Laramie: Season 2

I liked the Series, purchased for my collection

I just purchased all four seasons of Laramie and have wanted them for 4 years now. I had previously downloaded them from YouTube and the quality from YouTube was horrible. I was worried when I read the reviews about the bad video and audio quality and after suffering through extremely terrible videos of Laramie for 4 years, I was thrilled when I put the DVD in my Playstation and pressed play, I could actually see Robert Fullers face clearly. The video quality was 100 times better. Yes, there is some minor quality issues but that often occurs with all the old shows I have received. People who except 1080dpi quality from an old show will be disappointed. Those of us who know better will be thrilled with what we have gotten. I have collected shows such as Trackdown & Johnny Ringo, which were never put on VHS or DVD so you accept any quality of video you can get. You just want to preserve the history and the sheer joy of the show. Once these show does become available on DVD, I purchase it. My love for westerns and the appreciation for the work it takes to restore them, means that we should realize we will never get perfection. I will agree that they could box the DVD's better. Both my Season 2 and my Season 3 were loose and easily fall out of its holders. I also purchased "The Deputy", "The Tall Man", and"The Restless Gun" at the same time and they all came in good packages and in excellent condition.

I would recommend this DVD set to anyone who is a fan of the Western genre. I would suggest you start with season one though so you have a good grasp of what this series is all about. But if you do come in at season 2 you will not be disappointed or confused. As with season one, season two is in black and white. And again, the story lines are strong enough that you will soon forget that you are watching a TV show without colour. In season 2, the actors are comfortable with their characters and you can sense a strong chemistry between Smith and Fuller in their roles as Slim Sherman and Jess Harper. We lose two of the supporting cast in this season, both Hoagy Carmichael and Robert Crawford Jr leave the series at the end of season one with the exception of a couple of guest appearences made by Crawford in this season. We get plenty of action, a strong sense of the deep friendship that has developed between Jess and Slim and how they have each other's backs. So we have drama, action, some humour and a feel for the good ol' days when a man's word was something you could depend on.

This was the last season to be shot in black and white.The next two seasons would be in colour.This is a very good western series with plenty of action and guest stars like Ernest Borgnine,Robert Vaughn,James Coburn,Charles Bronson and Dan Duryea. Both lead actors John Smith and Robert Fuller are excellent in this.This series tells the tale of two friends that run a stage stop where coaches of people would arrive on their way to their destination.Various characters came through so there was a varied collection of stories to be told.Hoagy Carmichael who had appeared in the first season had left the series and Robert Crawford who played the brother to John Smith on the show would only be seen infrequently and would be written out by the end of the season.This is a good solid western and deserves all the praise it gets.Timeless Media Group have already released the color seasons.So this is the last season to be released and we now have all four seasons to enjoy.

I bought Laramie, the Second Season, because I had loved this series when it was on in my youth. I bought the first season wondering if I would still enjoy it as much and was delighted to find that I did. The humor and interaction of the cast is just as enjoyable as I remembered. I think the second season is as enjoyable as the first and even though I miss the characters of "Andy" and "Jonesie" the show still works.One of the things I notice watching this show as an adult is the attention to detail that went into the sets. I work in the history field and while the 1860s-1870s west is not my field( so I can't attest to the authenticity of the set) I was intrigued to see how much of the settings really conveyed the environment of Wyoming 150 years ago. I highly recommend this western.

The show itself is very nice family western. The first season was well rounded and had interesting characters, especially Hoagie Carmichael. Just loved him as Jonesy. Now why was his character and that of Andy played by Robert Crawford Jr. removed from the show? Haven't found any reason for this anywhere in their bios or fan archives. It really leaves the 2nd season feeling less than it was in the 1st. This being said, the stories were just OK. many feature just Slim or Jess and so the family aspect has been lost.The production quality of the DVD's is awful. In many of the dark night scenes, it is impossible to see anything, the film is grainy and sound quality uneven. It is a very old show so it is possible that no better quality originals exist but with todays technology, I thought they could have been remastered in some way.As in the first season set, this set also is packed with very poor quality DVD cases. Every one of the DVD's were floating in their cover with the little center tabs broken. It is very difficult to put them away and keep them scratch free with them unsecured in the package. Very Frustrating. I would hope that the amount of money spent on them could at least give us a quality DVD case.