It was a was a pretty typical Friday night between football season and basketball season. I was fourteen, and none of my friends could drive. Of course, the fall had been full of football games and pep band would be starting shortly, so my social life would be picking back up soon. My little brother *had* to watch this Bruce Campbell show on FOX called “The Adventure’s of Briscoe County Jr.” I wasn’t impressed, so I left the room.  

A little while later I returned to the family room and I found this new show playing. The thing that caught my eye was how it was shot. It was dark but clear…um yeah I guess that is the best way to explain it. The two lead characters really seemed to have chemistry. The next thing I knew my behind was plopped on that couch and I watched the whole episode. That was the night I began my love affair with the X-Files.

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One of the things I love most about my Apple TV is watching TV series in their entirety.  I'm what you call a "TV-holic" and nothing gets me more excited than a phenomenal TV series.  I'm here to tell you I've found one in Weeds.  Showtime's ever-so-popular drug dealing TV series has really captured my attention.  Yesterday, I decided to download the entire first season of Weeds since I kept hearing so many good things about it.  I don't subscribe to Showtime so I've never seen the show when it officially aired in 2005.  Obviously, I have some catching up to do. The show is currently producing its 4th season. 

According to Showtime, Weeds is an American "dark comedy" television series.

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You are sitting at home watching your favorite show, just as you do every week, waiting for the “wrap up” to occur, followed by previews of next week’s show, this is pretty typical and sounds familiar right? Oh and for those of you unfamiliar with the “wrap up”, that would be the last 10-12 minutes of your standard hour long drama in which they solve the case, catch the killer and generally save the day. Now the exception to the textbook “How to make a successful television show” story is usually the season finale.

Here is where we are usually left with a cliffhanger, the suspense of waiting all summer to discover “Who shot J.R?” and the like. Now frankly I get aggravated by the “to be continued…” that is inevitably shown on the bottom of the screen in little white letters while one of my favorite characters may or may not be dying in the car I just saw explode or if he/she was the target of the shot just fired.

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