Weeds is a series that has aired on Showtime for the past four seasons with the fifth season premiering later this month. Mary-Louise Parker stars as Nancy Botwin, a woman whose husband died suddenly and who is therefore forced to make ends meet to care for her family. With the retail world not paying enough, she turned to selling pot and was very successful at it.
For the first three seasons, Nancy lived in the California suburbs and had ups and downs with her distributor. When the job got to be too much, she took advantage of some wildfires and burnt her house down so she could start over.
Season four starts with Nancy and her family moving to her father-in-law's. The character, played by Albert Brooks in his first regular TV series, is actually living at his invalid mother's house. Nancy is forced to bribe him to let her and her family live there. As the season progresses, Nancy finds a new distributor, falls in love with a drug lord, and as the season ends adds several new wrinkles to their lives.
Shows changing locales can be a mistake, and it took a few episodes for Weeds to find its footing with the change, just as the characters did. However, the gamble worked and the show finds a renewed energy that should provide the series a few more seasons at least.
Weeds - Season Four is packed with extras, more than half of the episodes have commentary with cast members and the season premiere and finale have commentary with creator Jenji Kohan. It is a very smart move having the creator talk about the opening episode, where the changes start, and the finale, where you see where the characters have ended up (at least thus far). The other commentaries are fun as the actors talk about their experiences and the changes this new season has brought to their characters.
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