Weeds (2005–2012)

Comedy about a suburban mother turned marijuana dealer.

Creator:

Jenji Kohan

Stars:

Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 68 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Nancy Botwin (102 episodes, 2005-2012)
Hunter Parrish	...	Silas Botwin (102 episodes, 2005-2012)
Alexander Gould	...	Shane Botwin (102 episodes, 2005-2012)
Kevin Nealon	...	Doug Wilson (102 episodes, 2005-2012)
Justin Kirk	...	Andy Botwin (99 episodes, 2005-2012)
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Celia Hodes (63 episodes, 2005-2009)
Allie Grant	...	Isabelle Hodes (57 episodes, 2005-2009)
Andy Milder	...	Dean Hodes (57 episodes, 2005-2012)
Tonye Patano	...	Heylia James (41 episodes, 2005-2011)

Storyline

After her husband's unexpected death and subsequent financial woes, suburban mom Nancy Botwin (Parker) embraces a new profession: the neighborhood pot dealer. As it seems like everyone secretly wants what she's selling -- even city councilman Doug Wilson (Nealon) -- Nancy is faced with keeping her family life in check and her enterprise a secret from her neighbor/pseudo-friend/PTA president, Celia Hodes (Perkins).

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Plot Keywords:

pot | cannabis | neighborhood | marijuana | city councilman | 

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Taglines:

Let's blow this joint (season 6)

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Showtime [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

7 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Erva

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Television, Tilted Productions, Weeds Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Andy's obsession with Denmark and his capital comes from creator Jenji Kohan, who spent some time with her family in Denmark.

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Goofs

During seasons 2 through 5, several episodes feature a DEA agent named Roy Till with the rank of Captain. The Drug Enforcement Administration, a federal agency within the Department of Justice, has no such rank.

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Quotes

Andy Botwin: Man, how did you get so smart at what, sixteen? It took me years to learn slightly defective chicks are the way to go. I once went out with this girl with a baby arm, insane in the sack, plus when she grabbed my dick with her little hand it looked gigantic.

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Connections

Featured in Smoke & Mirrors (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Little Boxes"
(theme song)
Written by Malvina Reynolds

User Reviews

Cheers to hypocrisy!

For years Weeds is being the "everybody-talks-about" series but I never had the opportunity to watch it. But finally I did it, and I did it desperately because the show is addictive. So finally I could understand why it got so much attention.

First of all, the cast is amazing. Mary-Luise Parker, as Nancy Botwin, fits so well in her character and she is so charismatic and so beautiful and so subtle, gentle, comprehensive and polite that it's almost impossible dislike her. Elizabeth Perkins, as Celia Hodes, my god, that woman rocks! She's so naturally dried by the unhappy life she has built that even a spontaneous smile seems like a rock. I can't believe that Elizabeth Perkins never won an award for this character until now because every moment is an outstanding performance and I mean it! It's a shame that her character lost so much of her potentials to a point of being kicked out of the show because Celia was one of the gears of the show.

The most interesting things about the show were not the drugs, neither was Nancy living a hell each new day, nor the mistakes each character does during the episodes, but yes the social matters that it pointed. I'm Brazilian and I live in a small suburban city like the imaginary Agrestic/Magestic, so... I know a lot how is to survive in a place where you're surrounded by ignorant people that are moved just by an inexistent appearance. It's so revolting to a point that sometimes you just want to do things just to provoke them and play with their abstraction of reality, and the series shows it in a very intelligent and interesting way so you feel connected by it.

But now, after 6 years and some changes, Weeds seems to have lost most of what made it so interesting during the years becoming just another dramedy and Weeds is now just all about a woman dealing with an everyday drama that doesn't fit anymore. While the first 4 seasons were amazing and subtle in its subject, the last 2 seasons lack of the cleverness that once existed. Weeds now is being pushed to something we don't know anymore and it's showing signs of tiredness and completely losing its identity and also its characters. But that happens with every kind of show sooner or later.

But anyway... if you have the opportunity to watch at least the first 4 seasons, do it. Weeds is not about dealing with drugs, but a way to express the hypocrisy of each single person in the world.

I give 8 just for the show in a whole, but the first 4 seasons deserve 10.