CHARMED
SEASON TWO

PARAMOUNT TELEVISION PRESENTS

Release Date: October 4th 2005

MSRP Price: $49.99 (MSRP)
Amazon Price: $32.49
Costco Price: $31.99
Wallmart: $32.99

22 Episodes 
Format: Full-Screen
Studio: Paramount Television
Run Time: 954 minutes
Number of Discs -  6
Sound - Dolby Digital 5.1
Network: the WB

Charmed Season 2 Boxed Set Rating: "C" 

Packaging: C
Video:  C
Audio:  C
Content:  C
Acting:  B
Bonus Material:  NONE
Overall:  C

STARS: Shannon Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause, Ted King, Dorian Gregory, Greg Vaughn

These were the best seasons of Charmed which had Shannon Doherty on the show. Holly Marie Combs was up and coming and Milano just had the great tits. The second season is the shows best season. Fans are familiar with the characters coming into the season and the writers were comfortable with what they had to deal with and writing for these three beautiful women. Their powers were growing and the Halliwell sister are a bit more comfortable being around each other. 

This was a show I never thought I would like. You could just feel it was to campy to really work, and each week I found myself tuning in. The opening music is kick ass, and let's face it, I enjoyed watching these babes on the small screen. The stories were entertaining and the girls were getting into their grooves together. It all clicked and worked for the fans. 

I really thought the dvd boxed set would be much better though. There is a lack of extras you would expect from a WB series, back when the network was struggling for an identity. Charmed enters its seventh season and what likely be its last. That being said the fan base is huge and just how many series can last seven seasons anymore? You would think that Warner Brothers would have done a much better job with the discs. This is just an overall BLAH generic dvd boxed set. 

PACKAGING 
The packaging is really drab. Orange with a cast photo and Charmed printed across the top. It looks a bit better than I have quickly described but not much. It's a plain Jane cover with very little effort. The back of the disc has not box set statistics it's just a paragraph about the series and a few images. 

VIDEO: 
What the hell was this. I don't think Paramount did any digital magic with the masters for Charmed. It looks like they just took the masters and did a direct transfer to dvd. Don't get me wrong the video looks... fine. The transfer isn't better than Hunter or Miami Vice from 80's. The colors are good, there's very little wash out or debris on the transfer, but it doesn't knock your socks off like it could. 

The video lacks the "ALL PLAY" feature which sucks big time. How the hell do you do a boxed set and not put that feature in. I wish they has a selection that would remove the opening and ending credits and just play the episodes one right after the other like a huge movie. 

AUDIO: 
Dolby Digital 2.0 is all you get, and for 95% of the television shows out there it more than enough. The bass is minimal throughout the soundtrack, the voices are clear and there's no background hiss. It's average yunno.  

BONUS FEATURES: 
Can you say NONE? I knew ya could. 

SUMMARY: 
There are some who will be glad when season four shows up with Rose McGowan and Doherty's character dead. It's the opposite for me. I lost interested when McGowan showed up, she just isn't a good actor. 

Season 2 and 3 are my favorites for Charmed. The discs are bland but give you the episodes which is virtually perfrect for me but the cost doesn't show it. Come on $50? But we are talking about Paramount, who want more for less. 

Charmed Season 2 Rating:  C  

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