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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 9643
Released: January 30, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
BIG VALLEY Season 2 Volume 1 continues the adventures of the wealthy and powerful Barkley family in the untamed Old West.
Description of Big Valley - Season 2, Volume 1:
Eugene Barkley, we hardly knew ye. The youngest of the Barkley sons (quick--who portrayed him? That's right; Charles Briles) is nowhere to be found in The Big Valley's sophomore season. But lawyer Jarrod (Richard Long), hot-headed Nick (Peter Breck), soulful "bastard son" Heath (Lee Majors), and coltish daughter Audra (Linda Evans) get into all the trouble and two-fisted action they can handle. And there's nothing the close-knit Barkleys, headed by matriarch Victoria (regally billed as "Miss Barbara Stanwyck") can't handle, whether it's defending the family name against the false accusations of an unscrupulous, grudge-bearing politician, rescuing Heath from a Mexican prison, or being abandoned in the desert. The drama of Heath's heritage, a focus of season 1, is settled once and for all in the season opener, "The Lost Treasure," in which a con man claims to be Heath's father. By episode's end, even Nick is calling Heath "brother."
Season 2 boasts an impressive roster of character actors, several at the beginning of their careers. Buddy Hackett, sporting a Lucky Charms leprechaun brogue, is the con man in "The Lost Treasure," with Bruce Dern as one of his marks, and Dub Taylor tending a ghost town bar. Colleen Dewhurst guest stars in the episode "A Day of Terror, as outlaw Annie Morton, who holds Victoria and Audra hostage while her injured son recuperates in a church. James Whitmore is the mud-slinging candidate in "Target." Warren Oates heads a band of bumbling brothers trying to open a stubborn railroad station safe in "The Great Safe Robbery." And that's the future Jan Brady, Eve Plumb as a little girl trapped in a well in "Hide the Children," an excellent episode that deals with intolerance as gypsy-hating Nick gets a change of attitude when he accompanies a gypsy bride and her family to her wedding. The Big Valley was never a ratings rival to the venerable Gunsmoke or Bonanza, which still ruled the prime time roost in 1966. But Western buffs will feel right at home with this sprawling family saga and its larger than life characters. Buyers, though, will be paying a higher premium for the Barkley property this time around. Priced the same as the season 1 set, this collection contains only the first 15 episodes of season 2 and no extra features. --Donald Liebenson
Big Valley - Season 2, Volume 1 Reviews:
The Big Valley, Season 2 
2009-09-16 - The Big Valley, Season 2 continues with excellent acting and wonderful story lines. This series will amaze you at the issues touched on and how ahead of it's time it was. The actors and the quality of acting was and remains fresh even as the years have passed. Buy this whole series...you will NOT be disappointed. The quality of the filming and direction is astounding. This series touches on slavery, prejudice,the drug trade, sleazy politicians, the prejudices of children born out of wedlock and also close family love and devotion and about true friends, even if they are wealthy... who will stand with you and for you. This is a refreshing departure from the same old, same old that floods television today. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
Sincerely,
Lynn Didiano
Big Valley
2009-09-13 - when is the 2nd Volume of the Second Season of The Big Valley to be release....what is the hold up on it.....how long does it take to release the Volume 2 of a season of the great show ? Does anyone know when .....
The Big Shame for Big Valley Fans for dvd. 
2009-07-31 - What is this conspiracy? Poor beautiful Linda Evans has the misfortunate of being the star of two television shows, who started releasing whole seasons on dvd and then decide to split the seasons into volumes, the other Dynasty. All I can say is greed, greed, greed.
Obviously, noone bought much of Season 2 volume 1 because no future releases haven't been released in 2 years. What a shame for The Big Valley fans, who are missing some of Barbara Stanwyck's best performances.
Is there any chance this series can be saved for dvd releases. Can someone please start over and release season 2 complete series and then with Seasons 3 and so on.
Please. Anyway, I am sorry for all of us fans. Unfortunately there are guidelines for telling me what I really want to tell the producers of this series on dvd.
Don't buy but write letters to have them start over again with the series complete on dvd. They should make it up to us by having Seasons 2 and 3 combined at one low price on dvd.
Regards.
P.S. Jokingly, Linda are you behind this? I hope not. Just kidding, I hope.
Great TV show
2009-05-02 - The Big Valley TV show always had been a favorite of mine when I was a kid. Season 2 Part 1 includes many excellent episodes. Too bad that not all the episodes are included on the DVD Set. It would be great if FOX Entertainment would make the remaining Season 2 as well as Season 3 and 4 available for purchase. I am sure there are more interested BV Fans out there who would like to own them.
Great product
2009-05-02 - Product as described with very fast shipping. I highly recommended this item to any western fans.
