Pawn Stars: Season 2

32 Episodes on 4 DVDs, released August 24, 2010The "Pawn Stars" reality series has made it into a second season from the History Channel about a family-run Gold and Silver Pawn shop in Las Vegas with three generations of men assessing the value of antiques, historical items, vehicles, and junk from a number of bizarre customers in need of money.Rick Harrison and his father affectionately coined "The Old Man" own the shop together. Rick's son, Corey known as "Big Hoss" is hoped to one day take over the shop if only he and his idiot friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell were less moronic. Each person has their own style with dealing with customers, but always take the same steps to assess by asking questions, calling in experts when their own knowledge is lacking, and in the restoration process of certain items.Rick is by far the most charismatic everyman of the bunch. He is friendly, courteous, and occasionally exercises a little bit of sympathy in the bargaining process. What is very impressive about Rick and his father are their knowledge of history and they can usually tell the customer more about their item than the customer knew walking in and that's before calling in someone to check items out for counterfeit and condition. It's a great way to learn things about history that you might never have learned before, for instance, George Washington was not the first president. There were several people who took on one year terms before the country officially became the United States of America!"The Old Man" is always cranky and insulting to the others who work in the shop (who more often than not deserve it) but it's enjoyable to see him get excited about an item that comes in. His face never changes expression but suddenly he moves more quickly and his voice goes above a flat line of emotion. He and Rick get into arguments over whether items were from WWI or WWII, etc. since he was in five wars or something like that. He is a fan of old cars.Big Hoss and Chumlee are very questionable characters on the show because you keep asking yourself, can anyone be THIS dumb? THIS lazy? THIS out of shape? Just talking gets Big Hoss out of breath. There is probably quite a bit of truth in their interactions, particularly when Big Hoss is actually being responsible, but Chumlee says the most off the wall things to customers. For example, an original script owned by the actor who played Odd Job in "Goldfinger" came in and Chumlee pipes in with, "I love Austin Powers!" and later it shows him in the backroom reading the script and trying to act out the parts like a little kid. They make him test out all questionable guns since he's dumb enough to do it.The sad thing about the show is how many people are bringing in things to pawn or sell because of "the economic crisis" and/or losing their job. Others have the good fortune of happening to find something in their attic, new storage bin, or were asked to haul something off and find a treasure. It is always disappointing to find out when they were ripped off and something is counterfeit or a treasured family heirloom passed down through generations turns out to have "replica" stamped on it somewhere.What's great about this show besides the educational aspect is when a customer brings something in hoping to get a few hundred bucks or a new guitar and leaves with several thousand once the expert assesses the value. The Gold and Silver Pawn shop never appears to rip customers off and usually call in experts before talking price and when they don't call in the experts, they sometimes get screwed.It is fun to check out and best when it sticks to what it does best, focusing on the unique items being brought in instead of the idiocy of the employees and giving them reality tv show subplots.Bonus Features:There is additional footage from many of the episodes that appear to be segments played during commercial breaks and are pretty interesting. For example, Big Hoss discusses how to tell if a diamond is real, Rick explains the differences in pocket watches, they talk about the strategy of bargaining, and you get to hear the story of how Big Hoss and Chumlee met (a fist fight).

I liked the Pawn Stars on the TV and now I'm enjoying them on DVD's. I loved the items they received that told the History of our Country! . . . . .and it was great to see Chum fire rifles, cannons and bows!

I have both Pawn Stars Season 1 & 2 on DVD ... and have enjoyed them BOTH ! I like the family, the negotiations, the interesting characters who frequent their shop, BUT ... for some reason, Season 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 have NOT BEEN OFFERED on DVD ! I'd like to purchase the WHOLE SERIES, and a lot of people out here haven't gone over to downloading them just yet, so how about OFFERING them to us on DVD, like you USED TO ? I'd Buy 'em !

That first reviewer must have had a bad experience with a pawn shop. Either he got mad about a deal they offered him on something he thought should have been worth more, or his dad told him some horror stories about pawn shops.What's great about this show is all the items people try to sell. You usually get a brief history lesson on the items brought into the shop. It's especially great when there's a rare item involved. Once, sometimes twice an episode, a specialist is brought in to take a look at an item to check out authentic qualities or otherwise.It's also cool to see the negotiations take place, and to see the look on the customer's face when he's looking for a lot of money and not getting it.Now since this is a reality show, the other factor of the show is "the characters" - The Harrison family who own the pawn shop over in Las Vegas. There's Rick, his father referred to as The Old Man, and Rick's son Cory - Big Hoss. And of course, there's Chumlee. Chumlee, or Chum for short, is a friend of Cory's who worked there since he was 21 - and has become a trademark on the show. Chumlee is kinda dumb, and pretty damn goofy. If you ask a person about the show - usually they'll mention Chumlee.Damn good show

I was only able to see half of the season. Amazon Prime stopped including this series in Amazon Prime Video before I could finish. (The only option was to pay per episode) I would have preferred a warning that it was about to expire.The series is very entertaining, the characters make for funny situations. While the object in question keep you wondering how much they are worth and how much are they willing to pay. If it becomes included again I'll finish watching the series.

Starting with 2009's Fired Up, ending with License to Pawn & there's some Bonus stuff too! But the packaging is a misnomer as it's NOT the full Season. History SHOULD have done each FULL Season 1, 2 & so on. It's not right & it's not fair if you're a true Fan, which we are. We keep hoping there will be more DVDS released as they are over 2 yrs. behind. NOT the Harrison's Fault(not even Chum's fault this time!)

I enjoyed season one so much that I purchased season two. What is realllly great is there are noooo commercials. I purchased the DVDs for the entertainment value, not education. The value of any one item can go up or down any day faster than the stock market. The interaction between the Harrisons is entertaining, although I wish they would cut Chumlee a bit more slack. (Doncha just love the old man's hat?) Actually, the folks who rehabilitate items that look as if they had been dredged from the landfill are more interesting than the customers. Their work is frequently amazing. The experts are an important show component. The constant turnover required to meet overhead must be gruelling. If any education is involved in the show it is that, if something is valuable there is a large chance it is a fake. Lots of viewing fun for a rainy afternoon.

Disc 2 doesn't play on blue Wray or dvd player. Tried them both. Don't know how to return so please send me disc 2. Of season 4 please disc may have been made in Mexico reason it won't play not sure. It's wavy looking on back side of disc. 259 crystal Creek Dr new market all 35761.

5*

Lots of episodes. Great content. No subtitles though.

Works great. No damage.

This is a great show. Chumlee is hilarious, and Rick's laugh is contagious. With 32 episodes in this season, it's worth every penny and then some. A must-see. I can't wait for season 3.