DVD Review: The Loud House Season 2

 

It's time to head back to the Loud House.  Paramount began combining the season 1 discs and the season 2 discs for two 4 disc sets of some sorts.  That makes it easier to review the second season, which just came out as a complete season.  This means we will look back on the second season of Nick's hit show.

More details about The Loud House could be found on my Season 1 DVD review, but to give you a recap about it, Lincoln Loud is the main protagonist who has to live with his 10 sisters which could cause tons of conflict.  Sharing the bathroom, watching TV, and whose turn it is to change Lily's diaper are just to name a few.  Lincoln, however, is always the Man with the Plan to get around these issues; sometimes they work, often times they don't.  Each episode shows Lincoln and his siblings learning to get along with each other and their friends making this a true family show.  All 11 Loud Siblings return, Lincoln, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Luan, and others.  

The Casagrandes debut in season 2

Season 2 is presented in production order, not chronological.  This is an interesting choice because during production of season 2, creator Chris Savano is fired for sexual harassment with his co-workers, an issue only reported recently due to the MeToo movement.  This means you may see a gradual change from episodes with Savano's involvement to those without.  Let me be clear, creatively great for creating a show bearing similarities to what I grew up with in the 90's. Professionally and personally, not very good.  Perhaps it could stem back to his own childhood when he had to live in a big family that abused him.  It would show in his involvement with the show.  Even in the slightest of scenes, Lincoln gets somewhat abused by his sisters in some way.  We'll get to the controversial moments in a little bit.

Iconic scene from L is for Love

The Loud House season 2 made way for more character development not shown in season 1.  While most episodes are Lincoln centered being the face of the show, more episodes began to focus on the other siblings and characters as well.  Potty Mouth is one of the first episodes I watch, but would be a

Ronnie Anne's character develops
slightly in season 2

little while longer before I became a fan.  Get ready for the punchline at the end.  This is also the first season where we see the parents faces as opposed to being just silhouettes.  This meant that the writers could do more with the characters and add more personality and not just "being the parents".  Speaking of character development, the iconic L is for Love episode is on here, where we learn more about one of our major characters, and it doesn't show until the very end.  Lynner Take All deals with Lynn's bad sportsmanship both winning and losing (but mostly winning).  This brings the famous Lynner Lynner Chicken Dinner line.  Yes Man has the iconic Best Dang Brother song sung by Lincoln's sisters, and No Laughing Matter is Luan centered when she overhears her siblings saying she's more annoying than funny, thus hurting her feelings.  That's not all, many specials are on here including Tricked where Lucy makes a haunted corn maze and The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos, the first true Ronnie Ann centered episode.  She has to move into a big apartment with a big family.  This sets up the later spin off series, The Casagrandes.  

Lincoln forced to wear the costume
at the end of No Such Luck

Not every single episode is great.  Remember the controversy I mentioned about Lincoln's abuse?  Well, no kidding; the top two most hated episodes appear on season 2 because of that.  No Such Luck is about Lincoln causing back luck for Lynn's games every time he shows up.  He shows up in costume, breaking the bad luck, and should have realized that Lincoln is not the bad luck.  Well, the last scene makes Lincoln having to wear the costume at all times to resume Lynn's luck.  Yeah....and it's not better with Brawl in the Family either.  Lori and Leni have a major argument causing them to stop talking to each other.  Lincoln tries to help, but he only makes things worse.  Once he completely leaves them alone, they make up.  So what's the message....You are not needed at all????  You can see why fans hate them.  Incidentally, I am not a fan of 11 Louds a Leapin believe it or not.  It was the first special, so more padding had to have been done, but it's the same repetitive jokes from Luan trying to tell 12 jokes before Christmas to Leni's new Christmas outfits which were actually parts of decorations.  All is not loss however, as it's not "Lincoln Saves Santa", rather talking about the true meaning of Christmas.  Not to mention Clyde gets that one special kiss from Lori under the mistletoe.  All is indeed lost, however, in Suite and Sour; every single sibling is purposely annoying to help tell the story of the parents wanting alone time, but the kids don't want to go to Aunt Ruth's.  Even the very hilarious ending doesn't help.

The scariest thing to Lucy is saying the word, YOLO!!!!!

What are my personal favorites?  We gotta talk about Back in Black, the first really good Lucy centered episode, where Lucy thinks being regular and normal would help make Rocky like her only to find out he already liked her but was just too afraid.  Great funny moments throughout.  "You can take the girl out of the coffin, but you can't take the coffin out of the girl."  Change of Heart has Clyde trying to change his behavior in front of Lori since he gets nervous and has a nosebleed every time he sees her.  Leni helps him out, but when Lori notices, she thinks that Clyde likes Leni now and ends up starting to get a little bit jealous.  Like with 11 Louds a Leapin, it has another cute and cool moment with Lori and Clyde.  And you know, even though Lori and Clyde will never be due to age differences and Lori dating Bobby, it's nice to see some wishful thinking with Clyde...been there many times before.  Those nostalgic for classic Nickelodeon will enjoy Legends, where Lincoln and his dad competes in the show, Legends of the Hidden Temple.  More faithful and more fun than what's on The CW with their version.  And look out for when Lincoln and his dad makes fun of the kids who could never figure out the simple Monkey Statue puzzle.  

Hahahah....You dumb kids that could never figure out the Monkey 
in Legends of the Hidden Temple

I'm pretty sure the package will be similar to some of the Rugrats where the main cover is the sleeve and the two original separate sets remain separate, which is still strange that Paramount is still releasing them in half seasons despite releasing Casagrandes as one complete season.  The good news is that the once a year ordeal is over as we will have 3 complete seasons on DVD by year's end.  Cover art continues to be extra effort, even if I'm not a fan of them, those cover sure beats the alternative: a character in a plain background, since you know home media is starting to die off.  Like last time, no bonus features included, and again, might be just me, but picture quality on DVD is starting to worsen.  And no, not because HD is out there, perhaps it's due to compression, or maybe it's the fast paced animation in The Loud House.  Other than that and the episode order being based on production, everything is on here complete.

ORANGE you glad I reviewed this DVD?  Hahahaha....Get It??!!

Those collecting Loud House DVDs see this as a no brainer to own.  I must advise those wanting just 11 Louds a Leapin that this is the only way to go (or at the very least, season 2 part 1); The Loud House a Very Loud Christmas is NOT a region 1 DVD as should ONLY be available in other territories.  Supporting these releases help support The Loud House in general, and so far the support is working as the second volume of season 3 is coming very soon.