Degrassi: The Next Generation, Season 2

Degrassi is my favorite show! When I bought this DVD pack back in 2013, I kept watching it nonstop every weekend!

Degrassi: The Next Generation is a school-centered soap opera aimed at both teens and adults. It is a spinoff of the 80s TV show Degrassi Junior High and features a new group of students at Degrassi Community School as well as many characters from the original series that are now grown up and facing issues and problems of their own.There are so many things that make this show a success. The cast is picture perfect. This is not the type of series that casts 25-year-olds to play someone in 9th grade. The team behind Degrassi goes for realism all the way. Because a they have a 14-year-old actor play a 14-year-old character, it packs a more dramatic punch when we see the sometimes very troublesome situations the characters get themselves in. This isn't a hilarious teen comedy show like Saved By the Bell. The characters are all three-dimensional and you won't find any stereotypes. The cast of young actors represents a true cross-section of the sort of kids you would see in real life.As far as the storylines go, the superb first season dealt with many issues, such as teen drinking, internet stalkers, final exam stress, and in the season finale, the show became darker as one of the main characters, Ashley, overdosed on Ecstasy at a party.Here, in the second season, the stories get even darker. Ashley spends the majority of this season dealing with how her behavior in the season one finale ruined her social life. Paige, the snobby rich girl with a heart of gold, learns the hard way that to some guys "no" doesn't always mean "no." Marco, a new character introduced this season, must deal with his sexuality. As for the adults, Emma's mother, Christine, decides to marry her boyfriend, science teacher Archie Simpson. On the eve of her wedding, she finds out she is pregnant. Archie has specifically told her he doesn't want kids so she freaks out...what should she do? Joey Jeremiah deals with his dead wife's son Craig after it is revealed that Craig's father has been SEVERELY beating him (in one of Degrassi's most painful-to-watch scenes ever). There are many more interesting stories weaving throughout this season and it never lets up. This is definitely indicative of the even greater stories to come in the later seasons!On to the DVDs themselves. Degrassi: The Next Generation is filmed in widescreen, but for some reason, the powers-that-be have decided to release the show on DVD in fullscreen pan and scan. This is disappointing, because Degrassi is a bigger-budgeted show and every episode has a movie-like quality to it. The cropping of the picture is obvious and to have the episodes as they were originally shot would be nice. Otherwise, the picture quality is perfect, at least as good as originally broadcast.There are three discs of episodes and then a fourth disc with a TON of special features. SuperFans of Degrassi (you know who you are) will eat this stuff up. There are over 130 deleted scenes, audition tapes, and much more.All in all, Degrassi: The Next Generation is a wonderful series that anyone can enjoy. Even though there's the whole annoying no-widescreen issue, this is definitely a solid DVD set. Definitely buy this and the rest of the series! You won't be disappointed!

I see all of the reviews on here are talking about how amazing Degrassi: The Next Generation is as a TV series. And, I cannot agree more. This show is totally and completely worth watching. My best friend uses it to show her nieces and nephews to teach them life lessons about meeting people online, eating disorders, etc. It is a very intense show, in a good way.But I'll make a couple comments on the product itself. This will be my second round at buying all of the seasons. (I must have misplaced them all in one of my numerous moves) The first time around, the disc set came in very small, compacted packaging. The DVD cases weren't very large. I liked this aspect since having 14 seasons can really take up some DVD realty! I just ordered from this seller and noticed the packaging is not what is shown in the description. It is large. It is the size of 5 regular size DVD cases. I also noticed that there is Spanish writing all over it. Almost inferring that this is the Spanish version. (Mini panic attack!) But I quickly put it in and found it is in fact in English. Yay! This is the only reason I give it 4 stars. As far as the actual show, shipping time (Amazon prime!) and it not being damaged upon receipt, this is a great buy!! Can't beat an entire television show season for only 20 bucks! Satisfied. :)

Season Two does two things in the beginning of the season. Picks up where the cast left off last season. Ashley Kerwin's character has the biggest transformation then anyone from the original cast. Gone is the Mandy Moore clone Ashley and in her place is an Emo looking more introspective Ashley. Another interesting aspect of Season Two is the introduction of Craig Manning into the series. Craig's character deals with physical abuse from his father which is dealt with in the first two episodes of the seasons and the last two. Craig's interaction with Manny Santos and Ashley Kerwin are foreshadowing his relationship with them both in future seasons. Season Two also deals with touchy subjects like teen drinking, eating disorders, racism, self-image, abortion, rape, sexual identity, and death. This season also continues two of Degrassi great love affairs. Liberty Van Zandt & J.T. Yorke. Sean Cameron & Emma Nielson. This second season really begins the ups and downs that Semma (nickname for Sean & Emma) will go through the length of the series. As the same with Liberty & J.T. Some say Degrassi is overrated, I say the exact opposite actually. It's as close to the average teenagers experience of teenage life a teen show can be and the second season is no different.

My review of the Season 1 DVD was constructive criticism of the packaging and the way the DVds were. It seems that someone must have listened! These discs are silver colored,and have serpeate titles for each episode. There is also an option to add 5.1 surround sound.However,there are no still no closed captions,nor are there subtitles (in English, French, or Spanish)OK are you listening; Season 3 should include those captions and commentary on "Accidents will happen" from the writers of that epusode and Cassie Steele.while we're at it,Season 4's DVD should be in 16:9! and Season 5 should have much less of Craig. This is Degrassi,not the Jake Epistien show.Getting back to the season, the show was well done like the first season. Picture quality has improved on the DVDs. Each episode is presented as orginally directed,so When Doves Cry has the Craig tries to kill himself scene even CTV lacked the courage to show.

Did anyone get just 1 disc or all 4 disc's in separate cases? I got season 2 disc 1? But the description says 4 disc's 22 episodes and I only got 7 episodes 1 disc? I already wrapped her present so I can't take a picture but I don't understand? Even the case looks different than whats i got

Fiancee is a big fan of degrassi. I wish all the boxsets were similar looking though.

Comme il s'agit d'un coffret d'occasion, le packaging est légèrement abîméLes bonus sont excellentsBonne qualité de son et d'image sur tout les DVD

wer in den USA mit Teenagern war wird es kaufen, außerdem gut zum Englisch lernen

Nice.