socks - the sort of outlandish - but still hilarious - stuff you'd NEVER see in these early seasons of the series).

As for the DVDs themselves, they're average looking. They aren't what you'd expect of top quality DVDs, but they are serviceable. It's not like you're expecting to watch a widescreen presentation of some awesome sci-fi or fantasy show that dwells on visuals. This is just a comedy, meant for laughs, and what you're seeing on these discs is better than what you'd record on VHS. They squeeze 22 episodes onto 3 discs, which is a tight fit. So there's noticeable compression in the overall look of the show, plus it's grainy and blurry at various times. But it's not so noticeable that it takes you out of the stories. You soon lose yourself in the laughter and forget about the so-so look of the picture.

The much talked about easter egg "bonus features" are simply unaired portions of the cast talking during the reunion special they aired in early 2003. Most of the clips are short, between 30 seconds to a minute. Sometimes it's interesting, sometimes it's like, "Huh?" But I hated the easter egg idea. It's not fun when you goof around with your remote looking for a specific clip, and then you are "rewarded" with a quick 30 seconds or so of cast members talking over each other in a chaotic way about what they thought of the show. Yikes. Stop with the easter eggs. No more! Just place any special features in the menu in a regular way in the future, thank you!

Oh, did I mention they include on the DVD a bunch of advertisements for other shows? Yeah, gee...thanks Sony.

To sum up:
Married With Children: *****
Season Two: ***1/2
Season Two DVD set: ***

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great! We want more!!!
Review: Well, does this show even need a review???????

Stop reading now... I said NOW.. and hit the "Add to Cart" button or something... Didn't I tell you to stop reading???

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Review: Where the hell is seasons 3 and up already??? All of these other crappy shows are being released on DVD, but the best one still sits at season 2? Gimme a break!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hitting its stride
Review: While the first season of Married with Children was excellent, the second season is when the show really got going! There is not a single bad episode in the lot. There is a major leap in terms of the comedy, plotlines, and the character development, as the show is quickly finding its identity. It is a must own for any MWC fan.

The episodes included are:

1. Poppy's by the Tree (Part 1) - The Bundy's take a vacation in beautiful Dumpwater, Florida (It is as run down as it sounds). At their hotel, they learn of the Axe Murderer that kills the tourists of the hotel they are staying at.

2. Poppy's by the Tree (Part 2) - Al must save Peg when she is kidnapped by the Axe Murderer

3. If I Were a Rich Man - Al goes to the bank with Steve. The day after, one million dollars is missing from the bank. Steve and the Family thinks Al is responsible for stealing the money.

4. Buck Can Do it - The Bundy's get threated with a lawsuit after Buck the dog, umm, gets friendly with another dog. This leads to the family contemplating getting Buck neutered

5. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Part 1) - Marcy gets into a fight with Steve. To cheer her up, Peg takes her to a male strip club. There, Marcy loses her wedding ring when she stuffs a dollar into the stripper's pants

6. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Part 2) - The stripper returns the wedding ring to Al, and gives it to Steve. He has to figure out how to approach Marcy about this

7. For Whom the Bell Tolls - A high phone bill causes Al to shut off the phone service in his house, which angers the family and their friends

8. Born to Walk - Kelly gets her license while Al fails his renewal test

9. Alley of the Dolls - Peg meets an old rival from high school and they face off in a bowling match to determine who is a bigger loser. With a member of the Bundy's missing, Steve fills in for the family

10. The Razor's Edge - Steve goes on a rafting trip and comes back with a beard, much to Marcy's disgust

11. How Do You Spell Revenge? - The first softball related episode. Al tries to get Peg to improve her softball skills, while Kelly contemplates getting a tattoo of her boyfriend's name

12. Earth Angel - Bud brings home a beautiful art student to live at the Bundy house. Everyone loves her, except Marcy, who is jealous of her and has plans on getting rid of her

13. You Better Watch Out - A Santa Claus who was supposed to parachute in his arrival at a mall event, plummets to his death... in the Bundy's backyard!

14. Guys and Dolls - Al and Steve trade one of Marcy's classic Barbie dolls. After a fight, Al and Steve have to venture out onto the streets of Chicago to get it back

15. Build a Better Mousetrap - The Bundy's have a mouse in their house, and Al will do whatever it takes to get rid of it

16. Master the Possibilities - Buck the dog receives a pre approved credit card, so the Bundy's go on a huge spending spree

17. Peggy Loves Al Yeah Yeah Yeah - It is Valentines Day, and Peg wants Al to say "I love you". The viewers of the show got to vote on what Al should say. Also, Bud has his first Valentine

18. The Great Escape - One of the best episodes ever! The Bundy house is fumigated because of termites. Instead of getting a hotel, Al has the family live at the shoe store. Kelly is grounded but needs to sneak out so she can go to a rock concert. For those who have seen this one, it is the "Green Meat Attack" episode

19. Im-Po-Dent - Marcy dents Steve's Mercedes. Steve claims Marcy is making him impotent, and uses this to turn Marcy into his slave

20. Just Married... With Children - Al and Peg find an invitation for a love game show in the Rhoades' mailbox. They pose as Steve and Marcy in order to get on. When the Rhoades find out, they pose as Al and Peg and face off against Al and Peg on the game show, where the key to winning is to survive torture

21. Father Lode - Al wins some money at the racetrack, and he tries to keep it a secret to a suspecting family. Peg finds out and starts stealing from Al's wallet

22. All in the Family - Peg's relatives from Wanker county visit the Bundy's, while Al is trying to watch "Hondo"

While there may not be much in terms of extras, the DVDs have more than 20 Easter Eggs. Each one is an interview with a cast member, so these should all be very interesting and a nice addition. Do yourself a favor and pick this set up now!


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