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| Brothers and Sisters - The Complete Second Season | 
 enlarge | Director: N/a
Actors: Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Rob Lowe
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $34.71
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 270
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 671
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: DISD56335D
UPC: 786936753912
EAN: 0786936753912
ASIN: B0018CWEVW
Release Date: September 23, 2008
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/23/2008
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The second season of Brothers and Sisters saw the terrific top-notch cast hit their stride. The chemistry between Calista Flockhart's Kitty and the Republican senator she works for, played by Rob Lowe, is palpable, and their engagement this season makes for a charming thread entwining the tales of the rest of the Walker family. And what a year they're having. Sarah (Rachel Griffiths) has lost custody of her kids, but is now running Ojai Foods, and trying to navigate through the family issues that accompany the family business. Uncle Saul (Ron Rifkin) might be gay. Iraq vet Justin might be falling off the wagon. Affairs are lurking around every corner, tempting just about every Walker at one time or another. The sun around whom all the Walker planets spin, however, is still Nora (Sally Field), whose good humor and big heart go a long way toward giving the clan the glue it needs. When Justin apologizes for his snappish behavior at the family meeting the previous night addressing his drug use, Nora says, "No one expects you to be warm and fuzzy at your own intervention, dear."
This season, Nora gets some affairs of the heart herself, with a charming guest appearance by Chevy Chase as Nora's college draft-dodging beau, back in the states as a teacher but still exactly on Nora's not-quite-reformed hippie wavelength. But tension awaits in the form of Isaac (Danny Glover), Nora's political opposite, but absolutely her equal mentally and emotionally. It's satisfying to see a woman older than 35 have a real love life, with real sparks--and real consequences. --A.T. Hurley
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 Technical Information vs. Season One September 6, 2008
11 out of 17 found this review helpful
Brothers & Sisters Season Two is listed as having a Run Time of "1 minutes" as I write this review; this is clearly wrong. (The Season One DVD set is listed as having a Run Time of 988 minutes.)
Season One had 23 episodes. Season Two had only 16 due to the writers' strike. The Season One collection was on 6 discs. Season Two is on 5 discs. There's no advance information about what extras they added to the Season Two set, but logically you'd expect the price to be about 2/3 of that of Season One. That's not the case.
I won't go into details about the Season Two plot lines involving the faux Walker sibling; others can cover that. But based only on the amount of content versus the price of the set, I've got to say I'm disappointed.
 One of the finest dramas on television! Season Two only gets better... May 4, 2008
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
Brothers & Sisters is truly one of the finest dramas currently on network television. The show's writers embrace current and highly pertinent issues in modern day North America, and work them into the story line of each episode beautifully.
The cast of actors is one of the most talented we have seen to date- Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Calista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, Ron Rifkin, and Emily Vancamp are standouts among them all. Field's role as the matriarch of the family is particularly stunning, and her brilliant ability is even further explored in the second season as she is forced to make tough decisions about her life, and is faced with further conflict created by her family. Griffiths provides another extremely compelling performance as Sarah Walker, who is forced to deal with her crumbling marriage.
Throughout the second season, the storylines become more complicated and the Walker family is thrown into a tangled web of turmoil and deception. I would highly recommend this DVD if you enjoyed the first season- it only gets better!
 More intense drama May 27, 2008
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
Season 2 got more intense. Older sister Sara's marriage collapsed and Joe got nasty. Kitty and Robert still try to have a child, Kevin winds up back with Scotty.Uncle Sal finally 'came out'. I think the best scenes this season were with Dave Aannable and Sally field. Justin came back from Iraq injured and refused to take any medication for the pain. His mother and doctors talked him into it and he again got hooked. That was hard to watch but very touching. I hope for some good DVD extras.
Writers Strike? June 13, 2008
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
LOVE this show. So amazing. My problem is that fact that since the writers strike went on for so long.....how much of a full (second) season could this be? Please check the number of episodes before your purchase.
Getting better and better June 3, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Brothers and sisters, just got better!! Very interesting issues are taking place in this season.
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