My Boys – The Complete Second & Third Seasons (Sony DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Episodes: A-
PJ and
the boys are back, back with more laughs, mischief and various ups and downs
with their romances on the hit cable TV show My Boys. On the job, in the
bar or at home, through thick and thin there is only one thing they can
really count on, and that is the thing they can't live without, the one
thing that never changes and holds them together... their friendship.
This set
has two seasons-worth of episodes…
Season 2: In the Second Season,
PJ's mystery man turns out to be Bobby, things however get strained when he
gets engaged... and PJ has yet to confess her feelings to him. As various
members of the gang ride up and down their various careers, can they prepare
Bobby to leave the honorable ranks of bachelorhood? Is PJ going to lose one of her boys?
Season 3: After Bobby's near
marriage, PJ confesses her hidden feelings toward him and end up as a couple,
but for some reason PJ doesn't want the others to know. As group grows, their jobs improve with
various promotions and new opportunities, so does various relationships and
romances (sort of), turns out PJ isn't the only one with a hidden romance. How
long can they keep a secret before the rest finds out?
This is a comical series about PJ and her friends working and playing in the
windy city of Chicago.
PJ is young professional
female sportswriter, but because of tomboyish ways her main group of friends
are mostly male, or better known as her 'boys'. Her best friend is Stephanie, a budding best-selling author on books for
woman and their relationship with men, she also gives PJ advice and various
tips when it's about the opposite gender. The 'boys' are Andy; PJ's married lawyer brother, Brendan; PJ's rockin rollin roommate
and bar manager, Mike; is a
forever non-commitment skirt chaser, Kenny;
is a clumsy friend that’s challenged with girls but later develops a secret
relationship with Stephanie, and finally Bobby;
is another sportswriter like PJ but comes from very wealthy family and
becomes PJ's love interest by the end of season 3.
This was a funny series, the cinematography was beautiful, shot in the
beautiful city of Chicago,
it was like the series 'Friends'
except with fewer females and more males. The main protagonist PJ, shows a good
looking, strong, independent young woman. It is because of her interests and
career in sports most of her friends are male, and she just likes to hang out
and have fun with the 'boys', but in truth (ironically) she still is
looking for the love of her life, in essence however... the series sometimes
makes it feel like she has a reverse harem going. The seasons were short in my opinion and ended
on cliffhangers, but each one of the episodes fill with interesting,
fun and comical situations in which the modern day individual can relate
to in various ways.
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Season 2
Episode 1: The Transitioning
PJ and Stephanie takes a trip to Italy and quickly her mystery man
is revealed to be no other than Bobby. Back home the boys get lonely and due to
Mike's unchecked indiscretions gets them banned from their favorite bar.
Episode 2: Dinner Party
PJ not liking the feeling of not dating throws a singles dinner party. Meanwhile Stephanie's new book becomes an
overnight success and Andy shows off to the guys his new hot Swedish nanny.
Episode 3: The Shirt Contest
PJ gets a chance to write a biography of a sports star, but he proves to be
less than what she wanted. Brendan gets
laid off when his radio station is bought by another corporation. To cheer the guys up the boys compete in shirt
designing contest.
Episode 4: Spit Take
When Elsa is threatened to be deported, Bobby makes the shocking announcement
of their engagement. Andy in joins an
improv class and Brendon is still down in the dumps because of his
unemployment.
Episode 5: Take My Work Wife...
Please
Andy's relationship with his co-worker Jo makes the gang think he is cheating
on his wife. Kenny's sudden popularity with ladies drives Mike up the wall when
he can't get even one woman. The
guys find out why Stephanie's book is such a success, it's about them... as
male pigs.
Episode 6: Dudes Being Dudes
The boys hold a bachelor party for Bobby, PJ really wants to attend but instead
attends Elsa's shower.
Episode 7: Opportunity
Knocks
PJ helps Bobby plans for his wedding, but is charmed by his brother Jack...
which she then hears rumors about his womanizing ways.
Episode 8: Jack & Bobby
PJ and her friend go to Bobby's Father's ranch for the wedding. PJ is caught
between wanting to help Bobby's wedding be a success, stopping the wedding and
confessing her feelings she had in Italy for him, and having a romance
with Bobby's brother Jack.
Episode 9: John, Cougar, Newman Camp
Bobby and Jack get into a fight causing Jack to leave and
Bobby without a best man. Meanwhile Mike gets involved with an older woman and
Kenny and Stephanie start eyeing each other...
Season 3
Episode 1: Welcome Back, Kalla Fotter
Bobby gets cold feet at the last minute and the wedding is called off. The guys start a mustache-growing contest and
Andy gets another new baby.
Episode 2: Private Eyes
PJ starts to secretly date Bobby, and it just makes the boys just want to find
out who it is. Brendan starts new job at a night club.
Episode 3: The Boyfriend Hat
PJ gets a promotion, but the boys say she got the promotion because she is a
hot looking girl and not really because of skill. Bobby learns that being a boyfriend to PJ
means agreeing with her... even if she is wrong.
Episode 4: Decathlon: Part Dux
The annual board game decathlon gets Bobby and PJ riled up and maybe just a
little too competitive. Stephanie tries
to write an article on what men are like when women aren't around.
Episode 5: Carpe Burritoem
PJ accuses all of Brendan's choices leave him worse than he was and challenges
him that she can make better decisions for him for a week. Mike helps Stephanie's relationship seminar...
in teaching woman how to dump men.
Episode 6: Madder of Degress
A heatwave in the middle of winter not only raises the temperature, but seems
to make everyone to be 'in heat'.
Episode 7: Facebook the Past
Everyone is talking on how great Facebook is, how you can keep in touch with
friends. PJ learns that it is a
double edge sword when Bobby finds out how many ex-boyfriends she keeps in
contact with. Maybe knowing someone
online isn't the best way to make friends...
Episode 8: Friends of Friends
Stephanie tries to help PJ make more female friends, leading to a couples
date... but there is one catch. Andy
must face his old therapist (which he hates) who is now befriended with Mike
and Kenny.
Episode 9: Spring Training
PJ and the gang go to Arizona to watch the Cub's spring training,
meanwhile Brendan finds himself in hot water when he finds out he's making out
with a player's girlfriend who is using him to make her boyfriend jealous. Stephanie tries to tell PJ about her
relationship with Kenny.
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Picture
and sound are the same as the previously reviewed set and there are no extras.
- Ricky Chiang