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Simon & Simon: Season Two

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Come on, Simon & Simon fans! We've been given a reprieve from Shout! Factory. Let's buy Season 2 in bulk, so they have no choice but to issue the rest of this great '80's series. We have a second chance. Let's not blow it. Rick and A.J. are counting on us!

It's about time season two of this great show was released on DVD. To make up for lost time Shout Factory should have released both seasons 2 and 3 together like Universal did with the 3rd and 4th seasons of The Incredible Hulk. But i'm thankful after more than two years to be getting the second season. Nearly every episode is either good or great. And the list of well known or soon to be well known guest stars is another plus, including Tom Selleck, Charles Napier, Kathleen Lloyd, Anne Schedeen, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston, Robert Englund, Darleen Carr, Richard Kiel, Jonathan Banks, Dick Butkus, Ed Lauter, and more. An episode from Magnum, P.I. featuring A.J. and Rick is the only bonus feature. A commentary on the 2 hour Pirate's Key episode by Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney would have been nice. Hope season 3 follows soon.

Total of episodes: 24

BONUS: Magnum, P.I. episode: Ki'is Don't Lie (1)

1.Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend (2)
2.Mike & Pat
3.Guessing Game
4.Art for Arthur's Sake
5.The Ten Thousand Dollar Deductible
6.Rough Rider Rides Again
7.Sometimes Dreams Come True
8.The Last Time I Saw Michael
9.Fowl Play
10.Thin Air
11.Murder Between the Lines
12.Psyched Out
13.Pirate's Key (2hrs)
14.The Club Murder Vacation
15.It's Only a Game
16.Design for Killing
17.The List
18.What's in a Gnome?
19.The Secret of the Chrome Eagle
20.Room 3502
21.Red Dog Blues
22.The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet

Don't ever let anyone ever tell you not to take on 'the giant'. We did, and we won. All of us who wrote, called and e-mailed Universal made a difference. Obviously Universal didn't make the money they wanted to, so they sold the rights to Shout! Factory. Universal . . I still think you are a money grubbing conglomerate that ditches old shows and actors like trash. After the money Jameson and Gerald made for you . . . and that is what they get. Nice. Shout! Factory . . . thank you so much. Not only do we finally get rolling with the rest of the Simon's cases, but we already have Adam-12, SCTV and many more thanks to this company. Now that we rallied to slam Universal, let's make sure we thank Shout! Factory just as much. Send them a 'thanks' at shout@b3custserv.com
And I thank all of you fellow fans of San Diego's finest private investigation firm (no, not Peerless Detectives, sorry Myron) for your voice in this matter. And now that the Sleuth channel has removed the boys from their line-up, this may be all we have for some time. This all may seem a bit much for 'just a t.v. show', but S & S is my favorite show of all time and I sincerely thank you for helping in getting this ball rolling.
Thank you
Andy
Simon & Simon: Season Two

It's about time! I am counting the days until February! Thanks so very much Shout! Factory for releasing the second season of "Simon and Simon". I can't wait for the rest of the seasons. I will be buying copies for everyone I know! It is the best private detective show ever made, especially from San Diego.

"Simon & Simon: Season Two" on DVD is worth cheering about! Far better written than the first season, and opening with a very entertaining crossover with it's new lead-in show, Tom Selleck's "Magnum P.I.", the series, and it's wonderful stars, Jameson Parker and Gerald McRaney, provided an irresistable blend of action and humor, and is every bit as enjoyable today as it was in 1982!

Viewing both seasons, besides being great fun, is an education on how a series is 'polished' and improved. Besides the bouncy new slide-guitar theme, the characters of Myron Fowler and his daughter Janet (Eddie Barth and Jeannie Wilson) are gradually phased out, as the role of the Simons' mother, Cecilia (Mary Carver), is enlarged (thankfully, Marlowe, Rick's big, lovable dog, is still a fixture!). The backstory of Rick being a 'Nam vet is introduced, as is the first of the brothers' Police Department 'buddies' (Robert Ginty, as a hip coroner), who would foreshadow the arrival of Tim Reid, as Detective 'Downtown' Brown, in Season Three. More episodes would be set in the San Diego area, fewer across the border in Mexico (with a two-part episode utilizing the unaired series pilot, set in the Florida Keys), and most episodes ended with a smile (it appears McRaney often ad-libbed; watch Parker's attempts to stay in character to his occasional asides!) The show definitely had the look, and feel, of a winner!

While I wish the collection offered a 'Subtitles' option, and commentaries by Parker and McRaney (I'd LOVE to hear their recollections), and the picture quality is occasionally a bit grainy, I'm not complaining; Season Two was the first of the GREAT seasons of "Simon & Simon", and I'm thrilled that it is finally available on DVD!

People do not realize how close this show was to being scrapped after Season 1. The crossover with Magnum PI and placing it after Magnum on Thursdays saved it! I remember watching the crossover in the fall of 82' as a young kid."Ki's" from Magnum and then "Emeralds" from this consecutively.So us fans owe a bit of gratitude to Magnum for giving it the exposure to stay another 7 years! Why people didn't warm up in 1981 to this is beyond me.
My favorite episode from this season is the "Just a Game" episode. The AJ kissing scene at the end was pretty unique if you will. I remember that scene as a kid. I haven't even watched it yet and just bought it today.Will be great to relive early 80's thursday nights.Look forward to season 3 with Venus Flytrap WKRP/ Downtown Brown.

After 2 years of writing and emailing Universal, I FINALLY get season 2 of Simon & Simon, on of the very best series of all time! Hopefuly we will not be waiting another two years for season three..if all the Simon & Simon fans out there order season two en masse maybe they will finally get the hint! I know this is not a "real" review...that will have to wait till I get my dvd set but since it is one of my faves I'm safe giving it 5 stars...

Finally! I've been waiting for 20 years for this show to become available. February cannot arrive quickly enough for me and my DVD.

I went to the Mill Creek website. These are the episodes that are supposed to be in this set.

1. Guessing Game - 10/21/1982
2. Rough Rider Rides Again - 11/18/1982
3. Sometimes Dreams Come True - 12/2/1982
4. The Last Time I Saw Michael - 12/9/1982
5. Thin Air - 12/30/1982
6. Psyched Out - 1/13/1983
7. Pirate's Key - Part 1 - 1/20/1983
8. Pirate's Key - Part 2 - 1/20/1983
9. It's Only a Game - 2/3/1983
10. What's in a Gnome? - 2/24/1983

I have been looking forward to seeing Rick and A.J. again for WAY too long - Simon and Simon was such a great show, and the networks never show it in reruns, so it seems like forever since it was on. If you like detective shows without a lot of violence (a little here and there, but minor), with a nice mixture of comedy and drama, this show is for you. What I liked the best was the very real way they portrayed the brothers, both the arguments and the way they were always there for each other, even when they were a little embarrassed about it. A wonderful show - looking forward to February!!