The A-Team: Series 2 [DVD]

I think this was probably the strongest series with the most enjoyable episodes. I think the one downside was the treatment of Melinda Culea (Amy). From her point of view, it is entirely justifiable for her to have thought that she would play a central role in the A-Team. If you go back and watch the pilot to the show, she virtually played the narratorial role, guiding the storyline in what would appear to be this vital link between the undercover and misunderstood role of the A-Team, and the wider world, a gap she could bridge, with her being a journalist. I think the strength of series 1 is that Amy was treated as one of the team, and carried it off very well, with her being sassy, smart and very easy on the eye.Yet whilst series 2 develops storylines better than the first series, the character of Amy suddenly becomes redundant overnight. There are a number of episodes in the run up to her departure where she has no more than a single line, and is seen sitting around looking unhappy whilst the other four ignore her.Now it can be argued that the A-Team was always the four guys, that a woman wasn't needed etc. But I think that the pilot and 1st series, especially when watched back as an adult (in my case) do hint at quite a different programme than the one which materialised when the Amy (and also Tania character to some extent) left the show. Amy brought a better balance to the show and could have continued to have given it more scope.Apparently the other male actors (especially George Peppard) hadn't wanted to have her on the show and continued to be difficult with her. Considering Melinda Culea was a stunning woman and Peppard was a notorious womaniser, all I can think of for this bullying was that Culea turned him down when he propositioned her.When Culea was axed half way through the series, I think that the guys seem visably pleased. So if they had carried such weight in removing the female element in the show, why then did the producers see fit to bring in Tania. If the A-Team had put up with Amy for a year, they couldn't desist from showing their distain for Tania from day one, and tried their best to distance them from her and reduce her point of being their to nothing.Filmed at a similar time, the A-Team very much reminds me of Miami Vice. And just as there was energy in the first couple of series, I think that egos (for George Peppard read Don Johnson) and overcomplicated change of directions did for the later series. This was a decent series of the A-Team, but I think it could have been better had Amy remained an integral part at this stage.

Yeah this is a classic season as the show grew in confidence from it`s first outing in season 1 !! The story lines are on fire , and very creative and the characters are just magic and fun . The end disc contains some of the best episodes with deadly maneuvers and curtain call where the A team in , deadly maneuvers go up against a rival mercenary gang who pick them off one at a time and they have to get back together and win , awesome !! Curtain call sees Murdoch shot and the team being pinned down in an area under Decker s control and have to get med treatment to save Murdoch and evade Decker , genius as well as the awesome country song at the end .Love it when a DVD comes together !!For liberals out there , genius in a way they were wrongly convicted and truth is on their side and they did much good to help others .

Picking up the pace from series 1 (and gaining new script editors), this unfortunately dispensed with Amy but wisely gave more space to Murdock and his flights of fancy. Full of some cracking episodes, this also features "When You Comin' Back, Range Rider" which I would say is the quintessential A-Team - watch that and you'll get what it's all about. Great stuff.

Yes by far this one comes into its own . The only one to rival it is the 4th . Better budget , and more creative story lines . I own it on prime video and DVD .

I bought this for my brother in law for Christmas. We loved watching this after our Christmas meal. Even the kids enjoyed it and had a good giggle.

Word of warning, I don’t know if anyone else has had this problem, but this is the 2nd season 2 universal series dvd I’ve bought and it doesn’t play properly, keeps stopping across all the discs

Nephew very happy with dvd

Loved it