The season opens with the return of an old friend to the mayor’s office in the form of Mike, who has come back and decided to help the mayor run for re-election. On top of this, the mayor is seeing a married woman, who is played by the lovely Farrah Fawcett. While all of this is going on, Charlie is trying to come to grips with his feeling for Caitlin.
As the season continues, the hilarity and secrets pile on with both Charlie and the mayor having to keep secret relationships; in order to give the mayor a chance at keeping his job. This continues to bring humor when Charlie begins a relationship with the mayor’s competitions campaign manager. This gets even funnier when the competition begins to run negative and smear campaigns on mayor Winston.
Of course as all of this is going on, the relationship potential between Charlie and Caitlin is blooming and growing, presenting a lot of drama and humor for enjoyment. I won’t say what happens, but there is jealousy and one-upsmanship and snarky comments abounding that can’t help but bring chuckles. Along with all of this Carter is finally able to get a child, which he has been trying to do for a while; and the loving attitude turns funny in the best ways.
These plot arcs are not the only things that go on in the 21 episodes of season six for Spin City, with each individual episode bringing unique humor to City Hall. One of the funniest forms of this is with Stuart acting as a wingman at a gay fundraiser. Also, Stuart and Paul get to go to the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. Many other items like this abound.
With the sixth season of Spin City, the actors, writers and directors have perfected the roles and the expectations. Richard Kind. Michael Boatman, Alan Ruck and Barry Boswick carry the cast from the first season to the last, portraying their roles even better than when the show first began. When watching, it is easy to tell the growth and depth of the character, and when looking back from the first season the changes are amazing. Of course, Heather Locklear and Charlie Sheen reprise their roles of Caitlin and Charlie respectively. Since this season revolves mainly around Charlie and Heather, they had to be at the peak of their performances. Heather does quite well at this, by being able to play a wide range of emotions; but Charlie Sheen…is well Charlie Sheen. He does a decent job, but his range of emotions and expressions is limited.
Along with all of these well recognized, and loved characters, a number of people made cameo appearances during season six of Spin City. This really helped to add a lot to the show, and provided surprises along the way. As mentioned above, the most enjoyable cameo was Michael J. Fox. Having him back on the show added a lot of shake-ups to the seasons beginning. Also, having Farrah Fawcett and Denise Richards playing the love interests added a new level to Spin City. The final noteworthy cameo was Martin Sheen, who ironically played Charlie’s father.
With such an interesting season, the DVD was a disappointment. Yes, the one major positive accolade that must be mentioned is the quality of the video. The remastering of Spin City season six was done to make crisp, clear pictures. The clarity of the episodes were expected when watching a DVD from 2011, but the colors were not. They seemed to be a bit dull, or faded, almost looking like the screen was dimmed. However, the television was on peak brightness for cable shows or other DVDs.
The major aspect missing from the Spin City season Six DVD is the special features. There were no features to be found on any of the four-disk set. Frankly, this oversight was quite disconcerting, since the special features are my favorite parts of the DVD. This being said, it is understandable that these features are absent since season six of Spin City was first released on television in 2001-2002.