Funnier, darker and more daring, the second season of this acclaimed Showtime series reaches a higher ground. Golden Globe winner Mary-Louise Parker stars as Nancy Botwin, the soccer mom who had to learn how to deal – pot, that is – after the death of her husband. Now, her business is a hit. But keeping up with the neighbors in this suburban utopia isn’t easy. She’s joined up with a few of her closest friends, and together they’re facing life’s highs and lows – because even in paradise, nobody’s perfect. Don’t miss WEEDS, an addictive comedy, the highest grade TV has to offer.The first season of Weeds ended with a shocker: Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) found a dreamy new boyfriend, but he turned out to be a DEA agent (Martin Donovan). Luckily, she manages to find some pretty creative ways to “deal” with it. Despite that new obstacle, she decides it’s also time to “grow” the business to higher levels, and all these risky moves lead up to another fabulous season finale cliff-hanger. Elsewhere in suburban utopia, comic relieving brother-in-law Andy (Justin Kirk) tries to dodge his army commitments by joining Rabbi school, while the hilarious Doug (Kevin Nealon) battles it out with Celia (Elizabeth Perkins) to maintain power over the Agrestic City Council. Plot aside, Season 2 of Weeds took this potentially great show to the next level. No matter how hard they tried in the first season, the show’s makers had a heck of a time trying to shake the impression that they were mimicking the edginess of HBO’s original programming. (Some might have gone as far as to say they were trying a little too hard.) This time around, the characters and the story have grown into their own skins, and they offer something much more authentic and convincing. The second season also starts a great new tradition: Malvina Reynolds ‘s “Little Boxes” is still the opening theme song, but it is performed by a different artist for each episode (from Elvis Costello to The Shins). Just one more thing to keep us “addicted.” –Jordan Thompson
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April 12, 2008
#1
This show started of ok it didnt take it self so seriouly but after awhile it just became plain wrong it constantly preaches libreal views and bashes anything in any way conservative(i watch ALOT of pro libreal shows btw but weeds just crosses the line!) it also pretty anti-islamic and im usually the last one to claim anything to be antiislamic or racist.i dispise how this show setups conservative characters to fail to main characters young son its not even funny its just unrealstic and the writers dont take anyone elses views into consideration they should seriosuly watch the news or read a newspaper for once in there live.anyways besides that and the other MANY things wrong with the show there is some good comedy but if you have any morals this show will just end up pissing you off.
April 12, 2008
#2
It’s interesting that a show about weed is not funny. I’m not sure how they managed to do that but they achieved it. Half of each show is not even about weed, drug dealing or drug dealers. Half is about the next door neighbors cancer chick and her fat daughter. I despise Mary Parker. Her face looks like Michael jacksons and she is always wide eyed bug eyed staring around when she talks. Retarded. The guys that are on the show are effimanates and the women are supposed to be all empowered. Stupid show about weed that is not funny. Zooey is hot, so is shane’s pre-teen girlfriend.
April 12, 2008
#3
This was tough one for me. I praised season 1 of Weeds simply because the quirky characters and originality of the concept trumped the childish depravity. Alas, Season 2 gives you more of the same times two and that’s the problem: they pushed the envelope and it’s not funny anymore. Let’s see, suburban matrons like Elizabeth Perkins cheat on their husbands and do it with wackos like Kevin Nealon. See, Elizabeth is the GOP caricature, a Fascist homemaker doing all these positions with Kevin, the local Liberal. In fact, other than Perkins, the characters look as if they just stepped out of a Move On. Org meeting where they discuss Dick Chaney’s need to kill as many Americans as possible in order to corner the rhubarb market. Dastardly!
In one middle-school debate, the writers put a hate Bush speech in a little cherubs mouth. Ughhh! Okay, I get it: there’s no alternative for poor mom in this evil USA but to be a priestess of bud. Sigh! It’s no longer a comedy when you can’t feel sorry for mom, can’t relate to the morons that inhabit California, and when you can’t help but feel terribly sorry for the kids that live there and the child actors that have to act out adult fetishes, then you understand: what’s funny to Hollywood types ain’t funny to real people.
April 12, 2008
#4
got the dvd in good time,but would not play on my dvd recorder as it is not multi region as i thought it was.dont think dvds should have been released to england with out first being able to play on english dvds.never mind to late now to send it back
April 12, 2008
#5
(review based on season one) I love everything about this show EXCEPT the idiot brother-in-law. He is one of those occasional TV characters who is so worthless, so despicable, that it is beyond belief that she would continue to let him be in her life. I hope he will be written out of the show soon, but somehow I doubt it.