Barney Miller : Season 2
by Bruce Bilson, Dennis Steinmetz, Lee Bernhardi, Mark Warren, Noam Pitlik
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Actor: Abe Vigoda, Barbara Barrie, Gregory Sierra, Hal Linden, Steve LandesbergDirector: Bruce Bilson, Dennis Steinmetz, Lee Bernhardi, Mark Warren, Noam Pitlik
Brand: Sony
Writer: Arne Sultan
Writer: Chris Hayward
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 553 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Barney Miller : Season 2
DVD Review: "Barney Miller" Really Gets Rolling
Summary: 5 Stars
After a somewhat shakey start in its short first season, "Barney Miller", here in the second season, develops the format that made it so popular that it could last eight seasons. Although Barney's wife, Liz, is shown in the show's opening we actually see her very little, which I think was the right move. Whereas in the first season we see numerous scenes that take place outside the squad room, by the second season, almost all activity is restricted to that one set. However, the most important change was making Wojo (played by Max Gail) the frequent main focus of the stories. I think this came as a disappointment to Gregory Sierra who played Sgt Chano Amangual, the Puerto Rican detective who left the show after this season. Sierra was the most well-known actor when the series began, and yet as the second season progresses, we see less and less of him and there are few episodes in which he is the focus of attention. In the first season there was an episode that showed him undergoing a crisis because he was forced to shoot and kill and suspect and we see him in anguish over this, an episode in which he was able to show his acting abilities to the fullest. However, the creators of the show felt that this type of story was not appropriate for a comedy so by the second season we no longer see stories of this type. I presume that it was frustration over this that led Sierra to leave the series, which I think was unfortunate. Linda Lavin appears in several episodes as Det. Wentworth, but this also didn't last very long. Steve Landesberg is introduced as Fish's nemesis, Det Arthur Dietrich. Although we don't see much of him in this second season, he later became one of the stars of the show and we see flashes of his dry humor that added so much to the show. I also feel that Abe Vigoda's role as Det Philip K Fish was too restricted because almost everything he says is a complaint about his age, his health, his wife Bernice and his need to go to the restroom. Having mentioned these minor complaints of mine, I still want to say that the show is one of the finest comedy series ever made. Many comedies of the 1970's that I once found hilarious, such as "The Odd Couple", "Bob Newhart" and "All in the Family" now seem dated to me but "Barney Miller" is the exception and it is still fresh as it was then.
My favorite episode is "Fear of Flying" in which Wojo's reluctance to fly in an airplane while extraditing a prisoner to Cleveland (of all places!) is the centerpiece. His charge is a bigamist played by the always deadpan Jack Riley and whose wife in New York, played by the underappreciated actress Valerie Curtin shows up at the 12th Precinct and overdoses on sleeping pills. Wojo calls the hospital and they tell him that she must "emtpy her stomach....you know...upchuck!" as Wojo tells Barney in his inimitable Polish way. Upon hearing this everyone turns to Yemana and says "give her coffee!". See it for yourself to see how it turns out!
Description of Barney Miller : Season 2
The three-disc DVD set includes all 22 episodes from the second season, with guest stars Linda Lavin (TV?s Alice), David Doyle (TV?s General Hospital), and Adam Arkin (Hitch). Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to meet. He somehow manages to maintain order at New York City?s 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village and remains level-headed while dealing with a group of off-the-wall inner-city detectives. Among them is a gambler, another who attends renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and a third who spends most of his time daydreaming about being an author. This season, the precinct deals with potential layoffs, a man who threatens to blow up the station unless he can speak with President Nixon, marijuana evidence that suspiciously disappears, and a job offer from Florida for Barney.Bestsellers in DVD
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