Combat - Season 2, Mission 1

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Summary: Combat - Season 2, Mission 1
Review: Combat! is one of the very best TV shows of the 60's and of any era. All the shows are well written and the acting is outstanding. Combat! will keep you on the edge of your seat as the shows are full of suspense. The background music (that plays during the episodes) for this series is top notch. They don't make TV shows like they use to and Combat! is one of the very best.

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Summary: Combat! message more timely than ever
Review: Can't believe the networks don't rerun Combat! during prime time. Not a shoot 'em up, not John Wayne type of patriotism, but exciting wartime vignettes that do more to put a human face on the cost of battle than a thousand macho war films could. There is plenty of macho, however; the show boasts outstanding guest stars from the '60's, such as Lee Marvin, Robert Duvall, Sal Mineo, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, etc.
The writing and direction are first rate, the action sequences and special effects are thrilling, and the performances are flawless. As Sgt Saunders, Vic Morrow has more brooding intensity than Marlon Brando, and his acting ability is matched only by his skill as a director. Jack Hogan as Kirby is underrated, but he gets all the great lines. Rick Jason and the rest of the squad fully inhabit the characters, imbuing them with life and personality, and subtly drawing the viewer into their experiences on the front lines. An anti-war show that never denigrates the soldiers' experiences, nor underestimates the viewer's intelligence. A timeless classic.

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Summary: combat season two-yes
Review: I have just finished watching the first group of dvds for season two. This is combat as I remember it. Lots of action and guest stars, Lee Marvin, James Colburn as a german inflitrator, Richard Basehart as a sadistic SS prison commander, James Caen as a german patrol leader. The episodes that they were in were all excellent.

The doc now played by colan carter is the doc that I remember and all the regulars are there, cage, littlejohn, kirby. The best episodes in the season 2 mission one in my opinion were the long way home with richard basehart (a two parter), anatomy of a patrol with james caen(excellent move and counter move plot) the two parter what are the bugles blowing for. In this one the squad deals with british pride and stubborness, well done. The bridge at Chalons and masquerade with james colburn. Another enjoyable was the party in which kirby, billy and cage attempt to hook up with three french women. It was a nice change of pace episode. The weakest was the infant of prague.

Now to watch the second half of combat season two and I see that season three is coming out in march of 05

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Summary: Awsome series -True band of brothers
Review: I thought Combat, Season 1 was good......Season 2 reaches new levels.An absolutley five-star show,i am only half way through the
episodes of this great season and am thrilled even if there isnt
another good episode on Mission 2!One terrific episode after another,one better than the next,What are the bugels blowing for? a two part event is like a mini movie that puts many war movies to shame.I dont have the time to go into details about everytitle,but take my word for it...buy this dvd,you will not be disappointed!I cant wait for Season 3 to come out(March 05) and i'm not even done with Season 2 yet.

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Summary: This program has unique introductory music
Review: Many programs of the era had their own introductory music and this program was no exception; the music was by Leonard Rosseman.

They always start out with "staring Rick Jason and Vic Morrow." Instead of great sweeping epics this program focuses on a single squad with their trials and tribulation with confronting and some time co-operating with the Germans in WWII. Each episode is one hour and has to oppose a problem and a solution in that time. This was back in the time of professional privates.

In 1967-1968 Vietnam if you were lucky certain areas actually had TV broadcasting at 1600 hrs. You guessed it; this was one of the programs. I wonderer what the locals thought of the episode?

This would be a good series to own. Not just for the nostalgia, but the personal conflicts portrait in the program are still with us today.


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Summary: Strong performances, thrilling battle adventures!
Review: There's no doubt that these DVD's are extremely well-produced! I thought I would find more rare extras hidden in this boxed set. Even though I have seen all the episodes, Combat is one of those shows you can just watch repeatedly and never get tired of the show. I put in one of these dvd's every night and watch some. Nice collectors item, I can't wait for the next few seasons to be released!

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Summary: Second Season of Combat Greatly Improved!!!
Review: When I reviewed the first season DVD set of COMBAT, I said that it truly warranted a 3 1/2 star rating....now however we are getting into the swing of what COMBAT was to become....the second season is so chock full of terrific episodes that it is hard to know where to begin....I'll highlight a few episodes from this season:

1. Bridge at Chalon - Lee Marvin stars as a demolition expert who is attached to Saunder's squad in order to blow up a bridge..Marvin chews nails in this episode, and we get to see clumsy Little John in action...

2. Doughboy - Eddie Albert is a shell shocked WWI soldier who mistakes Saunders for the HUN

3. Long Way Home - Richard Basehart plays a sadistic German Officer who captures the Squad..Simon Oakland excels in a broken prisoner, who does not want Saunders to make waves...

4. The Wounded Dont Cry - COMBAT tried to be fair and show that there were German soldiers who were humane, and not depict all of them as stereotypically evil, and this episode, regarding a German Medic, illustrates this point...

5. Anatomy of a Patrol - A classic in my opinion, as James Caan plays the Seargent of a German Squad who tries to outwit Saunders...think of how Kirk and Khan played a game of cat and mouse in Star Trek II as well as Robert Mitchum and Kurt Jurgens in the WWII submarine movie The Enemy Below, and you have the comparisons to this episode....

6. What Use are Bugles Blowing For? - A great 2 part episode of a Britsh Squad protecting a Railroad station that will soon be encircled by the Germans...it is up to Saunders to convince the officer to abandon the station...great action and a very good character study of USA and UK soldiers...

7. Gideon's Army - a very poignant episode concerning Saunders squad discovering a concentration camp...very sensitively handled...

Those are are few of the fantastic episodes of the second season, and actually I only can think of one episode that I thought was totally awful. It was called Infant Of Prague and was concerned with a bunch of stupid nuns, who by the end of the episode, you were starting to root agianst them...anyway that's it....enjoy....highly recommended!!!