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Rating:  - Incredible (spoilers below)
The second season continued one what was successfully started in the first season. The second season is a lot more ambitious (remember, the first season only had twelve episodes, unlike the rest which had 22). The story arcs in the second season are brilliant. The romance between Angel and Buffy reached gothic heights with Surprise/Innocence (Surprise is astonishing). When Angel turns bad, David Boreanaz manages to do a sensational job of acting the transition (the episodes "Passion" and "I Only Have Eyes For You" are incredible in detailing this, and Buffy's reaction). Willow's romance with Oz is wonderful, and Giles attachment to Jenny Calendar a welcome addition. This show still manages to be surprisingly funny (as seen in Halloween, and Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered) and packs a wallop (the two part season ender, Becoming I & II, are essential viewing for any Buffy fans. They are incredibly moving). Yes, there are some clunkers (Killed by Death, Bad Eggs), but they are more than redeemed. My favourites are: Becoming I & II, Surprise/Innocence, I Only Have Eyes for You, Passion, School Hard, When She Was Bad, and Lie To Me For a show set in high school, the writers have neatly side-stepped making a caricature of Anthony Stewart Head's librarian/Watcher Giles. His befuddled sexiness is immensely appealing. Alyson Hannigan's performance as wallflower Willow blooming into a witch (her growing powers are smartly charted by writers all the way through season six) is strong, and having the animosity between Xander and Cordelia boil over into lust was a masterstroke. Finally, we have to give the star her due. Sarah Michelle Gellar proved with this season that she's actually a capable actress, both with comic timing (Halloween) and pathos (Surprise/Innocence). The second season was an immense improvement over the first season (a solid debut) and the quality continues. In my mind, the second and third season need to be bought together (or at least both bought). Story arcs introduced in the second season are wrapped up in the third season. Buy this set, you won't be disappointed.
Rating: - Buffy is cool!
Yea, Buffy is real cool! I own the first half of this season on DVD and I love the episodes. It starts with the episode 'When She Was Bad', bringing back Buffy, Xander and Willow together after the boring holidays.~Good training sequence~That episode was cool and pretty emotional and funny: ' A Bitca? ' - Xander Funny Quote, watch for the first episode of the season :).Oz is in a few episodes I can say, so is Angel creeping from the dark. I especially love the episode 'Lie To Me', featuring Jason Behr, the guy of "Roswell" (Haven't Seen Roswell though). It's also an emotional episode where Buffy's friend comes to visit. Other good episodes as well, haven't seen all yet.Like the audio commentary and scripts. Watched episode 'Reptile Boy' with audio commentary and it's nice to hear a lot extra about the episode. Good episode, Xander at his funniest, hehe. Great Menu animations screen. Love the Buffy theme music with nice DVD sound quality, just watch for the dark scenes, it's pretty dodgy. Overall high quality episodes with all the emotion, drama and action that must be seen. ~Remember, I only own episodes 1-12~ It's a must see for Buffy Fans, yea I'm a 16 yr old Buffy fan myself. Sorry, but Angel would have to rule being the best series around now! I also own Angel Box Set season 1 ep. 12-22, which is so awesome and would rule over my Buffy box set. Anyway, good work on these DVDs!
Rating: - Expand your collection! You'll love this!
First of all, us Buffy fans have waited since January to get the 2nd season...and it's finally here! All 22 episodes in full-screen, quality, surround sound viewiing! This is what makes Buffy the best show on television today. I won't leave a review on each episode. This DVD is so much better than the 1st season, not that I don't love the first season. When you first put one of the six discs in your DVD player, the Buffy logo comes up, and then you are led into a menu introduction. You are taken through a 3D Sunnydale with the cemetary, statues, gargoyles, and fences. It looks really cool! The menus are set up fantastic too! They are very organized. What impressed me the most was the three 20 minute long featurettes which show you how Buffy is made & how much hard work and creativity go into each and every episode. You also get 4 Art Galleries: screen stills, set blueprints, set pictures, and a monster gallery. They are all great pictures! And the TV spots and trailer are amazing too, a really cool special feature. And the cast/character biographies are great as usual also. The episodes on here that are my favorites are "When She Was Bad" (the season opener that was very emotional and very great season premiere), "Ted" (because it is so evil and it deals with real life issues), "Bad Eggs" (one of my favorite standard episodes), "Suprise" and "Innocence" (because of the tragic occurance of Angel losing his soul because he experienced happiness, very sad), and of course the the two part season finale: "Becoming Part One" and "Becoming Part Two", in which is definetly this season's and possibly the show's greatest episodes ever. Buffy has to make a tragic sacrifice in order to save the world. I won't tell you the end in case you somehow haven't seen it, but this is what television was made for! Collect the Buffy seasons, because television never got better! All 22 of these episodes are classics. Season 2 will make you laugh, cry, smile, and hate. It's all here: drama, comedy... I reccomend this for adults also. Go get this today, because it is definetly worth the money!
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