Underground Season 2
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
In that spirit of uncertainty and knowing what I know about Tubman, I’m happy to accept Rifle-Toting Moses, because who wouldn’t?
That’s the spirit that infuses WGN America’s Underground, which returns for its second season on Wednesday night and, through its first three episodes, remains one of the hardest shows on TV to properly describe — while also being a show that could surely be adored by a bigger audience (and by more critics) than it currently is.
“You can’t make a legend out of the truth,” notorious slave catcher Patty Cannon (Sadie Stratton) tells the presumptive biographer tagging along on her quest to capture Tubman (Aisha Hinds). This is Underground creators Misha Green and Joe Pokaski’s take on the famous line from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” and it’s also the ethos of their show. Harriet Tubman may not have ever wielded two rifles at once, and Cannon certainly died 30 years before the events of the series, but if pitting the conductor of the Underground Railroad against the wicked operator of the so-called Reverse Underground Railroad spurs an audience to clamor to know more, then Green and Pokaski’s blend of mythologizing and historicizing has done its secondary job. The show’s first job continues to be entertaining viewers with an occasionally uncomfortable blend of escapist thrills and character-driven torment.
-Steve Dietl/WGN America
Underground is a thrilling, emotional journey that tugs at the heart-strings and deftly captures the human experience. This installment was no exception.
Underground Season 2 Episode 2 gave us twists, revelations, and truly poignant moments. It’s not often that a show can successfully pull off making you laugh, cry, hold your breath, reevaluate and self-reflect all within one night.
The arrangement of this installment was especially great. The way it flowed from one story to the next through the lens of each character made each arc feel like a chapter in a larger story.
I’m enjoying the glimpses into Daniel’s life. He comes across as a simple family man with a lovely family. Then it hits you; life was far from simple for a black man during the 19th century.
Daniel was so proud because he was able to teach himself how to read and write. Something that now seems so simple was a dangerous act of rebellion.
-Blu Jasmine Blu
DVD Wholesale Main Features :
Actors: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Jessica De Gouw, Alano Miller, Christopher Meloni
Producers: Mark McNair
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: French, English
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR – Not Rated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: July 11, 2017
Run Time: 470 minutes
ASIN: B072L69KC7
