Weeds (2005–2012)

When a suburban mother turns to dealing marijuana in order to maintain her privileged lifestyle after her husband dies, she finds out just how addicted her entire neighborhood already is.

Creator:

Jenji Kohan

Stars:

Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 79 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)
Andy Milder	...	Dean Hodes (58 episodes, 2005-2012)
Allie Grant	...	Isabelle Hodes (57 episodes, 2005-2009)
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:

mother son relationship | death of husband | brother brother relationship | drug dealer | widow | 

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Taglines:

A new series about *dealing* in the suburbs.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Showtime [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

7 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Trava

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

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The aerial photo during the intro is of Calabasas, California.

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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

Nancy Botwin: People got stoned for The Passion of the Christ? That's disturbing.
Josh Wilson: It's not as disturbing as seeing it not stoned. Religion my ass, it's a straight-up snuff film.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Quarterfinal 6 (2010)

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Soundtracks

Little Boxes
(theme song)
Written by Malvina Reynolds

User Reviews

Jeebus!

Good lord, this show is good. It's thought provoking. Really, so many of the decisions made are poor, so many of the characters do fairly rancid things. But you can't help loving them and you can't help loving the plots. I've fallen in love with every member of the Botwin family. This is a smart, very funny, sexy and sophisticated show. I'm not going to summarize anything here because I'm sure people are aware of the premise.

It sounds like it could be ho-hum, but you must see it- each episode, people are dealing the characters deal with difficult decisions. Sometimes there's deliberation, sometimes there's regret- the show's smart enough where it assumes we know what the "right thing" was that one should have done. Most often, the characters don't do that right thing, and yet we love them, maybe even think "I would have done that." This is a show that basically says, beneath the normalcy, everyone is pushed to the limit in some way. It's no where near as dark as "Twin Peaks," but somehow, without the freakiness/fear, it reminds me of it because it's intelligent and it shows what lies beneath a bit.

When you watch it, watch out for Shane Botwin who is the Id of the show, and Andy, his grown up version who I personally hate yet am totally charmed by.

Ah, and yes, the acting is superb.

Here's hoping it goes to DVD!