With this third season, Frasier scored an impressive hat trick, winning its third successive Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. You don't need too much analysis to get to the bottom of this unprecedented success. The series was a primetime oasis of wit and sophistication, with welcome forays into farce that pricked Frasier's bubble of pomposity. His priceless reactions to the assaults on his dignity are worthy of Jack Benny. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) can be infuriating, as in "The Focus Group," in which he is obsessed with knowing why a lone focus group participant (guest star Tony Shalhoub) doesn't like him. But he is also endearing in his delusional view of himself as, in the words of one mocking bystander, a "man of the people." Frasier meets his match in new station owner Kate Costas (Oscar-winner Mercedes Ruehl). Their combative relationship turns to lust over the course of the first 10 episodes. But the season's most pivotal story arc is the separation of Niles (David Hyde Pierce) and Maris. "Moon Dance," which marked Grammer's directorial debut, is a series benchmark, as a crestfallen Niles tangos with his unrequited love, Daphne (Jane Leeves), at a high society ball. Not that the Crane family still doesn't have issues to work out. Frasier cannot abide being beaten at chess by Martin (John Mahoney) in "Chess Pains." Frasier and Niles ill-advisedly go into joint practice in "Shrink Rap," and find themselves on the opposite sides of a sanity hearing in "Crane vs. Crane." Lilith is sorely missed, but in this season's blast-from-the-past episode, Shelley Long returns in "The Show Where Diane Comes Back." It is a joy to see Cheers resurrected, if only in Diane's self-absorbed new play, which Frasier agrees to back. And any episode with Frasier's amoral agent Bebe (Harriet Sansom Harris) is must-see television. Frasier's humor was character-based, rather than topical, giving it a longer shelf life. For those who lament the end of one of television's gold standard series, this box set will be excellent therapy. --Donald Liebenson
It's summertime but that doesn't mean the women of Sex and the City are livin' easy. They've got new loves new responsibilities new choices to make and (oh yes!) a new baby to deal with and that equates to a whole new outlook on being single in New York City. Ready or not Carrie Miranda Charlotte and Samantha are headed for uncharted territory on an all-new season of HBO's smash-hit comedy series Sex and the City!
The complete second season of the '90s teen favourite Episodes Comprise: 1. Beach Blanket Brandon 2. The Party Fish 3. Summer Storm 4. Anaconda 5. Play It Again David 6. Pass Not Pass 7. Camping Trip 8. Wildfire 9. Ashes to Ashes 10. Necessity Is a Mother 11. Leading from the Heart 12. Down and Out of District in Beverly Hills 13. Halloween 14. The Next Fifty Years 15. U4EA 16. My Desperate Valentine 17. Chuckie's Back 18. A Walsh Family Christmas 19. Fire and Ice 20. A Competitive Edge 21. Everybody's Talking 'Bout It 22. Baby Makes Five 23. Cardio-Funk 24. The Pit and the Pendulum 25. Meeting Mr. Pony 26. Things to Do on a Rainy Day 27. Mexican Standoff 28. Wedding Bell Blues
Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) looks like your typical perky high-schooler, and like most, she has her secret fears and anxieties. However, while most teens are worrying about their next date, their next zit, or their next term paper, Buffy's angsting over the next vampire she has to slay. See, Buffy, a young woman with superhuman strength, is the "chosen one," and she must help rid the world of evil, namely by staking demons. The exceptional first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer introduces us to the treacherous world of Sunnydale High School (where Buffy moved after torching her previous high school's gym). The characters there include "watcher" Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) and the original "Scooby Gang" members--friendly geek Xander (Nicholas Brendon), computer whiz Willow (Alyson Hannigan), and snobbish popular girl Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter)--who aid Buffy in her quest. Those used to the darker tone that Buffy took in its later seasons will be surprised by the lighter feeling these first 12 episodes have--it's kind of like Buffy 90210 as the cast grapples with regular teen problems in addition to saving the world from demonic darkness. Fans of the show will enjoy the crisp writing, the phenomenal chemistry of the cast (already well-established within the first few episodes), and the introduction to characters that would stay for many seasons, including moody vampire Angel (David Boreanaz). Through it all, Gellar carries the series with amazing confidence, whether conveying the despair of high school or dispatching various demons--she's one of TV's most distinctive and strongest heroines. --Mark Englehart
The Best Of Series 1 and Series 2.
Angela Lansbury stars in the role that earned her 12 consecutive Emmy nominations as everyone's favourite super-sleuth Jessica Fletcher a famous mystery writer who has a knack for solving murders on and off the page. Murder seems to follow Jessica Fletcher; a former English teacher and a mystery writer full of charm and a zest for life. She always happens to become ""the investigator"" when traveling around the country to promote her series of novels. Murder always seems to occur when she is present even in her hometown of Cabot Cove! Series 1: 1. The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes (The Pilot) 2. Deadly Lady 3. Birds Of A Feather 4. Hooray For Homicide 5. It's A Dog's Life 6. Lovers And Other Killers 7. Hit Run And Homicide 8. We're Off To Kill The Wizard 9. Death Takes A Curtain Call 10. Death Casts A Spell 11. Capitol Offense 12. Broadway Malady 13. Murder To A Jazz Beat 14. My Johnny Lies Over The Ocean 15. Paint Me A Murder 16. Tough Guys Don't Lie 17. Sudden Death 18. Footnote To Murder 19. Murder Takes The Bus 20. Armed Response 21. Murder At The Oasis 22. Funeral At Fifty Mile Series 2: 1. Widow Weep For Me 2. Joshua Peabody Died Here - Possibly 3. Murder In The Afternoon 4. School For Scandal 5. Sing A Song For Murder 6. Reflections Of The Mind 7. A Lady In The Lake 8. Dead Heat 9. Jessica Behind Bars 10. Sticks And Stones 11. Murder Digs Deep 12. Murder By Appointment Only 13. Trial By Error 14. Keep The Homes Fires Burning 15. Powder Keg 16. Murder In The Electric Cathedral 17. One Good Bid Deserves A Murder 18. If A Boy Meet A Body 19. Christopher Bundy - Died On Sunday 20. Menace Anyone? 21. The Perfect Foil 22. If The Frame Fits Series 3: 1. Death Stalks the Big Top (1) 2. Death Stalks the Big Top (2) 3. Unfinished Business 4. One White Rose for Death 5. Corned Beef And Carnage 6. Dead Man's Gold 7. Deadline for Murder 8. Magnum On Ice (2) 9. Obituary for a Dead Anchor 10. Stage Struck 11. Night of the Headless Horseman 12. The Corpse Flew First Class 13. Crossed Up 14. Murder in a Minor Key 15. The Bottom Line Is Murder 16. Death Takes a Dive 17. Simon Says Color Me Dead 18. No Laughing Murder 19. No Accounting for Murder 20. The Cemetery Vote 21. The Days Dwindle Down 22. Murder She Spoke
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