By Daniel Dessinger
June 17, 2008
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. The plot revolves around a widowed housewife from an affluent California suburb who becomes an upper-middle-class marijuana dealer to make ends meet. She has two children and comes across as your every day "Mrs. Suburbia". The catch is obviously she's a drug dealer by profession. So why would this show interest you? Well besides it winning its fair share of awards, Weeds debuted as the most watched series on Showtime that a first season series ever had. You also can't beat the star of the show, Mary-Louise Parker and her insanely hysterical friend, Celia, who is played by Elizabeth Perkins. Kevin Nealon, from SNL fame, also stars as Nancy's (Mary-Louise Parker) creepy, pot smoking CPA.
The reason this series is so appealing to me is because it describes reality in an unrealistic manner. Hear me out! You have a suburban family in California who lives in a typical, cookie-cutter house and whose Mom is a part of the PTA. The town knows everyone's business and gossips as if there were no tomorrow about it's residents all the while going to church every Sunday. But the truth of the matter is that everyone has a private life and most of us have a dark side. Mary-Louise's character just happens to sell pot for a living. The justification of why she sells drugs so that she can support her family (her husband dies before the first premiere) is what appeals to me most. Sometimes we have to do things we're not proud of in order for the bigger, better things that need to be accomplished.
If you're looking for an intelligent show with scents of humor and cannabis mixed in, then Weeds is definitely your series. This show doesn't glorify drugs. On the contrary, it shows that doing anything you have to, in order to support your two widowed kids, can be a daunting task. However, if it's done right, then things can work out. So I as I finish up this article, I'm downloading Season 2 to my Apple TV. I'll keep you posted!
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I can attest to Jeff’s post. This show is fantastic. You must download it!
I bought season one for a friend at Christmas. Then I got sick before I could give it to him. I decided to watch the season while I had it, and I was disappointed. I like the overall premise, but I’m not into the whole premium cable wannabe porn scenes. Scrap those, and it jumps from a C to an B+ in my book.
Mary-Louise Parker is hot! Love the show!