"Weeds" (2005) TV series 2005-????

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Creator:

Jenji Kohan

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

7 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Putting the Herb in Suburb.

Plot:

Comedy about a suburban mother turned marijuana dealer.

Plot Keywords:

City Councilman | Neighborhood | Bakery | Cannabis | Pot

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 50 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 13

8:30 PM

SHOW

Where the Sidewalk Ends

#5.7

Cast

Mary-Louise Parker	...	Nancy Botwin (63 episodes, 2005-2009)
Elizabeth Perkins	...	Celia Hodes (63 episodes, 2005-2009)
Hunter Parrish	...	Silas Botwin (63 episodes, 2005-2009)
Alexander Gould	...	Shane Botwin (63 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kevin Nealon	...	Doug Wilson (63 episodes, 2005-2009)
Justin Kirk	...	Andy Botwin / ... (60 episodes, 2005-2009)
Allie Grant	...	Isabelle Hodes / ... (51 episodes, 2005-2009)
Andy Milder	...	Dean Hodes (49 episodes, 2005-2009)
Romany Malco	...	Conrad Shepard (37 episodes, 2005-2007)
Tonye Patano	...	Heylia James (36 episodes, 2005-2007)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2006) (DVD) | Germany:16 (season 1) (2007) (DVD) | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/16 (DVD) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Hungary:16 | New Zealand:R16 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lions Gate Television

Trivia:

The name of Nancy and Andy's "fakery" is Breadsticks and Scones. The cap that bakery employees wear shortens the name of the bakery to "BS" as a joke.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Shane asks for batteries for his Nintendo DS, but Nintendo DS's have a rechargeable battery.

Quotes:

Nancy Botwin: Foul! Ref, what's the matter with your whistle?
Celia Hodes: Well, technically, Nancy, Ref can't call a foul. Shane was kicked by his own teammates.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Soundtrack:

Little Boxes

Addictive Comedy

Weeds is about Nancy Botwin a working mum and housewife who gets into the darkest situations when her husband unexpectedly drops dead and she is left to raise two kids, a brother-in-law and rustic area's secret addiction to home-grown weed. Using this; as a way of dealing with her emotional collapse, in return for providing for the family by dealing marijuana to neighbours and spacey school-kids. Nancy is played with perfect pokerfaced- untelling-drug-seller mum by Mary-Louise Parker, ex-West Wing star who talks on a less political and more social tasks of day to day life. She is groomed for any social eventuality. Alongside the mum of two is youngest Shane (Alexander Gould) who played the voice of Nemo in 'Finding Nemo' who is less stutter and more into the wild flights of fancy. Older bro Silas (Hunter Parrish) who is eager to get his school life on the OC-type list by doing anything or anyone possible.

Yes, selling drugs makes good TV? Weeds outshines the morally ambiguous judgement on drugs. Some of the people who do drugs are good, some are bad. But it's the person we judge, not the substance. While it seems a bit Desperate Housewives, it's got a lot more going for it. With bitchy neighbour Elizabeth Perkins who makes the typical rich mum attitude take a leap forward.

Verdict:

With its entwined spontaneity, this is addictive and yet bizarrely enjoyable. Like most TV shows trying today: firmly planted in reality.