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"M*A*S*H: Season Two (Full Screen, Collector's Edition, 3 Discs)"
 
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"M*A*S*H: Season Two (Full Screen, Collector's Edition, 3 Discs)"

Alan Alda , Wayne Rogers , Alan Alda , Don Weis    Unrated   DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)

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M*A*S*H redux. Sign up for another stint with the 4077th. This three-disc set contains all 24 episodes from the superb second season (1973-74) of the series ranked by TV Guide as among the top 25 television shows of all time. The season opener, "Divided We Stand," is a deft reintroduction to these now iconic characters: bleeding-heart surgeon Hawkeye Pearce (Alan Alda in his signature role), kindred misfit spirit Trapper John (Wayne Rogers), clueless administrator Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson), buttoned-up Frank Burns (Larry Linville), and unbuttoned head nurse "Hot Lips" (Loretta Swit). In this episode, a visiting psychiatrist evaluates the 4077th to determine whether the unit "can function as a team." His evaluation can serve as this series' mission statement: "These impossible people are in an impossible place doing totally impossible things. They're mad--quite mad." M*A*S*H experienced no sophomore slump from its Emmy Award-winning first season. It continued to subvert sitcom convention with multiple-story episodes such as "Radar's Report." Scenes in the operating room play without a laugh track (this DVD gives viewers the option of watching entire episodes minus the intrusive chuckles and guffaws). M*A*S*H also tackled such issues as racism ("Dear Dad... Three," "L.I.P.--Local Indigenous Personnel"), homophobia ("George"), and war atrocities (Hawkeye and Trapper try to get the Army to take responsibility for the accidental shelling of a South Korean village). Not that M*A*S*H forgot how to be funny. "Five O'Clock Charlie" and "For Want of a Boot" are strictly for laughs. Hawkeye and Hot Lips memorably exchange flu shots in "Carry On, Hawkeye." Loyal viewers will note the emergence of several supporting characters, including Jamie Farr's Klinger and William Christopher's Father Mulcahy. One also sees the (to some) unfortunate transformation of Gary Burghoff's savvy, crackerjack clerk Radar into a naïve innocent. Allan Arbus makes his first appearance as compassionate psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Friedman in "Radar's Report." This second-season set is representative of why M*A*S*H was a cut above. --Donald Liebenson

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Now with the collectible three-disc set of M*A*S*H Television Season Two DVD, the series' tremendous fan base can add to their collection and continue to relive all the magic from the memorable second season, including favorites The Incubator, Five O'Clock Charlie, and Carry On Hawkeye. All of the M*A*S*H episodes from season two are compiled on three dual-layered disks (full frame, aspect ratio 1.33:1). Each episode on the DVD is presented in English, French, Spanish and with the option of turning off the laugh track in English. Includes 24 episodes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great show - great value!, Jan 22 2003
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Chris (West Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: "M*A*S*H: Season Two (Full Screen, Collector's Edition, 3 Discs)" (DVD)
I used to collect the M*A*S*H shows on videotape from Columbia House many years back. I didn't imagine that one day I'd be able to buy a complete 24-episode season of the show on a much better format (DVD) for practically the same money as each of Columbia House's 3-episode VHS tapes. Season two is even better than season one. My favorites include: "The Trial of Henry Blake,""The Incubator,""Crisis,""Five O'Clock Charlie,""Divided We Stand,""Hot Lips and Empty Arms," and "For the Want of a Boot." The only real downfall to this collection is, like the first season, there are no bonus features or material of any kind. Also, Fox is taking their time releasing these collections. It will probably be at least 6 or 7 years to get them all out. I guess it's worth the wait.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a bare-bones set, but the price is right, Oct 31 2002
This review is from: "M*A*S*H: Season Two (Full Screen, Collector's Edition, 3 Discs)" (DVD)
As I said in my previous review of Season One, I am absolutely DELIGHTED to finally have the MASH episodes uncut and in order. I'm collecting the whole set. However, at the rate they are releasing these, I'll probably be on Social Security before I fnally have all eleven seasons. Come on, production folks, let's speed things up!

The DVD set itself is pretty bare-bones. There are 3 disks in a nice plastic case, but no extra whistles and bells. There's not even a sound track for the menu -- a minor complaint, but, since each episode goes back to the menu at the end, it would be nice to have something else besides silence to fill the gap while I decide what to watch next. I would also like a "play all" option so I could watch continuously without having to reach for the remote. On the other hand, the price is very reasonable, compared to a lot of other TV shows. That could be why there's no extra material. So, I'm still giving this five stars, because MASH is THE BEST sitcom ever produced!

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4.0 out of 5 stars "M*A*S*H" is more serious about the comedy in Season 2, Aug 3 2004
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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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By the end of its first season "M*A*S*H" had established its foundation as television's first dramedy, a show that could combine comedy with drama, as amply proven in the landmark episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet." More importantly, CBS saw enough to move the show to its powerhouse Saturday night lineup and put "M*A*S*H" in between "All in the Family" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (think about that: three of the Top 10 situation comedies of all time back-to-back-to-back). Not surprisingly, "M*A*S*H" was suddenly the number 4 show in the Nielsen ratings. Compare the original pilot with the first episode of the second season, "Divided We Stand." Essentially a second pilot, this episode introduced the major characters to new viewers, but it also showed returning viewers the new direction of the show. When an army observer (Anthony Holland) shows up to check out the 4077th for reassignment, everybody pretends to get along--as long as they think the guy is not watching. His critique of the 4077th serves as a fitting description of what the group (and the show) was all about in its second season.

What we see in Season 2 of "M*A*S*H" (1973-74) is that Hawkeye (Alan Alda) is most definitely the star of the show and the central character, but the others are now being developed as feeling human beings and not just comic characters: Trapper John (Wayne Rogers) decides to adopt an orphaned Korean kid ("Kim"); Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) is shown to be less of the bumbling commander ("The Trial of Henry Blake") and as a human being ("Dear Dad...Three"); and even Radar shows signs of growing up ("The Chosan People"). However, the biggest change is in Margaret "Hot Lips" Hoolihan (Loretta Swit). In "Carry On, Hawkeye," the 4077th is devastated by a flue epidemic that leaves only Hawkeye and Hot Lips standing. This is the episode that first gives her character a viable connection to Hawkeye and the rest of the camp. Then, in "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" she questions everything in her life, from her hopeless affair with Frank to the way the army has become her life, and demands a transfer. As Henry Blake reminds her in trying to talk her out of it, "After all, we are family, Margaret." This becomes one of the most significant character evolutions in the history of television, as "Hot Lips" becomes Margaret.

"M*A*S*H" is definitely more serious in the second season, although not reaching the depths it would in future years. The military tries to cover-up accidentally bombing a local village ("For the Good of the Outfit"), frowns upon army personnel marrying local girls ("L.I.P. (Local Indigenous Personnel)"), and thinks it knows better than the doctors what sort of equipment then need to save lives ("The Incubator"). The parallels between the Korean War and the Vietnam War becomes more obvious than ever. However, there are still some rather silly military comedy episodes, involving inept North Korean pilots ("Five O'Clock Charlie"), the question of the sanity of Corporal Klinger (Jamie Farr, "Radar's Report"), and even a sniper taking shots at the camp ("The Sniper"). Then there is the first memorable appearance of Colonel Flagg (Edward Winter, "A Smattering of Intelligence"). The best of these are when the comedy has to do with the characters, such as when Hawkeye starts a long chain of deals to get a new pair of boots ("For Want of a Boot") or frigid conditions force everybody to bunk together in the Swamp ("Crisis").

Most of the better episodes in the second season were written by Larry Gelbart and Laruence Marks (e.g., "Deal Me Out"), but we also see Alan Alda ("Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde") and McLean Stevenson ("The Trial of Henry Blake") taking an added interest in the characters they played by writing episodes that explored new aspects. The M*A*S*H ensemble also starts to expand in terms of recurring characters, not just Flagg but psychiatrist Sidney Freeman (Allan Arbus) and Captain Sam Pak (Pat Morita). The latter was only there for a couple of episodes, but at least there was finally an intelligent oriental character on the show. Certainly the South Koreans are treated a lot more seriously at this point. The result is that "M*A*S*H" is still a situation comedy as well as a dramedy, mainly because as long as Frank Burns (Larry Linville) is around trying to play soldier and remains a liability in the operating room, the show is limited. That is why as good as "M*A*S*H" was at this point, it was going to be a whole lot better once Sherman Potter and Charles Emerson Winchester were on board. So these 24 episodes are pretty good, but the best is yet to come.

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