The Paper Chase: Season Two
by Jack Bender
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Actor: James Stephens, John HousemanDirector: Jack Bender
Brand: Universal Studios
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: 1050 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-12-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout! Factory
Product features:
- PAPER CHASE, THE-SEASON 2 (DVD MOVIE)
DVD Reviews of The Paper Chase: Season Two
DVD Review: Second Season Returning Quality
Summary: 4 Stars
The Paper Chase TV series' history is pretty well known. CBS ran the excellent first season in 1978, didn't know what to do with it and cancelled it. In April of 1983 the cable network Showtime revived the series and was able to reconstitute it with much of the old cast, and creators of the first season. As a Paper Chase fan from it's inception being able to see season two is like visiting old friends.
As the start of a new year of law school must be, some students don't return and others do. Logan and Anderson (Francine Tacker, Robert Ginty) are gone. Season two finds Hart (James Stephens), Ford (Tom Fitzsimmons), and Willis Bell (James Keane) now starting their second year of law school. Hart and Ford are roommates. As 2L's Hart and Ford's main conflict is no longer with Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman) the main conflict is the law itself. As second year students they're moving away from the idealistic academic study of the law to its actual implementation, in real life they struggle with their idealism vs. real world practical applications of the law. Hart is a member of the prestigious Law Review magazine of which Kingsfield is the faculty advisor. Michael Tucci plays Law Review president Golden. Bell has become the dorm advisor for the new batch of 1L's, and there are some new additions to the cast and to the story lines. Jane Kaczmarek as Connie Lehman, Clare Kirkconnell plays Rita Harriman, Hart's Law Review rival, Andra Millian as Laura, a new 1L whom Bell has a crush on.
The quality of the writing is still there from the first season. The Paper Chase author John Jay Osborn Jr., wrote seven of the nineteen episodes. There must have been some disagreement about which direction to take the show because there are two distinct halves of the season. The first half follows Hart as he romances new 1L, Connie Lehman (Jane Kaczmarek), as Hart tries to balance the paper chase he is involved in with love and Connie's ambition. The second half of the season goes back to it's roots and focuses on, and follows the lives of the new 1L's.
The excellent story lines and plots is a hold over from the first season, not only involving us in the students lives but including themes that surprisingly still hold up today. One of the episodes penned by Osborn is War of the Wonks, which is about the invasion of technology into Law Review and the students lives, a subject that is still timely today as we become more and more reliant technology that further invades our lives. Ford struggles with his father and his idealism in Plague of Locusts, when he discovers his father is using money and influence to get insider information. In Burden of Proof, Hart interning for the public defenders office is torn between defending a suspect who had his rights violated, and not defending him after he discovers he mugged Kingsfield. A couple other standout episodes are Hart Goes Home, My Dinner with Kingsfield, and Not Prince Hamlet.
Some of the stories revisit the original theme of the movie and first season of The Paper Chase. In Labor of Love, Golden is torn between having a girlfriend and the demands of Law Review and Kingsfield. In the first season they could afford to reiterate the themes of movie (and they did) but in the second season it seems to be relying on the plot a little too much, but it is only one episode and other similarities to previous plot lines is only incidental.
In old TV shows it's always fun to see people who later went onto bigger things perhaps getting their first roles. David Caruso skulks about in one episode, Timothy Busfield, Jon Lovitz, David Paymer, Brent Spinner as well as other actors you`ll recognize as soon as you see them.
A couple minor technical problem exists with the DVD's. The first is the video quality looks second generation and it looks grainy. The second problem is the audio is inconsistent it goes from being at a good level then suffers some drop-off or goes up in volume. One thing I think is missing are bonus features. I would love to see where the actors are today and/or their thoughts on being part of The Paper Chase. Or maybe some behind the scenes things, this is one area entirely lacking in The Paper Chase boxed sets. These are extremely minor considerations and you shouldn't let them override your enjoyment of the shows.
If you were a fan when the show was originally on the air, as I am you'll enjoy seeing the shows again and visiting with old friends. If you've never seen the shows before I think you'll discover a quality show with thought provoking plots and well acted shows.
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