Hearts Afire - The Complete Second Season
by Harry Thomason, Steve Gerbson
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Actor: Beth Broderick, Billy Bob Thornton, Conchata Ferrell, John Ritter, Markie PostDirector: Harry Thomason, Steve Gerbson
Brand: Image Entertainment
Producer: Adrienne Crow
Writer: David Nichols
Writer: Don Rhymer
Writer: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Writer: Lisa Loomer
Writer: Rebecca Parr Cioffi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 401 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
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DVD Review: Great Show Suffers Some Growing Pains
Summary: 4 Stars
This show is still a charmer in its second season, but its overhaul takes a bit of a toll on the show. The second season opens with newlyweds John & Georgie Anne Lathi Hartman (John Ritter & Markie Post) and John's sons--Ben & Elliot (Justin Burnette & Clark Duke, respectively)--moving from Washington, DC to John & Billy Bob's small hometown somewhere in Missouri. Along for the move is newly divorced Billy Bob Davis (Billy Bob Thornton) and his daughter, Carson Lee (Doren Fein). John wants to move back to his hometown to give his family a "purer", better life. Thus, much of the political backdrop & terrific supporting cast that was present during the first season is now gone and it shows.
The newlyweds & Billy Bob have bought the local newspaper--"The Daily Beacon"--which is flooded in the season premiere and puts them $75,000 in debt. Now, they must find a way to raise money & get their paper up and running, since they have left their well-paid, important Capitol Hill jobs & Washington, DC behind to move to "Mayberry". On top of this reversal of fortune, John & Georgie, their boys, Billy Bob, his daugther, & the family dog are all living under the same roof (John's parents' house) until they can get their new paper up & running and making a profit!!! And then, there are John & Georgie's anxieties that Georgie will not acclimate or like small town life.
Ed Asner only makes one more appearance as Georgie Anne's father during the series' run for the second season's Christmas episode--"Blue Christmas"--in which Georgie discovers she is pregnant. His absence is another loss for the show during the Second & Third Seasons. However, two new additions to the supporting cast include Conchata Ferrell (Two and a Half Men)--who also guest starred in the first season as John's ex-wife's new lesbian lover, Ruth, and their former marriage counselor--as wise-cracking, self-deprecating shrink Madeline, and Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace) as their big-talent-in-a-little-body printer. These new additions help soften the blow of the series overhaul & keep the laughs coming fast and furious. Beth Broderick also returns for the second season in a different role & hair color as the rich, married twin sister of Dee Dee Starr--who was the ditsy receptionist & "girlfriend" of Senator Smithers in the first season.
Luckily, most of the principal cast remains namely Ritter, Post, Thornton, and the child actors who portray their kids, along with their wonderful chemistry, wit, & comradery. The dialogue remains sharp & witty and the sparring between the leads still remains a stand out, laugh out loud element of the show.
In short, the second season has some pitfalls and false starts, but it remains of the best shows of the 90s and one of the best, most winning romantic comedy TV series ever!!!
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