Weeds: The Complete First Season DVD

Weeds
Cast: Mary Louise Parker
Studio: Showtime
Rating: 8/10

CORPORATE LINE: This intelligent comedy airing on the Showtime Channel stars Mary Louise Parker (ANGELS IN AMERICA) as Nancy Botwin, a recently widowed mother of two who finds herself in difficult financial straits. Her ingenious solution is to become the local pot dealer. Nancy’s business really takes off, but she struggles to maintain her normal life and keep her secret from best friend and PTA president Celia (Elizabeth Perkins, BIG, MUST LOVE DOGS). Tonye Patano (LITTLE MANHATTAN) plays Nancy’s streetwise dealer, with whom she has a tenuous friendship.

THE REVIEW: Weeds is an interesting show. It’s funny but not necessarily a comedy. It’s about drugs, but it’s not about drugs. It’s not false advertising—because there is an aspect of the show about selling drugs but in the end you get sucked in by a show that is about suburbia and everything that is supposed to come with it.

Like other shows that are on HBO and Showtime, Weeds has a great cast and plotlines. The interesting thing about Weeds is how you expect to walk in watching the show protesting what Nancy does until you realize why she turns to selling drugs. The great thing about the show is the ability to see the good and bad of what might be happening next door in your perfect suburban neighborhood.

THE EXTRAS: There is a commentary for six episodes with cast and crew. “Smokey Snippets” are show outtakes. “Smoke and Mirrors” is a Marijuana Mockumentary that talks about the history of marijuana.

FRANKLY: Weeds is a hilarious show and worth owning. If you like black comedies and brilliant satires this is a must own.

+ Charlie Craine


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