Meanwhile, her business is booming. Conrad (Romany Malco), who starts out as a low-level drug runner, turns out to be a George Washington Carver of weed, and develops a highly desirable variety. Nancy and Conrad put together a cartel of characters to run the business, including Saturday Night Live's Kevin Nealon as the pot-smoking town councilman Doug, and Andy Milder as the hapless lawyer Dean, whose wife Celia, delightfully played by Elizabeth Perkins, is Nancy's best friend and a grade-A shrew.
But something's gotta give, given that Nancy doesn't fully love Peter, and is not comfortable sleeping with him in Judah's bed — and it does. In the stunning ending of season two, Nancy is ... well, I won't give it away for you, in case you haven't seen it.
I can't wait for August 13 and season three. In addition to the resumption of the story, it will be great to hear what Weeds does with its theme song. Season one featured Malvina Reynolds singing "Little Boxes". Season two had Malvina singing only in the final episode, with a different artist - ranging from Elvis Costello to Engelbert Humperdinck! - singing the theme song for each of the others. This went one better than The Wire, which has a different artist singing "Down in the Hole" each season. I like "Down in the Hole" better than "Little Boxes," but it will be fun to see what Weeds does with its boxes this season.
This side-splitting, serious comedy is clearly part of our new golden age of television and precisely what Congress and the FCC would excise from cable if they get their way. Grab it while you can.
Article comments
1 - Josh Lasser "TV and Film Guy"
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2 - Sean Paul Mahoney
Paul, I totally agree. This show is genius. My only complaint is that the seasons are sooo short. But you gotta hand it to Showtime for getting audiences hooked and then making them wait. Cruel but very smart.
3 - Paul Levinson
Thanks, Josh and Sean.
Yeah, the shows and the seasons are short - but that actually makes them really enjoyable to see in just a few sittings, On-Demand or on DVD ... but who has the will-power...
4 - kpao
Yes, but... (spoiler alert)
I agree with Paul's assessment to a point, but I think the writers boxed themselves in toward the end of season 2, and typically, started making characters behave - well - out of character. In addition, in several instances characters seemed to magically "know" things they wouldn't logically know. For instance, how did Heylia know where Nancy and Conrad's 'grow house' was? Why did Peter suddenly change from Mr. Wonderful to Mr. Creepy Stalker? How did Silas know, a) where the grow house was, and b) where the safe was hidden and what the combination was (it was established earlier that only Nancy and Conrad would have the combination, and that it wouldn't be anything someone else could guess)? There are no explanations in the episodes, but we're to accept these inconsistancies and suspend disbelief. I did enjoy the cliffhanger at the end of the season, but also felt I had been cheated to a certain extent by the writers.
It's a shame, really, because up until around the last two episodes of season 2, I was really enjoying the series. Maybe they can 'splain themselves in season 3?
kpao