646f9e108c Frank Martin returns as the Transporter with one very simple task - to deliver the package against all the odds. However, something that sounds so simple, is rarely so. Joined by two new team members, Caterina Boldieu, an ex- DGSE agent and later in the series, Jules Faroux, a computer and mechanical whizz, Frank is hired to deliver a diverse range of packages - from pop princesses to priceless paintings. Frank Martin takes the jobs no other transporter will touch or can achieve - simply because they are too challenging and the odds seemingly insurmountable. That is why he is considered the best transporter in the world. Frank's jobs take him to many beautiful locations around the world, but they also draw him into danger and mystery. And more often than not, solving that mystery will lead Frank to successfully completing his mission. However Frank's jobs aren't solely about the packages he must deliver but also about the people he meets. While his emphasis is always on completing the mission, Frank is unable to avoid the human emotions that come with dealing with clients in difficult situations - no matter how hard he tries. Transporter - The Series: Season 2 is an exciting, emotional, witting, adrenaline-fuelled twelve part series which will have the audience sitting on the edge of their seats as Frank drives them (sometimes quite literally!) through the twists and turns of each episode. Frank Martin is an ex special ops, who now spends his life as a transporter on the other side of the law. With three rules, he always completes his contracts. One way, or the other. I very much enjoyed Season 1 of this series. Carla and Dieter were excellent foils for the Frank Martin character and, while the plots were formulaic, the story lines were enjoyable, the fight and car chase scenes were excellent, and the European setting was beautiful, as were the female guest stars.<br/><br/>I did not enjoy Season 2 to the same extent. With Carla and Dieter absent from Season 2, I thought the series went downhill. I liked Violante Placido, but Frank Martin did not need a "partner" and that became clear as Carla's risk assessment was routinely and consistently ignored. In the later episodes, the addition of Jules in the role of nerdy computer support was simply annoying.<br/><br/>A couple of the last episodes in Season 2, Chimera and Sixteen Hands in particular, were just bad, replete with over the top acting and clichéd characters. After those two episodes, the cancellation of the series seemed like a mercy killing. The character "Jules" came out of nowhere in episode 5 of year two ("Euphro") without so much as an introduction, as if he'd been part of the "crew" already, though NOBODY was told of it. This character was irritating, noisy, nerve-wracking, bothersome, and TOTALLY unnecessary to this series. I just wonder what company bigwig he's related to who put him into this show. He KILLED this show! Sure, the loss of Carla was HUGE and Dieter too, but as long as the Transporter continued his work as before, with plenty of gorgeous women to embellish the show, it could have gone on for YEARS. But Mark Rendell RUINED every one of the five episodes he was in … yet, on the last two episodes, his name had risen into the 3rd slot just under Chris Vance and Violante Placido. I find it incredible that all the people involved in producing a show like this did not recognize a show-killer like the Jules character. I can only think that Vance was tired of it, and Jules was installed to kill it. If so, it worked like a charm.
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