Wiseguy - Prey for the City Arc (Season 2 Part 1)
by Charles Correll, Jan Eliasberg, Larry Shaw, Peter D. Marshall, Helaine Head
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Actor: Cecil Hoffman, Dennis Lipscomb, Eric Christmas, Manolo Villaverde, MartikaDirector: Charles Correll, Helaine Head, Jan Eliasberg, Larry Shaw, Peter D. Marshall
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 600 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Studio Works
DVD Reviews of Wiseguy - Prey for the City Arc (Season 2 Part 1)
DVD Review: Wiseguy -- no bad eps
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, the White Supremacy arc isn't the greatest arc. But it does have some great moments. Vinnie and Frank cementing their friendship, which began so hesitantly in the Profitt arc, is terrific. The bad guys aren't as likable in this arc, but maybe it's fun now and then to have someone to gleefully boo and hiss at.
The Rag Trade arc is great for any number of reasons. The tortured trio of Beckstead, Raglin, and McPike show us with their nightmares of longlasting guilt that Vinnie isn't alone -- in fact he has it pretty easy... Jerry Lewis hams it up fine, and Ron Silver's always good. Stanley Tucci's versatility always amazes me. This is a classic textbook case of Murphy's Law; it should've been a cut-and-dried case that Vinnie could easily tie up; after all he'd been brought in by one of the principals and the crime boss was all eagerness in believing his cover if no other reason than his mom's recent marriage to Don Aiuppo. But step by step everything that can go wrong does, the arc ends with most of the principals dead and the ones that survive are broken. It's almost Shakespearean in its tragedy.
The standalones are a lot of fun. It's wonderful to see the characters and what they're like when they're off duty, although it seems that Frank McPike is NEVER off duty in his own mind. However this is where the shortcomings of the DVD set become apparent. Again the music has been changed -- McPike's murder of the jukebox in "Stairway" is never as effective without "Hit the Road, Jack" triggering (pardon the pun) his ire. Ken Wahl's commentary seems limited to griping about the guy playing the doctor or the network itself. I'd have liked to hear more about other stuff such as how the money went from being carefully shrink-wrapped to completely unwrapped and back to shrink-wrapped again over a few scenes or how they managed to tilt that chair up against the fridge without killing anybody...or for that matter what the weather was like in Vancouver since there's snow on the ground and steam coming from everyone who breathes. "White Noise" is great because it's good to see Sonny again, albeit with a bad perm, but don't buy Vinnie's casual brush-off of the ghost; Sonny will haunt Vinnie again next season. "Romp" I have little to say about; it's a pointless episode written to fill a slot as far as I can see, and the most interesting thing about "Reunion" -- aside from the incredibly stupid woman cop whose last great act of defiance ranks right up there with the stupid Klingon in Star Trek III -- is the fact that the lovable dufus Mooch is the same guy in "Where's the Money" who threateningly towers over Frank McPike and commits the capital sin "do you know you have your hand on me?"
I confess to wishing there had been more special features -- an interview with Stanley Tucci or Jerry Lewis would've been great. I resent that we STILL don't have subtitles. But I'm going to keep buying these half-season box sets because I'll take my Wiseguys any way I can get them.
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