Home Improvement - The Complete Second Season (DVD)

Compared to TV sitcoms now days, "Home Improvement" is certainly on the tame side of things when it comes to racy content, but that doesn't deter from the humor as this family comedy has always been a favorite of mine since it was on ABC's primetime schedule to its extensive run in syndication on just about every station on the dial.

Season two of "Home Improvement" picks up where season one left off, this is before it got heavy into the dramatic side of things as it was still fresh and inventive. This is not to say that the latter seasons lost "the funny" it is just the natural course of television sitcoms to become more heavy handed as they live on, since audience members grow to become emotionally attached to the characters and the writers as well come to know their subjects more as the life of the show lives on.

"Home Improvement" was still finding its groove in its second season as it never abandons its task on telling the trials and tribulations of traditional family life, marriage, young relationships, detention, emergency rooms for clumsy fathers and the long lost art of close-knit neighborhoods.

As far as the story goes, if you have seen one episode you know what to expect, you are stepping into the world of the Taylor family head by Tim and Jill Taylor (Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson) as they go through the normal life of a typical family with three young boys. Sure, certain aspects of the show are embellished, but for the most part the circumstances that arise in this show have almost certainly happened to several families, sometimes I am sure more than once.

As for this DVD edition, it is much like the first season, this set comes with a relatively bare bones presentation of all 25 season two episodes and a short highlight reel focusing on the funnier aspects of the second season. Whether or not this is a purchase worth your coin is as simple as whether or not you like the show considering that is pretty much what you are getting and no more.

Personally I think this is a classic sitcom, one that is sure to be featured on Nick at Nite for years to come, that is if the secondary networks ever take it off their programming schedule.