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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Second Season

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Second Season

List Price: $59.98
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: gotta love the blonde girl, well this blonde girl at least
Review: season 2 opens with the ep When She Was Bad and then gets better inward. This is the season introducing some famous and great characters including my two favorite people, Oz(Seth Green) and James Marsters(Spikey), plus theres Drusilla(Juliet Landau and special appearances by Max Perlich(Whistler) and John Ritter(Ted). This season has the surprising death of Jenny Calendar and the turning of Angel to Angelus who is so fun.When Spike got out of his wheelchair at the end of I Only Have Eyes For You and says "sooner as you think" I was like hell yes, this is great and the romantic link of Willow and Oz is great. Though seeing Nicholas Brendon is Speedo shorts is scary to me. and also Xander and Cordelia hook up. The end ep has Spike making a deal with Buffy and the scene when Spike hits Angelus with a crowbar kicked. Spike grabs Dru and drives off, Buffy stabs Angel in the heart and sends him to hell but we all know what happens. Dramatic, great and sexy..a masterpiece of a show..thanks Joss Whedon for making this, I love ya, your my G J-Dog.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Season Part II
Review: I am writing again to tell you more about this season. To me this season showed more action and more non vampire story lines. In season two Buffy gets into a more serious relationship with Angel(Angel gets to be part of the cast not just a guest star.) Also in this season Xander actually gets a girlfriend. Hint Hint its Cordelia. Willow also gets a boyfriend too. Many changes in love but now about other things. In this season Spike and Drusilla come. The sad part of this season is Angel turns evil and Buffy has to kill him. So go check this season out its filled with tons of great episodes.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best Season
Review: The second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer to me was the best. In this season Buffy fights even more vampires and meets Spike and Drusilla. She also begins a relationship with Angel which in the end turns him back into his evil self. There are many changes in the charcters to Willow gets a boyfriend. Zander falls for Cordellia. Without this season your collection wouln't be complete.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Buffy Season 2
Review: Buffy Season 2 is the season Angel is added to the opening and featured more. I think that all Buffy Seasons are great and I just have to say: James Marsters (Spike) is 41 and so hot.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Most Moving Season Ever
Review: Buffy Season Two was the most moving season out of them all. The relationship between Buffy and Angel grows to an level. The emotions acted by both Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz is absolutely amazing and touching.

This season I believe had the biggest climax out of them all. In season two, the emotions run extremely high when Angel loses his soul. It was the first time that I had ever cried over a Buffy episode.

The following episodes were difficult to watch, I couldn't stand seeing Angel as a truly evil being. But, the episodes were necessary for building the truly magnificent ending to the second season. I have never cried so much over a TV show. It was a truly unbelievable season.

Also, the relationships between Willow and Oz, and Cordelia and Xander were hilarious and at the same time cute. Oz truly blended into the season and made a great comic relief, but at the same time, a compassionate boyfriend. Cordelia and Xander's relationship was extremely hilarious, perfectly integrated into the story line of the season.

Season two was the perfect set-up to make season three another year of magnificent Buffy episodes. I would highly recommend this DVD box set. The season finale was the one of the most moving finale's I have ever season, I don't think that I have never been so moved by a TV show.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The first great season of buffy.
Review: The second season of buffy started out pretty well. There was no telling what direction it would go in, no telling what tricks Joss Whedon (creater of the show) had up his sleeve.

We start out with "When She Was Bad" not particulary a great episode but a good way to start it all off. But the way they had Buffy acting it just wasn't part of her character, but we realize that she had a problem dealing with her death from the last season ("Prophacy Girl"). But from there on the season became something so much more.

You had the introduction of Spike and Drucilla, you had Angel lose his soul and become Angelous, you had Buffy lose her virginity, you had Willow getting a boyfriend, Xander and Cordy hooking up, and a season finalie that would leave you in tears.

"Becoming" parts I and II were the most amazing episodes in the searies to that point. They were everything that the show was, and would be. They were dramatic and wonderful and Buffy's character really came to a new level. They were the episodes that would change the way the whole series would become.

The second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was truly the first great season.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Grrr. Arg.
Review: I remember when I was a kid, a local movie reviewer here in DC gave "Raiders of the Lost Ark" five stars. This was a big deal because in his entire history of reviewing films, four stars had always been his highest rating. He justified it simply by saying, "(Raiders) is the perfect example of why we go to the movies in the first place."

I broke my own rule and gave Season Two five stars, because Buffy as a whole is a perfect example of what TV can do when it is done right, and Season Two is a perfect example of a great show at the highest peak of its energy, creativity, and enthusiasm. Now, before you roll your eyes, I know I pulled a Milhouse in my review of Season One and got a wee bit overstimulated, wearing out the thesaurus with words of praise and sounding like a love-struck geek on too much Adderol, so I promise to be more restrained here and limit myself to a story you Buffy-heads will probably find amusing.

A year ago I moved back to DC from Pennyslvania, and for about 6 months lived with my mom while I looked for an apartment and fumbled around with my new job. During this tough settling-in period, which coincided with the DC area Sniper shooting people every day right on my doorstep, and boy wasn't that a fun time to work in Rockville, MD, I started watching back-to-back Buffy episodes on FX. I had been only a very casual watcher of the show prior to this, but quickly got hooked. Of course, as I lay on the couch in my shirt and tie, drinking beer and eating Triscuits, my 62 year-old Mom (who is in Seminary) would inevitably walk through the living room, roll her eyes, and say, "What are you doing watching this CHILDREN'S PROGRAM?" (Remember when your parents told you as long as you were under their roof, you were still a child to them? This rule still applies at the age of 30). For weeks I silently endured this abuse, which was worst when she happened to be in the room reading about Nietsche's "World Spirit" or Schopenauer's "Die Welt als Wille Und Vorstellung". Many sneers were directed at the appearance of Buffy's bra-strap, or Cordelia's little cheerleading skirt, or the Master's Kool-Aid mouth and WWI flying ace leather jacket. Gradually the criticism faded. And then, one day, out of the blue, I heard: "Hey....why is Buffy kissing that vampire?"

That was around Halloween. By Thanksgiving day, she would not leave the house to go to dinner until I assured her that a tape was in the VCR, recording every minute of FX's "Buffy's Skewers Choice Marathon." For Christmas, she gave herself Buffy's First Season on DVD, thinly disguised as a present to me. In short order followed Season Two and Three. Then I moved out to my own place. No matter. When Four came out, I was compelled to invite her over every Sunday for two episodes. As of this writing we are about five episodes away from the end of the season. Luckily, Season Five will soon be released, which will prevent her from breaking her into my apartment and looting all my DVD's like a crazed junkie going through a pharmacy. Then again, for Christmas this year, she wants a DVD player of her own, and...gasp!....I've already invited her in!

Suffice to say, if Buffy's Second Season could convert my Moms, Seminary and all, it HAS to be good. Some (not all) of the highlights: "School Hard" (enter Spike & Dru), "Reptile Boy" (hilarious, but creepy), "Halloween" (just hilarious), "Lie to Me" (moving), "Ted" (in retrospect, a good tribute to John Ritter), "What's My Line I & II...." (Xander and Cordelia!) "The Dark Age", "Bewitched...." (also hilarious), "Passion" (most disturbing episode of the series), "Go Fish" and "Becoming I & II."

If liked Buffy after the first season, Season Two is probably what made you a fan. And if you're not a fan, you might want to give these 22 episodes a spin. If that doesn't work, check your pulse. You're probably dead. Congrats! Wipe off that grave dirt, take a gander at the moon, wander around the cemetray and have a nice long drink of someone's blood. Just do yourself a favor....stay out of Sunnydale.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stunning.
Review: Season two of BTVS is one of the most brilliant and heart wrenching seasons to ever air on network television.

Most people probably think this is an overstatement, but one only has to watch such episodes as Innocence, Passion, and Becoming to witness the greatness of this show.

Taking what was set up in the first season, the series takes the story of The Chosen One into a whole new level. The season's greatness lies in the tragic relationship between Buffy and Angel. A vampire cursed with a soul, Angel loses just that when he and Buffy consummate their relationship in the fabulous two-parter "Surprise" and "Innocence". From that moment on we are on an emotional rollercoaster that will have you in a severe depression by the time the season finale rolls around.

Buffy may be classified as a teen show, but the writing and acting quality presented in this season show us it is so much more than that.

This is the stuff other TV shows only dream they could make.

The season finale "Becoming" is possibly the best hour of TV to ever air. No joke. And watching the entire season again and seeing how brilliantly everything was set up and how it panned out is a real treat.

The only thing you have to lose by buying this is not being able to enjoy any other show quite as much after this. This season definitely raised the bar in quality entertainment, and nothing has matched it since.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow!
Review: Season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a fantastic season filled with some outstanding episodes and some of the best witty, clever dialogue. Sarah Michelle Gellar shines as Buffy Summers and the rest of the cast is great too including David Boreanaz as Angel, he was great as the evil Angelus and James Marsters and Juliet Landau were also great as Spike and the crazy, ditzy Drusilla. I highly recommend this DVD set which I think is excellent and I like every episode! As soon as I finish writing my reviews of the Buffy DVD's I'm going to have a Buffy fest, my own Buffy Halloween Marathon and watch watch some of the best and creepiest episodes. I'm even going to watch the season 2 Halloween episode, ok it's not really scary but it is pretty funny and I will be watching it today.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Doesn't make the 5 thanks to poor quality
Review: All of the other sets fall into the 4 to 5 stars category. An excellent show, very high in entertainment value. However the extreme poor quality of several of these discs force a reduction in overall rating. These imperfections caused too many distractions from the overall enjoyment of the episodes affected and as a purchaser I do feel taken advantage of here. It is a shame, as otherwise this could have been the best season/set of all.


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