The Girls Next Door - Season 2

If you love the HEF and love watching 3 blondes actually prove to the world that they are not just dumb bimbos, then this dvd is for you. Holly, Bridget and Kendra all have different personalities that will make you feel like their best friend. It's hysterical to watch and of course it's playboy so there's other "feelings" there to. But being a female I watch this because I feel that no matter where you live, every female still has the same drama in their life as you. Except I don't live in a mansion or have a boyfriend that is over 80. But you do feel close to them in the end. I love watching this show and so should you.

NOT hardcore...lots of fun and *candid* (sort of) shots of the girls
getting dressed, undressed and goofing around. I watch it while I
ride my stationary bike instead of depressing news programs. The second season has a Play All feature so you don't have to keep going back to the
main menu. Three discs in all, with a paragraph for each episode in case you want to get right to the naught bits.

I absolutely love the Playboy empire and this show is just another great aspect of it! All the girls are so lovable and Hef's great personality is also featured on the show a lot.

Being a reality show on E - of course a lot of it is staged, but it doesn't come across that way. The girls all seem to be so genuine and all their daily activities aren't overblown to make them seem like divas or gold diggers or anything. It sounds almost silly to say, but Playboy and this show are just about as all American and genuine as it gets!

I think this show is great for men and women. A bunch of beautiful women, a glimpse into Hef's life, funny situations... what more could you ask for!

The bonus features are always so funny as well.

when i first saw the adds for this show i thought it was going to be very stupid but it ended up being one of the funniest shows on t.v even if you dont like reality tv that much like me i think you would get a kick out of this show.

How can I give 5 stars to something that hasn't even been released yet? It's simple, really. I loved the Season 1 individual episodes and DVD extras, and also thoroughly enjoyed every one of the 16 UNCENSORED Season 2 episodes (about 23 min. each) that I just finished watching (shown by Canada's StarTv channel). According to the press releases for the Season 2 DVD's, they're going to again be uncensored, in full-screen, and include more of the same jam-packed extras as before. So, as long as they don't screw anything up, it's going to be a sure-fire success.

The extras include: 48 deleted scenes totalling about 67 minutes in length, 7 extra minutes of the Halloween party episode, a special combined and extended version of the first two (Season 2) episodes (48 minutes long-includes some different scenes added to it), bloopers(as hidden Easter Eggs-see end of my review, for how to view them), commentary by the three girls on all of the 16 episodes and more.

I'd give the Season #2 episodes 4 stars (same grade as the Season 1 episodes), even if there were NO Dvd extras, only because many of the episodes are similar to the Season 1 episodes. There's the Halloween party again and some of the trips the girls and Hef take remind me too much of the Season 1 trips (even though they do travel to many different places). That's not to say that they didn't offer anything new, but at times I wish something totally unexpected happened that required a new direction in the series. I imagine Holly's eventual pregnancy will do the trick for future season episodes. However, I still was eagerly looking forward to each new episode and wasn't bored at all. It's all still very well edited, superior, quality stuff. Bravo!

If you enjoyed Season 1, then get ready for 16 more of the same funny and addictive episodes that you've come to expect from this series, filled with just enough nudity and cursing (sweet, sweet Kendra), so that you're still satisfied, yet, not totally bored with it all. Now that we know the girls so well, no time is wasted with the sometimes dull character development stuff that naturally happens in first seasons. These girls stay virtually the same for the entire series, except for Bridget, who is now the more interesting of the three and most likely will be the one appearing on more television shows (Extra!,etc.) than the others. She's bright, well-spoken and has a killer sweet smile that almost never quits.

Yes, Kendra is still the true star of this series and still has her signature hilarious laugh and killer body, but she still seems just as immature (which is good for the series) at 21, as she was at 19, and still lacks the patience to concentrate for greater than five minutes at a time. I don't think she's as hilarious as she was in Season 1, but that could be just because I've gotten used to her. I still love her laugh, and also the way almost every time she passes by a mirror or is getting dressed, she can't resist shaking her booty and marvelling at it in the mirror. Priceless stuff.

Holly's smart, stubborn and very creative, but seems more interested in having a baby than anything else. If Holly left the show I wouldn't really care. She's just taking away screen time from the other two more interesting girls in my opinion. Although, I still like her enough, and she does offer good contrast for the other two girls. So, if she left, the chemistry of the show would probably suffer.

Hef's in the episodes more often this time around, so they do seem more complete, more natural and smoother overall. However, in one episode, Hef does seem too fascinated with one of Kendra's childhood videos that he watches for the first time with her family (including the grandfather), so that he comes across as seeming very creepy. Kinder, or better editing, would have helped out there. Yuck...just the thought of that scene still creeps me out.

I haven't seen any of the Season 3 episodes yet, but I'll gladly watch those as well, when I get the chance. In the meantime, go watch Season 2 on Dvd, you'll be glad you did!

EASTER EGGS (Two on each Disc):

Disc 1:
Go to the Deleted Scenes, and highlight the deleted scene titled "Pasties." Once highlighted, press the Left button on your DVD remote. You should see the bunny logo on the left side of the Deleted Scene title. Press the Enter button (or equivalent) to watch: 'Painted Girls' and 'Bloopers.'

Disc 2:
Go to the Deleted Scenes, and highlight the deleted scene titled 'Dog's Day Afternoon.' Once highlighted, press the Right button on your DVD remote. There should be the bunny logo on the left side of the Deleted Scene title. Press the Enter Button to watch: "Dancing in Vegas" and "Pillow Fight."

Disc 3:
Go to the Deleted Scenes, and highlight the deleted scene that's titled "No Bunny Business". Once highlighted, press the Left button on your DVD remote. There should be the bunny logo on the left side of the Deleted Scene title. Press the Enter button to watch: "Black Sheets" and "Butthead."