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Sex and the City: Complete HBO Season 2

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Much like the novels of Fanny Burney or Jane Austen 200 years before, Sex and the City tackles that perennial female conundrum, how to maintain independence from men (intellectual, sexual, financial) while seeking the ideal life-partner for whom that much-cherished independence can safely be sacrificed. So it is that Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha prowl relentlessly the canyons of Manhattan in search of mates, all of whom fall woefully short of their needs in one crucial way or another. Yet, with biological clocks ticking and suppressed nesting instincts fighting back, the foursome occasionally find themselves dangerously close to despair. The dating game can be deadly serious sometimes. Which is why Sex and the City is not just good TV, it's great TV: for all its refreshingly cynical wit and superficial vivaciousness, the show has at its heart a streak of pathos and painful truth that resonates deeply with its audience.

In the show's second season, the scrutiny falls more on the women than their succession of useless dates. Carrie has to learn the painful truth about Big all over again; Miranda has panic attacks about being alone for the rest of her life; Sam is humiliated by the ladies who lunch into confessing that she's a whore; and Charlotte is reduced to trading kinky foot massages for free shoes. Savage love, indeed.

On the DVD: Sex and the City, Season 2 has all 18 episodes on three discs. Frustratingly, the menus have no "Play All" facility so you can't just sit back and enjoy--each episode requires navigation from the main menu to an episode list to a redundant preview screen before the play selection is offered. There are mini trailers for each episode and a short (eight-minute) promo featurette. The picture is a little fuzzy in places, doubtless the result of transfer from NTSC format, but is still an improvement over the first season. --Mark Walker

Brilliant no matter how many times you watch it
Review date: 2007-12-28 Rating: 10 out of 10

Absolutely love it. A brilliant show, with so many brilliant comic moments. The only bad thing was the fact that the episodes seemed to be all mixed up which really confused me, one minute Carrie and Big were split up then together then split up again, eh? Can someone please tell me what order I'm supposed to watch these in?! I'm not going to hold this against them as I adore this programme and will be re-watching these episodes for many many more years.

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Where is the Play All Function ?
Review date: 2007-03-31 Rating: 8 out of 10

Deeper than the first series but lack of a play all function prevents this otherwise excellent series from gaining top marks.Character development of Mr Big and Sarah Jessica Parker really marked this series.

More Sex Please
Review date: 2006-05-20 Rating: 8 out of 10

Another dose of life from the female point of view; with more wit and grit, this is American tv at its best

Brilliant
Review date: 2005-11-20 Rating: 8 out of 10

As a fan of the show, I adore the dvd sets!
The only thing I didnt like is having to navigate to EACH epsiode!
But otherwise brilliant and well worth the money!

Great and now in order
Review date: 2005-04-11 Rating: 8 out of 10

I really like this series. Having come to sex and the city late (series 4, 5 and 6). I thought I hadn't seen any of series one and two. As it turns out I had seen a few but there were a few new ones (for me) in this series which were cracking, the one with the tantric sex class is one to look out for.

I also would like to add that alot of the previous reviews make mention of the confusing ordering of the episodes. I wasn't overly bothered by this when i made the purchase as i brought them to watch as a series then at random when there is nothing on the box. However was suprided to find the episodes are now in order so don't be put off by this.

I have given it four stars for the lack of a play all function and the fact that you have to watch the slightly irritating titles and can't easily skip forward to the actual start of the episode.

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Actor(s):
Sarah Jessica Parker
Cynthia Nixon
Christopher Noth
Kristin Davis
Kim Cattrall

Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437821034
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 3
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, PAL,
Release date: 2002-07-01
Number of discs: 3
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 540 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1998-06-06
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Spanish (Original Language)

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