惩罚者第二季

这部剧集是上世纪九十年代最流行的情景喜剧《Seinfeld》的主创之一拉里·大卫(Larry David)自编自演，根据他在洛杉矶影艺圈的生活创造的喜剧。他把《Seinfeld》的风格推向极端化。HBO因是有线电视所以不需要很大的观众圈，所以HBO上的剧集常常风格独具。《抑制热情》显得特别生活化，很是写意，有很多现场发挥，刚开始播时观众圈不大，之后开始名声见长。拉里·大卫凭此剧获艾美奖2000年度喜剧类剧集最佳男主角提名。
　　本剧是根据拉里·大卫当初在洛杉矶演艺圈的亲身经历改变而成，并由大卫自编自演而成的喜剧。把《Seinfeld》的风格推向了极端化。通过《抑制热情》让观众看到了大卫的正直、大方和谦虚，这位创作大师通过HBO带给观众无数的欢笑。而剧情游弋在真实与虚构之间，大卫和演员们把真实的洛杉矶生活呈现在银幕上，就仿佛有一架摄影机，随时把那真实的经历实况转播给观众一样。更重要的是，本剧本身是没有剧本的，往往依靠演员们的即兴表演赋予演出进度和新鲜感。而这造就了本剧的变幻莫测和与众不同。

　　新一季四个新案件，四个新嫌疑人，一个房间，谁说的是真话？

　　Deserted for years, an historically significant house is coveted by a number of people: a yuppie couple looking for a country home to restore, a local builder and his estate agent partner looking for development rights, and a conservationist. The owner is anxious to sell, but when a couple of deaths occur in the vicinity, things come to a halt while Inspector Barnaby investigates.

　　A comedy trivia quiz based around pop music, originally hosted by Mark Lamarr up to October 2006, currently hosted by Simon Amstell. Te am captains Phil Jupitus and Bill Bailey (who replaced Sean Hughes in May 2002) are joined each week by different music stars. Popular rounds include one where team members have to identify song intros hummed to them and another where a bygone music star has to be picked out of a line-up of lookalikes.
　　• Season 16
　　Episode # Air Date# Guests
　　16-01 02/Jan/05 Hannah Lewis, Dave Johns, Suzi Quatro, Beverley Turner
　　16-02 09/Jan/05 Roni Size, Dominic Masters, Keedie, Ewen MacIntosh
　　16-03 16/Jan/05 Richard Park, Mylo, Therese, Martin Fry
　　16-04 23/Jan/05 Pete Tong, Fearne Cotton, Chris Park, Stephen Frost
　　16-05 30/Jan/05 Dave Berry, Isaac Hanson, Mickey Hutton, Greg Oliver
　　16-06 06/Feb/05 Gary Brooker, Nihal, Paul Heaton, Raghav
　　16-07 13/Feb/05 Keisha White, Jim Jeffries, Ortis Deley, Ricky Wilson
　　16-08 27/Feb/05 Tyson Kennedy, Kate Garraway, Bez, Tony Christie
　　16-09 06/Mar/05 Kenzie, Chinyere, DJ Spoony, Lucy Porter
　　16-10 13/Mar/05 Richard Fairbrass, Magne F, Emma Griffiths, Terri Walker
　　16-11 20/Mar/05 Simon Amstell, Estelle, Melanie Blatt, Bradley Walsh

　　新学期开始前，一辆私家车载着Wilson一家从堪萨斯的小镇去往奢华的比佛利山。Annie（施蕾·葛莱姆斯 Shenae Grimes 饰）和自幼被收养的黑人哥哥Dixon（特里斯坦·瓦尔德斯 Tristan Wilds 饰）对新家与新学校都有着憧憬又有点担心，此次父亲Harry（罗伯·艾斯特斯 Rob Estes 饰）一来是为了照顾昔日好莱坞明星、行事语言夸张的母亲Tabitha、二来是担任子女们周一就要上课的学校新校长。他对子女的严格管教与母亲对孙儿及时行乐享受青春的影响恰成对比。
　　新学期正式开始，Annie和Dixon和其他新生一样，因为父亲的身份特殊，遭遇同学的嘲笑和故意的捉弄，但阳光的Annie用自己的善良和笑容慢慢赢得了朋友的真心，而Dixon则为了自己的球队梦想而努力。在洛杉矶，在比佛利，这群青春新鲜人自由肆意地活出自己的生活和风格。

Cinnamon plays a long lost princess to prevent a regent from taking over in 'a small Baltic monarchy.' Of course, IMF's mission is to prevent a dictator from taking over a 'free' monarchy!