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:

Give in to Hemptation

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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

The theme song "Little Boxes", was sung and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962.

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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: I'm the suburban baroness of bud, Nancy.

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Connections

Featured in Weeds: Suburban Shakedown (2005)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Little Showtime, Happy at Last

This show is as good as it gets. As in, Six Feet Under good, without being any kind of clone: it's its own magical world, of which there will be many future clones, but nothing will ever come close to this for wit, emotion, pacing, or perfection of casting. This show says This Is Us like nothing I've seen in a long time. Showtime has done some good shows, and they've been getting better (after decades of astonishingly lazy creative thinking) but in Weeds the we-try-harder network finally has a true destination series. For one thing, Mary Louise Parker, who is always brilliant, here manages to pull it off with none of the mannerisms that have colored some of her lesser roles: she is luminescent and true in every moment. And the kids? And the son's girlfriend? You get this weird feeling there was no camera around--there couldn't have been for people to come off this completely real. Bravo bravo bravo! Can't wait to see episode 2.