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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 12614
Released: November 8, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
As Laura and Remington continue to fight crime, and their growing attraction to each other, Laura catches tantalizing glimpses into her partner's mysterious and very private past. For Remington is always reluctant to accept cases involving any of his old acquaintances, no matter what side of the law they're on. Yet despite the secrets, the twosome know they need to be able to trust each other completely after a series of investigations puts them directly in the line of fire.
Description of Remington Steele - Season Two:
For Steele's sophomore year, Murphy and Bernice are out and Mildred Krebs (Emmy-magnet Doris Roberts) is in. She gets pulled into the orbit of private investigators Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) and Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) when she audits their agency in the two-part season opener ("Steele Away With Me"). Krebs follows the duo to Acapulco, where she helps with a case, and ends up abandoning the IRS for the more glamorous world of detective work. Other changes include a revamped title sequence and a new loft for Holt when a failed assassination attempt results in the destruction of her home ("Red Holt Steele").
While Krebs represents a welcome addition, wily quick change artist Major Descoine (Guy Boyd), who is introduced a few episodes later ("Steele Framed"), is another matter. He'll get away the first time only to return towards the end of the season ("Elegy in Steele") to bedevil Holt and Steele again (much like the slippery Murdoc in producer Lee David Zlotoff's MacGyver). As usual, Steele continues to derive mystery-solving inspiration from cinema classics like Casablanca ("Red Holt Steele") and The Man Who Knew Too Much ("Steele Sweet on You"). Romance between the two continues, as well, but the detectives are too professional to rush anything.
The second season also provides Holt with more clues about Steele's mysterious past, like his stints as "The Kilkenny Kid" ("Steele Knuckles and Glass Jaws") and "The Great Savini" ("High Flying Steele"). As for Steele, he gains a slick new means of transportation: a 1936 Auburn Speedster ("Love Among the Steele"). Guest stars include future primetime staples Delta Burke and Jane Kaczmarek ("Altared Steele"), Jeffrey "Principal Rooney" Jones ("A Steele at Any Price"), and (briefly) Miguel Sandoval ("Steele Eligible"), who will go on to work with writer/producer Glenn Gordon Caron (Moonlighting) on Medium. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Remington Steele - Season Two Reviews:
Remington Steele season 2 
2009-11-16 - One of the best shows on TV. Fun, well written, great chemistry between Steele and Holt. WHat is so amazing is, they couldn't stand each other in real life, but you couldn't tell it on the show.
Settled into a formula 
2009-04-30 - After watching season one as a group, season two seemed overproduced and formulaic. Pierce Brosnan became a star in the first season, so the show revolved around him in the second. Fox and Murphy hated Remington Steele, but they are replaced by Doris Roberts, whose fawning made me want to puke by the middle of the season.
Doris herself is awesome, but the writing is predictable, every episode is rammed full of stunts, and Remington and Laura bicker so constantly about being dissatisfied with each other that they started to remind me of car rides with my grandparents. Then they kiss. It's really stupid.
The same supporting characters started showing up again and again as different people and Laura got a loft replacing the house because lofts are "cool". (Did they pick up a producer from The Love Boat or something?)
Laura is no longer independent and in control. Instead they write her as needy and sulky. That blows most of all. The pilot concept was based on a woman making her way in a man's world and Stephanie was perfect for that part, but the second season did to her exactly what Laura was fighting in the original concept.
Even the opening changes to self-referential Hollywood weirdness. If the actors weren't so great, I would have hated the second season.
Best season of all!
2008-02-22 - This has got to be the best and most romantic season of all. Murphy (James Read) is out (whom I miss because, well, why settle for one handsome actor when you can feast your eyes on two?). This leaves the field wide open for Steele and Laura to explore their relationship deeper. Some very entertaining episodes, such as High Flying Steele, that show the true depth of the two actors' skills.
Entertaining enough. 
2008-01-02 - Though not to say that this season wasn't any good, I have to say I prefer Season 1 to this. There's more romantic tension. It's just that I think the producers put them together too soon in Season 2 - they're always smooching. I'm watching season 3 now, it seems to be better.
Don't be turned off by my comments though, there are some really great plots and scenes too in this season. That's why I'm giving it a four star.
Heavenly Steele
2007-10-28 - This is the best TV show ever in the 80s. I grew up watching Remington Steele during my teenage years. It's got perfect mix of suspense, romance and humor. The attraction and chemistry between Laura & Steele are just like essential spices to the plot. She is captivating, mesmerizing, while he is so charming every woman can die for. It is no surprise that he then became James Bond.
And oh, the background music/songs by Henry Mancini are just wonderful. Now we can not find similar shows on TV anymore, well, as the other viewer wrote, this series ages well. My favorites episodes of Remington Steele are quite a number I can't name them all. Thanks to the producer for making this tv show available in DVD format. And next, I'm going to buy the book : Steele loved after all this year. Hey, If I ever got power failure at home & can't watch the video, I'll have the book in my hand with a cup of tea and enjoy !
