Product: Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray] (2010)
Rating: 2.0
Some good, some bad, worse than S1
Season 2 was much worse than season one, which explains the lower price for season 2, as the studio apparently thinks so as well. Season 2 was worse for 2 major reasons.First, the first few eps had to tie up the bad ending of season one, and the story lines in those eps had just alot of idiocy. Their later story arcs were not much better.The second major reason for season two being so bad was the loss of Ashley (Emilie Ullerup) and replacement with Kate. In season 1 Ashley's character and the actress were both original and growing. The actress had some nice interpretations of her character. The choice to replace her with Kate Freelander an incredibly poor one, and doing so was handled very poorly.Agam Darshi is a mediocre actress giving a cliché performance of a cliché character. Damien Kindler's writing often falls into trite characters and actions. I was surprised that he came up with Sanctuary, which is pretty unusual. Alas, now he is back to trite. Any scene with Kate just needs to be ff'd past, and both the character and actress really lessen the quality and enjoyment of the show.That said, there were some good scenes and strong guest actors worth watching. Stand alone eps were more enjoyable than the arcs. I did not have a problem with the show getting darker, but the story arc with the problems within the sanctuary network were tiresome (and trite). They should have stuck with finding the abnormals with the cabal in the wings watching. That was their strength, and they were unwise to stray from it.I will likely not purchase this, and may not watch season 3 if it continues in this downward spiral.