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Ignoring continuity but not the fans, series creator Alan Spencer dubbed the second season of Sledge Hammer! a "prequel", choosing not to "cop out" in resolving the previous season cliffhanger (where Hammer set off a nuclear bomb) by saying it had all been a dream. To that end, the following disclaimer precedes the season premiere episode...
"The following season of Sledge Hammer! takes place five years before that nuclear explosion. Thank you."
Despite the continuity issues this presents, you will be glad that Doreau still appears this season as Hammer's partner. The season also greatly benefits from the addition of Bill Bixby (The Incredible Hulk) as one of the show's resident directors (starting with "Play it Again, Sledge"). Sledge Hammer! fans will benefit in knowing that these final 19 complete episodes are fully remastered and armed to the teeth with great extras - all personally supervised by Alan Spencer.
No doubt the great packaging for these Sledge Hammer! season sets has a lot to do with Alan Spencer's level of involvement and relationship with the fans and Anchor Bay Entertainment. Typically, when the original creators get so actively involved in the DVD releases of their shows, the better the finished release e.g. Peter Chung with Aeon Flux and Paul Simms with NewsRadio DVD sets.
Sledge Hammer! - Season Two is a 4-disc (570 min.) set featuring all 19 episodes in Full Frame (1.33:1) video and English Dolby Digital stereo audio. Special Features include: All New Cast & Crew interviews, Audio Commentaries with creator Alan Spencer & actress Anne-Marie Martin, Original Commercials, Trivia Game and more.
Episodes include:
1. "A Clockwork Hammer": a demented TV programmer schemes to brainwash witnesses.
2. "Big Nazi On Campus": Hammer & Doreau investigate the murder of a coed.
3. "Play It Again, Sledge": a trench-coated stranger befriends Hammer.
4. "Wild About Hammer": a psychotic new officer sets her sights on Hammer.
5. "Death of a Few Salesmen": Hammer poses as an Aussie car dealer to nab a killer.
6. "Vertical": an acrophobic Hammer guards a gun moll.
7. "Dressed To Call": Hammer vows to collar a crackpot caller.
8. "Hammer Hits the Rock": Hammer is sent to a federal pen, disguised as a hitman.
9. "Hammeroid": A megalomaniac turns Hammer into a half-man, half-machine.
10."The Last of the Red Hot Vampires": a film vampire has returned from the grave.
11. "Sledge in Toyland": a toy magnate and his mistress are murdered.
12. "Icebreaker": Hammer is aced out of an investigation by a British operative.
13. "They Call Me Mr. Trunk": The precinct is quarantined.
14. "Model Dearest": Doreau infiltrates a suspect modelling agency.
15. "Sledge, Rattle, 'n' Roll": a rock star and his band are murdered.
16. "Suppose They Gave A War & Sledge Came?": a murder during a corporate war game.
17. "The Secret of My Excess": a secret mission for governor.
18. "It Happened What Night?": Hammer and Doreau pose as newlyweds.
19. "Here's To You, Mrs. Hammer": Hammer learns that an old chum plans to marry the ex-Mrs. Hammer.
Trivia: The ex-Mrs. Hammer is played by David Rasche's real wife Heather Lupton.
Sledge Hammer! - Season Two Overview
It would take more than a nuclear explosion to stop everyone's favorite violence-loving lawman! David Rasche returned-along with co-stars Anne-Marie Martin and Harrison Page-in the surprising second season of the series that Entertainment Weekly calls "absolutely hilarious" These are the infamous final episodes featuring such guest stars as Richard Moll, Ray Walston, Edy Williams, Bud Cort, Bernie Kopell, Adam Ant, Davy Jones and more, in the "sitcom for people who hate sitcoms" that remains one of the most dangerously funny shows in TV history.
Sledge-Season Two - Retro Film Fan - Houston
A must have for Sledge Hammer fans, season two has slightly different video quality from season one, a somewhat softer look from a different quality film being used for recording. The episodes are not as goofy as season one, but you will still enjoy Sledge in his attempts at law enforcement.
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