Laredo Season 2 Part One

Laredo, with its blend of western comedy and high drama, is one of the best television westerns to be found. Laredo premiered in prime time as an episode of The Virginian and was such a big hit, with its wonderful cast, gorgeous color photography, western ambiance and tight, serio-comic scripts, that it was immediately signed for a full season. Laredo brings together three Texas Rangers with distinctive personalities, strengths and weaknesses, under the stern command of Captain Edward Parmalee (Philip Carey), Wacky Reese (Neville Brand), brawny Joe (William Smith) and smooth Chad (Peter Brown) are equally good at roughhouse humor as well as serious law keeping. Chad and Joe are particularly good with the ladies, something most westerns of the day shied away from. Quick in the saddle and quick on the draw, when these lawmen go after evil-doers, they always see justice done. Product Description

Larado Quality a Disappointment

I returned the two Larado sets I purchased because of poor quality. I was very disappointed.

Bill November 17, 2008

Silly yet still great fun

Some of the season two episodes have strange plots - sort of like James Bond meets F Troop. All of the season one regulars are here, with the addition of Robert Wolders. Wolders doesn't seem to really fit in with the rest of the Rangers but he's handsome and easy to watch. William Smith as Joe Riley gets new clothes, making him even better looking than he was in season one. I'm looking forward to the release of season two, part two, and highly recommend purchasing all of the episodes released so far. October 19, 2008

First 13 episodes of Season 2, in broadcast order.

Season 2 of Laredo is sillier and goofier than Season 1, highlighted by the addition to the cast of Robert Wolders as Erik, a Dutch Ranger who dresses in outrageous outfits, including paisley jackets! Apparently, because Neville Brand had a drinking problem, the producers had to work around his often unreliable behavior, so Wolders was added to the cast so that Brand did not have to do as much. Toward the end of the season, Claude Akins more or less substituted for Brand. The episodes suffer when there is less of Brand.

Unlike the DVD Sets from Season 1, these 13 episodes are presented in broadcast order -- not that it makes much difference, as there's hardly any continuity between episodes. You can find the episode guide to the series here, and season 2 begins with episode 31:

http://www.tv.com/laredo/show/4583/episode_guide.html?tag=subtabs;guide

The shows are on 3 dual layer DVDs, each in its own slim case, so it takes up less space on your shelf that the 1st Season sets.

Quality wise, the episodes are all over the map. Some look very good, others are grainy with a lot of compression. Some episodes have over-saturated color, and "Last of the Caesars" is overly bright. Just like the first season sets, these episodes have no chapter stops within them, nor do they display elapsed time. There are no special features, nor any information about the specific episodes on the packaging other than the titles.

It's too bad that Timeless Media didn't put some more effort into this series, but at least they're available to enjoy, uncut. So despite the uneven technical quality, there's a lot of fine entertainment here, even if the overall show content lags behind Season 1. October 5, 2008

Laredo

This is GREAT! My husband and I have watched and rewatched this many times! It's great to see just good clean tv with no language to worry about or anything else for that matter! It's great to be able to see something that you haven't seen since you were kids! This is a very entertaining series and I look forward to the next release! August 27, 2008

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