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Weeds
The cast of Weeds circa Season 2, Left to Right: Romany Malco, Tonye Patano, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon, Elizabeth Perkins, and Justin Kirk
Created byJenji Kohan
StarringMary-Louise Parker
Elizabeth Perkins
Tonye Patano
Romany Malco
Justin Kirk
Hunter Parrish
Alexander Gould
Kevin Nealon
Opening themeLittle Boxes by Malvina Reynolds (and others)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkShowtime
ReleaseAugust 8, 2005 –
present

Weeds is an American dark comedy television series about an affluent fictional California suburb and its residents, a handful of whom are involved in the distribution and consumption of cannabis. It was the highest rated series for Showtime in 2005.[1] The second season started broadcasting on August 14,2006,[2] and its finale aired on October 30, 2006. On November 16, 2006, Showtime announced a third season consisting of 15 episodes to premiere in the summer of 2007. [3]

Plot synopsis

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The fictional affluent Los Angeles, California suburb of Agrestic (an English word meaning "characteristic of the fields or country") is home to Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), whose husband Judah (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has recently, and suddenly, died. Nancy begins dealing marijuana to locals of her suburb in order to support her household while maintaining an upper-middle-class lifestyle. As depicted in the series, Agrestic has a public school system, where Nancy's children Silas (Hunter Parrish) and Shane (Alexander Gould) both attend. Botwin befriends the manic, image-obsessed Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins) president of the Agrestic PTA, who has several domestic issues. Heylia James (Tonye Patano), assisted by her nephew Conrad (Romany Malco), supplies Nancy with cannabis. Andy Botwin (Justin Kirk), brother of Nancy's late husband, and the family's black sheep, says he has moved into the Botwin household to help Nancy out, but perhaps it is just to free-load.

The second season, while still comedic, takes a darker turn as Nancy gets deeper into dangerous activity. She begins to grow her own cannabis against Heylia's advice, but with the assistance of Conrad. Several other Agrestic residents help Nancy also, including her brother-in-law, Andy, and the Town Councilman, Doug Wilson (Kevin Nealon). Meanwhile, she also has a dangerous relationship with a DEA agent named Peter Scottson which ends badly, especially for him. Nancy's sons become increasingly more aware of her drug dealings, and both form their own way of dealing with that information. Having recovered from breast cancer, Celia defeats Doug in an election. Unaware of her friends' activities, Celia tries to turn all of Agrestic into a drug-free zone, and finds herself in unexpected circumstances. Andy, concerned about the possibility of being sent to Iraq due to a long-forgotten National Guard commitment, decides to take up religion, after a fashion. The season concludes with a cliffhanger, with several characters posed in a Mexican standoff.

Cast and crew

Creator: Jenji Kohan

Producer/Director: Brian Dannelly

Director: Christopher Misiano who also Directed and Produced many episodes of the West Wing (television), a series in which Mary Louise Parker had a recurring role as Amy Gardner.

Awards and nominations

Awards won

Satellite Awards
Outstanding Actress in a Series-Comedy Mary-Louise Parker (2005)
Golden Globe Awards
Best Performance by a TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy Mary-Louise Parker (2006)

Awards nominated

Golden Globe Awards
Best TV Series-Comedy, 2006 and 2007
Best Performance by a TV Supporting Actress Elizabeth Perkins (2006)
Best Performance by a TV Actress in a Musical or Comedy Mary-Louise Parker (2007)
Best Performance by a TV Supporting Actress Elizabeth Perkins (2007)
Best Performance by a TV Supporting Actor Justin Kirk (2007)
Screen Actors Guild
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Mary-Louise Parker (2006)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Mary-Louise Parker (2007)
Ensemble In A Comedy Series (2007)
Satellite Awards
Outstanding Actress in a Series-Comedy Elizabeth Perkins (2005)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series, or TV Movie Elizabeth Perkins(2006)
Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical Mary-Louise Parker (2006)
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Elizabeth Perkins (2006)
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Craig Zisk, for the episode Good Shit Lollipop (2006)
Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series (2006)
Outstanding Main Title Design (2006)
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series, for the episode Good Shit Lollipop (2006)

Episodes

Main article: List of Weeds episodes

Broadcasters

Miscellaneous

File:AgresticIntro.JPG
Stevenson Ranch, California a filming location for Weeds.

References

  1. ^ http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/1101brotherhood1101.html
  2. ^ http://www.tv.com/weeds/show/28829/episode_listings.html?season=2
  3. ^ http://www.sho.com/site/announcements/111606weeds.do
  4. ^ http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C96561%7C1%7C,00.html
  5. ^ http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-17-Tue-2006/news/5393895.html
  6. ^ http://www.rejuvenile.com/blog/item/rejuvenile_on_weeds/
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