Weeds: "Bill Sussman" (S3E05)

The latest episode of the superb Weeds was my favorite of the third season thus far.

What happened:
- Nancy attempted to remove a mass amount of blood from her backseat (she was inadventerantly involved in a hilarious drive-by shooting)
- But, she remains calm because she has nerves of steel
- Shane is sent to Christian summer camp where abortions are murder mysteries
- Silas expands his clientelle to include the old folks home
- Andy, after witnessing a pal murdered by the government, goes into hiding and adopts the title alias
- Celia, in a subplot I nearly forgot, gets a house
- Nancy's nerves of steel go shoddy when she finds a present waiting for her in the garage

Overall I thought this was a great episode. Many hilarious moments and the plot progressed nicely. Even though Nancy's world just got a bit darker, it wasn't really a depressing episode like some of the earlier ones in the season have been. Next week, Mary-Kate Olsen joins the cast ... not sure how I feel about that, but I'll wait to actually see it.

I like to rate individual TV episodes out of 10 (I find this suits the shorter, less comprehensive format better - but feel free to complain). I would never rate movies out of 10, don't you worry.

Review: Weeds (Season 3 teaser)

Hi, my name is Mike and I'm addicted to Weeds.


Croptop takes credit for introducing me to the show. I had never heard of it, but he spoke so highly of the show that Ally and I decided to catch up on it during the summer void last year. We were hooked right away.

Weeds is one of those shows where you could watch a handful of episodes in a given sitting and then watch them again. The one thing I'll hold against the show is that the episodes are disappointingly short, just shy of 30mins long w/o commercials. Likewise, the seasons are short, only about a dozen episodes each. Sure, it's quality over quantity - I just want more quantity of the same quality! Aside from that, the writing is top notch, the dialog is very edgy, the characters are engaging, the story is completely off the wall, and the show has one of the best opening credit sequences I've ever seen in a series.

Mary Louise Parker (drool) does a great job as the leading lady. Sure, sex sells, and her ba-donk-a-donk certainly doesn't hurt the show. Her acting is great, too... she seems to have a great sense of timing. Yea, timing. :)


(sorry, i couldn't resist posting the above photo once i found it)

But, IMO, Weeds really marks a comeback for Kevin Nealon, as I think he steals a lot of the show. I heard somewhere that Nealon refuses to let his family watch - he doesn't want them to see his character. Ha! There's an outrageous scene in season 3 where Nealon and one of his friends challenge each others' manhood and... well.. you just have to watch it. I guess I wouldn't want my family to see that, either!

It looks like Showcase has offset Weeds to the fall lineup from Showtime, which has just started airing the third season. Bummer! The first four episodes of Season 3 have been leaked online. Seasons 1 and two are there as well... but also available on DVD. The cliffhanger ending to season 2 is possibly one of the best season finales that I've ever seen - ever.

Rating: *** 1/2

It looks like Season 3 is going to be on par with 1 and 2! Now there's some real danger that it could fall short - one of the Olson twins has been cast to play Silas' girlfriend at some point this season. We'll see how that goes... *have faith in the writers*have faith in the writers*

Oh c'mon, you know you want some... maybe just a little? Once you start, you might not be able to stop.