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Bionic Woman - Series 2 - Complete


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Synopsis

Lindsay Wagner returns as Jamie Sommers, an agent for the Office Of Scientific Investigations - home of the Six Million Dollar Man. Contains all the episodes from the second series.


Hit and miss
Review date: 2008-08-25 Rating: 8 out of 10

After the excellent Season 1 and before the so-so Season 3, Season 2 is exactly that - in between. It has some of the best episodes ever but also contains some real horrors. Included on this set is "Deadly Ringer" - the best Bionic Woman story ever with Lindsay Wagner showing off her fantastic acting skills in the dual role. Then we have another classic 2 parter "Doomsday is Tomorrow" - the 2nd best Bionic Woman story ever. A real tour-de-force with a nail-biting end. These 4 episodes are enough to make this purchase worthwhile. Other gems include "Kill Oscar" and the creepy "The Vega Influence".
At the other end of the scale there is "The Night Demon", "Iron Ships and Dead Men" and "Biofeedback" - all terrible.
Still, Lindsay Wagner's presence makes every story watchable, no matter how bad the script.

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Reviews


Hurry up with Maximillian
Review date: 2008-05-24 Rating: 10 out of 10

Got season 1+2 and they are both brilliant. I remembered Lindsey wagner as being gorgeous and my god she still is. Cant wait for season 3 because i liked the episodes where she finds Maximillian the bionic german shepherd. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.

Bionic Beauty
Review date: 2007-05-08 Rating: 10 out of 10

Season 2 of the Bionic Woman had pretty much all you could ever wish for in a television show. The scripts were sharp and witty, the plots were either suitably dark and twisted (Kill Oscar, Doomsday is Tomorrow) or light and funny (In This Corner Jaime Sommers, Sister Jaime) and in Lindsay Wagner the show had a beautiful, charismatic lead who could genuinely act. Lindsay Wagner - make no mistake - was very easy on the eye but, leaving my churning hormones to one side for a second, she was first and foremost an extremely talented actress. If you watch her in Deadly Ringer where she portrays a woman suffering a complete psychological breakdown you can see just how good she was. Lindsay Wagner, as you would expect from the lead in what was primarily supposed to be an entertaining sci-fi show suitable for children and adults alike, could do funny and dynamic and stylish and sympathetic. After all she dominates every episode in the series so she effectively had to provide the likeable focal-point all the time, but she could also do dark and tortured. In Deadly Ringer she plays a dual role, being both Jaime Sommers and a woman who looks just like her but who has a very different character, and given the opportunity to go through the entire range of emotions from euphoria to the darkest of dark despairs she really shines as a very talented actress.

The best stories here are the two and three parters such as Jaime's Shield, Doomsday is Tomorrow, Deadly Ringer and Kill Oscar - the last of which introduced the rather sinister fembots. My personal favourite is Doomsday is Tomorrow in which Jaime battles against a beautifully-mannered computer in an attempt to prevent the world being destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. It is, quite honestly, as good and dramatic a piece of televison as I have ever seen.

The stand alone episodes tend, in general, to be a little more light-hearted and give the lead characters greater scope to show their comic talents. Some of the little scenes between Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson (who played the charming and reassuring Oscar Goldman) make for great televison. You can sense the genuine affection between the actors and the scenes really shine as a result. Indeed watching the series as a whole you do get the feeling that the entire team of actors, directors, story-writers etc., all had a great deal of affection for the programme and gave it their very best in order to make it a success.

Season two shows the programme at the height of its powers. More settled, and with less to prove, than in the first series but still fresh and innovative. I, for one, am very glad to see this fabulous little box set on the market. Seventies TV at its beautiful, charming, daring, likeable, charasmatic best.

Great Bionic Set
Review date: 2006-12-07 Rating: 10 out of 10

The Bionic Woman finally on DVD! The eisodes look great!

To the person who said it's not really complete because of the Big Foot episodes not being included...When the Bionic shows went into syndication that episode was never included in the Bionic Woman series. The crossover episodes were inserted in the respective series to give continuity. The second part of Kill Oscar was actually a Six Million Dollar Man episode, but has been placed with Bionic Woman for this reason as were others.

Great to see the episodes remastered and uncut!!

Best Bionic episodes
Review date: 2006-11-09 Rating: 8 out of 10

The picture quality is very good, episodes are uncut and we are thankfull that this series has been released on dvd. My only complain is that the credits in the beggining don't respond to the episodes. In the middle, when we start seeing the bionic ear, arm, legs, the images are from the first episodes of the first season. The only episode that has the correct credits is "Road to Nashville". If you watch carefully the writting about the ear, arm and legs in this episode you 'll understand what i'm talking about. In addition to that "Black Magic" has the full credits from the first season (Jaime is back to being 27 years old!). On the contrary the music used is always correct; the image is the problem.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Lindsay Wagner

Creators:
Lindsay Wagner (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582432916
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 6
Format: Box set, PAL,
Release date: 2006-10-23
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Language: English (Original Language)

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